Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-04-25
CAPITOL CHAT.
Four Maine Men Mentioned
for Vice President.
They Are Frye, Washburn, Perkins
and Long.
Where Maine's Congressman Are Found
characteristics Of Cabinet Officers.

shall hang his hat in Congress is not
| On The surface such a very important
matter, but after all it Is matter
that congressman take Il great deal OF
pride in. In the long cloak rooms, one
| for the Republicans and one for tho
Democrats. there are pegs fCr each
member Of. the House His name is
printed plainly under each hook and
he can walk in there at any hour Of
the day, have a negro attendant to
! take his coat and hat and hang them
up on the desired peg. Nevertheless.
most members Of Congress like to have
their committee rooms where they can
20 ana leave their effects and where
they may also take their friends for n
| little chat, whenever desired In the
old days when all the Maine members
Of the House were chairmen If com
mttccs. these rooms were among the
most desirable in the south end Of the
! Capitol. Their rooms We're the head
! quarters for visitors from Maine sand
almost any day one could drop in
! there and hear the latest gossip from
! home. With the assignment Of com
| mittees in this Congress to the new
members from Maine there was quite
a change.
| Representative Allen of Alfred. hangs
up his coat in the Republican cloak
| room. but instead Of seeking the rep
/ rasentative from the 1st Maine Dis
/ trict in the Speakers room off the rear
\ lobby. visitors from that section Of
K Maine now send in for Mr.. Allen from
the center door on the Republican side
! which is the eastern side Of the Hall
/ of Representatives. When Mr.. Allen
/ wants to take his friends aside for Il
little chat he takes them upstairs on
the gallery floor to the committee room
of the District of Columbia. This is a
large and spacious room and there are
always Il few vacant chairs where peo-
pie can sit and talk.
| Representative Littlefcld always
I hangs up his tall silk tile on the peg
, in the Republican cloak room ana one
sends in for him also from the center
door On the east side NJ the House.
The late Representative Dingley used
to hang IN his hat ana coat in tha
committee room on ways ana means
and when one sent in for him it was
from the west door of the hall. which
is the Democratic side
! Governor Burleigh hangs his hat
down stairs in the committee room on
public buildings and grounds. where
his predecessor did the same thing be
fore him for many years. The commit
tee room on public buildings and
grounds is more convenient. be
ing next door to the post
7 office ana On the ground floor Of
! tho Capitol. 1t is ncrhaDS the most
convenient location for a committee
room that any member from Maine
now has
,
Representative l-ittlcfed's committee
, room is a big. snacious one. being tbot
Of tba c,,onittoo o,, iu.1io;,r, ,Iin..t,.
.i "ui'''iH' uH''u4
across the S"uih end OF the Capitol from
where Representative Allen is Mr.
Littlcdcld spends some time occasionally
in that room and takes his friends there
when he wants to do So in uuiet. When
he was serving on the SacciaI commit ~,
10 inquire into the Roberts case ne was
found 4 great dcil of the time in thc
committee room for Elections M. /
which adirinS the District az CoIumbil
committee room.
II is noteworthy how the very persist
candidates brings i'll thc names of Maine
people. II is doubtful ii moro than one
Or two Of tho men who have boon sur-
gcsted for Vice President will have any
convention. Nevertheless, the gosSip has
been fast and furious because Of the any
iety of the leaders to fix upon an avail
able man. Four Maine men have thus
far been suggested. one is Senator Frye.
who will not under any circumstances ac-
cept the honor: another is Senator Per
kinS of California, who was born at Ken
nebunkport, Me. but who has been n
figure in Pacific Coast politics. hut who
would probably not accept the honor If
it should come to him: another is ex-
Senator w. u. Washhurn Of Minnesota.
d member Of the famous Livermorc fam
ily: ana the other is Secretary Of the
Navy John u. Long. who came from
Buckfcld. Me Although Secretary Long
has stated his Willingness to accept the
place il is very doubtful if he ever re-
CciVcs the nomination. because the dis
position is very strong these days to So
lect some candidate from the West who
will be able to some extent to offset the
influence and prestige of Mr.. Bryan, with
the voters of that section. 1t is felt that
Secretary Long would make a very ac-
ceptable wee President, because he has Il
large acquaintance with public men. has
served several terms in the House of
Representatives, and is much liked per
sonally by nearly every man in public
life. The manners Of cabinet officers are