Show LOOKING AT THE DOUSE and the Side RoomsThose Who The Main Entrance the Corridors RoomsThose Committee of the in Are Entitled to Go on the FloorScene Commitee WholeDistinguished Entted MembersThe Occupations of Some of ThemHow They SpeakGrcat Flow of Oratory Corrcspondcnjo Tribune Washington Feb iStand here at the main entrance to tho hall of the House of Representatives look back through the long tunnellike corridor crossing Statuary hall and the great I rotunda and afar off in the north end I of the Capitol you see a nest of red lights I It I above the doors of the Senate chamber The lights warn you that the American House of Lords Is In executive session and that all visit expcutve ors are debarred not only from the jjallorlps but also from the corridors surrounding the chamber Now turnabout hall of about lock arms and enter the hal alone the House Privileged persons nre allowed on the floor while the House is In session They Include the President Presi-dent and VicePresident of the United States and their private secretaries Judges of the Supreme court members of Congress and memberselect contestants con-testants In election cases during the pcndancy of their cages in the House the secretary and scrgcantatarms of the Senate heads of departments foreign for-eign Ministers Governors of States the architect of the Capitol the librarian of Congress and his assistant In charge of the law library such persons as have by name received the thanks of Congress Con-gress exmembers of the House not Interested in any claim or directly In bill pending before Congress and any bi pfdln befoe clerks of committees when business from their committee is under consideration consid-eration and no others Indeed the Sneaker Is not allowed to entertain a request Spaker quest for the suspension of this rule or to present from thoclmlr the request of any member for unanimous consent Of course there are many efforts to break usually end In disas this rule They usualy dls trous failures The other day exSena tor Manderson of Nebraska was seen sending In his card to a member while exSenator Pugh of Alabama walked past him without any question and entered tered the House The reason for the distinction was obvious Manderson had never been a member of the House while Pugh was a Representative away back in 1S59 Members of the British Parliament have sought entrance In vain I Is I said that tho celebrated Lorenzo Dow once appeared at the door nnd tried to go in The man on duty look him for a foreign Minister and asked what court he represented He replied that he was accredited to the court of high heaven I am sorry to Inform you that that court Is not rep resented here replied the servitor Stand aside and keep the passageway Clear But you are In the chamber I Is evident that the onearmed veteran soldier sol-dier at the entrance takes you for an exmember His eyesight Is not the best In the world Not many years ago he took Buffalo BUI for an oxmember and Bill afterward held a reception In the Democratic cloakroom On mountIng mount-Ing the three marble steps leading to the floor you cross your hands and stretch your elbows along the exquisite brass rolling Inclosing tho seated Representatives Rep-resentatives Glance over the House rcsntalves Speaker Henderson Is not In the chaIr A much yqunsqr nan iUjjvJilskera ala a-la mllltalre Jills the chair The House is In committee of the whole on the slate of the Union with James S Sherman Sher-man of Utica N Y presiding The urgency deficiency bill Is under consideration consid-eration cnd there is much excitement Five minority members are on their feet shooting Interrogatories Into Joseph G Cannon chairman of the Committee on Appropriations in charge of the bill Cannons hands are wabbling In the air In the Intensity of his emotions He is always at his best in the repelling assaUlts as-saUlts of parliamentary wolves Apt in repartee his answers are pat and enjoyable en-joyable Every eye In the House Is riveted upon him and waves of applause ap-plause succeed ripples of merriment Most of the seats on the floor are filled with attentive listeners and the galleries are bubbling with life This ought to be a proud moment In your life Take In the situation and marvel mar-vel You are touching elbows with the assembled wisdom of the country Here are 227 lawyers two preachers seventeen editors twentyfour bankers bank-ers twentyone manufacturers fifteen merchants eight farmers five phy nlclana seven typos three college professors pro-fessors two railroad officials two coal operators a miller a carpenter three blacksmiths and actor a stenographer a druggist an auctioneer a hotel proprietor pro-prietor a brewer and a surveyor all aspiring statesmen and all engaged In making laws for the people and In distributing dis-tributing the surplus In the treasury These arc nome ot the great men attracting at-tracting the attention of tho nation They are pointed out to the