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.i 5f , r'F..,l'r ' , ? Ml i '. 1 1 s 'iV r.yt .wv Wt v &. ; '',.7 tfe&v. " d ( V I V V, U KtoliTWILVf THE MARION DAIIiYV v ',fi A- Vi U U nLk KC r ;. S 9. A )" l-F f l! 9T Champ Letter j Special Washington T.etter. M fOUB than half of tbo abort aeeslon of congress baa pnss ed Into history. Precious, lit tle has been done, find noth ing will be done except thnt which a few leaden desire that which the inn chine desires. All nrrnngoraents ap pear to liaYe been made by tho ma chinists to block legislation. If Dem ocrats were doing that, we should bo denounced as filibusters, but ns the machinists nro doing It they of cour.se are patriots. It Is clear to the veilest tyro In the house that Hou. James It, Mann of Chicago, an able, resourceful and pertinacious member, has been se lected by the Republican house lead ers to play the role of obstructionist. When there Is danger of his being routed, Hon. Sereno 13. I'ayno of New York, chairman of the ways and means committee and ex olllclo lloor leader of the majority, rushes to his assistance, which Is proof positive that Mann Is nctlng on a system. Members on both sides who see their bills go glimmer ing rage at Messrs. Mann and Payne, but without avail. They are Impervi ous to sarcasm, wit, humor. logic, ubusc and all the rest. Just what their rea son Is nobody seems to know precisely, but it's plain as n pikestaff that they do not Intend for anything of conse quence to be accomplished except a few pet measures, such as the ship sub sidy bill and of course the great sup ply bills, without wjdeh the govern mental machinery would come to n sudden standstill. Recognizing the fact that the chances arc against their ever having another such majority ns they have in tills house, they are anxious to make hay while the sun shines. They have majority enough to do ns they please, and they are doing it. As to Guggenheim and Colorado. A great many good people have been flattering themselves that the millen nium has dawned In American politics and that there would be no more use of money In elections, but that men would be olected strictly on thclr.inor its, a consummation devoutly to be wished. These same good people must experience a severe shock when they read the astounding interview of Sen ator Elect Simon Guggenheim of Colo rado wherein ho stated that his ex pense account in securing u curulu chair amounts to halt a million dollars. Theso good people would be shocked if Guggenheim were n Democrat and If Colorado were n Democratic state, but what Is mortal sin 1n a Democrat ap pears to a condonablc peccadillo, If not a virtue, In a Republican. If Reed Smoot wero n Democrat, he would have been fired long ago, but Reed will servo his term out not a doubt of thai because he Is n Republican, nud after March 4 the senate will be Republican by a two-thlrds majority, only lacking two of having that majority now. If Guggenheim wero a Democrat, he would bo bounced out of tho senate sure as a gun Is mado of Iron, but the chances are ten to one that ho will be whitewashed and permitted to remain among tho conscript fathers. If 11 Democrat had given out tho Guggen heim Interview, the Republican press Would have been so full of righteous Indignation that tho temperature of the circumambient atmosphere would have risen so high that we should have come to the conclusion that we wero living on the equator; but, Guggen heim being n Republican, tho Repub lican papers are dumb as oysters on tho subject, with the honorable excep tion of certain sporadic cases. Condensed Speech. It Is said that the day of oratory Is past, and in 11 large sense that Is true. The printing press, the telegraph, the Hteani car, tho ductile car and the stenographer linvo about put the old fashioned spread eagle orator out of business, but nothing will ever put out of business the man who knows what he wants to say and convoys his mes sage with the maximum of Ideas In the minimum of wordH. Such a per son Is Hon. James Hay of Virginia, at present tho Yanking Democrat on the great commltteo on military affairs. That every member cannot study ov-J ery bill Is known generally, I suppose. Even the most Industrious member cannot do It; hence we must In most oases follow our party members on committees, especially thoso who In dustriously and Intelligently attend to their committee duties nnd who hnvo esittDiimieu 11 reputation 101- Honesty and fair dealing. Such a one Is Mr. Iiay. When he states 11 thing men know that It Is true ut ony rnto that he thinks It Is true, for during his long and valuable service in the house ho Iws deceived no mau nnd nobody be lieves that ho would deceive tho house. 