Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-03-11
NATIONAL CAPITAL GOSSIP
Our Special Correspondent Writes of
Men, Women and Events in the
Washington Political and
Social Swim.
DELEGATE CATRON As A SPELL-BINDER
His Arrangement of Gov. Thornton and
Secretary Miller on the Floor of the
House of Representatives-The
Aftermath of Humor,

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Special Correspondence New Mexican.
Washington, D. G, March s, '97.-For
the Oath time in the history of the re-
bellious daughter of old England, presi-
dent for the republic has been inaugural
ed and, without bloodshed or shadow of
opposition, is busy this morning sending
nominations for his advisory the cabinet.
and his personal adjutant, the secretary.
Over in the north end of the capital Is
new senators have swung round their Is
several chairs, peered up into the gal
lery at familiar faces and strange faces;
have touched the button which calls
the nimble, little page; have spread
their letter paper and various insignia
of Office on their respective desks and are
ready for business. That they will have
it, and in plenty and of grave import,
they and the country we'll know. The
slim, lined, refined face of Sherman ia
missing, but the handsome virile one of
Foraker most acce ptably fills the eye.
Shock headed little Brice is gone and big,
aggressive Hanna makes the air fairly
pulsate with the amplitude of his being.
Next to Senator Steve Elkins, no one
seems to SO thoroughly permeate space
as the junior senator from Ohio. Mr..
Hanna is junior of the Buckeye twins by
about "a hours. Mr.. Foraker being the
regularly elected successor to Mr.. Brice
was sworn in at high noon yesterday,
vuhilo NV Sharnnn IN n RI hia
frmstion today as secretary of state, the
senior senator.
The Associated Press will have told
you all about the magnificent inaugural
ceremonies, the almost perfect day, a
keen wind that might have blown direct
off "Old Badly" made the air triAe nip
ping, but the sun shone we'll as it shines
| in New Mexico, and then that there is nc
more radiant crown of glory. Wednes
day was a most depressing day and today
is fine example of mugginess, "Sootct
mist" and Shiny pavements.
| Folded within these two days came
like benedlction, the glorious, cloudest
sky of March L. The gentle, optimistic
soul of Republicans augurs all brigh
things for the coming four years and The
other fellow sighs and says: Il hope So
Mrs. Mckinley, jr, proved herself {
brave woman yesterday and appeared a
every function. AT the ball she received
sitting, which is, probably, establishing {
rule for the future. The superb vitalit!
of Mrs. Cleveland was always sufficient tt
carry her through the most exacting off
cial, social affair, but the new "irst lady
in the land" is fragile as flower. With
intent as hospitable and cordial as that
of any of her predecessors, she is physi.
cally unable to do more than show that
intention in the quietest way. She viii
surround herself, however, with bevy Of
fine, young American women who will in
vest the White house with, part at least
of the ineffable charm of it's late mis-
trees. Nobody can ever take Mrs. Cleve
lands place and the very highest enoom
ium any other can receive will be: "Sht
reminds us of Mrs. Cleveland" Mr.. Nc
Kinley will be no reminder. He will b,
the president of the United States capi
talized and italicized and that without tht
Gibraltar convictions of Mr.. Cleveland.
That much talked about New Mexican
Hon. Tom B. Oatron, being, for the pres
ent, private citizen, will remain her,
for few weeks looking after things
come of which, l fancy, will have bear
ing upon the territorial pie.
Mrs. Oatron, who has been very pop
ular woman in official circles and who ha
made many good wishers both for her
self and husband, leaves for New Yorl
today but will return, and by the lat o
April expects to be back in her Santa F,
home.
Speaking of the Honorable Tom, lit
tie incident that saw one day recent,
on the floor of ihe house shows the esti
nation in which his brain and orator.
are held. The delegate-as you know
has mighty few chances in congress t,
exploit himself. He isn't ace high whel
big things are on foot. He is permitted
to breathe and draw his salary and bring
up the tail end of uncomfortable com
mittees and talk about the infinitessima
triAes that pertain to that protoplasmi,
part of earth-the territories, but that il
all. The delegate is-well he isn't any
thing and is consequently ignored, Thi
day, Mr.. Broderick, chairman of the com
mittee on judiciary, called up the house
bill relative to the appointive power o
the governor of territory during tn,
recess of the territorial council. 1t wal
an innocent enough sounding littl,
amendment-to the unltiated--that Mr.
Broderick offered and it was only
frontier affair anyhow and couldn't, b,
the remotest possibility. ever affect tn,
political or pecunisry future of any o
the really Legislators, so they did-a
legislators in Washington invariably DO
they resolved themselves into an impolit,
lot of talking, visiting nuisances. Muir
ply, Of Arizona, got up and made goot
speech which no one ten feet away coult
hear, but Dockery, of Missouri, was with
in the ineligible radius and he started ,
debate which gave Bailey, of Texas, ,
chance.
Everybody listens to Bailey of Texas
first, because he is a picturesque man ant
says picturesque things in soft, south
ern, sonorous, mispronounced way that Il
utterly out of the common and deliciousl,
unexpected, but so soon as he sat dowI
there was "confusion worse confounded'
than before-haying to be quiet few
minutes always makes these boys wors,
behaved. When Mr.. Catron arose ther,
was roar of masculine gossip rising W
to the galleries that the gavel had no effec
| upon. Grosvenor, with his halo of whit,
hair, was talking and "Uncle Joe Csnnon,