The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-08

receptacle designated for bills at some
time during the day. If he has bill
or resolution he wants unanimous con-
sent to have considered during the
morning hour. he endeavors to see the
speaker before the house meets, 70 ar
range for recognition, and II ne does
not succeed in this he takes his place
in the scmi-circular space I'm front Of
the speakers desk Immediately after
prayer. and. with bill held in the air.
awaits the speakers recognition.
meanwhile making frantic efforts to
catch that eVasive orb. the speaker
eve. When the recognition has been
arranged beforehand, he has but to
stand in his place on the floor and
address the speaker. During the ses-
sion. after the morning hour. the mem
Der seldom pays any attention to the
regular proceedings unless they per-
sonally interest him.
THE DAILY GRIND.
His time is then demanded between
reading letters or the newspapers,
looking over the Record, discussing
some question or exchanging gossip
and stories with some of his colleagues,
at his seat. in the cloak room or in the
speakers lobby; receiving visitors in
the Hobbies. going to lunch, and MAX
ing an occasional visit TO the other
wing of the capitol to see his senator.
If he is easily entertained, and is not
given to talking. he may lean back in
his chair most OF the day, with his
hands folded, and listen in an alb
stracted, inattentive sort of way to
what is going on about him, without
participating i'm IL or fully realizing
what il is. Sometimes, seized with
tit of industry or with the view of
having his evening free, he may retire
10 the speakers lobby or to a commit
tee room. with his clerk, and finish off
his correspondence. An occasional trip
TO the restaurant may relieve the mon
otony. or he may saunter through the
corridors, seeing the crowd and being
seen, or he may sit for awhile with a
visitor in one Of the galleries. Usually
az much time is occupied in going to
the corridors in response to cards as In
any other way 1t is seldom that he
pays any attention TO the business of
the house except on some special oc-
casion, or when he has a direct inter-
est in what is up After adjournment
he either gets another mail at the post
Office or il is delivered at his lodgings,
and this again demands his attention.
All told, he may have n dozen letters
during the day, or he may have 80.
The lighter mail Of the afternoon he
may dispose Of before dinner. or he
may let III 20 bNfI uillll ilbIhllS- Al
tcr dinner it is a call. the theater. Vis-
itors, an evening in the parlor with the
ladies, a loaf i'm the hotel corridors, or
n hunt through volumes i'm prepare
ton Of a speech held I'm contemplati ton.
to be delivered at some time. accord
ing 10 sentiment and circums tanccs.
The thcatprs and the hotel Hobbies are
the most common places of resort in
the evening
Tho men who. from their positions,
have responsibility for the policy Of
the house and have to take charge Of
the business. in the capacity Of lead
crs. have much more work TO do They
have scarcely time to dispose Of what
is forced upon them, and sometimes
they point out lines Of work for other
members. whose time IS not so much
occupied. They dclve themselves, and
endcavor to inspire the less response
Bile and. therefore. less active menu
hers, to work and research which may
be useful to make a political point or
TO aid or injure proposition.