Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-12-12
STORIES OF TIE DAY.
Funny Side of Life at the Capitol at wasl


 Funny Side of Life at the Capitol at Wash
 fngton.
 Unroll the map of the United States and draw straight line from Boston to San Francisco. There is Democratic representative in congress from each end of the line, which will not cross or lie south of another Democratic district. The Boston district is represented by John F. Fitzgerald, who was born in that city in 1865. The San Francisco district is represented by James c. Ma gnire, who was also born in Boston in 1858. These lonely Democrats shook hands across the continent for the first time yesterday.
 'How did it happen?" asked Mcguire.
 ''I don't know" replied Fitzgerald, 'but I think 1t is because God is still good to the Irish. '
 Representative Harmer of Pennsylva- mia is the father of the Republican side of the house After carefully looking over this body, 5" remarked Representa- tive Steele of Indiana, q am convinced that Solomon in all his glory was not better equipped with offspring than is Father farmer. "
 The Democratic caucus over the four appointees allowed the minority was more hotly contested and more exciting than the average election for speaker. The principal contest was between Isaac Hill of Ohio and Henry Mohler of Hi unfc fnp. tho of ciC geant- at-arms Ike Hill, who has held the place for many years, was extremely worried over his prospects. He predicted his own defeat, but came out triumphant by vote of 51 to 43.
 HWhat a fool 1 am, '' said he. "I've been making mountain out of Moh- Hill '
 Representative Curtis of Kansas proudly claims fair share of Indian blood. He won a good seat ill the house raffie. and then courteously surrendered it to Dingley of Maine, whose black eyes, aquiline nose and dark complex ion give him an even more pronounced Indian aspect.
 Curtis is part Injun, said one of his colleagues from Kansas, "but he's not an Injnn giver, at any rate ,
 Rev. MT. Milburn, chaplain of the senate, and Rev. MT. Couden, the newly elected chaplain of the house, are both blind.
 "If these two chaplains weren't blind" said Representative Crowley of Texas, "they would have to wear blink CTS. Congress wants it's sins prayed for, but not seen. y
 "The only reason why l object to blind chaplains in both houses, said Senator Lodge, lis that the American press may think it was done intention ally"
 Representative Josiah Patterson of Tennessee, who has been making sound money speeches through the south, brings back discouraging reports of his experiences in Mississippi. He. encoun- tered Private John Allen of Tupelo ill joint debate at that place. "There was good crowd, says Mr. Patterson. land gave them logical. convincing and absolutely irrefutable | demonstration of the sound money argu- ment i'll short discourse of an hour and half. And then what do you think Al len dida He just got mp and walked to the front of the platform and said :: Friends and fellow citizens, what this man says is all bosh. 1 will demolish him with single question.
 .sThen he turned on mo like tiger, his eyeballs glaring, snd his forefinger l shaking under my nose, and shouted :: MT. Patterson. want you to tell this 1 intelligent audience, without the slight