New-York tribune., 1900-01-26
AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
Washington. January 25.

washington, January
A YOUNG ICoNocLAsT.-How near the verge
NJ exposure the secrets OF craftsmanship some
times come has been illustrated in the case OF
Champ" Clark the greatest orator of Pike County.
No The Hon Champ has young who
baunts the corridors OF the Capitol exultantly
-,roclainls MS flial identity The great Mssourian
made one OF his 'impromptu' speeches IN the
House the other day: RIPPING up the Republican
Wv at The time, and some one asked him why he
was not "a @e Ia5s9 - ne tn1nester Il have
heard that speech half-dozen times at home
ADDING TO THE vOCABULARY.-The pres
ence and performances Of the Hon Richard Frank
1,- Fsettigrew. OF Sioux Falls. S D. IN the United
States Senate have enriched the language Of the
Capitol with word whose usefulness IS made
apparent by its peculiar dual character. The word
IS 5oth a verb in;ransitive and an adjective sub
stantive. II the Senate to-day the Sioux rams
statesman illustrated its double utility. The word
Is pe1-tEre,v For example while the Senator
was valiantly defending the cause ot the S1lu ls,
an6ers, he was said 10 be pe,gre~1ns i sep own IN
PHYSICAL ard intellectual strength ne was s9lu 70
kave Dettsgreved himself and likewise the cham
Is conscious Of pettgrevlng eVeryooGS iI5
pitch his voice IN a lower key The only senator
On the Republican side Of the chamber WIG ola nor
seem 70 be petugrewe3 by to-day great eli0'' was
CENSUS OF DEAF MUTEs wANTED-A curl
Gus hiatus has been discovered in the senate
Census bill which Professor Alexander GTahaHl
Bell Is endeavoring TO correct It has been com
plained that the measure in its sweep taxes III
everything OF rernotest possible human interest
and untu Professor Bell read the bill II was
thought this complaint was well founded his as
covery is that the bill makes no provision 1or taA
ing anything Ike Satisfactory Gems census US o1 itd Itj
rautes The Investigations in this field are En4tteu
70 persons in the various deaf and olInn lls.1e ~
t0ns Of the country PTofessoT 62e e. .if+i IF the
total number who are deprived Of the faculueS OF
speee as All s++istics on ybis subject which have
been OF value TO scientists the world over WY me
eessoIs 10 s+-g9pa @ ~ -elafe professor Bell is now
having difficulty IN getting the two houses 10 ac-
cept an amendment rectifylng the oe1ect ne mas
pointed out
BAD BLOOD AND LEvITY IN THE SENATE
The Hon. Edward Oliver Wolcott. Of Colorado. and
the Hon Richard Franklin Pettigrew, OF Sioux
Falls. s D., sit side by side in the Senate Chamber
Of the United States They were friends once. but
are strangers The Colorado statesman felt
called upon IN the interest Of truth several days
ago 70 zip large sections Of epidermis from the
pachyderuatous hide OF the statesman from South
Dakota. Senator Wolcott declared in speech that
as long as he had known Senator Pettigrew he had
never heard him speak one kindly word Of any
human being or Of any enterprise Senator Petit
grew was sitting crouched down in his chair when
this torrent OF criticism was poured upon him
Since that day they have never spoken. PetLgFeW %
Elares viciousiy the top Of his newspaper at
Wolcott and WoIcott gazes back at him with an un-
=.
far from this ennbattled pair, and each makes IL a
point three four times dayso address a remark
8 both PeULiEreW and WOlCGLL- and at tunes one
OF the other OF these Senatorial leases Will non
chalanuy request one Of the bellgerent senator's t
70 pass a State paper Of more or less Importance
10 the other. This afternoon Senator Chandler,
with chiI5like smile and bland, laid newspaper
Senator PetrlgTeW'S desk with the re-
aI Senator 5 e w0ic6 o When he had finished read
ing *. Senator PettgTeT read the paper with one
eye, while gla-ing al Wolcott with the otner, anu
when he had finished reading flung the newspaper
over on the desk Of Senator Wolcott ana then
EraIke6 away from his Senator Wolcott
picked up the paper. gazed hurrtecly at the marked
waste basket while following Pertlgrew's per-
ErnbulatiOns around the Senate with his gaze. N
less something is done curt the leViIy or sen
ators Chandler and Elkils the country may expect
- be startled some fine day by the decorun and
dignity Of the Senate being broken by OF the
telligerenr Senators hurting volume or statutes at
The naughty head Of Che other
NO PRESS CLIPPINGS FOR CHAMP.-Champ
Clark the roaring orator from the red hills OF
Pike County No. has grievance against the
tlirping bureaus Of the country He IS quite enan-
uured of his verbosity, and Is keen 10 know what
the American people think OF Il. With the view Of
gaining information on this point, he has followed
Fhe example Of many other statesmen and SUD
Ecrite5 TO various clipping bureaus He has about
gone ne rounds Of these institutions. and finds
Fhsr thew are al alike. He declares that he does
not expect them 70 send him only, natJerlng COM
rnents but that they persist in delugfng him with
t1vriad dupica -i0ns Of critical paragraph that
Kets started or its vagTant round He has al last
become tired Of paying his good money Ior tlls
ECr- Of thing and to-day declared thSit tle mex
agent OF clipping bureau who applies in person TO
him Drecipiratey leave his august presence on
the tip OF his No l. Missouri brogan-