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Show OtiDEX DAILY COMMERCIAL: SUNDAY. JANUARY 18, Ib91. THE MACE OF THE HOUSE rr ts rot orrtw usca but it u a ST AW. VCRV POTENT aw Catm tut gMoM 74589000 f it ' Only tfcaa thia outyuM conTexted. more w a - tae, a&4 thU vu wfcea tU - soeuber frtn Kw Jenry mcbl far tb bcmhior Ifat nvember from WLiatao with Mtsoa fct. To mart TiAton to tbaa t of Kpntaunra Uj mm i 4tll : 5p TIIX MACS AT USX., They eaa, taoding upon rwnd marblo block, at tho right of tha speaker', chair a eontriranco which look liko a bunJla of sticks, iurmoantr ad by a ball and a bird. No one part attention to thia qnecr dorica. It U to aeldom used and ao often aeen standing in iu placa that members and other habitue of tha hall appear to ba en mindful of lta existence. The stranger, bowerer, rarely fails to ackwhattt la, Locky, indeed, ia the victor who aeea tba mace in action. The mac is mighty when stirred to movement It could not exert a mora potent charm if it were heathen idol and tha occupants of tha floor its devotee. When tha mace is taken down from its pedestal and carried upon tha floor the visitor may feel sura there is a crisis. There ia extraordinary disorder, a fisticuff or a riot As a rule, tha mace ia not used more often than once a year, but its every appearance creates a sensation. There waa never yet a man ao bold as to dispute right of way with tha mace. All beads are bowed before it; all tonguea ailent And why not? It is tha only royal insignia in thia government It is most potential instrument of cere--ll Authority on this con- Vr f ..... r AIM MMW I' of the Amorican bouse of commons, and that means the people. Tha admiral of the navy may Lavs his flag and tba general of the army bis star, but "Yliat are they if the body the mace rules loes not support them? AH honor, therefore, to the mace, and do rot sneer at it because at first glance mummery, itppoara arelloof ancientstick. The a n meaningless, decorated lounge and play about its pedestal 'lf it were a piece of furniture, but it really the one potential wand in this country, the one inanimate object which typifies actual power. Compared to the mace the gavel is nothing. The gavel appeal fcr order. The gavel is a The mace enforces mere mallet a sounding instrument which may roar and pound and rottle ia vain. The mace ia a silent, majestic force which has but to be seen and it is obeyed. A member may disregard the tpeaker and express contempt for his gavel, J)ut the man who foiled to bow before the mace would endanger his right to sit in the house. He might ven insult the speaker, for he is but an officer of the house, its creature. The mace invariably commands his reepect, for it is the house itself. When the Amorican congress first met it was perceived that it should have, in some form, a symbol which all men would hold in awe and reverence, and ao a mace was fashioned of ebony, bound with silver, and surmounted by a silver globe and an eagle of solid gold. It was baptized, crowned and enthroned, and reigned supreme till the British soldiers came along in 1814 and burned the Capitol. Then the mace was destroyed. The olid gold eagle disappeared, and no nyttery. T.t exposes during the f3 surazg wurta as tae soft ar answnrabSa for the winter paiga bw Las fas tlga priest ia the a in business of laurs tbaa on uec efraaa Tha a person of tbe sergeaBVaVanQ. Every day at blgh now, when the boos saeew. this ofioal enters tha baS. bearing the rymbolmhkv nanda, aa4 pUota it epoa ia pedestal When tha boot ad jocroa or Ukm a reeeas be came it away to its closer. Sccoetiaea be Ukt it away when tba boose continues la anaoa, or appears to da ao, a&i thia is socaeihiBf whka the viator cannot endervund. The explanation is a Aunpl one. Nearly eery day tha boos reaulves itself into tonunitloe of the whole hua on the sUtaof the Union. CsuaXy on sacn the speaker retires after caBing a member to tha chair, though be may pradde if be withes to do so. The cunv mittee of the whole is not the bouse of rrprae&tAtives, but whAt i: name indicates, a auupW committee of which every member of the Loom is a member, and conspqtientiy