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Show W" ASHINGTON, Jan. 21. Equilibrium of tho Sonato formed an interesting interest-ing feature of a Bpcoch by Senator Morgan on the Statehoqd bill. Tho vonerablo Alabama Senator delved i' into ancient history somewhat In order to show that from the beginning of tho Government Gov-ernment there has been a contest for tho control of the Senate Ho assorted that New England was more concerned over ; the balanco of power by tho admission of ; States from the Louisiana Purchase than she was over tho extension of slavery ' Much moro to the same effect did tho Alabama Scnat.or Ray, declaring that New ' England insisted upon counting but threo- ; fifths of the negroes in tho South until they were given tho ballot, when she thought she could vote them, and thus ! retain her power Then tho Senator i turned to the admission of States some years ago, saying: "Tho Northwestern Territories marched I into tho Union six of them in less than i hlno months, with Dakota divided Into two States, tho South assisting in tho ; grand procession. New England was om- t inously silent whilo tho peoplo were re- ; lolclng. This heavy disturbance of tho balance of power was folt deeply by New England in tho Senate and in tho Electoral Elec-toral college. Tho Northwest has often "been recalcitrant, and New England has , resolved that, to prevent any dangerous loss of power, if tho Southwest should i eVcr become likewise disobedient, her : power in tho Senato should be confined to four Senators, when she Is entitled to eight. If the Southwest is weak In tho 1 Senate, or rebellious, these, against Now England policy, could do littlo harm." New England has, no doubt, become ac-; ac-; Customed to tho criticisms of this char- acter. On more than ono occasion, In and outsido of Congress, havo tho six States In tho Northeastern portion of tho country been held up ns a horrible example exam-ple of selfishness, and their peoplo accused ac-cused of a lust for power, woll. other sections havo nover been backward In reaching out for power. It is rather Interesting In-teresting to note, however, that of tho Six men on the Commlttco on Territories that vot,ed for the consolidated Statehood bill, two wero from New England, one Ife .from Indiana, ono from Minnesota, ono iW from Now Jersey and ono from Ohio. To Bft charge N'ew England with tho wholo ,ro-n,f ,ro-n,f Eponslbllity In doubling up the four Tcr-fi Tcr-fi rllories Into two States 13 a great deal I like averting that tho tail wags tho dog. Tot everybody must concede that New England, with hor twelve Senators, has always been a strong factor In all affairs In tho United States Senate. Senators from Maryland, Virginia, West ! Virginia, Pennsylvania, and other States near tho capital need largo committeo rooms In which to receive and entertain i their visitors. This is especially tho case with Senators who aro in party harmony har-mony with tho administration, for their ! lsitors aro mostly men who aro scek- ; ing office. But then theso near-by States : afford an opportunity for visitors to drop in casually and paBS tho time of day '. and remain for on hour or two. Tho Sen ators really need rooms with two rooms ' and two openings, bo that they can dis appear when the most importunato callers como to seo them. A member of the House, who enjoys a gamo of poker, was corralled in Baltl-i, Baltl-i, more not long slnco and was "up against ! ' it." He was Invited to a dinner and mado to pay for it. besides contributing to tho : holiday spending money of tt number of gentlemen present. Thcro is a noat lit. ; tie trick with a new deck of cards in a i poker gamo which makes betting very si lively. In a new deck tho different suits aro generally separato and in sequence. J . By throwing out tho Joker and dealing a regular poker hand to seven players, tho ; dtaler, skipping himself on tho second and ) fourth round3, and taking throo cards tho last round, gives every player a full hand save tho dealer, who gots throo of a i kind, but also three of ono suit. Of course, every man stands pat, when tho second round is dealt, except tho dealer. He splits his threes, throwing away two of them and retaining the throo cards of a suit, drawing two cards. This gives him a straight flush, the best hand. This is the way tho Job was put up on i tho member in Baltimore, and thcro was, I of course, some big betting Before draw- 1; lug cards there wero sevoral rounds of raises, which mado a very nice pot. As all J: Blood pat, except tho dealer, and ho drew r two cards and raised every time it camo round to him. tho member, as well as tho others who were not in tho trick, becamo a little doubtful and called. Tho others evidently thinking they had enough money did not