8qt'3when the artillery bill came up, iMTlng been reported by tho military Hjfa'lrs committee, n good many people wen nervous for fear Democrats, might oafcnse It. Mr. Huy secured Its pas- ,. P'l "fi"? that Is, he most effectively pro , ', ' .Vflitw! Democratic opposition by de- ' .nywing tuo roiiowmg iiimiiioiis, con c!m,v short speech, which I submit as , Hjitfodel of what may bo cu'ird busl 111 speaking In tho house, fere is inlljhe said; .j$r, (Ppeaker, I.'JUeether; -pUh the other mfMbn'of th 'minority of,fTie commlt- t WM ln'fvortpfVthla hill. It meets a W wiMon An exisiiMi ,ior p long- Mrtlt M tbe inoretliceary ItrgB anoufit thleli jv.beem ex it UtlHUBm.-.'AM l. un, iwpm -ijr" Clark's Utile Work Being Done In Congrctt. Republkni Obttiucting Lgulitioi. Ship Subsidy Uncle Joe lo the Fore. - - - the Inst few years $119,000,000 for tht coast defense, and It Is absolutely neces sary In ordar to keep tlifni In propor con dition that there should be men to man thcRO KUns und tnlio earn of these const defense. This bill has been very rare fully drtiwn and very thoroughly consid ered, It gentlemen will examine It liny will find thnt It does not Incrense the army of the United States ev:cpt ns la officers. It provides for' the better re cruiting of tho artillery service. The trouble has been In obtaining tnuti for the artillery on ln to tho fact th it after the hnvo been enlisted for a term of three jenrs thoy are trained In certain branches of electricity and machinery nnd can com mand better prices In civil pursuits, Thl.l bill cures that defect by giving them higher pay. 1 hnrdly deem It necessary to ronsume the time of the housu In ad vocating a measure which Is so manifest ly important and so absolutely necessary for the Interests of tho country. Uncle Joe to the Front, I The Republican pi evidential situation changes frequently. Most people hero believe that somehow or somehow else President Roosevelt will be Induced to become n candidate. That belief causes most declarations for fuvoilte to be made conditionally. Rut, taking It for granted that Colonel Roosevelt stands pat on his numeious decfinn tlons, then hero Is my analysis of thn case us it now stands: Fomkcr, the anti Roosevelt candidate; Mr. .Speaker Can 11011, the administration candidate; Vice President Kali banks, his own candl date, cautious, noncommittal, watching width way the cat will Jump. It Is perhaps hnrdly fair to tank t'ncle Joe ns the administration candidate, though he and tho president arc theok by Jowl, for Uncle Joe Is stiong In his own right and, If nominated, would bo! a popular candidate. It must be clear that If Kornkcr keeps on making head way at last the whole force of the ad ministration will be thrown enthusiast ically against him, nnd the chances now seem to be In favor of Its being thrown to Speaker Cannon. At this stage of the proceedings It looks this way: If Uncle Joe makes up Ills mind to go after the presidential nomination and If the White House Influence Is really for him, ho will bag the nomi nation. If he were live yeais younger, I would say he was a sure winner that Is, as sure as anything In politics call ue. 110 18 past seventy, UUC Well preserved, active as a cat nnd his force unabated. Gladstone, Disraeli, Bls-J mnrtk, Von Rnnke nnd others did great: things when older than Uncle Joe. jiiis neing true, ms nge win not cut much figure, -, i.. 1 . lug other candidates will use It for all It Is wot tb, but n few speeches from the speaker on tho stumi) properly stnged and his secretary, Mr. White Busby, can bo depended on to stage them nnd nil opposition to him on point of nge will vanish ns the morn ing mist. It Is well for those who aro - '- I Interested In presidential politics to keep an eye on Uncle Joseph. Ho Is n big factor In the fascinating