Omaha daily bee., 1901-02-13
ETCHINGs OF WASHINGTON LIFE.
scenes and incidents Around the Hub
of National Politics.

| of National Politics.
Now that the democrats have got on
| their fighting clothes in the struggle over
the subsidy bill, relates the Washington
| Post, quite a number OF senators are COM
ing to the front. Senator Berry Of Ar
| kansas, for instance, although he has been
| in the senate for a full term, has never
before appeared to such advantage as
| debater, while Senator Turner OF Washing
ton, Notwithstanding the fact that his
| ability has long been recognized was never
known to be equal to a three hours speech.
| Senators Bacon and Clay OF Georgia are
also taking a prominent part in the con-
| test and are enjoying the novelty OF being
in an old-fashioned fight. Senator Jones of
Arkansas is, OF course. o veteran in sena-
toriaI struggles and is taking advantage of
the assistance which his colleagues are CIV
ing him.
The readiness of the democrats to speak
| at any length so as to defeat the subsidy
! bill by preventing 1t from coming TO
vote recalled yesterday some Of the cpl
sodes OF the force bill fight. One of the
champion long distance takers then in
the senate was Mr.. George OF Mississippi.
| He had written book and one day he
brought the entire manuscript Of the vol
ume to the senate. With painful slowness
,, he began to read from a stack of type
written sheets piled mountain high in
front Of him. In the course OF his read
ing he was interrupted by a call for
quorum. After the clerk had called the
roll and the senate lapsed back into its
normal quiet Mr.. George resumed his
task.
when Adam first walked with Eve in
the Garden of Eden" he began, but the
remainder of the sentence was unheard in
ha Iuu btar ryht oh nh tha pha
Der. The humor OF speech which went
back to the creation OF the world was too
much for even the digniAed senate to with.
stand.
Judge William Underwood was one Of
the best men my state ever produced" said
Representative Adamson of Georgia to a
New York Sun correspondent He spoke
the truth on every occasion. His son John
wanted an office under Governor Crawford
and asked him for certificate OF charac-
ter The father complied and wrote TO
the governor as follows;
"'My Dear Friend-This will be handed
| TO you by my son John. He has the great
est thirst for office with the least ca
pacity to fill one OF any fellow you ever
saw
John didn't get the ONCE, but his father
lived to see him a shrewd politician and
fine lawyer" .. ...
OF all the things peculiar to the thor
oughly American house OF representatives
the perambulating stenographer is the
most individual, says the Washington
Times.
The exigency which produces him Is one
that could arise only in such a completely
democratic body. He is n necessity and
not "A luxury. While the speaker, whose
words must be caught, is doing his best
| to attract some attention from the talk
ing members It is commonly the case that
he has the ear of only the expert penman
who stands almost under his nose. Per-
haps there are others interested in the
| speech being made, but the noise of the
side conversations is usually sufficient to
drown out the speaker until he is audi
BILE only within circle OF perhaps a dozen
feet. If he walks down the aisle toward
the chair he is followed by his stenograph-
| ing shadow. Altogether the spectacle is
one likely TO prove surprising 20 anyone
| used to the sedate and quiet methods OF
| the English French legislative bodies.
| To such the man with pad making his
| peregrinatons mp and down the aisle after
| the excited speaker would be not the least
interesting sight tnat our mouse OF repre-
| sentatives affords.
There is fishing club with many Con-
gregational members that has club house
on the Potomac, reports the Philadelphia
North American. Recently a new house
committee took hold After It's first meet
ing these rules were posted:
81. If any member OF this club drinks
more than ive cocktails before breakfast
he shall be warned.
"2 If, after being warned, any member
of this club drinks more than five cock.
tails before breakfast he shall be warned
again.
49, IT, after being warned for the second
time. any member OF this club drinks more
than fve cocktails before breakfast he
shall be warned for the third and last
time.
~ IT, after being warned for the third
and last time, any member OF this club
drinks more than FIVE cocktails before
breakfast he shall he considered hopeless
and left to his own devices"
OF all the canes which are carried by ma
tional legislators the old-headed walking |