the mace has no proper place as a siteel gusrdisn of its deliberations. When ao ordered by the speaker tha nigh priest of tha macs lifts the ancient symbol fraea ita place and cam it held aloft, upon the floor among the members. If there is disturbance there yoa may be sore it will quickly disappear. This bif b priest of the mace is aUo a sort of father confessor to the statesmen Gfthebowe. Ah, if his secrets were what sensations there would be has m the land! Ibe eergcaut-at-arm- s many delicate da ties to perform besides that of polishing up the gold eagle. Once in a session or co it happens that a call of the roll failing to disclose the presence of a quorum, the sergeant-at-aris ordered to apprehend absent members and bring them before the bar is of the house. The eergeant-at-arm- s dethree where know to jufct supposed linquents are to be found, and he and bis aasistanta gtuetally do know. A drinking saloon not far from the Cartel is usually drawn on for a limited number of statesmen. A few doors down New Jersey avenue, almost on the site of the first manor bouse erected in the Capital City, a select poker coterie is occasionally interrupted by the knocking at the door of In the immediate. the aergeant-at-armneighborhood are two or three other dens in which jack pots are once in a while broken up by the appearance of the officers of the bouse. Not many years ago three young statesmen were caught In a house on this same avenue man undignified but not reprehensible plight They were whiling away the dull hours of an afternoon learning to a. IS ACTION, j doubt was carried away by some vandal soldier and sacrificed to cupidity and the melting pot Unhappy fate of THE MACS Macell When the house next convened there waa much consternation at the absence of the godhead of parliamentary authority. To meet the exigency a new god was quickly created, falae god compared to the thing of royal worth and beauty which had preceded it Mace II wad nothing but a piece of common pine wood, painted and stained in imitation of ebony. This one reigned till there was time to procure another of more enduring material, and Mace m, which we now see ia the house, and which has veers or been there for seven tv-fi- When members of the earns political tarty, the nun church, or tha awn family begin to qaaml among tba- elves, thai the fun begin for tha rut of the world. It is likely tba number of towns that will aooab aara litter carrier extended by act of congress to include afi place baring a population of not ks a than J.000. and those where tha revenue is aa much as $5,009 a yew. CLicio promiafa to be tha first great city to try fuel gaa. When arrangements now pending are completed, fba gas companies will be permitted to run their pipes through the stmts and convey the gaseous fad to homes and factories at the rate of sixty cents per thousand cubic feet of natural gas, or fifty cents per thousand feet of manufactured gas, with rebate for prompt payment It is only a question of time when all cities will use gaseous fueL MM iimma Department & Bargain Store, 2302 Washington Avenue.. fc-rr- purt-uflk- rOGrDEDNi HOUSE KEEPER? Our Art Needle Work NOTIONS AT CUT PRICES. DEPARTMENT. Department Spal fcoss kyius liPaTYaBbCaiialSfflte. Weik! Sc. ork. Eoasaa ZmbmArrf, ap. Mesiraa draw work, Spaaititaaad Keedle Dipper Art ia eUrce oi aa expert tearfc .U StZktu vork, etc A Uood IT IS UNSURPASSED. 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Well, if you know next society it then don't say in your column, in speaking of a newly wedded widow, that "there waa present at the Wire Strainer $c up. high tea that lovely bride, Mrs. Q.Washington Smith, nee Mrs. Thomas Jefferson Jones," for when you say that you inform your readers that the fair lady was born Mrs. Thomas Jefferson Jones. Crumb Tray and Unuh 25c Begrular price 3Sc We have even seen in a popular paper, in the advertisement of a milliner who had been married and wanted to inform her customers that she still continued at the old stand, something that read like this: "Mrs. Tipperton Featherwell (nee Mrs. 