The morning news., 1897-03-21
THE NEW CONGRESS.
pEy PICTURES OF SOME OF THE
NEW MEMBERS.

I-
ley of Texas and the Youngest
MEMBER of the HOUSEHOLDER Mat
ters of Special Interest.
Washington, March 20.-The Oldest old
timer in the press gallery looking down
mon the new congress, feels very much
like a stranger in a strange land The old
rosmbers scattered around among 4ha
multitude Of new ones in the arena be-
law. look unfamiliar in their changed
places and in total eclipse besides the self
consciousness of the new comers. While
the latter are still painfully posing upon
an unaccustomed pinnacle, oppressed by
the conviction that the eyes of an admir-
ing world are fixed unwinkingly upon their
slightest action. the veterans long since
learned that they may live and move ana
have their being pretty much like other |
men And what comforting discovery
1t must be-though generally a tardy one
No wonder all Washington swarms I'd
10 the capitol on opening day! 1t was
worth running the gauntlet of the police
men stationed at the foot of the marble
stairways and of lighting for an inch of
space in the solidly-packed galleries 10
witness the same old iniatory ceremonies
always new because of the changed per
sonaty of the participants-and to be-
hold the wagon-loads of flowers that deck
ed the chamber. 1t was worth going
far to see the 14S new congressman lined
up in squads to take the customary oath I
like school-boys toeing the mark before I
the masters desk. There were tall hovs | t
and short. bay y-windowed boys. and bovs a
like Cassus, with a lean and hungrv i.
look long-haired and short-haired bovs t
and boys with no hair worth mentioning +
Here and there a white. aristocratic hand Il
with crested ring upon it was upheld is
amid the collection of pudgy fists and hsts | G
like half-smoked hams; some raised q Il
good right arm so high toward heaven | Il
that the trOWser-leg on that side revealed | n
stretch or hose above the shoe and said ia
q DO with the eager vim of the groom sc
in the marriage service, while others sat- ey
isfed themselves-and maybe their CON OF
stituents, by lifting a languid diget or 81
two and bowing in the direction of the in
Bible. And when all was said and done tn
II was certainly a sight to see hundreds to
OF honorable gentlemen literally banked la
up in violets and lilies of the valley-grav to
heads and hairless pates half-hidden be- tn
hind hugh baskets and towering boouets do
Of spring blossoms decorated with wards th
upon yards of delicate ribbon. and tel
Speaker Reeds broad, good-hunored tai
2ountenance beaming above several bar- the
'els Of roses, like a professional stage Wi
beauty before the footlights. The usual Be
Nue comedy was scrupulousIy re-enacted sal
Ver and over again. in this wise. The mo
lew member from Wayback stalks ma1es- las
cdly doWh the aisle, takes his seat with as
ne complned grace of a Chesterfield and of
ne dignity of Daniel Webster, thrusts Pal
5 ns nanu @ INTO the bosom of his frock coat and
nu proceeds 70 look unconscious of the at
llgar gaze of the galleries. Hardly is Cha
le proper pose assumed however wban ceet
Feral breathless pages rush I'D and de- ed
'slt upon the statesmans desk a fancy | the
sAet containing few bushels of flow fam
> OF tai pyramid of American Beau ing
= OF a set-plece" of lilies and carna- cas-
ms sruesomely suggestive of funerals. brig
y u sIedl eat man starts in well-feigned sur and
se' burrows his noble brow in Thought tfJoS
5.enus 10 iaboriously study out the lei anft
pa on the card attached, and then re- I agE
% pehhd his laurels with he hog
~ nins modesty. The queery natu- fol o
gers9 W ai1Ses whence came the sph
y NerS! Are they really fhs hbo
infamous testimonials of adnirine- con- WI
ueflts' rewards for favors past ana Ntou
, - lor Denents expected; or did the kwn
uehan initiate the footlight favorItes vicn
puy them himself? Did he give his fpens
= an extra tenner'' for the purpose tgn'
l
ed up IN the odorous gift? jlder
ucn speculation has been INDUCED In sd, b.
- MHdt sort of a congress this Fiftvl that =
-" WI De, with so large percentage Of he uS;
lst taking up the trade Of statesS,'a " PenEl
critical survey Of tbe LIo,s .'.. ticsal
that its evident newness does 'no n6t A ofal HI
n crudity Two striiCinr .Su" uoes hol an wa!
that the IegisIatjve mn n
is composed of GOA a,,o.e. l9il'IVe lsoF-no
~Ill make a good average record. and d. TO
nd that it is younoer a Oi , ~ aiiY fsss in
any previous conpress tThe. Wn3id ,38d eilar vi
ual proportion of men undnr liieie elSdldl ause M
and many yet in the tvenfia. ,a,ten TheyI rom tn
1or the most part. like earnest Eent to
nt-IorWard, matter-of-fat business ~ Dare-i
VINO are here for deflite purpose New ne
they intend to accomplish. There the gre
ever fOps and duIes than have valia, g
u some by-gone ysars, though it is leVTy y
cable that several home-spun mem Tbugh
from wayback have already con- heis as
"a the "Brice habit'' of the perpetual mn
aThatlon in the button hole. So far jerry 81
ssent Indications CO. the Potomac is hs bicy
hely to be set on fire by any blazing tits rec
$ NO doubt there are fluid talk lrpresen
as Mrs. Partington would say 'inds,
them-but hardly a Ben Butler. own ii
Cox, Proctor Knott or a Henri | xhilera
son. ounten,
Oldest member. Mr. William S. HoI- Iieined u
= INDIANA erstwhile known as the ltol, MAJ
N5 u the treasury and the NOV mo
american objector' Just now ''bike."
MS 18th winter. After more than
century Of continuous public ser vi
hd then a few years in retirement
KS supremely happy to be back inl xun
stamping ground. His voice is
VI war as strong as ever, against
Asant expenditure of the peopIe'il Sanfor
Next in point of years come! feature
ehtatlve-at-large and ex-Speaker every Sc
a a. Grow of Pennsylvania. who Is the regu
I, young and reads without glasses ways sh
MY as a youth of sweet sixteen the emp
'teran yankee CMr. Grow was born ing man
wooden-nutmeg state, and is a good ere
lVanlan only by adoption), enjoys milkmar
'ud distinction of having received ly his n
ast two elections a larger plurality system
ny other candidate, for any Office the pay
state OF the union. In 1894, his plu- This mo
vas zi6462, and at the last election its miss
g0-or 1000 more plurality than the larg
chlnley had In that state. etc, of
lIant Of the House, Mr. Thomas A. happy.
= IS not only the youngest member When
resent congress, but the youngest railroad
or sat among the national law here, vii