youth of the country as exemplars in life There Is an assorted lot of selfmade men among them but all are Just now In Intellectual fermentation Most of them eagerly await future advancement advance-ment Here are men whose highest ambition am-bition Is to be either a Senator of the uruled Suites or the Governor of Q State Some wIn fame by honest work in committee nnd othcrH by a superficial super-ficial display of oratorical talent on tho noon All aio engaged In filling the columns of the great American newspaper the Congressional Record Among them are statesmen who furnish fur-nish n dally topic of conversation In the mountains on the plains and along the seashore Others arc quiet from session to session and are never heard of outside the boundaries of their own districts There Is a l l In the discussion Cannon has taken his seat and Is mopping his brow In the Interim a sturdy personage from Tennessee takes the floor UP Is Thetus W Sims of Linden 1 plain and unassuming as a hardworking farmer he has the appearance of a wellfed judge Ills checks are rosy and a trim mustache > Morn hlg Up Apparently Imbued I L with the Importance of the point at Issno he arises from n conscientious sns of a duty unperformed In a full tone he enters upon his argument His words are veIi chosen and his sentence sen-tence terse and compact There Is a deliberation about him that enforces I attention His gestures arc plain but i In every Instance suited to the word All In all his IB t type of ntatesmnn ship engaging to of men strong common com-mon sense Thirty years ago ho was working In t brick yard at a dollar a day Two years afterward he was wandering through the rural district of the Big Bond State with the pack of a peddler on his back After ama lag enough money to pay for a term in school hn began to teach the rudimentary rudi-mentary branches In n country village vil-lage Two years elapsed and he graduated grad-uated from t law school and began tho practice of his profession Finally he was ovcrtakep by 8 nomination for Congress and was elected In 13C and has been an Influential but not effu alve member of the House ever sInceRe since-Re represents thu district that reveled In the services of the wellknown Benjamin A Enloe for eight years Enloo was the exact opposite of our bricklayer He was ever on his feet stirring the House with the wand ot inquiry on every occasion lie drove over the roads of legislation with a sprinkler filled with nitric add and used It with characteristic recklessness reckless-ness At one time he held up all pension pen-sion legislation AYC three znpnth 21 the ground that the House was persistently per-sistently refusing to consider what was reCualnS known as tho Southern claims bill 1 district of the Eighth The resident Elhth reldcns the change for they evidently chmse have already elected Sims for three terms and Vlll probably confer the fourth time honor upon him a fourth tme I Bv the by here i Is a distinguished gCBtleman on tho other aide of the House whose on career Is equally as interesting Inter-esting He Is of medium height has estns black hair a cleanshaven face blac and a mouthful of a ruddy complexion white teeth Thirty years ago he was a newsboy In the streets ot Grand Rapids Mich Today he Is chairman of on Pacific Railroads a the Committee Palc Rairoads place once filled by Lucius Q C Lamar James W Throckmorton and Robert M afterwards Secretary Lamar was McLanc atenards retary of the Interior and a Justice of court Throckmorton Governor the Supreme curt Throckorton ernor of Texas and MoLane Minister to France If the Grand Rapids newsboy advance FrancE proportionately he may either future Repub grace the Cabinet of a lican grce administration become Governor l to Embassador of Michigan or go as Embaaor the 1Ichlsan St James Certain It Is hat he has had a career worthy the study of the aspiring boys of America tUI When a boy he was known among his fellows O Billy Smith Today his colleagues col-leagues address him a the Hon William leage Ham Alden Smith While selling newspapers news-papers ho was promised a appointment as a page In the Michigan Legislature If he would appear at Lansing at a certain hour With D few newspapers under his arm he boarded a railroad train and wa thrice ejected because unable to pay hf are His persistence was finally rewarded The conductor listened to his story and passed him to Lansing Just twelve years afterward Mr Smith was general counsel for the same railroad company When 34 years old he a elected to Congress from the Grand Rapids district and has remained re-mained here since that time Ho ha taken a prominent part In legislation and wields much Influence As a member mem-ber of the Committee on Foreign Affairs Af-fairs he Is In outspoken sympathy with the patriots In the Transvaal Mr Smith Is one of the champions of the lettercarriers In the House and Is J ever on the quI vive where the Interests of his district