The Nome daily nugget., 1908-03-21
eyg J. J. Underwood.
Washington b. J.

Washington. L.. t. Jan zl.
 Having uHz raea.e cred from tHetr annual holid+s and incidentally. hav- mg completed q number os tsefr reii,I- cal trades and deals. .Hc members If congress for 5le Ions tenn have decid- ed tp settle down ,a work and ts #o something for lHa ls5rIa N present ihe topic which k ariHaHF them most is the earr,uey reform. and nearly cs- ers member of tH. house If representa- .ter~ lad hHI ta Introduce. and some
 matter. From this mass of hfsiH Waves il k probable ta something # real benefit ta tHr pea- pie Wili be evolved However. every thing in the legislature k conducted ir 7 very leasurrly manner. Thery k 2, hurry The large body moves Very slowly. and it is mot probable that one of the currency bflls#Nin become q ia,y '#frrr March next.
 The senate i~ really % bie show. hnt even thrr- ou,. sees .t E. hal, l., af rrand-siaad play The newspaper me- in tFc press galleries generally Haac eraual=th- senate. sshe8 that pand,r- aa~ and magnificent hody f- in zes- ~iou. for there L. liabl. To Joe something faine there at almost any time If fhe day or night Whenever a visitor ar- rires u Washington. about Che dr-t thing he does i= tn got a card admitting -im tp lhc senate but beyond the gal- .ery play there Is not much tp -ee. All ,a" roaI work is done in inc committee raoms. and is usually cut and dried h.- fan" being aired before the public The Haea in the rHesz galleries and there sfe some pretty smart fellows amongst chem. say that tse real senate trans acts is bushes in tho room occupied as Senator AldHch. and which hears tae sign "Finance Committees
 Of course. large number of senators and cengressmen make -peeches ou the lightest urevecatiaa. This F. dope far Inc purpos. nf having their address g printed in the Congressional Record Thousands upon thousands of these Congressional Records are sent thraug4 the mails. Tho man who has made a reech in congress or in thc senate, f- naturally anxious that his constitu- ents shall know about il. When the gentleman from P1dunE has read his opening paragraph. and begged per mission to extend his remarks in the record" his constituents read lt a few days later and say 70 themselves and 10 each other: "Bv Gosh. that young Guggenslocker. who we sent 10 con gross last election. is stirring things up al the national capital" AS a matter nf fact, there may be only half dozen members in the house when the speech IS made. and maybe only the opening paragraph k actually delivered and even the few members who are present are busy reading their mail or dictating letters 10 their stenographers
 The man who really aecompIishez something here is the one who eIiini- mates the talk and gets in some gork. Everything Is arranged on a trading basis. It Is sort of mutual obiiga- ,ion society. That Is to say votes and influences are swapped much the same as horses are traded.
 Congressman Sulzer. who has made number of trips to Alaska. and who was largely responsible for the passage of the delegaet bill two years ago. is worker He is known to the members of the gang that sits in the press gallery as spread Eagle Bin. 2" but. nevertheless. he is well liked. not only by the fellows who hammer the ivpewriters. but also by the members 'f congress Sulzer is an old hand at the game. and long ago realized tha. more can be accomplished by quiet work than by making big show fin the Record Incidentally. Mir. Sulzer was married few weeks ago. but the ac, has in no wise impaired his usefulness In fact, he seems 10 work harder than ever