The evening times., 1899-12-26
POLITICAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

POLITICAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.
| Picturesque Nomencfatnre. When
the Hon. June Gayle blows into the House
from the Seventh district OF Kentucky. in
succession to the late Evan Sett e.
the Fifty y-sixth Congress will be equip
ped with as picturesque set OF
names as ever4-graeed-, the Cong 'es-
sional Directory. II Macauley's trav-
eler from New Zealand, with an UNDER
standing only Of the supposed original sig
| nificance OF English nomenclature, should
| listen to roll cali OF either the Hous, or
| Senate he would conclude that American
patronymics were chosen with the viex If
/, representing everything within the rang :
of human knowledge. Juxtap position brings
! out the striking qualities OF their na.Ies.
| On the Democratic side of the Hou e. for
example. there are these suggestive name s:
Atwater Baker, ball, Rapkhead, Bi ever,
! Cooper. Cowherd. Fox, Green. Hay, Jett.
Kftchin. Lamb, Kiuttz, Little, May, Moone.
Newlands, Robb, Smalls-Sparkman, Snod-
grass, Stark, Underhill, Underwood, tvo
Wheelers, and a Young In point of num-
bers, II not in picturesqueness, the Repub-
/ lican side exceeds the Democratic in the
matter Of striking names. These are some
of them: Barber, BowersOck. Brick, Bull,
Calderhead, Cannon. Cooper, Cousins,
Crumpaeker, Esch, Gamble. two Gardners.
Fowler, Freer, Graf, Greene. Grant Cow,
Hedge, Hill, HIT Hull, Jack Joy. Ketch-
am, Lane, Littlefeld, Long. Loud, Lou
denslager, Mann, Marsh. ,Mudd. Overstreet.
Packer, Payne, Prince, Salmon. Steele,
| Tongue, Waters, Weaver, Weeks, White,
who is colored, and Young
The Senate is quite as notable In this
regard as the House. Among the Senators
with striking names that will live in his
tory. even more because Of the distin-
gushed services of their owners than for
any suggestiveness OF nomenclature, are
the following: Republicans-Baker. Bur-
rows. Chandler, Fairbanks, Frye, Gear,
Hale, Hanna, Kean, Lodge, Penrose. two
Platts, and Spooner, not to- mention the
, Hon Joseph Very Quarles OF Wisconsin.
Democrats-Bacon, Bate, Berry, Clay,
Money and Vest, to say nothing of But
Ter. Teller. and Turner. whDsee political af-
filiations are not very Clearly defined.
st. Louis Not an Appficnnt.-In the
sense Of making an organized effort to Sc
cure it or of extending "a formal invita-
ton, st. Louis is not an applicant for the
next Democratic National Convention.
This statement is made on the authority
y. z.
joying his holiday vacation with Washing
ton relatives. OF course, st. Louis would
not refuse to entertain the convention
should the National Committee at its
forthcoming meeting here decide that the
Missouri metropolis is the best place for 1t.
but Mr.. Howe calls attention TO the fact
that several months ago st. Louis agreed
in formal manner to help her lusty and Wig
orous sister, Kansas City, secure the con-
vention in 1900 on condition that The West
ern metropolis OF the State withdraw from
the contest. which was being fercely
waged year ago among various cities OF
the Mississippi Valley for the honor OF
holding big worlds fair in 1903 in cele-
bration of the one hundredth anniversary
of the purchase of the Louisiana Territory
by jefferson. This agreement was entered
into through the several business organi-
cations of the two rival cities. Acting
upon it every class and organization OF
citizens in Kansas City have been earnest
ly devoting themselves for months to the
work of securing the Democratic National
Convention. and the ST. Louis newspapers
have been giving cordial support to the un-
dertakiug. Kansas City has built by popu-
lar subscription one of the largest conven-
ton halls in the world, and at the sugges-
tion of Vice Chairman Stone OF the Ma .
tional Committee. the citizens have raised
II
in the campaign next year. At the same
time it is understood that in the matter of
financial guarantee Kansas City's rivals.
particularly New York and Chicago, will
be prepared to meet any monetary consid-
Grafton that may be a factor In determin-
ing the contest, 50 that 'bn this scofe at
least the Missouri city can hope to have
no advantage.
There Wns No Objection-An inter
esting feature of the House proceedings
which preceded the passage of the Curren-
cy bill on Monday before the holiday re-
cess was taken has not yet appeared In
the usually accurate Congressional Rec
ord" In order to register his vote against
the measure Representative C. L. Bartlett
of Georgia got up from a sick bed at Ma
con against the advice of his physician and
came to Washington to be sworn in. Be-
fore the roll call was begun Mr.. Bartlett
hobbled toward the Speakers desk OF
and, waving his credentials at the
august functionary in the chair, informed /
him that he wanted to take the oath
of Office. With a resounding thump of the |
desk with his gavel. Speaker Henderson's |
voice rang out imperiously:
IF there is no objection the oath of Of |
nee VIII De administered to the gentleman
from Georgia" |
Mr. Bartlett was so astonished that ap- !
parently he was unable to speak. The |
tall form of Leader Richardson unwound |
itself in the centre of the Democratic side |
and the Tennesseean had just puckered |
his lips to voice a protest against the |
Speakers unusual ruling. In a jiffy Gen. |
eral Henderson realized the break he had |
made and recovering quickly from his en-
barrassment. said:
The regular order will be suspended so
that the oath of Office can be administered |
to the gentleman from Georgia." Then |
General Henderson called Messrs Richard
son and Bartlett to the chair and whisper
ed this apologetic request into their ears:
.'If you gentlemen will agree to my editing
out OF the record the first remark I made
shall feel very much obliged to you. My
mind was on something else when l made
that ruling which, of course, was wrong,
and l want to apologize to you both for
it, The request was readily agreed to,
and that is the reason the Record" con-
tains no reference to the Speakers harm
less mistake. To the end OF better forti-
flying himself. Speaker Henderson. who
had at that moment sighted Representa-
tive Stallings Of Alabama. standing in an
aisle waiting TO be sworn in. again raped
the desk vigorously and in resonant tones
THE regular order will be
suspended SO that the oath of office can
be administered to the gentleman from
Alabama"