The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-07-10
Pu! the Dignity of The
August Senate to ROut.
The Cold Air Pumps Were of
no Avail in the Chamber.
What Our Statesmen Wear When
Weather Is Real Sizzling.

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florceuess OF ap old time tourney, but the
weather-the torrld, sizzling breathless
weather which now and then settles down
In this amphithcnter between the bills OF
the Potomac in which the national capital
is built. They do everything they can TO
cool OF tho senate chamber. They pump
in fresh Dir by the hundreds Of thousands
of cubic feet, passing it through pipes In
which chemical agents are supposed to
freeze it. They have electric fans In the
cloakrComs, and the whole senate wing Il
rcdolpnt Of lemonade and other cooling
drinks. We hear the pop of oorks from
the nozzles of mineral water bottles. The
senate wagons drive up now and then
with fresh supply OF jugs containing
choice natural waters, gathered from all
parts of the world. Hundreds of dollars
of tho peoples money Is spent every week
for these luzuries, for. when it comes to
heat counter irritants, the senate forgots
To be economical.
Food aud Drink.
But the chamber doesn't cool. 10 per
sistently refuses To bo anything but
bako oven in which the statesmen must
swelter and roast They adjourn every
few minutes, singly, or In pairs or triplets,
To the cloakroom where the cooling bow
erages Hro kept on tap. But they are hot.
Any one can soc that. Our senators, as
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 littlo fits them for com
batting the rigors of summer In Washing
ton.
When the real hot weather came few
weeks ago. tho senators began hunting
about for cool attira First one and then
another blossomed out in linen, crash and
white ilannels. There arc somo queer com
binntions in their sartorinl outfit. Senator
Hawley. who Is u veteran Of no one knows
how many summers, was ono of the first
to come attrcd In tow. lie is a great be
lever IN tow-tow grown in his own state
OF Connecticut and manufactured by n
Nutmeg tailor. An expert I'm such things
is the senator. Ho goes about inspecting
tho summcrlsh things Of his colleagues. II
they huyo genuine tow suits grown and
mado in Connecticut, Mr.. Hnwloy is con
tent. Ho gives his approval. But oil who
indulge IN other fabrics arc sure to be met
by on elevation of his nose
II is on cdd thing that even the heat OF
to break down senatorial dignity. There
is tradition That a scnator--n real, great
senator-must not attire himself in any
thing but solemn black. Black Is hot, and
especially so when the fabric is wool nnde
up into the long coat which some senators
think senator must wear or be eternnly
disgraced But u number Of the upper
house statesmen cling To their winter gar
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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 1t is noteworthy that here
and there IL senator who compromises
between heat md dignity. Ho sticks to
tho long coat of black, but has IL made up
in some very light material.
Allisons Art In Dress.
Senator Allison Of Iowa, who hns per.
formed prodigics Of labor in pushing the
tariff bill along, mainly through keeping
tho opposition always in good humor-an
art in which no is conspicuous adept--is
ono Of tho coolest as well as one of the
handsomest men in the chamber. He
knows how 10 dress for hot weather. He
ought TO, for quarter Of a century has he
been here i'm ail sorts OF heat waves and
torrid visitations. Mr.. Allison puts on n
cool. thin suit of gray material, white
vest, decks it all out with IA 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 leadership,
and he was not ns cool looking then as he
Is now He had much moro To worry him.
Mr.. Jones wears N seersucker coat that fits
him very loosely, no vest, and I'm its place
u white shirt several sizes too large for
him, with fine perpendicular plaits, all
putting out before I'm true southern style
A rundown collar and black string tie
your genuine southerner never gets away
from the black string tie--complete this
characteristic outfit.
Vest of Missouri Is queer looking lit
tle figure. lie wears thin black coat,
no waistcoat. "a hig cxpanse Of shirt front
studded with-not silver ms one might ex
peot, hut gold He sits away down In his
chair like plump little pigeon. II he has
~ neck, you cant see 10. lie uses fan
most of the time But when this little
pigeon gets on his feat and opens his
mouth there H. nothing dovoliko about
him. He is ms sharp man In debate as
there Is on the floor.
Hsnna's Dagger Chances.
Mr.. Hanna. the great man from Ohio,
wears gray suit. white vest and u
Scowl lie has been frctting over the de-
lay with the tariff hill Mr. Hanna is n
business man In tho habit OF dispoSing of
matters I'm businessliku way. and he has
been unable 60 eco why the scpato should
dawdle along Mr. Iianun hus spent "A
good dcal of his time holding his chin In
his hnnd and gloncing dagpcrs nt tho old
er senators who love To- talk even in go
weather.
MIR Clay Of Georgia. the now senator
who has attracted So much attention
through his odd appearance, Is quite flg
ure IN hon weather he wears "a suit of
black. thin motcrial which Cts him very
suuglv ITis still collar stands away up
tc his ears His close cropped hair as
black os the nee of spades stands erect,
HE eyes look ns u they might pop out
some day and altogether thu Georgia sen
ator reminds onU very much at Harlequin
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