Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-01-27
NYE IN THE CAPITOL.
he LOVES TO VIEW TIE SENATORS FROM THE
PRESS GALLERY.
And Sitting Thus Unhampersd and Alone His
Able Bye Wanders Ger the Dignifed Senate.
Getting Even With Deadly Enemy in a
ParlOr Car.
Copwi III 1895. By Eagar ". Ne.

hASHiN6ION, ~. -.
Washington Is large and commodi-
Gus, exaggerated county seat. II is neat
and comparatively noiseleSs when Con-
gress is not in session, and one can Sc
lect almost any variety Of society, from
grave to gay, from lively to severe. |
am arranging TO come out this winter
here. ! should of come out last winter
had it not been for the death OF dis
tant relative of considerable wealth
which did not take place last season.
love to 60 up 10 the capitol and lis
ten TO the Senate from the press gallery
especially on days when it Is making
memorial speeches. There is something
Iestful about 1t that sOothes the wearied
system and lulls the fevsred brain to
sweet and dreamless sleep. Most OF the
Senators now are IN the sere and yellow
leaf, and thu soft skYlight sheds sub
dued radiance on many silvery crown
that soon-ah! soon-must lie low In the
justly celebrated tomb.
Thus il happens that each Is Interest
ed in the euloEium industry possibly
more than in most any other thing, and
the disposition to swap senatorial ooitu-
The janitor tells me that it has been his
blessed privilege now for going on l6
years, with bated breath and almost n
aided and alone 10 listen to some OF the
most carefully worded and best punctu-
ated memorial addresses ever listened to
by stenographer and jauitor. He has
received two testimonials for being mel
Their absent or tardy during these orgies.
The Senate is one OF the most digni-
fed deliberatiye bodies In the world. |
was told this by guide. Senators do
net keep their shoe backing in their
desks now nor eat Rhode Island green
ings during the prayer In every way
as a nation we are marching onward
and upward.
Whenever a Senator has made a
speech Mr.. Palmer, of lllineis, genial
and elderly gentleman, who has 20 OF.
pppin faces, goes over TO him, shakes
hands with him, and in a few well
chosen words congratulates him and
thanks him for the wild, deirious joy
he has given to the Senate, and espe-
cially to the gentleman from Illinois.
One morning, in an aosentminded way,
he started down the isle 10 congratulate
the chaplain on his terse summary OF
of what he would like to have done, bat
later on changed his mind and paused
at Senator Georges seat TO congratulate
him on the brakeman curve he had
given to his hair.
Senator George is not spirituele in
appearance, and he has massive jaw,
which Samson would have sat up nights
TO yearn for. He conceals what fore
head he has by draping his dark hair
across IL, and as one looks upon MIN it
is natural TO think that Us soon as he
has rested himself sufficiently he will
return TO the basement and resume his
relations with the furnace.
A cruel Senator once referred to Sen
ator George as the educated hog,
and Senator ingalls, moved to strike out
the adjective as surplusage.
Senator John Sherman is built very
much like Senators Proctor, Teller and
Cullom. They are all tail, slender
men, quite the reverse OF Senator
George.
Senator PETER also is long WASTED,
with keen, incisive shoulder blades.
Some think that Mir. PETERS carica-
lures are greatly exaggerated, but that
would be impossible. The most gro
tesque cartoon | have seen was com
pared with the real PETER and greatly
softened and idealized.
MIR PETER listens attentively TO all
the other speeches and occasionally in
PRODUCES a harmless joint resolution.
Now and then a look Of anxiety comes
over him as who should say, 81 wonder
what has became of all them joint reso-
lutions which l have introduced, but
the look is only momentary and soon
gives place to one OF radiant peace.