game. If the Democrats act with prudence, they can elect the next president, no matter who the Republican nominee is. Slayden's Bill. s Texas Is a great state. Everybody that knows anything about our geogra phy knows that. Texas, If fully devel oped, could support tho present popu lation of tho United States. In keep ing with the eternal fitness of things, Texas bus n very strong delegation In both houses of congress. There Is none stronger. Her senators and representa tives nro Ann specimens of both intel lectual nnd physical men. James L. Slayden, n tall, handsome, sinewy man, robust In both mind nnd body, Is the Texas member of tho military af fairs committee. He represents tho San Antonio district, In whjch is the Alamo, Inspiration for patriotism. Slayden, being a typical Texan, does not nilncc matters. What he means hu says, and what ho says he mentis. While tho senate was fiddling for weeks about the Brownsville episode, which episode Is only a symptom of a disease, Slayden proposed ti heroic remedy for the diseaso by offering a bill providing that after July 1 no no- era soldiers hIiiiII hitvo In tlio Tlnltnil stlltP8 ,lrmos. Whethof n man ngrcei wm, Hl6 Toxnn or noti )l0 nUHt mnU tho courngo of his perfounanee. In support of his proposition Mr. Slayden made n most excellent speech. I wish I had space to lepioduce It In full, as It well deserves wide cliculatlon and wide reading. It contains much food for reflection. I have room only for tbo exordium nud peroration, lie be gan by saying: I'or a lonif tlmo I have looked upon 11 us .1 deilr.iblo military rcfonn, IW'M events of a startling and deplorable jiu. tore hnva convinced 1110 thnt It In ursont It cannot be delated, t apprehend, with out r l.i 1:1ns n collUlou bt-tvven 'vvlilta cit izens unit negro troop 1. '1'bern Is 1 citron to fear thnt occasional na taslmillon nnd riot may bo sucrciHlfd by dliiuqtm thai will measure up lo th ct.indnnl of battle Firmly believing that. 1111 did. I regard ed It as a duty to tiy to pro vent such a condition by iimendln? Hi" law, A url of violent outbreaks on the pirt of nesri1 soldiers, culminating In 11 murilorpus as sault on tho unolTendlnir cltircna of Brownsville, ilichlnt ip to offer tho bid without further dlHy. Tho pill w.ts not offerc-d for buncombe. 1 proposed It b--causo I m nliHolutfly convinced that 11 It a meusuie of rtifdftn vvhleh must ultl matelytionvny,'d llwdf to tljp Judsrntii' of dim intrlri'! fpliKress. 1 very rpupl rtsrtt fi My, iQjjvr. that there rtoei ,no appftn,!' to Iw'M'y (mmedlute prppf , of puccpM. T.lkc tpiny- good lozlvlatlir ,suvveii?iM. ,11, Wf'U upwy nujmw k r,n -sai-fnuny -iihkt, .wiore ipa mma md 'coiMtck'nco of. 11 malorUy. oaa 1mI ror rny frirtlmrV'among'-iru'ch'of my Re- puonenn colleagues as 1 nave spoken to uuuuiji masei mo realize mat i am noi apt to have an opportunity to discuss tho bill as .pending before the house, and so. Mr. Chairman, I shall nvall myself of tnis occasion to speak of it. Mr. Slayden closed as follows: As 1 havo already said, 1 fear that wo huve not yet rcuched tho singe where wn xv ill lealslnto on this matter intelligently ml for conditions ns wn nnd them, but o iv 111 renoh It by nnd by. After a few Incidents like thorn- at Foit Meade, San Carlo, Kl l'nso and ttrovvns rllla congress will bo really aroused to n illichnreo of Its duty In this inutlur. lie. pent the Ilrovvnsvllle nffulr with 11 ehniiR" of locus let It occur in Michigan, Isovv Vork or IlllnoU-nml n new light Mil bo seen. Until then we will be its putlont hi possible, having faith that finally' Hut sympathy of the whole country Will b given to that section which hits bten so tried In the school or disaster, n section which stnnds fucn to face with the pet plexttles nnd dangers of the must dim cult question any people on onrth were fttr called on to meet nnd solve. When nil the Htutos compiehcnd thlx uiiestlon, which now they barely appitheud, they will help us of the south to make It cer tain that the homes of white, men In n white man's country will be protected by white men only. Mr. Slnydcn's bill nnd speech present the real Issue, and It Is a most Impor tant one to congress nnd to the coun try. It Is n subject well worthy or the best thought of the people. A Missouri