Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-03-14
HEARD AT THE CAPITOL

i Col Green, private secretary Of Repre-
sentative Blue Of Kansas. tells a story
about the Indians who were here recently
| negotiating with their white Lrothers about
their lands. and giving society buds lessons
In harmonizing colors in wraps. The In
dams were taken all over the city by an
interpreter, and through all the govern
ment buildings, and finally rounded UP III
| the pension department. where Col. Green
| met them.
Now you have seen all the buildings
| that belong to the Great Father remark
ed Col. Green, which one would you like
| best for your own if you could have one?''
Inc Indians gave a comprehensive gaze
| around the pension building, and then, with
| ore accord, said. This
There you get the Indian of Them" said
/ the interpreter. They like 1t because it Is
| ied."
! rs that it?" asked Col. Green. "Why do
you like this building best?'
Heap much nice corral!" calculated enc.
High all round; keep horse in. keep OK in;
pond In middle, all drink; tepee all round,
| live in! These make heap fire." pointing to
the desks and cabinets; play card all day
there indicating the marble floors.
Couldn't somebody present the Unite,,
States with flag for the House of Repre-
sentatives that is an American fag?" ask-
| ed visitor the other day. II have been
| coming here for a great many years, and
| tnat nag, With Its sparse sprirkling of
stars. has been on that same spot over the
Speakers head for decade or two"
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Somebody ought to copyright the
| French shrug of Cannon of Illinois end
ELL OF New York." remarked a lady i'm the
| gallery, recently. There never was anoth-
er Just like 1t. l am sure. and" she added,
| refectively. Il don't know that there ought
| to be-
| Senator Brice wears out one eycglass
| string a day when he is in his seat He
mas a great fashion of taking off his eye
glasses and twisting the end of the string
| around his finger, then he lets the glasses
! SWING out full length, 10 the confusion OF
any passing Senator. often. and with a
| rotary motion sets the string to winding
| round his finger. When it is wound up, he
proceeds to unwind 1t, and that seems to
| De MS sole amusement.
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| lady in the Senate gallery the other
| day got tired of counting the medallions in
the ceiling, and she couldn't hear word
that was being said on the floor in the Du
Pont election case. so she opened her guide
| BOOK to read little. Down came the
messenger with thud. you mustn't read
| DOCKS IN here; it's against the rules" he
warned her. She looked a little surprised,
| but shut the book and laid it down. Pres
| entity senator Davis made a remark in that
voice of his SO disproportioned to his body,
| and desiring to see the man from whom it
emanated. she got up and leaned over the
! intervening seats to catch a glimpse of him.
| That brought the doorkeeper again. You
| mustn't stand in the gallery: it's against
| the rules. he muttered. She sat down
| with sudtSnneSs that was almost discon-
Cprfinfr "a but 4
| and he went back to his perch. Presently
| the lady beside her moved down two or
three seats and leaned over the stone rail-
| ing on her cape, which she had thrown
! over the coping. Again the messenger
! came rafting down. You mustn't put
| things on the railing; they might fall on
! the heads of the Senator's" he said. The
| lady lifted the cape and laid it beside her
| on the seat. looking daggers at the mes
| senger, who really is not to blame for en-
| forcing rules that he does not make. Pres
entity the first young lady took out her
| watch, and OH comparing it with the Sem
| ale clock found that it was about minute
! SLOW. She Started to change it, then turn
| ing. beckoned the messenger, who came
! obl1gingly down, and she said in stage
| whisper: will it disturb the Senators if
| l set my watch?' The litter that ran
| arc md the gallery was certainly not caused
| by the speech then in process Of delivery
on the pu Pont election contest --.
| Madame Dupuy de LONE, wife of the
Spanish minister, has been one Of the inter-
ested spectators in the House and Senate
| during the discussion of the Cuban matter
| and her small gioved hands expressed the
| liveliest qualification at the speech of Sem
| ator Hale. The diplomatic gallery in the
| Senate has been well filled every day dur
| ing the morning hour" 1t has been fire.
| quentiy remarked that the ladies of the
! foreign legations take far more interest in
| sSin Of !,
| the cabinet ladies do, but it has also been
quite notice able that Miss Morton, sister of
the Secretary of Agriculture. and Mrs Car
Isle have been very often up in the House
and Senate this session.
Representative Bartlett of New York says
| there she uld be no leave to print allowed
| by Congress. He would carry his exclusion
| to preventing the publication in the Record
| of everything that was not uttered on the
| floor of Congress. He would not even al
| low tables of statistics to be printed as an
| appendix to speech or Incorporated as a
part of the remarks of any man in Con-
gress. He suggests that there be publ
cation devoted to essays by members of
Congress, and those who wish to express
| their views on certain topics be allowed to
| print them as essays, but he would not al
| low anything to be labeled a speech which
| was not actually delivered on the floor of
| the House or Senate 1t is needless to say
| that the ideas of Mr.. Bartlett will never be
carried out.
X
Senator Mantle of Montana, Senator Du-
bois Of Idaho and Patsey Clark OF Spokane,
Wash, were walking down the avenue the
other day when Mantle remarked: "Patsey,
didn't offer you some work one time many
years ago, and didn't you refuse it,"
YES" responded Patsey. but I did not
have to accept the Offer"
WELL don't know about that" contin-
ued Mr.. Mantle, Il have it in my mind that
you really owe me some work.
Then followed the story. Mantle. who is
| a telegraph operator. had station out on
the divide. This was many years ago.
Patsey Clark and a number of fellows with
him were going on farther west. They
| reached Nantes place, and after some pre-
liminary talk, they remained with him for
the night. They did not exactly promise to
cut up a lot of wood that Mantle had stack
ed up for winter. but it was Nantes un-
Outstanding that they would do so. In the
morning they sliprel away. leaving Mantle
out their board and nights lodging Since
then both Mantle and Clark have prosper
ed. Mantle is United States Senator and