Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1897-03-24

| Dimock by removing the charge OF
assertion against him.
The greatest introducer Of the
fifty fourth congress was General
Joseph Wheeler Of Alabama, the
great confederate calvary leader.
His bills in this congress mum Der
400, to say nothing of the joint res
olutious. These bills are nearly all
war claims. Gibson of Tennessee
was another great introduce, his
record for the last congress being
40 bills. Meredith of Virginia has
a record of $50 bills. The whole
number Of bills introduced during
the last congress was 10, 300.
Itappears that there will BE- very
determined opposition tothe prop,-
sitio which President Mckinley
is expected 10 submit to congress Ill
a special message for the formation
if currency commission tpdeVlse
national financial system. II
has developed that there IS quite
number of members Of the house
who are opposed to delegating to
C mmlssion the powers aud fuuc-
tions whicn they claim belong to
congress alone. 1t is recognized
by the house, however, that II
speaker Reed favoIs the PROPOSE
.pnI, IL. can probably secure its paS-
sage Though the house. The
chances of the proposition III the
senate are not as good as III the
house 1t can, therefore, be pre-
dicted that the proposition will
have Ii 40 time this SESSION.
There wlll be no formal enter
tanning at the white house until the
opening Of the official season next
January the leaders of the social
world are already endeavoring to
determine what sort of hospitality
will reign at executlve mansion dur
ing the coming four seasons of the
new mistress of this historic old
m 4nsion. Those who have called
on Mrs. Mckinley tell of the gen
uine though old fashion hospitality
that seems now to be the feature of
the executive household. During
the days she has been in the white
house this first lady has impaired
pleasant home-like atmosphere to
its first floor, state of things entirely
unknown since the days of Grant.
The red room on the first floor is fitted |
up as family sitting room, and here
familiar friends drop in for social
chat with the family party assembled
here. This is exactly as it was in
Grants time. Each evening for the
past ten days party of friends have
been entertained at dinner, and have
spent the evening at the white house
in regular old fashioned family gath
erings. The presidents mother was
one Of the most interesting members
of these gatherings, but she is now
back in Canton where she can enjoy
the entire quiet of her home and re-
fleet upon the great honors she saw
heaped upon her distinguished son.
1t is curious to note that Mckinley
is not only using the white house in
the same manneras General Grant |
did, and likes to walk about our
streets as did the famous general, but |
be has actually rented the very pew
in the Metropolitan church which |
Grant occupied when president. He
doesn't drive fast horses as Grant was
found of doing and he will not be ar
rested for fast driving as was the gen
eral, but he is a regular smoker and |
puffs like a furnace on his stoggie.
Mark Hanna receives more letters
than any other senator, 200 per day is
MS average. The majority of these
letters are applications for Office,
which are promptly fled in the proper
of the government. This
heavy mail is looked after by Hanna's
private secretary Perkins and five
stenographers and typewriters and
four assistant clerks. Each letter is
oriefed for Hanna, and he personally
dictates answers to a great many of
them. Every letter is answered on the
day it is received and each answer is
signed by Hanna. He believes that