Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-04-01

ker. Patton Of Pennsylvania, Payne
Peters of Maine. Plat. Plumley. Por-
ter Powers, Roberts of Massachusetts,
Rogers Scott, Sells. shreve. Sinnott
Slemp. Sloan, Smith of Idaho. John M
9. Smith. Samuel W. Smith. Smith OF
Minnesota. Sutherland. Switzer. Tread
way. Ware. Wallin, Willis. Wmslow,
Woods and Youngs. Total. SO.
Progressives : Macdonald. Murdoch,
Nolan, Ripley. Stephens of California,
Temple, Walters. Woodruff. Bryan,
Chandler, Falconer, Hinebaugh, HUI
lings. Kelly of Pennsylvania, Lafferty,
La Toilette and Bell of California
Total. II.
Present-Hughes of West Virginia.
Great jam Of People. '.-
AS spectacle it is unlikely that the
House will see another day like yester-
day for many moons. Had there been
10000 seats In the galleries 1t is likely
they would have been filed. for the exits
to the Capitol were clogged most of the
day by the streams Of disappointed per-
sons who found that the galleries had
been pre-empted hours before by the early
arrivals who came with their lunches,
milk bottles. smelling salts and opera
glasses as early as o'clock in the MORN
ing. A woman or two tainted during the
tiresome midafternoon, but the matter
created little or no, comment. Around
in groups Of fifty to a hundred all day
long pushing and showing and standing
on tiptoe, biting their nails with fret
fulness because they could not get inside
and see what was going on. Nice look
ing young girls, craZed for the moment
with the most annoying brand of FEM
mine inquisitiveness stopped every man
that came along with an inquiry as to
whether he had enough pull to get them
into one. of the galleries.
young lady," said courteous southern
congressman to one young woman, Il
think it would require pile driver
and a special dispensation of Provt-
dence to get any more folks into those
galleries"
J. Ham Lewis There.
All the girls leaped at the chance to
ask Senator James Hamilton Lewis of
enough to pull some one out of a gal
lery seat and put a watchful waiter
on the outside in the place. Senator
Lewis. wearing an English walking
suit of plum color. brilliantly cleaned
boots, to which were added spats of
gray. carrying lemon-colored gloves
and wearing a broad ribbon on his
pince-nez, attacked the House from the
rear. circulated around the back rows
a little and then. with many bows and
courteous genuaections, reached a
front row. where he sat. one foot upon
a cuspidor and the other draped grace
fully over his knee. He spoke with
kind mods to various friends in the
gallery and then left the floor for the
galleries. to the great joy of all who
beheld him at short distance.
In the diplomatic gallery fully Nenty-
FIVE women stayed through the entire aft
ernoon, and did not leave until the first
vote showed that the Sims bill would be
passed without question. The executive
gallery was occupied all day long by
friends of the President and Vice Presi-
Presidents family was present
Ovation for Champ Clark.
The rule as to applause from the gal
Ieries was broken constantly. and never
was it shattered worse than when Oscar
acting as Speaker, announced
the speech of Champ Clark. The Presi-
dent himself on his appearances in the
House has not received nearly SO gem
erous an ovation. Every man stood up
in his place and clapped and cheered.
Nearly every one in the galleries applaud
ed Flags were waved in one corner of
the gallery, and the yells of the partisan
Clark adaerents reminded old politicians
Of the demonstrations at a political con-
was absolute attention, but the climax
mad come, and when Representative
Adamson, who followed Clark, wound UP
the debate in a twentymlnute speech,
and endeavored to put the finishing
touches to the administration side Of the
oils question, 1t was with great difficulty
hat he could be heard.