The Irish standard., 1903-11-14

Ns9 - were unfair and needed some
nding. Finally the minority did
have q large enough representa-
On the important committees, that
fesentation having been cut down
time when the minority was re-
s@ncedst0 much smaller phalanx than
Scan to-day present. But there is
ing SO tyrannical by nature as a
ty. 1t is a sort of fate which
Ills along and defies anyone to
{. The previous question was
d, and that cut off debate. All
inOrity could do was to demand
call, which consumed three quar-
-of an hour and caused the pretty
EN- in the galleries to grow bit
\ .estlve. But precious little good it did,
tor the rules We're adopted, of course,
land the democratic protests might just
las well have been uttered in the ear
n OF the north wind.
Next came the drawing for seats.
.
II In the dignitied, continuous, tradition
ruled and prerOgative-cherishin sen
& ate, senators hold their seats from
scOngress to congress. There are men
~ There who have sat in the same spot
Tor fifteen or twenty years. But in the
house, which is Il pure democracy
~ ic1.
Zone man is theoretically as good as
Il another, and the tyro has as many
& rights as the veteran, chance deter
mines the choice of seats. All the
members retire to the rear of the
benches. With the present large men,
\ bership Of the house virtually all Of
the floor space is occupied by desks,
ana the area in the rear is so narrow
the statesmen were crowded in
human sardines in a New York
bridge trolley car. 1t was
satather funny to see the whole United
States - forty-tive commonwealth,
Tour territories and Prince Cupid from
the colony Of Hawaii-compressed
Into two little triangles like Il couple
OF tins of ported meats. Very soon
zone of the four things will have to
4 happen. The United States will have
Ito stop growing, the ratio of represent
st2ti0n will have to be cut down, the
4 hall of the house will have to be ell
slarged, or the desks will have to he
:staken out and the members planted on
) benches, as in the English house of
commons.
After the members had packed
themselves i'll the small space behind
( the railing, and while they stood there
with anxious faces looking at the great
expanse OF empty seats, page boy
was blindfolded. A box of numbered
marbles was shaken up with a clatter
ich made Timothy Dry Dollar Sui
An from New York yell Keno"
The page drew a marble, the number
was called out, the tally clerk looked
at his list and found the correspond
ing name and cried out james S.
Sherman" Ruddy-faced Jim" Sher-
man, Of New York, was the lucky man
to have his name come first out of the
keno box. Amid applause he marched
down the aisle. He had his choice of
3S2 seats, for in that wide area only
four men were seated, having been
permitted to take their choice by cOur-
tesy and agreement-AIr. Bingham,
the father Of the house," who by vir-
tue of his twenty-siX years of continu-
GUS service was accorded the honor Of
administering the oath of office to the
new speaker; Mr.. Jayne, of New
York, the titular leader of the major
1ty as chairman of the ways and
means committee; Mr.. Richardson, Of
Tennessee, minority leader in the last
congress, and Mr.. Williams, the new
leader of the democrats.
Rattlety bang went the keno box
again and out came the name of the
popular Mr.. Overstreet, of Indianapo-
lis. For time chance played pranks
by bringing out the new or almost un-
known men, while the veterans waited
nervously. Finally here was ripple
of applause as slnooth-faced young
man marched down and pumped him
self into front seat. Mr.. McClellan's
luck is still with him, for this was the
young mayor-elect of Gotham, for
whom all the women in the galleries
had been inqulring and around whom
the democratic members had gathered
profusely with the glad hand, eager to
welcome any democrat who can break
the run of porty luck and win big
victory. Editor Hearst was in good
fortune, too, and was applauded. Hit
the vetern, usually unlucky, was this
time able to get his old seat. Prince
Cupid smiled all over himself whel
he carried the colors of Hawaii RICH,
down to the front row. Lorimer, Hull
Lacey and other western men came
early out of the box.
But many of the old stagers were
forced to take back seats. Littlehelt
of Maine, "Pete" Hepburn, Charlie.
Dick, Boutell and Foss of Chicago
William Alden Smith of Grand Rap
ids and General Grosvenor of Ohio