are at stake He was an Xn timate friend of President McKinley and had a long Interview with him after his return from Cuba just before the declaration of war with Spain I Come back to the Democratic side of the House Stephen M Sparkman of Florida has just secured recognition and Is addressing tho chair He Is cleanshaven with a head built like that of Thomas B Reed and Is very fond of crisp white celery Forty years ago he was a barefooted boy tilling the 501 and eating goober peas In the county coun-ty of Hernando where he was born Sparkman Is kntiwn throughout the peninsula as the cracker statesman of the saw palmcetocs He first developed os a school teacher and afterward studied law with Gov Mitchell Twice has he declined a scat on the bench In his native State He came Into Congress Con-gress as the successor of Stephen R Mallory and his friends claim that he will succeed Mallory In the United States Senate Today Sparkman is the leading lawyei ° of the State As l member mem-ber of the Committee on Rivers and Harbors he Is of great service to Its maritime Interests He Invariably addressed ad-dressed the House from a judicial standpoint weighing the arguments pro and con wlUi the gravity and Impar tally of an upright Judge He lays no claim to eloquence and makes no showy spurts but pursues the even tenor of his way relying upon undisputed undis-puted facts clearly presented to Insure conviction and gain his point Away ofT on the rim of the chamber to the right stands another example for American youths He Is 1 James A Tawney of Wlnona As straight and dark as an Indian he has snapping black eyes and the voice of a born orator Never aiming at effect he is sure to create IL Energetic in diction and gesture picturesque In manner his frock coat fits him to perfection making his physique as attractive as his intellect In-tellect Thirtyfour years have passed since this man was an apprentice to D blacksmith near Gettysburg Tho music of the anvil was evidently not satis factory for later on he became a machinist ma-chinist and drifted out to Lake Pepin Hero he studied law In the shadow of Maiden Rock and at last entered the < magic mae of political life He has been In Congress eight years and is now a member of the Ways and Means ensnared In the meshes of the tariff net Aside from this he Is a prominent fixture In the Important Committee on Insular Affairs He stands high In tho councils of his party and Is recognized recog-nized as the Republican whip A a whip he possesses the elegance o De lance Kane and the Insouciance of an army teamster Plausible and ductile In oratory he Is one of the few men able to electrify the galleries But Tawney Is not the only blacksmith black-smith In the House Near by you seethe see-the agricultural figure of George W Smith of Murphyeboro I Forty years I ago he was pounding an anvil In Wayne County surrounded with fiery sparks I and hot horseshoes Like Tawney he glided Into the legal profession and broke Into the House of Representatives Representa-tives Here he has made his mark His devotion to his duties Is proverbial Ho has hair of a Titian tint a square Jawed American face and all the virtues vir-tues of an American statesman of the olden time Years ago he made a speech on pension matters that remains I unrivaled I was delivered at night when the galleries were filled and was applauded to the echo When river and harbor bills are under discussion Smith Is as active as an Egyptian dragonfly Tie always secures liberal appropriations appropria-tions for his district and seems to be proud of bin work As a campaign ora tor he Is unsurpassed He swept over his district in the last canvass In point debate with Judsro Roberts his competitor com-petitor for the nomination and literally made mince meat of him Tho contest was one that recalled olden days on tho prairies of Illinois The speeches were reported In the dally newspapers of St Louis and elsewhere and the accounts Vprc read with avidity Mr Smith has served twelve years in the House and It looks a though he would remain twelve years longer if he desires Ho Is now at the age when the Illinois members catch the Senatorial Itch but Ire shows no signs of such an epidemic Now here Is another blacksmith from the city of St Louis There is no doubt about his being a selfmade man He Is James T Butler a blacksmith and far rier who worked at his trade for three years saving money enough to put him through the St Louis university and Washington Law school Those three blacksmiths swing the sledgehammer of strenuous statesmanship with an abandon that marks their familiarity with their trade Hore the committee rose and the commitee r Speaker took the chair Within three minutes Gen Henderson discovered In a there tho floor I was stranger on for twinkling the unwelcome visitor was tlklnh te conducted to the door I a 430 when he left the floor and was seen no more I AMOS J CTJMMINGS gt J pr Aiaocj Jt mIf |