Evening star., 1897-03-15
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| 'engress centcre! - the House o.. of the
| capitol, where the organization ot he new
House and the sea. lc'tery ver. ~ dl.w-
| ing cards. Great crowds were att. ted 10
| the galleries hours before noon II the
| general public had small oppcrta .:ty to
| view the proceedings. the section ,;,,sii"
| TIE Speakers rostrum. commonly m Dwn
| as the black bel;," which has eating
| capacity of about 300, was given Gp to th,,
PUBLIC. The other galleI es ne-n stri ,tly
| resel we'd for ticket holders The mos
| striking feature of the scene on tia floor
| was the number of new faces ola i.niniar
! hgures conspicuous in the shock OF ..any a
| parliamentary battle had Disappear l. and
| m the new lists were and untr!ed
| Enights The change in the personnel was
| very great.
| By IL o'clock the reserved galleries with
| the exception of those reserved for tE,.
| diplomatic corps and the executive, wer..
walled IN tier on ter. The brigh, cos
| TUNES of the ladies gave light and color TO
| the animated scene
| Below the members were greeting each
/ other. and the hall buzzed with IN. low
babel OF many voices. A basket OF Amer
lean beauty roses graced the desk OF The
| Speaker.
| Familiar Faces BACK.
| Ia the great number Of new faces seen
upon the floor OF the House today there oc-
| casionally appeared familiar ones Some
| were remembranoes Of Congresses OF years
ago, others served in more recent legis-
lative sessions
| Mr.. Holman of Indiana for many years a
| conspicuous figure in Congress. and in the
| latter part of his term familiarly known a.
'Objector' Holman and watch dog of the
treasury, comes back to Congress. He in
stinctively wandered into the room OF the
commmittee on appropriations when he
reached the Capitol this morning. Cnfor-
| tunately. however. his place of watch dog
has been pre-empted. There Is "A regular
bench show of them now. There's Cannon
| of Illinois, the watchfulest dog in the ken
mel: Sayers of Texas. who watches him:
Dockery of Missouri. who keeps a general
all-around lookout, and Pitney of New Jer-
sey, who is in training. 1t is considered
| quite probable that Mr.. Holman will be
| placed upon the appropriations committee.
J but he will have to take rear place
| among the watch dogs. There are several
! vacancies on the appropria tions committee
/ and there is already a scramble for them
BInnd Of Missouri.
| Another weIl-r.membered mar who again
resumed his place in the House was Rich
! ard Z. Bland IF Missouri He founi his
old seat on the e:nocratic side and saak
| into It as though he had but left IL yester-
| day. The great silver leader has not
changed in appearance during the time
that he has been following the plow since
he left Congress. He says he feels
young as he ever did, and can chew
much tobacco as of old.
Just back of Mr. Bland. in a character
| istic attitude, sat aGothcr Missourian,
Champ Clark.
Jerry Simpson Of Kansas comes back. and
| he found his old seat, too, today They
| say he has relinquished the title of Sock
| less Jerry" which lie when he
| last in Congress. and that he now wears
socks. He promised his constituents. how
ever. before leaving the wild ami woody
Of isTip ripf d Ia
| he felt constrained to make this
cession to TIE conventionaities OF the
| effete east. and wear socks, he would draw
| the line at swallow tailed coats, ana
would never wear a dress suit
There's the man that beat Bill Nor
rison," was the remark made about John
Baker OF Illinois. He was in Congress a
few years ago, coming in as a republican.
to succeed William II. Morrison. and WAS
| long known the advocate of high tar
iff. Things are different, now, however.
He has turned complete double somer-
sault out CT the republican party. and was
elected by fusion of free silver and the
other scattering forces of his district.
Another maa who is good at turning po-
li:ical handsprings is William J. Letz of The
twelfth Ohio district. He found "a front
seat this morning, ard sat in it. a big.
sn.ooth-faced, gcod-natured-looking fell
low He used to be a Cleveland gold dem
ocrat and was so considered up to short
time before the nominating convention
when he described an agile spring and
landed Ia the Tree SILVER ranks.
Genial. good-na tLred Mark Smith. dele.
gate from Arizona, is back again. and re
newed his old friendships in short or ier
today. He is a democrat and free silver
man, but when he tries TO pass hill
authorizing his territory to issue bonds. lac
always insists upon clause making them
gold bonds.
One Colored Man Named White.
There was one colored man occupying
seat on the floor He was George ii. White
of Tarboro'. y. C, a brother-in-law of
Cheaths m, the colored man who formerly
held the seat. These two contest for she
nomination usually. and try between them
20 keep ii in the family.
Buck Hfnrichsen.
One of the most striking figures in the
new House was William II. Hinrichsen OF
Illinois. They call him Buck Hinrichsen
out west He is a great, big fellow. Jolly
as sawyer. but keen as brier in politics.
Under his easy-going. good-natured man
ner he hides a capacity for political
neuvering that surprises his opponents
He is a political diplomat of the first water
and with it all man OF ability.
Even a stranger could pick out the new
members of the House from the oid-timers
They were conspicuous by the gravity and
solemnity of their manner, overcome by
the awe OF the great position which they
had been called upon TO fill The old-timer
that the country does not lie awake at
night thinking of him. so ne soon ceases
TO feel the awe of his position. The new
men, too, as a rule affect the style of
dress that i'm the popular mind seems to
be associated with Statesman" White
lawn ties. ample expanse of shirt front
and long black coats the striking feat
ures of this style Of dress.
Many Floral Tributes.
The floral display in connection with the
opening OF the House was the most elabo-
rate of years. ~he flowers were not
exhibition at first however. being sent
into the Lobby back of the Speakers desk.
until the members of the House should
choose their seats. The set pieces ard
floral testimonials of clubs and organiza-
tions, sent to their representatives, occu-
pied nearly one-half of the long lobby,
while the smaller offerings covered several
long tables. One of the most striking pieces
was rose bush several feet high and
many in circumference. containing a score
or more of magnificent American beauties.
This was sent to MIR. Loudenslager by some
of his New Jersey constituents Mr. James
Rankin Young and Mr.. McAleer of Penn
sylvania also received several large fora,
pieces while half a hundred others were