Arizona republican., 1898-02-17
AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

Washington, Feb. 16.-Senator Bate of Tennessee is an old confederate of 1cer. He was private, captain, colo nel. brigadier general. and major gen. eral, and was dangerously wounded three times. Many a time, in camp and on the field, has he joined with his men in the stirring strains of Dixie
 Yesterday morning Senator Bate was riding to the capitol in a street car. AS the car neared the Baltimore and Ohio depot the music of band was heard and as the car stopped, the ringing notes of Dixie" f1oated on the air. It was Dixie as interpret ed by a quartet of typical German street musicians, but it was Dixie" nevertheless.
 Senator Bate dropped the newspaper which he had been reading and pricked up his ears to catch the famil- jar tune. He turned in every diree- tion, gazing out of the car windows, anxious apparently to locate the mu- sic, and when he finally saw the Ger man tooters blowing away for dear life, smile of satisfaction came over his face, and he kept his eyes upon them until the rapidly moving car left them in the distance.
 During the trip of the interstate and foreign commerce committees to Buff falo, to investigate the proposed con- struction of a bridge from Buffalo to Grand Island, two members of the committee were given a very novel ex- perience. They were Robert w. Da- wis, who halls from Sunny Florida, and John A. Barham, who comes from California, the state Of Chinese and oranges. On Sunday morning. the committee. was escorted to Niagara Falls, where they were driven around in sleighs and shown the falls from both the American and Canadian sides. It was the first time that eith- CT of the gentlemen had ever enjoyed the pleasure of sleigh ride, and they had to be b1indfolded before they could be gotten into the sleigh At the banquet given by the citizens of Niagara, these gentlemen were called on to give their impressions of the falls, and they commented on this novel experience, and they promised the citizens that they would show them some equally novel sights and experiences if they would visit their 
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 It not infrequently happens that members become confused in address, ing the presiding officer of the house. In the heat of debate it is sometimes "Mr. Chairman" and sometimes "Mr Speaker" The vote to go into the committee of the whole house, the presiding officer of which is chair man also tends sometimes to confuse those who participate in the proceed ings. There was a laugh on Gen. Walker of Virginia yesterday, for slip of this kind, although he ad- dressed MT. Reed, neither as "Mr. Chairman nor as ''Mr. Speaker" The general is lawyer by profession and has been prominent figure in the courts of the Old Dominion. So when he and Representative Miers of Indi- ana were having a heated argument concerning their agreement on the time for presenting minority report on the Thorp-Epes contested election case, it can be readily understood why the general happened to break in on the Hoosier with an impassioned wave of his hand toward the speaker, fol- lowing this with: eff your honor please
 MT. Reed smiled, the general cor rected himself. and proceeded with statement of his side of the case.
 The picturesque Judge Linney of North Carolina, who probably makes the most picturesque speech of any