'Jonathan Jurgensen), still keeps the latest styles in hats and bonnets. Ladies own material made up." We have seen in tha. society reports within less than a week, in the paper whose editor thinks it gives to the publio the purest English of any journal in Christendom, the same ridiculous mistake, setting forth that some fashionable lady had been born already married. OGDEN", UTAH. This is one of the mistakes that cause JlASAeiB FBANK MONROE........ the people of the effete despotisms of Europe to laugh to scorn American soOur Challenge BUI for Week Commencing cial pretensions, and that is calculated 19. to make the average observer tired, very tired. We beg our ambitious young journalists not to use the word "nee" except in speaking of the maiden name Bwturn for a Short Benson Only of the best, of a married lady. Nay, nay! most finished little Aerialist in the 10c r 35 ITe earrjr a wniJrte line of Embroidery Hilk Bope 6tamd Silk. Knittiaf and Handkereliirf Loner Uiaa any Cloe- inc Out Price. and SUka, Paree fcilk Eibbu, Arraseoea, CkeoiUw. ia Gilt and Chenille.- - Frinee in Ornament, (Sold, JsilTtr and Silk. A I WE TAKE ESPECIAL PRIDE IN ING Unene. Towel FiBiuf Silka, Wah SUk. OFFER- MuUrd THIS LINE TO THE PUBLIC DW 10c. Price 11c Befular c t utor HoguUr 35c. 1 Cbtj, Satin Pern Linen, Concrete and Wool Sheeting. Plain and Fancy Serim..Silk Scarf. Plain and Figured Silk. Kibbon Sc up. Comb Butcher' Linen and Bound Thread Linens, Scrub Brub m 10c. Plnebee, Satin, and Rollins Pin He. Bcfular price 13c ALL THE LATEST NOVELTIES COME AND- SEE US. - OGDEN DEPARTM'T STORE, W. H. VOOEHIES, mm mm ", . ittmirMimwM 2802 "Washington Avenue, J it ll!l:l.ull:!IHI ceasfal CAodidata. E. CAR. waits at a private dancing school, when the man of the mace rushed in upon them and waltzed them away to the bar of the house, there to make their explanation. When a member is called before the bar to give reasons for his absence he is not sworn to tell the truth. , It would be exceedingly awkward at times if this exaction wore made of him, for statesmen have been token out of professional gambling dens and worse places by the unrelenting but happily secret keeping officials. The man of the mace must have discretion as well as seal, for it would not do to take an intoxicated statesman into the presence of the house. That woulrt offend the dignity of the body, and be decidedly uncomfortable for the member. In such cases the officer discreetly reports "not to be found." More than one statesman of renown owes his fair fame to the reticence and or his discretion of a sergeant-at-arm- s assistant It is a matter of general congratulation, however, that drunkenness, gambling and worse vices are much less frequent now among publio men than they were in the old days. There are no pnblio gambling houses in Washington, and the members who often get drunk could be counted on one's fingers. Some strange stories are told by assistant sergeants-at-arm- s concerning their experiences with junkets and funerals. It is the duty of these officials to act as funeral masters when a member of the house dies, and to make all arrangements for transporting the corpse to the place of interment accompanied by a committee of congressmen. As a rule, of late years these funeral excursions are managed with dignity and solemnity, though it would be contrary to human nature if a few small jugs and a limited number of bottles of wine and boxes of cigars were not included in the para phernalia of woe. Many funeral scandals have come to light through publication of the items of expense, but one story has down to this time escaped the chron iclers of the press. It was told the other dav bv an "I was managing a funeral trip dSice," said this gentleman, "and the journey was a long and tedious one. The committee insisted that I should lay in a sup ply of whisky and vine, and I did so. But there was no place to store the goods and no place in which to keep ice and the other articles which help to make those things go off smoothly. So we went into the baggage car and there fixed up a little bar of our own. And what do you suppose it waa we put our bottles on and took our drinks from? Why, the pine box, in which lay the