press the matter, and tho , show-down with six full hands and a ! rcyal Hush showed there "was somothlng crooked. But tho Baltimore crowd got away with It unblushlngly. Four of tho lesers knew that they had gone up agalnBt a skin game, but as It was a gentleman's : party they did not want to mako a fuss over it It was afterwards learned how . the trick was worked. Shuffling the cards I would break the combination, but cutting ! iy the cards simply changes the character Wfi of tne nanas dealt although their valuo jf: may be only slightly changed. It was formerly quite tho thing to tell D ntories about big poker games among 3 ' , members of Congress. Much was said about the "Senatorial game," "milllon- aires' game." and the "Congressional i ' game." and always wo heard about great i bunchcB of money changing hands, bluffs ns high as the banks of tho Mississippi, ; . and all sorUs of stories. Frequently tho , Senator, Representative, diplomat, or rich ! man was named, and the winnings or ' , losses told with as much gusto as if they I really happened. Thcro wero 3omo ploas- I ' ant poker games in days gone by, and occasionally somo wondorful plays, but U ono night, with a few interesting inci- P ' dents, furnished material for a month of 1 stories. Some of thoso who flpired In tho , JlUKUr HIUI IVH UL'UillllU UUI1U.) ill HiU iiu- t torlety they gained and abandoned poker l entirely For many years now thcro has I not been enough poker In tho Capitol to E hang a story on. t . Thero is one political quarrel coming h ; from a far "Western State that 1b not 1 easily mado up. and probably nover will I ' , be settled. Tho Governor of the State and h tho Senator havo not spoken for years. a and arc bitter enemies. The Senator held I a function eomo tlmo ngo. which was so f ' official In character that tho Governor ft : had to bo a guest. "Wo had to invito him." 1 explained the Senator's wife, "and ho had H the bad taste to accept." j y A -MMs same affair quite a number of I' .' other State officials wore present, and " : r-ome, including the Governor, had to leave A ! carlyk Tho Governor nought tho hostess E and explained that ho was obliged to go J early, an,d mentioned that ho was to ap- m companv one of tho wardens of tho Stato. K . "I will "certainly excuse you, Governor," 1 fiald Mro. Senator "Nothing would afford jg me eo much pleasure as to seo you going f '. ; away with a warden. Arc you In for a l t ' long or short term?" Tj ! ; Pome members of the Houso wero dln- ja finding the prospective Cabinet changos V : which might occur after tho -1th of March. Tl 1 Said one. "Well. T am pretty near certain that Secretary Hitchcock will not remain 5 os the head of tho Department of tho In- i, ! terlor after the 4th of March." m ', ' "In that case," replied a man from tho K if far West, "thero won't bo a- dry throat 2 In tho House." W. I Senator Perkins, who wa3 for eeveral f-J: I yearn a sailor man. presided over tho ses- m sIonB of the Senate during tho absence of Ifj f Senator Frye.' Aakcd how' ho was getting l I alon, ho replied; m I "Oh, wo manage to hold hor on her f course pretty well. Sometimes, as a frl '? Bailor would say, oho drifts a little sou'- mX - i Fou'-wcst, but by putting tho holm hard TV, f j down we aro. ablo to fetch her up." ( it The- Senate han passed a bill for the re- ? Wl lief of the "Wandering Amcrlcan-born In- VA If dlans of Rockyboy's band." And thereby 1. hangs a tale. It Is not necessary -for tho 2 p purpose of this story to go into (totalled Ul I account of Rockyboy or his band of K f American-born Indians. Suffice It to say h that Sonator Gibson of Montana intro- duccd the bill in 1D03, then Senator Stewart reported It from tho committeo, and it has been on tho Sonato calendar. But tho tltlo struck a number of newspaper men about the Senate as peculiar. Then they declared themsolvos a part of tho band, and unanimously elected Sonator Beyor-Idge Beyor-Idge chief, becauso ho was tho "chief wanderer" of tho Senate. Ho wandered all about tho Senate, sometimes occupying ono scat and then another, rarely In his own. He good-naturedly accepted the appellation, ap-pellation, and notes havo been exchanged of a humorous naturo between tho members mem-bers of the "brfnd" and the "chief." Ono day when the calendar was "under consideration the bin was rcachod. Bcv-cridgo Bcv-cridgo was Just leaving the Senato when ho heard tho words, "Wandering American-born Indians of Rockyboy's band. Ho stopped. "That's my bill," he oaid to the press roportors, and watched its progress. pro-gress. Senator Teller, who, as Secretary of the Interior, has had largo cxperlenco with wandering Indians, roso and began to mako inquiries. Beverldgo went over and talked with him. "I am assured, ' remarked re-marked Teller, "by