| Show GOSSIP OP OF washington senator joke joka at the expense of fairbanks of indiana special letter HEITFELD of idaho who la is fat aud and jolly was telling a number of fellow senators about the cares care i of office lie he complained that people thought that when it a man was elected to the upper house bouse in congress his cares cara and trials aare over for six years sen ator fairbanks who la is tall and som corn ber joined the group at this point in the western roane mans dissertation and it a wicked bleam came into Ilett feld a e ee e ao 10 illustrate he continued there a I 1 fairbanks air banks one ot of the richest and nicest republicans in the senate well in the last week his bla million dol lar factory at springfield 0 burned his hia small son shot a boy companion while they were playing with a dian didn t know it was loaded rifle he has baa given a dinner or gone out to one every night and beveridge Beverl dge has been appointed member ot of the steering committee all of hedtfeld Helt feld a audi auditors tois laughed ex capt mr air Fali Fah banka banks ills political ant dosity to senator Is so well known in washington that the other senators regard as a joke every utterance that couples the names of the two indiana statesmen it Is well known that all the servants in washington are colored and that it Is impossible to procure white help the wife of a western senator tor had marveled maive led at oils mystery ever since she had lived in washington but she ehe thinks that she has solved it now recently she was invited by director merriam to visit the census offie she accepted the invitation and mr merriam conducted her through tho the vailous sect sections long of the big building finally he took her to the room where hundreds of young women are employed running punching machines and writing in large ledgers she wept swept her eyes over the vast room and then in a voice audible to several hundred of the clerks said baad its no wonder that white cooks and housemaids house maids are so scarce in washington I 1 mr merryam led her out of the room in n time to avoid a riot but when hen her ber husband cornea comes up for re election there will be a lot of young women busy with pencil and ink furnishing rea sons ons why he should be defeated the census employed emp loyes were appointed from the various states and although each passed an examination each also Is of sufficient political importance to interest a congressman or a senator in her ber behalf vv valle h I 1 Is the president and mrs airs roosevelt were in groton attending theodore junior during his critical ill nes the other Roo roosevelt evelt children had the run of the white house miss bliss alice roosevelt and her ber aunt miss carew were there to hold them in but were not very successful bright and early on the morning the president started for groton archibald appeared in the public reception room and announced to the white house houie employed emp loyes that if they would aL accompany COMpany him to the red room he would show them how bow kubelck acted the day hb gave a recital at the white while house no one accepted the invitation but shortly from the red room came a a series of the most fearful crashes ever given out by a tortured piano when eirick ney reached the spot he found archie using a tennis racket for a violin and at the same time bringing forth abaz ing sounds from the piano with alth such portions of his anatomy as were available for pounding the keyer key shortly afterward bermit demanded of As s secretary loeb that the horses be out so that he could h itch hitch them to his fire engine senator mcenery was lieutenant governor of hla his state in 1879 and on the death of gov witte became governor lie ile was elected governor for V v jot P t 44 I 1 j w iw ki I 1 0 jj j tit dyki mcf y the term SS 88 and then was appointed associate justice ot of the bu bil preme coutt cobit of in 1897 lie he nas as chosen united states senator ills home Is 18 in new orleans the kenmore hotel which was nas the scene of the tragic shooting of sey mour incur ayres by mrs airs bonine has been practically ruined as a real estate asse asae is by thit event anent shortly after the news became public the people who ho had bad been living there began dese deserting rUng like ilk rats from a sinking ship in a re few efsits efe its it vaa practically deserted now ow it is entirely empt with nith big to rent signs all over oi er the front of and haunts have hane been put into circulation by the colored population pu lation and ethcie Is not a cami family 13 in dashington vas washington hington who nho would go there to live rent tree free probably Pro bibly the only so aution ullon now noon will be to tear down clown the and erect a new one the i old place rias historic association which are not genially gen igen rally known I 1 was built for george washington am occupied by him shortly alter after the alt was laid out senator mcenary of louisiana as a rule takes little part in the debates on the floor of the senate but hab ad vice ace and counsel in caucus are alwaes welcomed by his democratic associates he served throughout the civil war as lieutenant in the tha confederate Conte derat army and at the close returned to his hi law practice paron Hengel muller the minister from austria hungary and baroness entertained at dinner last week the german ambassador the secretary of the interior and mrs airs hitchcock mr and mrs airs boardman mr air and mrs herbert wadsworth the th af ell assistant secretary of state and mrs hill senator and mrs hansbrough mrs airs richard 11 II townsend mr air and mrs airs chatfield taylor col and mrs aitson miss maude wetmore miss bliss josephine patten mr air halkes of the british embassy and john A kasson democrats in the house of representatives senta tives are considering senator william A dark clark of montana as chairman of the congressional campaign committee it la Is understood that mr air dark clark has been sounded and is riot not unwilling to undertake the task of capturing congress from the republicans the fact that the montana senator la Is m worth orth about would suggest that the chalemin chaiem in might fu finish ajah the sinews of war another senator who Is talked of Is carmack of tennessee ile he his has been chosen on the committee to succeed turley members of the house who have recently been made members of the committee are I 1 M mr r zenor of indiana mr air randell of texas mr air rhea of virginia at mr r griggs of georgia mr bir davey ot of louisiana mr gooch of kentucky mr burnett of alabama nothing which hail haij happened to senator beveridge since he was elected is of as much real importance to him as his appointment as member of the steering committee of the senate though unofficial in its character the committee la Is probably pio bably the most influential fluent ial in that body it la is made up of eleven members of the majority and it has the responsible task of determining ter what legislation shall be brought forward what shall be passed and what campaign shall be adopted of attack or defense although senator fairbanks la Is the senior member from indiana and has been supposed to have considerable standing he never has been made mada a member of this committee the appointment polut ment insures beveridge Beverl dge a voice in the secief counsels of the parts senator john T morgan of alabama Is said to have more general information away in his head than any other member of the united states senate although he has devoted the most of his time tor for years to the Isbin Isih tan canal question he has found opportunity to keep track of eNer everything thing else that was mas going on in NN washington ash ington ahen hen the other members of the senate want to find out anything they ask morgan the other day during a discussion of the canal bill one of the membris of the comm committee attee aelem senator morgan what were the provisions of a certain treaty with france which had biked itself into the controversy tro ersy versy much to their surprise the senator did not answer but sent his clerk to senator cullom s room for a copy of the volume containing compilation pi lation of the treaties entered into ba b this nation with foreign governments when the clerk returned mr air morgan laboriously looked up the treaty in question in the index and then proceeded to enlighten the other senators ile he held the open book before him while he be repeated the provisions of the treaty but the other senators noticed that not once did he glance at the printed page while he was reciting the provisions I 1 why did dd 1 3 BU au send for the book it if aou ou knew the text of the treaty by heart hearte asked senator elkins well replied morgan I 1 could not remember tor for the life of 0 roe me whether it began with this or ax o r A and I 1 wanted to make sura |
