Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-03-06
IN TIE SENATE GALLERY
.saS, by Edgar W. Nye.l

IN THE SENATE GALLERY.
 and her heart full of genuine kindliness and benevolence. Once as a little girl | her uncle, James Buchanan, in the will | lago of Lancaster, surprised her in a back alley pushing a wheelbarrow load | Of wood and coal which she had cap- tured from his wood shed and hoped to smuggle to a poor family near by who were suffering from cold
 The prince was charmed with the sunny hospitality of Miss Lane and the president and so impressed by it that he was very enthusiastic in describing | his visit to his mother. She also appre- ciated 1t fully and sat right down to write the following letter to President Buchanan:
 WINDSOR CASTLE, Nov. l9, 1860. NY Coop FRIEND-Your letter of the 9th inst. has afforded me the great est pleasure, containing as it does such kind expressions with regard to my son, and assuring mo that the character and object of his visit to you and the United States has been fully appreciated. He cannot sufficiently praise the | great cordiality wi tn which he has been | everywhere greeted in your country and | the friendly manner with which you have received him. And while, as a 1 mother. am most grateful for the kind ness shown him, feel impelled at the same time to express how deeply have | been touched hv the many demonstra- | tiOns of affection personally toward my self which his presence has called forth II fully reciprocate toward your na- tion the feelings thus made uppermost and look upon them as forming an inn pOrtant link to connect two nations of kindred origin and character, whose mutual esteem and friendship must al- ways have so material an influence upon their respective development and pros perity.'
 This letter Is so genuine and so hearty i'll its general tone that one is naturally impelled to forgive the grammatical construction of tho opening sentence. Of course We in the raw, crude and neb- ulous condition of a new nation, just sprOuted into the great universal garden | of nations, a tiny bud that had barely broken ground, as it were, at the feet of the gigantic forest of sequoia princi- palities, 6mid little jonquil in the | shadow of patriarchal empires, natural ly looked toward the greatest of English speaking or civilized kingdoms, the par ent of our own prattling republic, for the purest of English, for whither should We turn unless to the sovereign of that proud nation which gave the English language birth?
 But We will let that pass.
 Only we would like to have our Eng fish brethren of the pen and press treat us ill a lenient and gentle manner when ever roproof may be hereafter necessary. | We know that our early advantages have been few, and most of us arc self made men, unless We happen to bo women, and early associations are bound to have their effect upon us in later years, so that when unduly excited wo often re- turn to the crude expressions which per meated the atmosphere of our childhood, and SD We feel Cheered and gladdened at heart when a monarch who has succeed cd for over half century in harmoniz- ing bolligerent nations fails to harmo- nlze her verbs and nominativeS.
 The senate chamber is to me this win ter most restful and reposeful spot I | know of no place where one may go and secure better results if suffering from brain flag, resulting from mental strain.
 love to see Senator Quay pull his Dick Turpin popgun on the senate and shut up his adversary like a reticent l clam. He has in his desk the manuscript of four day speech, with q broad elastic band around it, and when disagreeable motion is made by senator on the oth- CT side of the aisle he asks to be heard on that question, and having secured the floor he pulls this magazine gun. Need l add that the motion is generally withdrawn by his frightened adversaryi
 By getting on the good side of page the other day-that is, by giving the page slight margin-I was enabled to glance over this Quaker gun speech and discovered that it is only an address or horticulture and perfectly harmless am sorry to reveal this game of the sen. ator's, but by the time this is printed no doubt 1t can do him no harm.
 Senator Quay Is in some respects the senatorial end man of this congressional Olio. He is the gravest looking man or the floor, and a stranger expects to heal the deep bass of Daniel Webster wher Mir. Quay rises to address the chamber but instead of that a little thin Punei and Judy voice squeaks out upon tn, still air like the spontaneous statement made by mouse with it's tail shut il the door.
 | While still referring to the senate permit me to close with copy of al editorial taken from The Roman Punci and read before the Gridiron club las month before Mgr. Satolli, late of Rome It is against the rules of the club to re port any of the speeches made there but special permit has been issued il this case by President Stevens, and it i published at the request of Mgr. Satolli
 It shows oonclusively that the pres criticised the Roman senate as freely a our own newspapers criticise the con gress of today:
 EDITORIAL IN THE ROMAN PUNCH.
 It is due the enormous army of read es who lock t0 the editQElel colpmpg q