The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-12

len and H1ar the traditional enemies for
the purposes Of pa5liC discussion only,
tearing ana ,uug.ng az one another with
az The lerceucss u az old iiipe tourney
but the weafkeF-ihe tCrTid. sizzling
hreathluss weather which low and then
settled down H. This ampkltheatcr between
the hills q thF Potomac 81 which The "a
ti1ual capital is built They DO everything
they cat 20 cool % tie senate chamber
They pump IN fresh air - the hundreds q
I thousands 70 cubic feet passing II through
pipes in which chemical agents are sup
| posed % freeze 10 They have electric fans
IN the cloakrooms and the whole senate
| wing Is rsd0lent of lemonade and other
| cooling drinks We hear the pop Of corks
| from the n0Zzies u miuera! water bottles
The senate wagons drive up DOW and then
with a fresh supply Of jugs containing
[ choice natural waters gathered from all
| parts of the world. Hundreds Of dollars OF
| the people money is spent every week for
| these luxuries, for, when II comes % heat
| counter irritants the senate forgets 70 be
! economical
Food and Drink.
But the cbamber doesn't cool II per
sistently refuses 70 he anything but a
bake oven in which the statesmen must
swelter and roast. They adjourn every few
minutes, singly or IN pairs or triplets, TO
the clOakroems, where the cooling beyer-
| ages are kept on tap. But they are hot.
| ANY one can see that. Our senator's, as a
rule, live well They dine heavily. They
stick their legs nightly under tables load
ed with good things. A winter Of this
sort Of pabulum little fits them for COM
batting the rigors OF summer IN Washing
ton.
When the real hot weather came few
weeks ego. the senators began hunting
about for cool attire First one and then
| another blossomed out In linen. crash and
white fannels. There are some queer com
binations in their sartorial outfit Senator
Hawley, who il veteran Of no one knows
how many summers. was one Of the first
10 come attired in tow He is great be.
lever In tOw-tow gSown in bis OVID state
Of Connecticut and manufactured by
Nutmeg tailor An expert in such things
Is the senator. He goes about inspecting
the summerish things Of his colleagues
II they have genuine tow suits grown and
made in Connecticut Mr Hawley is con
tent. He gives his approval But all who
indulge in other fabrics are sure to he met
by an elevation Of his nose.
II l. an odd thing that even the heat of
70 break down senatorial dignity. There
is tradition that a senator-a real, great
senator-nust not attire himself ia any
thing but solemn black. Black is hot, and
especially % when the fabric Is wool made
up into the long coat which sorle senators
think senator must wear or he eternally
cisgraced But a number OF the upper
house statesmen cling 10 their winter gar
ments through all the soaring of the mer-
curry Cullom, Turpie, Gray, Foraker,
Cockrell, Bate, Martin, Morgan, Lindsay,
Penrose and Fairbanks are samples of this
school. Uncomfortable enough they look
in comparison with their lightly clad col
leagues. But IL is noteworthy that here
and there is senator who compromises
between heat and dignity He sticks to
the long coat of black but has IL made up
in some very light material
Allison's Art In Dress.
Senator A llison of Iowa, who has per.
formed prodigies Of labor In pushing the
tariff bill along, mainly through keeping
the opposition always in good humor-an
art In which he is conspicuous adopts
one Of the coolest as well as one Of the
handsomest men In the chamber. He
knows how TO dress for hot wea ther. He
ought to- for quarter Of a century has he
been here In all sorts of heat waves and
torrid visitations. Mr.. Allison puts on a
cool, thin suit of gray material, white
vest, decks 1t all out with pretty blue tie
and black watch guard and looks calm
and sweet.
Senator Jones Of Arkansas, the Demo
cratic tariff leader, knows how to dress
for hot weather too. Three years ago he
was going through the ordeal Of leader
ship, and be was not as cool looking then
as he is now. He had much more to worry
him. Mr.. Jones wears a seersucker coat
that fits him very loosely, no vest, and In
its place a white shirt several sizes too
large for him, with fine perpendicular
plaits, all putting out before In true south
ern style A rundown collar and black
string tie-your genuine southerner never
gets away from the black string tie-com.
plete this characteristic outfit.
Vest of Missouri is queer looking lit
tie figure He wears a thin black coat, no
waistcoat, a big expanse of shirt front
studded with-not silver, as one might ex
pect, but gold. He sits away down in his
chair like plump little pigeon. II he
has a neck, you can't see 1t. He uses fan
most of the time But when this little
pigeon gets on his feet and opens his
mouth there is nothing doyelike about
him He is as sharp man in debate as
there is on the floor.
Hannas Dagger Chances.
Mr. Hanna, the great man from Ohio,
wears "a gray suit, white vest end
scowl He has been fretting over the de.
lay with the tariff bill Mr.. Hanna Is
business man, IN the habit Of disposing OF
matters in "a busnesslke way, and he has
been unable TO see Why the senate should
dawdle along Mr.. Hanna has spent a
good deal OF his time holding his chin In
his hand and glancing daggers at the older
senator's, who love to talk even In 90 de-
gree weather
Mr. Clay OF Georgia. the new senator
who has attracted so much attention
through his odd appearance, Is quite fig
ure In hot weather. He wears suit OF
black thin material which fits him very
snugly. His stiff collar stands away up
10 his ears His close cropped hair, as
black as the ace of spades. stands erect.
His eyes look as II they might pop out
some day, and altogether the Georgia sem