New-York tribune., 1903-01-15
NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL
[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUSE.J
wa shington JanuaT

Washington January IA
AFRAID TO MEET HER.-There is New-Eng-
land Senator who glances anxicnsiy aoout nun nun
every time he hears the rustic of skirt he mas
fair constituent who wants pension Her iasI
communication contained threat of visiting WASH
ington. and the following:
This beautiful government. for. which my hus-
band gave his health and for which we lost our
home requires good wife and mother months anu
years to keep swearing and swearing 10 even I've n n1
ton l wish the whole pension departnlen was as
decent undercothes l wish held the reins to keep
their rightfuI pay from them until they were pun
pie as any old damson
The Senator is working overtime to get that pen
sion, but he says that ii the woman comes com 1o 70
Washington to see about 1t he VIII WILL cer'ainls 'dNo
to his bed for the rest of the session
PANEGYRICAL BoUQUETs-A curious custom
exists in the Senate. From time to time some an
nversary in the political career of senator 10
made the pretext by some person seeking MS ldEor
for sending to every member of the upper chamber
a brief circular announcing the former TACT anu
containing request for few complimentary re-
marks regarding the victim. Once these clrcuiei >
have gone grave and digniffed Senators may De
seen consulting thesauri, young statesman's de
chalmers. and ancient obituary eulogles. IN Ineir
search for material IT glowing panegyrics Nat
uray no Senator dares tell the truth in his re- re-
marks, and thus slow, stupid ana liz
intellectual and patriotic OF thelr
of Senatorial veraciy. And the most peculiar part
of it all is that sensible men are actudiy bt
EDITING THE RECORD."-There are more
editors the floor of the House of Repre-
sentatives than appear in the sketches which tell
of the varied accomplishments of members in the
Congressional Directory. The work of these ed
itors' may be readily seen by witnessing some OF
the rolicking scenes which take place on the
floor of the House, and then reading THE Rec
ord for the next day. in which a verbatim account
of the proceedings is supposed to be printed An
instance of this elimination of the human inter-
est feature of THE Record" was acknowledged
the floor of the House on Friday. Representa-
tive Shattuc, of Ohio. the genial general as
he is called was having some fun with Representa-
tive Ners. of Indiana, who. had the floor for a
speech The interruptions of the Ohio man were
pr56na pe and heaed ee Lace Who
wa in the chair aPR 6 r0f 6m a
he was violating the rules of the House In @ ad, d.
such plain language ''oh, that's all right re-
torted General shattuc amt t. I going to edit my my
to perfection, and the debate appeared as staid
and serene constitutional argument the next
day in type
RATIFY THAT TREATY.-"we should ratify
the Cuban reciprocity treaty that its provisions
can go into effect at once" said Representative
Lot Thomas. of Iowa. to-day. Il am not in favor
of reciprocity with Cuba because we owe any
thing to the government or the people of that
island. We them nothing. I favor the treaty
because I believe it will open UP new avenues
of trade. Under existing conditions it is impossi-
tlefor the merchants cf the United States 10 sell
a great many lines of wares to the Cubans, be
cduse the European nations with cheap labor can
undersell the United States manufacturers It
will be different story however, when the treaty
into effect and under the articles which pro-
vide reductions of SO and 90 per cent. will be
able to undersen Europe and drive those countries
of Cuban markets Our -four, breadstuffs ana
agricultural implements will find an almost un-
limited market in Cuba, and the sooner the treaty
is ratified and put into effect the better it will be
for American manufacturers and merchants, to
say nothing of the Cubans, who will have market
for their sugar and tobacco which we all know
ere the chief products of the island"