The Washington times., 1904-12-05

there hung but one blue-faced. glt-num-
bered ch~Onicler of the flight of time and
that behind their backs,
That the Senatorial neck might not be
Overmuch twisted by too persistent
watchInss of the timepiece. q new one.
twin unto the other, has been put i'm
place. directly over the Presidents chair,
where all may see without the slightest
change of pose.
In the House where 3S6 members oc-
eupied the available floor space. there
was perhaps, less OsteutatiOus dignity
and more noise and laughter than
among the ninety veterans of the Sen
ate
There had been a procession TO
Speaker CannOn's room, il being the
custom OF the wise ones 20 put their
irons IN the nre az an early stage of
the proceedings There had been pro-
cesslOn, also 10 the basket on the clerk s
desk, in which IL is customary To de-
pOsit new bills, resolutions, and petit
lions.
SmOot Protests.
There were petitions on the Senate
side also, and most of them respectfully
suggested that il would be 10 the wei
fare of all the people 10 deny Senator
Smoot the august place which he yet
occupies
In the House, matters of more prosdic
character seemed to call for Outbursts
OF public opinion The majority of the
petitions presented related 10 the al
legged necessity of repeating the law
which places q prOhlbluVe tax on Oleo-
margarine cOlored in imitation OF but
ter.
The bills introduced dealt with every
conceivable legislative subject Most OF
them We're so-called private bills, em-
phasizing the ambition of some untor-
Iunate who cant get in under the Pen
sion Department rulings FOR pension
along the special legislation route. There
were bills for public buildings, Tor harDOr
improvements, Tor tariff amendments
bills 10 cure all the real and maginary
ills of the body polite
Two New Representatives.
But two new members of the House
awaited the clarion call 10 join the hall
of celebrities. and both were on hand
today 10 receive the homage due them
and 10 admire the flowers that weighted
down the desks from which they are TO
achieve distinction.
The one is w. A. Thomas of Ohio, the
successor OF Charles Dick, who has been
promoted 20 the Senate The other is
J. r. KnOWlend OF California, whose
predecessor. Victor Metcalf, has Joined
the official family OF President Roose-
Welt. as Secretary of Commerce and
Labor.
Old Wheel Horses.
They shared honors. however, with
some OF the elder members; Tor in
stance. with HemenWay, OF Indiana,
chairman OF the Appropriations Com
mittee. whose friends promise that ne
win succeed Fairbanks in the Senate;
BabcOcks of Wisconsin. the battle
SCARED stalWart. bleeding from the
wounds inflicted by Democrats and Re
publican half-breeds. bat stil in the
ring though slightly disabled; over
street OF Indiana fame GrOsVenOrs the
Nestor OF the Ohio delegation, and best
equipped rough ana tumble ugnIer on
the Republican side OF the House. Dal-
zell. Of Pennsylvania. champion Of high
tarin IN practice and An principle
BOurke Cochran, lhe New OrA Demos
themes of Democracy Williams, or Mis-
sisslppl the Democratic foreman whose
leadership in the next Congress VIII be
restricted 10 tWenty-eight members. not
counting those OF the Southland States
Richardson, or Tennessee. the former
leader. serving his last term and about
AlE lleA OF MS ltLT 10 tAQlllail47Ati Al4e hltH
high Masonic office 10 which he was
chosen; Payne, of New York, the Re
publican door leader With ali of these
and others the Two babies" were COM
PEELED to snare attention.
Brief Session.
Today's performance was Of brief du-
ration. but IL was OF surpassing salts
factory character.
From the time that the sergeant-at-
arms placed his mace in position beside
the Speakers desk-the mace. which
popular hum0r irreverently designates
as .-thc goose. although Il is IN The
Versimiiitude Of an eagle and nOt u
goOse-uD TO the time when he pulled it
down to indicate that dignity no longer
sat enthroned. and that conversation
might be resumed, there was not "a iuli
in the proceedings. ola stagers IN the
galleries looked on with the same reVer-
H.N H.H e.