The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-10
SEEN AND HEARD ATTHE CAPITOL

While Mr.. Lindsay was speaking on the
! Porto Rican bill in the Senate Yesterday
there was at no time more than three or
! four Republican Senators in the chamber
/ Mr.. Deboe, the speakers colleague. listened
10 the greater part of the speech and Mr.
! Foraker, who is in charge Of the bill. heard
| Mr.. Lindsays arguments from beginning
/ to end. considerable number Of Demo
| cratic Senators were present, and each
| gave the speaker his undivided attention
/ The galleries were occupied by a good
| sized crowd OF interested auditors. and
/ Senator Lindsay's powerful voice could be
/ plainly heard even by those seated farthest
/ from him.
! Senator Cullom has been the recipient
of many congratulations since his success
| in engineering the Hawaiian bill through
! the Senate He remarked yesterday that
the task OF having charge of a bill of that
] nature was one OF the hardest he had
ever undertaken during the time he has
| spent in Congress. Il feel sorry for Sena-
| tor Foraker" he continued, for l know
! just what he has before him. He must
know every word of his bill by heart and
must be prepared to answer all kinds Of
questions in regard to it." Senator Gull
lom said that while the Hawaiian bill was
I under discussion both before the com
mittee and in the Senate. he was under
a constant mental strain night and day to
do what was expected OF him as the author
of it.
Representative Cushman is seen on the
floor of the Senate oftener than any other
member Of the House Mr. Cushman al
ways wears a black frock coat and with
his long. lank figure. and rather solemn ex-
preston Of countenance presents quite
ministerial appearance. 1t was this fact,
evidently. which caused a man in the Sen
ate gallery yesterday to inform the lady
with him that the tall. dark man. standing
near the lobby door Indicating Mr.. Cush-
NAM was the chaplain of the Senate He
said he had forgotten the chaplain name,
but that he had often heard him spoken OF
and knew from his appearance that he
must be the chaplain.
As is usually the case during the con-
sideration OF pension bills. there was
small attendance on the floor and in the
galleries Of the House yesterday During
Mr. LIQUIDS speech, attacking special legis-
lation. the galleries slowly filed but dur
ing the greater part of the session there
were but a few spectators. Mr.. Sulloway
attracted considerable interest while
speaking because Of the fact that though
one OF the most conspicuous men in the
House, ne does not often indulge in de-
bate, confirming his labors more especially
to committee work.
During the reading in the Senate of the
long bill to provide a civil code for
Alaska at the night session on Thursday,
a tendency was at first evinced to have the
reading hurried AS no Senator followed
the text of the bill, the clerks might have
skipped several pages without its being
noticed From the time that Mr.. Bate ar
rived, however. few minutes after the
session began, he carefully followed the
bill as it was read. Under similar circum
stances. during the last session. Mr.. Bate
insisted that even when a long bill was
being read it should be gone over slowly
and carefully. He argued that no legisla-
tion should be so hurried that bill would
not be plainly understood before being
voted upon. 1t took nearly two hours for
157 pages of the Alaskan bill to be read.
and at that same rate three more night
sessions will be required before the read
ing is completed.
several mtHutIs VI lbe IlOu9V VI NePiN
sentatives are shorthand writer's OF more
OF less skill. Many Of those who are law
yers studied stenography for convenience
and effectiveness in making notes. One OF
the most skillful Of these sound writer's is
Mr. Hit of Illinois.
There we're three picturesque groups Of
men at the Capitol yesterday. One was
composed Of Idaho miners in attendance
upon the Occur d'Alene enquiry; another
was composed Of Porto Ricans, who pre-
scented a petition to the appropriate COM
mittees of the House and Senate, and the
other comprised POttawatOme Indians.
who came TO press their claims OF title to
the land on which Chicago is built,