The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-02
SEEN AND HEARD AT THE CAPITOL

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/ Senator Davis and Sergeant-at-Arms
Ransdell did a graceful thing yesterday.
In the pouh end of the Senate wing there
is Quasi private elevator, which. dur
I ing the sessions of the Senate. is reserved
for members of that branch of Congress,
/ newspaper men, and certain privileged per-
sons at the Capitol. During the Montana
/ Senatorial enquiry, counsel, witnesses. and
I spectators have used this elevator in
/ travelling between the ground floor and the
! gallery floor on which the Elections Com
mittee room is. The cage starts upward
! from the Senate floor with dozen men
| and women, bound for the third floor. At
! the second or Senate floor. the cage is
( halted by a Senator who enters. The Con-
! ductor asks, Which way. Senator ard
the gentleman addressed, nine times out
of ten. says down" because about nine
times more Senator's go to the committee
rooms in the basement than to those on
the gallery floor, and in the matter o.
| elevator transit, Senators have the right
of way. Thus the upward bound crowd
will go down to the basement: This thing
may be repeated a number Of times before
the cage and its passengers get past the
senate floor The elevator was crowded
yesterday when Senator Davis and Mr..
Ransdell got in at the second floor. Which
way, SENATOR" said the conductor. 'Oh.
said Mr.. Davis, Il guess l will ride up
with the boys and then go back to the
basement An old-timer in the press gal
lery in narrating the incident, said II
almost dropped dead from heart disease.
Would Willie Beverage have done that2
Well, l guess not"
The members of the Senate who appear
to do more work at the desks in the cham
Der than in their committee rooms are
Senators Cockrel. McComas. and Vest.
They attend to a mass of correspondence
while other business is In progress, though
Messrs. Cockrell and Vest are always con-
scious Of all thai is passing
Representative Richardson and several
Democratic colleagues yesterday created
some fun at the expense Of Mr.. Lands of
Indiana. and incidentally gave sly dig
at the gold standard, of which the Indiana
statesman is an ardent advocate.
Mr. Lands had reported favorably from
the Committee on Foreign Relations bill
to permit c. Z. Mari and Z. II. Pierce.
keepers of the CuckolGs. Maine, fog signal
Il
them by the Government of the Dominion
Of Canada, in recognition OF their services
in rescuing the captain ard crew of the
schooner Aurora, Of HarbOuTsvlle, Nova
Scotia, on January 4. 1896.
Mr.. Richardson asked for more partic-
ulars. which Mr. Lands gave in detail
The tall Tennesseean, however, was ap-
parently not satisfied ard propounded the
query:
What kind Of watches are they. gold or
silver"
Mr.. Lands smilingly admitted that the
watches were silver
That is all right" said Mr.. Richardson,
as he Resumed his seat.
Senator Clay's speech on the Philippines [
yesterday was listened to closely by sew
eral Senators en- the Democratic side of /
the chamber, among them being Messrs. |
Martin, Harris. Culberson. Bate. Italia /
ferro, Turkey. Butler, McLaurin, Kenney.
and Pettus. Those on the Republican side I
v no paid strict attention to the words Of 4
the Georgia Senator were Messrs Hoar.
Teller, Perkins, and Hanna. Mr. Bey-
eridge moved around a good deal on the
Democratic side. changing his seat several /
times.
Representative Lacey of Iowa vas on
the floor of the Senate yesterday curing
the presentation and discussion of amend
ments TO the Hawaiian bill He wore, as
usual, a red blossom in the lapel Of his
coat.
One Of the most devoted attendants upon
the sessions Of the Montana Senatorial
hearing is a blind man, whose name is
Campbell. He has never missed one ses-
sion. and he has never once left the COM
mittee room until the time Of adjourn
ment. He moves around among the chairs
and tables with almost as much certainty
IS though he could see.
Quite a number of young women drop
nto the committee room of the Committee
1n Privileges and Elections. One Of the
irst questions they ask is. Which is Mr..
Clark ?" Sometimes they mean Senator
Clark. but more often they mean his son,
Charles W. Clark.
Representative Bellamy of North Caro-
ina in speaking Of the report that he de-
,lined to vote on the Porto Rcan tariff
bill Wednesday because he represented
state in which it is alleged the Tobacco
Trust is very strong. said yesterday: Il
vas not only against the bill, but made a
ipeech against II. | was paired with Mr.. |
Bailey of Kansas. After the vote on the
substitute Of Mr.. Mccall | arose and stated
hat was paired with Mr.. Bailey and that
[ we're not | would vote yea and on
he Payne bill providing for the tariff
gain stated that I respected my pair with !
Mr. Bailey. and II not paired would vote
lay. ] believe the bill is entirely rncon-
ititutunal and that the Supreme Court
will hold it to be unconstitutional not only
n the feature that imposes tariff on the /
slaud different from that of the rest OF |
he United States, but also in that other
aaturn which deYOles the entire reNanne !