The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-01
CONGRESSIONAL PHYSICIANS.
"DRs." GALLINGER OF THE SENATE
AND WILSON OF THE HOUSE.

Senate Has It's Private Medicine
Chest, and the House May Provide
One AIsO-FitzgeraId's Effort to
Exclude SapphO From the Mails.
He Will Read Part of the Book for
the Dedication of the Committee.
MIR. BeveridGe's Speech.
Washington, March 31.-Representative
F. E. Wilson of Brooklyn is building up
quite an extensive non-remunerative m d
zeal practice among his associates in the
| House of Representatives. His reputation
as a successful medical practitioner in
| New York has preceded him here, and n .
is frequently called upon to prescribe or
members of the House He responds 10
| all calls made upon him for medical as
| sistance cheerfully and he has already
acquired the title of surgeon general of
the House of Representatives.
DR.. Wilson says he intends to introduce
a resolution providing for the purchase of
a reas nab!e supp y of medical stores to
be kept on hand in the sergeant at arms
office for emergency purposes. On several
occasions members have been seized with
violent attacks requiring the application
or drugs which are usually on hand in
every well regulated household. The ex-
penditures he says would be provided for
cut of the contingent fund of the House,
and the outlay for the Congressional med
iclne chest need not necessarily be large
or extensive.
In the Senate, Senator Gallinger is
known as the emergency physician of that
BODY. Without the Introduction of a sena-
torlal resolution years ago the sergeant
alarms of the Senate established a con-
Venient but well stocked medicine closet
in his office adjoining the Senate cham
Der. The supply of drugs and
medicines at the disposal of
the Senate in case of an emergency
is not large, but it meets the requirements
OF ordinary occasions and DIR. Gallinger is
frequently enabled to promptly relieve h S
senatorial patients by having the require
ed medicines on hand.
Inc difference between the House and
the Senat in the manipulation of their re-
spective contingent funds is quite marked
In the Senate the widest discretion is CIV
en- the committee in charge of that fund
while the House with it's characteristic
timidity is required to adopt a special res
olution to provide for the much needed
medicine chest.
SapphO and the Mails.
Representative Fitzgerald, who stands
sponsor for the movement TO exclude he
book "Sappho" from the mails is deriving
considerable amusement out of that sub
Ject. His resolution 10 exclude "Sappho'
from the mails is now pending before the
Committee on Postoffices and Post Rolds
1t was suggested by one of Mr.. Fitzger-
AIDS colleagues that he should present
each member of the committee with
copy of this questionable publcatio Mr..
Fitzgerald facetiously volunteered to lp.
pear before the committee at a convenient
time and read for the entertainment of
those members who are not familiar with
the famous work. 1t is said that Repre-
sentative Cromwell is the only member of
the committee who is willing 10 admit that
he read "Sappho." 1t is understood num-
Der of the members of the House not con-
nected with the Postoffice Committee
have requested permission to be present
during Mr.. Fitzgerald's reading of the
book.
AS further evidence of his sincerity
in trying to purge the mails of this al
legged lascivious publication, Mr.. Fitzger-
aid proposes to supply Assistant Postmas
ter General Heath with a copy of the
book so the latter may become familiar
with the Objectionable work when the
question of it's exclusion from the mails
comes before him officially. A conscien-
tious public officer like Mr.. Heath can be
relied upon to make a careful investiga-
ton of this subject before taking final ac-
ton, and it is easy to imagine Gen. Heath
seated IN MS private ONCE ldnl1HdrlZlng
himself with the adventures of Jean
Gaussin" and Fanny lie Grand
Beveridge and His speech.
Senator Beverage has evidently forgot
ten that ancient fable of the parrot and
the dog. in which it is related how the
parrot was deprived of it's most brilliant
plumage by the little dog, simply because
Polly talked 100 much" The friends of
the youthful Senator from Indiana agree
that he made a mistake in trying to re-
peat the success he achieved early in the
present session in his great speech on the
Philippine question. What was expected
to be the effort of his life was the speech
he delivered in the Senate Thursday. At
ter many advance notices of the
speech, he was induced to defer
its delivery at the time originally
announced on the programme. Indeed it
was sugg sted that he had abandoned the
idea of delivering it altogether. However,
he concluded that after so much time CIV
en- to its preparation he could not afford
to cast II aside Consequently it was re-
announced to be delivered in the Senate
Thursday, and of course the galleries were
crowded in antcipat on of a repetition of
his former oratorical triumph Unfortun-
ately for him the popularity of the Hoos-
Ter Senator has percepubly waned of late
and there were scarcely dozen senators
in the chamber during his speech. There
was, however, a good representation of
the young members of the House present
to size up the Boy Orator of the Senate.
Conspicuous among the young Represen-
tatives were Sulzer, Fitzgerald and Rup-
pert CT New York, Foss of Illinois, Will
liam Alden Smith of Michigan. Pearre and
Mudd of Maryland and Cushman of Wash
ington. Senator Beverage did not create
a pleasant impression on this occasion,
and there was not a murmur of approba-
ton or tender of congratula tons as he
hurriedly picked up his manuscript and
left the chamber