El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-15
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flowers, received the presidents mes
sage, looked at it, sighed at tbs inter
minable length and then sat back il
palIence to listen to the reading there
| Of That is, some of the members did
the rest went into the cloakrooms ant
talked politics.
Hanna's Bouquets.
| A popular congressman at the open
| ing of a session is like a pretty debu
tante at a ball: entitled to flowers ant
| lots of them. Some of them have &
| forty-debutante power. Hanna has
His desk was banked up with bouqets
nosegays, baskets, floral pieces and al
the other things that florists get w
and charge war prices for. Hanna Is q
worthy gentleman but he is not built
for picturesqueness exactly and as he
waddled around in the collection the
roses acted as a very effective foil fol
him, enhancing their beauty immense
ly. The democrats were not as much
nonored as the republicans this time
anu many got nothing. But Jones o.
--rkansas was an exception; 1 should
rate him as about twenty-girl power.
His admirers made speciality of yell
low chrysanthemums with enough
white ones to make up the proper ra-
ito of 16 to 1. Somebody gilded lot of
lilies with bronze paint, tastefully set
off with silver splotches and sent in the
result to Jones.
There was plenty of good feeling to
go with the flowers. Everybody SEEM
ed on the best of good terms with ev-
erybody else, Pettigrew and yelling
ton being absent. 1 saw Hanna-who
was surveying his floral accumulations
with the pleased but perpleXed air of
a Cnchin-Chino fnrnnd Innco
in corncrib- up the question of
where he was going to sit and walk
over to throw his arm about Jones's
neck and ask him about it. Jones is
tall and slim-Hanna isn't-and he
had to bend over to receive the con-
fidence. Whatever it was, it pleased
him. Then Senator Billy Mason of
Chicago-also short and STOUT but Of
bigger diameter at the equator than
up and evidently told
a story, for his auditors laughed while
his own double chin wabbled in jelly
like commissions. Mason is one of the
best story tellers in congress of story
his political heresies
may be-and his conjunction with the
rival leaders made an irresistible grav-
rational attraction for the rest of the
senate. That's stated wrong, because
there was no gravity about lie crowd
but let 1t pass
Jobailey Draws First Blood.
The house was nearly as well orna-
mented as the senate and was mucn
more festive. The first point of the
session was scored by Jobailey, con-
stitutional expert and octopus oppon-
ent from Texas, who objected to the
of Conner of Iowa. Conner
was elected to fill the place of Dolli-
YER, now senator, but unluckily Dolli-
ver's resignation was dated to take eff
'ect after election. Conner had to step
aside, but next morning the house de-
.ided that the objection was bubble
md he was sworn in.
Mckinley VS.. His Brigadiers.
The house has passed the bill for the
of the army and it is
queer illustration as it stands. of the !
way things go sometimes. The presi- |
lent of the United ocaues, the command |
ng general of the army. the secretary |
# war and Hull, sponsor for the bill, |
we're all in favor of making staff and |
Inc in the army matter of alternat-
ng detail. but the bureau chiefs in the
var department favored a permanent
taff-and that's the way the bill was
eported and passed. For a long pull.
AOAAS pun anu pun Oil tOSelHeT
me to the staff of the army.
here are ten brigadier generals and
ne major general occupying soft and
asy places in the war department
nth nicely cushioned chairs and all
ne comforts of home, and with noln-
1g much to do but draw their breaths
nd salary. Theoretically they take
are of the army in the field, but prac- II
cally 1t manages to wiggle along
'itnout undue exertion on their part. II
Iurally they are violently opposed to
ny change which would cause an al
of staff and line duty. Miles
as his faults but he is a soldier from
oldierville and he has been fighting
lie permanent stan business for years
and much good it's done him.
he Canteen Voted Away BY the House
Incidentally the house knocked out
le army canteen. partly in Difference
} the arguments of the w. c. T. u, |
DIV in session here. and partly be-
luse of the widespread public oppo-
ton to the institution. Grosvenor of
bio voiced the opinion of many who
,ted for this section. in saying that he
d SO under protest, believing that
lie canteen was a beneficial thing. but
lat he yielded to public sentiment in
e matter. One member raised a laugh
, moving that the wording which pro-
bited the selling Of alcoholic bever-
res on any premises controlled by the
nited States for military purposes
) amended by striking out the mill =
ry purposes" so as to cover the con-
essional restaurants which are in the
pitol. But this was voted down for
me reason. Army officers hope that Z
e senate may reverse the action of !!
e house, but the hope is not vivid.
The w. Y. T. US. in Town.
S a prOsperOus looking well dress :