The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-13
WASHINGTON
By Roy K. Moulton
a Greenhorn in Washington.

Dear Washington ngt February ~. 1912.
.on, IaT Gditor,-Thc House OF Repro
not who writes thoir nations songs
80 ionS as they can distribute her
SaTGea seeds. or words to that effect.
~ piro s-eye Wow of tho House from
The press gallery, which Is hung up
near the roof. back or the Speaker. Is
,. .a,S.r interesting to one who is here
expense. the same as l am. it
| - certainly snap TO collect impress
For TONS it. " apa someoSdy else Is paying
connection. not at all as hint. but
merely as little side remark not ger
t th"ne III, 70 the Issue under discussion.
| t tr'MS me cneck to which l have so feel
ingiy alluded has not yet arrived here
mere Is q sort of old fashioned rough
"ho tumble, free and easy democracy
| uooul INC Rouse that one doesn't find
| IN the Supreme Court or even yet In
| mo Senate. In tho senate the worst
vnihs .hey do Is to take SNUFF. and
while in the House they chew TOBACCO
a i,I they don't always hit the cuspidor
ui.ner. There are some remarkably
poor marksmcn In the House ! no
ticed this almost at n GLANCE
~ congressman al home and a Con-
Stessihun at asnington are two diff
| ,vieht and two distinct kinds OF Con
Efessmtn. AT home the Congressman
,ises Win carnutiun ia his Datton-
Relic an" nono an ATTENTIVE body OF ener-
Z NiCE- ~ tSlucIlS nGnk-
| inH nm on the stage OF the village
oprg mouse, and waves the starry ban.
IKE nEr e in1a II Is fraz4Ied at the edge
I'M so!he or the hlSn- toned lingerie
we occasionally see In the Laulrs'
liome journal. The people make a
ts over MIN. When ne pauses and
doesn't want ana isn't use 10 in order
10 give grateful constituency time 10
uppiaud hin, the constituency ap-
When he speaks In the opry house
At nome, everybody listens When
ne speaks IN Washington. NOBODY lis
oens anu the man In the next seat
pet ~
There was real ntce-looking gen
.iehen from South Dakota, who wuro |
celluloid collar and d red necktio, |
trying to say something yesterday, ana
strained my ears to hear wnat ex. |
o uSe a man With eeiiuioid collar
1hing at all. but 1 was unsuccessful !
Inc Ladies' Sewing Circle on the hrst
meeting after tho minister had eloped |
nave made more noise Than the Hous. |
uld while that cellulold patriot was |
,rhyrms TO save his country from some |
,hrce mistakes while trying to cali |
inc gentleman from South Dakota BY !
iaIne' II the folks back In South Da- |
no'a only knew that, Such Is fame |
"Tsn IL gets away from home.
II is no joke about the cclluloid col |
ii9r. counted four Of them in the |
ioGsc yesterday. and a man from |
Hi!auciphla paper, who sat next to |
iit. sald IL was Il poor day for ccllu- |
toid collars ct that.
a very distressing Incident occurred
'V-uay as my valet ana myself wore
enanEing hotels. The last hotel WAS
NOT expensive enough Tor my valet.
ana we nave moved into n placc
now where 1t costs SIS to look nj IN.
CLOCK We were passing from TN. tax
icab INTO the new hotel when Antoine.
my valet. handed two suitCnzcs Ia ;,
roioreu gentleman in Il brilliant uni
form VINO was standing In tho door
way, slipped the latter 90 cents ana !
Hustle this baggage In. YOU sun
"tIhea rascal and be quick about It," !
OF course, II wasn't our fault thnt
me colored gentleman in the uniform
ga not happen to DC hotel Dorter +
but ala happen to he the envoy extra,
ordinary and minister plenipotentinrv
rom the republic of Liberia He huI
10 business standing there. Tho uni
iorins are so much alike that one can
hardly tell. II is said that Interim.
tionai complications are likely TO de-
Nel3p, and understand that SECRETARY
OF state Knox is very angry about tho
anair This country Is hardly in n
position 10 20 10 war with n forn,en
power with Captain Hobson ;,bscnt.
from WASHINGTON and those Dcyvev
cannon scattered all over the courtrv
in village parks. eo""tts