tho chairman of tho commlttco that tho bill is all right, and withdraw objection." Meanwhllo Senator Piatt of Connecticut was making eomo inquiries, nnd Bovorldgo was soon at his sldo nnd talked low and earnestly. "Having "Hav-ing received assurances concorning this bill," said Piatt "I shall not object to It Thon tho bill went through. Now, Beverldgo was not tho chairman of tho committee, as Teller stated, and what assurances ho govo Piatt did not appear. But it, was a Joke. a.nd no carried it out to tho end. Should the bill becoino a law and the original red-skinned Rocky-boy Rocky-boy and his. wanders bo located on forty-acro forty-acro tracts of Government land, and get $1S.SOO in cash, as tho bill provides, he will owe it to the Senatorial Chief ot the Rockybov Wanderers, who appreciated a Joke and carried it out, even in the Lnitcd States Senate. During the recent forestry convention a man lashed himself into a fury becauso certain Western men did not do as ho thought they should do and becauso they apparently could not bring themselves to look at tho public land laws as he wanted them to. But he went farther, and declared de-clared that tho country owed the forest reservations in tho WeBt to Presidents Cleveland and Roosevelt. The fact Is that tho forcst-rescrvatlon act was passed in Harrison's administration, and oy C3t-orn C3t-orn men. The now States irom tho far West had Just been admitted, and twelve Western Senators not only united in urging this mcasuro but they handled tho bill In the Senate Without them tho bill could not have passed, for it finally became be-came a law about 2 o'clock on tho morning morn-ing of March 4. tho day Congress expired. President Harrison did not ilko to sign tho bill, not because of tho forestry-reservation provision, but because of something some-thing else. About twenty Senators from Western States visited tho Whlto Houso during tho night and urged him to sign tho bill. It was this particular occurrence that caused Harrison to remark : "Tho freo coinage of Western Senators is something awful." But ho signed the bill, and mado manj forest reservations. Cleveland, McKlnloy. and Roosevelt havo added to them until tho West is now woll provided with these reservations. But Western men should not be refused credit for the work thej havo dono in tho way of forest reservation. reserva-tion. A recent witness In the Smoot Inveatiga Hon W J. McConnell of Idaho, recalls the 'story that he is tho man who was credited with driving George F. Edmunds of Vermont out of the United States Senate. Sen-ate. When Idaho wa3 admitted there was a long term and a short term. McConnell drew tho short term, and having only two months to serveymado tho best of It. lho second day after being sworn in ho took a station in tho mlddlo alslo, and, in a foghorn fog-horn voice, mado a speech. While McConnell McCon-nell was talking Edmunds entered and gazed with astonishment at tho speaker "Is that a member of tho Houso?" ho risked "No it Is a Senator," was tho reply "When did ho get in?" further Inquired Edmunds. , . , t "Ho was sworn in yesterday, was the response. , , , "Sworn In yesterday and making a speech today." mused Edmunds. "Well, I guess It la tlmo for mo to quit" Then ho got his rcslgnatoin ready. It Is a tradition of the Senato that a new Senator Sen-ator must wait at least one session before ho makes a set speech. Representative Fitzgerald of New York was inclined to havo somo fun tho other clay with a negro waiter In a Washington cafe. Mr. Fitzgerald could see at a glanco that tho darkv was fresh from Virginia, and sought to initiate him Into tho ways of a llrst-class eating establishment. Among other things ordered wero two fried eggs. Mr. 'Fitzgerald being careful to tell tho waiter to sec "that ono was fried on one sldo and tho other on tho other " Tho waiter had heard a lot about tho liberal lib-eral tips for which the place was noted, and was anxious to servo his customer In proper fashion, so he made a precipltato dash for the kitchen. After a considerable delav. tho waltor camo back, and with a sad look, Inquired If. ho had correctly taken ta-ken tho order, as tho cook had raised a question about it Mr. Fitzgerald replied that tho order was all right In the meantime mean-time others In tho cafo had caught tho humor hu-mor of tho situation and howled. Onco again the waiter camo back and, with a still more sad look, exclaimed, "Deed, be ss, de cook say hadn't yuh bcttah got dem aigs scrambled " When ono roatts of claims being passed by the Senate hoary old claims of forty and fifty years ago ono naturally feels that In tho gallery is tho gray-haired claimant watching and waiting for. tho long-looked-for restitution of his Just dues which a hard-hearted Government has |