Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-02-04

vote is taken. The House, unwieldy as
it is, is always in better working shape
than the Senate, where the dreary flow
of words may go on for weeks, just 80
long as n Senator expresses desire TO
ak on the measure. And then he does
not have to contine himself to the mat
ter under discussion. The universe Is
his, and many time lie tries t. dip
in O G, ely department before he gets
through
There is only one Stagein the House
proceedings where a man can talk on any
,op,c he pleasrS for at least five minutes.
This occurs when the House has re-
solved itself into tie Committee on the
Whole on the State of the Union, rs il
J., officially stated. This is unusually
done to consider Appropriation bills or
some important measure like finance
IL the tariff. The Speaker appoints ii
member, called the chairman, 10 preside
when the House has esDlyed itself into
this committee, and then the old par
iaLentary rule of catching the chair
mans eye holds good. The theory is
that which addressing the committee
| YOU will cOntine yourself To the meas
are under discussion, the practice is TO
talk on your favOrite hobby. While the
Indian appropriation was under DIS
| usslon last week, one whole afternoon
vas employed in a row between Rep
resentatives Green, Curtis Of Kansas,
simpson, Grosvenor, William Alden
Smith and others, AS TO the results of
| POpulist rule in Kansas and Nebraska.
| At the end some one moved the COM
mittee rise; the Speaker came in and
took the gavel, and the chairman went
down to his seat and, addressing the
Speaker gravely, said: 1.-The House,
having resolved itself into the Com
mittee of the Whole on the State of the
Union have had under discussion House
Bill No. (here giving the number on
the Indian appropriation billy and have
come to no resolution thereon" Even
the Speaker smiled. To show TO what
lengths this talking on foreign subject
in the Committee of the Whole may be
carried, Judge De Almond of Missouri
recently delivered his sixteenth speech
on Cuba under the five-minute rule OF
his committee.
1t is no small matter for the Gov
eminent to entertain Minister or ruler
Of foreign country. President Dole's
visit will cost us pretty penny, when
he bills are all audited. He is the guest
Of our people officially for about two
weeks. AS such he rode in a special
car from Chicago to Washington, and
while here he resided at the Arlington,
the most expensive hotel in the city.
The receptions, reviews and other affairs
gwen in his honor swell the sum to.
tai, until. when the draft is made out on
the contingent expenses of the State
department, it will be found to a.
mount to several thousand dollars. But
official etiquette provides that we
shall do this, and the fact that the Wis
ting gentleman IS at the head of
democratic government like our own,
makes the duty ali the more pleasant.
The Arlington has entertained some
very distinguished people since the
management have had charge. All for
eign notable visiting this country stop
there. Don Pedro, the last of the Bra
lillian monarchs, was there for a while
after he was deposed, and paid seventy
live dollars day for the entertainment
of himself and friends. The Prince of
Wales, when he visited this country be-
fore the war, was guest, and a long
list of people who wear royal decora.
ons and believe in the divine right of
king, might be added. Meredith fam
u as the author of "Lucile" lived in
small annex of this hotel when he
wrote his famous book At the time he