remains sf our deceased member.'' Walctb Waxuux tli-vi- - UTAIL SJc have a rhnirp list nf 'inside residence and MINNIE B1CKETT, assisted by the Modern Apollo, WM. E. B1CKETT. in their new Flying Return Act. An act that has puzzled them all. Pronounced by all who hare witnessed their and performance to be the mot wonderful skillcounhighly finished aerial act er r seen in this act finishes this Minnie Miss Bickett great try. with a Head Foremost Dive from the dome of . Wm. of a to band the theatre Bickett, the feet. distance of Twenty-thre- e Special Engagement of the Eastern Favorite, JIM DALTON A CLARA BOYLE, in one of their enjoyable sketches. Second Week and Tcrriflie Hit of the Oreat European Novelty, SERPENTELLO! This Is the finest and greatest act of its kind, barring none. It is entirely different from all others. He performs feats of contortion that other dare not attempt. The Funny Little Man, MB. BILLY KEN- business property in Ogden, Nothing but the best Also town lots and farm property in Kansas and Arkansas tn exchange for merchan dise A few Nob Hill and Nelson Park lots in Ogden to trade for merchandise. Correspondence solicited. handled. n-itnt- n We refer to any bank in E. K. lUDCxELx ?9M Bureau Special Engacement for One Week Only, the Talented 3 OATLEY SISTERS. 3. in their wonderful specialties. Second Week and Continued Success of MISS NORA WILLIAMS. Charming Vocalist. MISS Success of the Favorite GRACE MONROE, MISS NELLIE MARKHAM. WALDO WHIPPLE, the Popular Song and Dance Artist, 7 - & Wshiu?(ftll kxtML . 0gden NEDY. The evening' performance to conclude Waldo Whipple's farce, entitled AYENCE, Eeal Estate Investments. profession, Zone Railway Tickets. The none railway traffic system, which has been so successful in Hungary, where the railroads are owned by the government;, is attracting much attention in England and other countries where the railways are not government property. Mr. E. L. Sheldon writes for The London Paternoster Review a paper showing how the plan may . be made available in other than government rail' , way systems. , He believes that in great railway centers, like London, Glasgow, New York and Chicago, there would be bttle difficulty in adopting it and mighty advantages resulting from it For instance, ten great main line railroads center in London. The managers of these could unite in a colossal combination and the country outside of London, within a radius of twenty miles, into suitable xones, with a proper price fixed for each zone. For these, zones only three kinds of tickets would be provided, the tickets being respectively for first second and third class travel, distinctions little known in America, where it is to be hoped they will never be tolerated for a moment , " The separate ticket offices could thus be abolished. Indeed, few offices for the sale of the common xone tickets would be required anywhere. Shopkeepers would willingly keep the tickets on sale for the convenience of their customers, just as drug stores in America now keep postage stauipi Thus the price of the tickets could be put down very low. In consequence of the low priced fare the railway travel would increase to a boom, just as it has done in Hungary. Four hundred million p( .'ngers are annually carried by the t main railway lines centering in Lon . t' If the fares, were cheapened as m i proportionally as they have been in .nngary crowded London would be k ved at onoo of its teeming population and the railways would reap larger dividends than they do now. London would become the great thoroughfare for those who resided oneacheideof it So far back as 1881 the population of the city included within the Metropolitan Police district numbered 4,766,661. If London can adopt the none system of railway, traffic then certainly New York and Chicago can. UJiT"" KLDUELY & OGDEN. Hottest Spot on Earth! . Li. 22S3, WASHINGTON MONDAYJAN. A QVXEB BOX IN A BAOQAOB PEOPEIETOE. : of - C JU., ' OGDEN. ITAH. ' Information. I am prepared to answer all letters of inquiry in regard to investments, valuqs, interest, etc., in Ogden and Utah generally. 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