The morning times., 1896-02-14

the weeds of a widow. The woman's gal
,lery is in constant agitation OF ccmers and
goers, but the mems is more settled in ap-
pearance.
The men are from all grades Of life and
both coiored and white. / was interested
from time TO tine all day in watching q
whtie-haired octogenarian, who leaned Tor
ward and listened eagerly 10 all that took
place on the floor, although much of it was
exceedingly dry routine on the approrpria-
tions for deficiencies.
MEN ONE PICKS OUT.
Looking down on the floor II was not
hard TO pick out the most conspicuous peo-
pie there. ! will not hesitate to say that
OF all the Senators the one that held my
charmed eye the longest was Senator Per-
fer OF Kansas. This man fascinated me. He
walked about the room like a haunting
spirit, seeking Senators to talk to, and sit
ling down in every ones chair bat his own.
Whenever / looked at the rostrum he
would be just wandering idly across the
room in front OF ii. when | looked ut the
rear or The room he would be stroIling from
cloak room TO cloak room. His long, thin
whiskers irritated me like the raSp of
knife over the bottom OF Il Tin pan, and
wondered if a delegation of friends couldn't
iGdace him 10 part with them. even i'm
aginod myself sending in my card and ask
ing him 10 do it as a special favor
Ills ilpt-E coat WAS iOO SllftIl tti tllt waist
and skirts for his long, Iank boiy, and his
trousers were too short for his legs, max
ing his feet look very big. He carried
his elbows close to his side like spins,er,
and leaned the upper part OF bis body
forward He haunted the chamber so per
sistently that / was PeficrHeu until he
finally decided TO go 10 lunch.
The most picturesque figure in the Senate
by all odds is Senator Brce Of Ohio. This
gentleman loa.s like = Fronch author, and
seems entirely too spirituelle and artistic
TO be one Of Sucu & soetnH COnClaTe. Ills
brown hair is thick and curly ana hangs
ike tnane over his brow and on his neck.
His blonde heard is cut to a point, and he
attitudjnizes III conversation as though he
we're talking of inpres sionisJic word
painting.
He wears brown clothing, with q cuta-
way frocG coat, in the bIttoahOle or which
flames a scarlet geranium. He thrusts
his hands in fhis poGEetS ans appears 10 be
saying, With French eXpressiveness: a
la, lat" as he snirts dIsda infully with his
pointed expressive n0sc. / saw hun early
in the morning, that is little after II,
the fashionab!e morning, loung ging and
chatting with SenatOr DAVIS OF Minnesota,
OH u leather couch. Davis wears the back
fFock coat and black neck scarf, which
appears 10 he conventional IN the Senate,
and had the ahstracted manner Of u man
WHO 10 GcEpAJ utIAcEtStttA HI Cputtl
matters and The. dreams ofthe White House.
DREAMS IN THEIR FACES.
Looking at him made me think that there
were several men there VINO were doubtless
dreaming such dreams of greatness, ana |
fell TO picking them out and wondering
what they felt about each other and them
selves down deep in that inner conscious
ness which only our personal ego penetrateS.
Tine handsome grey bearded gentleman
near the center Of the chamber was Allison
of Iowa, who is the most important of these.
It " as good TO see how often the Senators
grouped around his desk as though they
liked him well, for he is a most unassuming,
sterling looking man who would lend dig
nifty TO the American chair Of chairs.
Senator Quay OF, Pennsylvania, another
possibility, spent most OF his time walking
gbUut the room in the rear of the desks.
He wore slate colorcd clothes and a sea rlet
button cleaned from his lapel. He carried
an unlighted cigar ia his hand and thrust
| the other under the skirts of his coat and
] walled slowly about with a look OF being
| excessively bored.
Before O'Clock. little tilt occurred be-
| tween Senator Allen OF Nebraska and Sena-
| tor Wucott of Colorado. was deeply in
| tereStcd in the latter gentleman at once.
! He is the youngest man on the floor but
| has that breezy directness about him which
marks the westerner. He was dressed in
! brown clothes with sack coat and looked
| like young business man. His pink shirt
| Se; his blondaess off well. He spoke well.
| His enunciation was good. and, unlike the
| other Senators, he did not seem too utterly
| weary to grapple with affairs.
The most noticeable thing about the
| Senate is the apparent indifference of its
| members under which turks the keenest at
| teDtiou. had notion that they weren't
| paying attention a first. They loaf in their
| chars. and when remarks are directed to
| them in particular, they look in another
| direction. or haLd!ed their mail or papers.
| But let something be said that really con-
| Germs them and they never lose it. ULdcr
| the Indifference veil they are vitally aware
| OF things
1 likeG tc watch the elegant grey haired
| matt will ariStocratic manner who presideS
| over tcis assembly. He had the dignity and
| courtliness OF a European with all the
| Americans frankness. There is not a Sen
| ator IL the room who looks his superior.
am glad l did not sit in the press gallery
! for then i should have missed the pleasure of
| watching Tim. AS the fox said the grapes
| are sour, anyway.
| SIBYL WILBUR.