The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-06

oroN March 6.-[ Special. THE
MA aoys Of congress were marked by |
elOslpe 90 through the house of bill to
y" vent ticket scalping IL was asAcu ior
= al the railroad companies IN tne coun-
~ nd the railway corporations in pass
NY o. hill gave a signal exhibition OF
ins W. .or in the lower branch. While |
'nen on honest difference Of opinion as
'n'ie ,hlic policy of driving the ticket
10 tlo prort Of business, the bill as 1t passed
lroH S',so Is far too drastic. For instance,
inc , NJ" mist be purchased by the person
uvA' 90 use them. A man cannot under
VIM buv n ticket for the use of his wife.
u .ao must 90 and buy it herself
go nv Railroad Corporations.
u,,o, this bill came up for passage,
Stationed in the gallery and looking
man , mon the floor below was able TO tell
wv orld vote for the bill and who would
VIZ ue was newspaper correspondent
NV with the politics in most OF the
an 'sThat man belongs to the Wander
sa.. ;, .sthat one to the Northwestern,
a un ono 10 the Atchison," There Is
.aanber who is owned by the Burlington"
mSa IL all right because he votes as the l..
IN tells him." These were samples
sns cbaracterizations. In most cases he
. ~ riobt The extent to which the rail-
Wa generations of the country control
ro,eo mon the floor Of both house and SEN
~" a. n national scandal. The wonder is
thot the railroads are not able to get every
.h,no thew want. do not mean to say
that all the men who voted for this law
were owned by railroads, but q majority
% them were. There never will be any
reform in this matter till political parties
are reformed. One party Is about as bad
as another in this respect.
"Hoolio sangeely."
One of the amusing incidents Of the re-
cent Cuban debate in the senate was
hout between Senator'S Lodge and White
concerning pronunciation of Spanish
names Senator Lodge Is well known as
scholar. A year ago he visited Spain,
and n Is supposed acquired some knowl-
eire of the Spanish language. TWAS only
natural therefore that when Senator White,
in an effort to ridicule the jingoes who had
been demanding that warships should be
cent to Cuba, pronounced the name OF
Julio Sanguilly as 'Hoolio Sangeely, and
made the senate and the galleries laugh
By doing 90, Mr. Lodge should come to the
rescue Mr.. Lodge accused Mr.. White OF
nispronouncing Spanish names, and said
tho question was too serious one to DO
treated In that manner. But Senator
White turned the tables very neatly. He
showed that he not only knew how to pro-
nounce Spanish names, but that he could
read the Spanish language. Senator White
b said TO be the only Spanish scholar In
I the senate, and 1t will be a long time be-
fore Mr.. Lodge tackles the Californian
again on q question of Spanish pronuncia-
Non.
Some of the Spanish names trouble our
statesmen very much. As a rule they get
? them al, wrong. Senator Sherman, the
new secretary Of state, stumbles over all
foreign Names except those In most COM
mon use. Some years ago he greatly
amused the senate by persistently referring
to Samoa as Sammy OH" A senator cor
rected him, whereupon Mr.. Sherman used
the right pronunciation just once. Then
he relapsed to his Samny-o oh, amid gen
sral smiles. Secretary Sherman admits
his inability to cope with the pronuncia-
ton Of foreign names; but says, quite
truly, that pronunciation is matter OF
ANAL consequence.
When Major Mckinley stood before the
multitude at the east front Of the capitol,
he looked for the first time upon one OF the
grandest achievements of American art
And architecture. i mean the new library
Of congress, which made mangiflcent
foreground for the enhancing picture. Its
golden DOME it's classical outlines, its no
BILE facade, were things which every one OF
the vast throng Of Americans present could
be proud Of. Those who waited till the
excitement Of the day was over and visited
the interior of the building were lost In
amazement The new library Is tho most
beautiful building In the world. Its store
or richness, in both decoration and archi
ectural lines, Is not equaled by any palao'
In the old world. 1t Is the show place of thu
national capital. II Is the Mecca of al
visitors. President Mckinley himself hal
heard so much of the glories Of the new
structure that he says he Is going to take {
rev hours some afternoon and look It over
AT last tho United States has a perfeo
building. At last It has public building
which Ia beyond criticism. Best Of all, 1
san American work.
The Selfish Senate.
There has been a great deal of dissatis
faction at the manner In which the senat
!ook exclusive charge Of the arrangement
Tor the Inauguration ut the capitol. Tn
senate acted upon the assumption that thi
was ceremony with which the house
representatives had nothing whatever u
no. The house was invited to be present
out only as guests. All authority reste'
with the senate This notion was carries
70 such an extreme that the stand erecte'
lor the accommodation of tho presidential
party and invited guests was built alto
gether on the senate side Of the capitol, tn
nrst time this was done. There have bee
,ne usual complaints about unfair distri
pution OF tickets, the senate being charge
Win "hogging" everything in sight
am reminded of a comical incident Q
tne Hayes Inauguration. There was som
squabble about the tickets then. and card
Vi admission to the presidential stand wer
issued by rival authorities. 1t chance
mat when Justice Miller Of the suprem
court walked down to take his scat nea
resident Hayes he found his chair occu
pled by stranger. The justice demande
mat the chair be vacated, but its occupar
was not willing to comply. Some word
snsued, when the justice became provoke