Hero. If Andrew Carneg'c does not bestow one of his heio lne.lals upon the Mis-f-ourl conductor Kilns Heywood, who captured the bnndit who was robbing a train, then A.'C. should go out of the mednl business at once nnd foiever. No belted knight ever pei formed n braver act than tills unpretending Mis souri conductor, nnd it was a whole some deed. To charge a battery In the excitement of battle animated by tho gaudlum ccrtamlnls In company with hundreds or thousands of one's shout ing comrades has over been nccounted a heroic performance, but It is easy be side what was done by I ley wood. Un armed, watching an opportunity, single handed ho pounced on the robber who had his pistol In his hand, knocked him '1,vn ""' I,l?MJ,,Jn 1JU '" " LILAi VfVl llJIIIfcV VAl lil-li: MIllb III tillt! him n medal, and tbo railroad company ought to give him a life pension equal to his salary. Lconldns at Tliermopy hie, the Light brigade nt Kalaklavn, the Old Guard at Waterloo none of these showed more courage than did Conductor Heywood. All honor to his name. May his tribe Increase. Like Lord Byron, he nwoke one morning to find himself famous. Conductors who act ns he did ntc as scarce as poets who write as Byron wrote. If Uey wood were of proper age, he ought to be sent to West Point, but ns he is . slxt3'.four that cannot be. If he had nerfnrnmrt lil linrnli fent within tin, renlm of Napoleon while that mighty man was emperor of France, he would most certainly have been lewnrded with the cross of tho Legion of Honor, anil given even more substantia le-'i . ,. .... ... .,....... ....... .,, ....-, j,.,,-,,,,, IU AlVf wood should not gq unrewarded. A Contrast. Little Delaware Is to bo most heait lly congratulated on having unloaded Gas Addlcks, the greatest Incubus that over mulcted any American common wealth. Ho has kept her In tho lime light nnd such a limelight! for ten or tvyelvo years, humbled her, disgraced her, made her iinmo a hiss nud u by word among the states. Twice ho forced her to finve only one United States senator for tho space of two j ears each time, nud once for a period f of two j ears he prevented her having I nnv United Kt.it,. ,enntnr ,,t nl? any united States henntor at alt That's Republican Delaware! What an nwful contrast with tho Democratic era when Delaware sent to the senate such splendid Ameilcunfi,as tho Sauls burys, the Bayards nnd Judge fJeofge Gray! Holding On. What has become of tho Piatt resig nation ruinois? For mouths they enmo thick and fast, but tho aged, not v en- erable, Thomas Collier Piatt still sits In the house of the ancients and gives ' no sign. It wjll be lemembered that he once resigned. That was away buck ' In the dog days of 1881, during the fSnwioM.r!iiiikiini. fi.mi. vrntt rn,u , bellevo that tho lordly Roscoc compel led Thomus Collier to resign, mid thoy therefore and theieupon dubbed him "Me Too Piatt." Ills friends say that ho suggested tho Idea to Conkllng a statement taken cum gruuo. Thnt Conkllng would have heeded his ndvlco Is altogether Improbable when wo ro lled upon tho known characteristics of tho two men, At nny rate, Piatt hasn't resigned nny fat position slnco Conkllng died, nnd, what's most likely, he never will. Pei haps somebody some tlmo some where hns done a more unwise and in opportune thing than Governor Swet tenham did when he wrote his rudo and uncalled for lcttor to Admiral Da vis.. If so, it has escaped the'hlstorlans of all time. It Is, the ne plusiltrn of bad manner?. In this era of good feel ing betwixt us nnd Greut Rrituln thero Is no danger of Its producing Jilternu tlonwl complications, but nevertheless the lliltlsh foreign office did well to promptly disavow It. , Tho world moves, nnd no mistake, James liryce Is tho only untitled Eng lishman ever accredited to our govern niont us tho Riltlsli diplomatic repru sentntlvo. Tho entire diplomatic estab lishment as pow conducted Is archaic upd should bo abolished, but ir It Is to be continued, as It no doubt will be, tlien wo lujll James Rryce, ambassa dor, etc, us tho harbinger of 11 hotter ctay. 5"V MHiiKaMSHlHB r 7s BwHrk w v ' v mmsm Stops Sm&rtifct to Pr,ovet to Friends Hefcplild Do .So 1 ji REFORM DQES'NOT LAST LONG Roaumco Acquaintance With ths Weed Bafora One7 Day Had Pasted Dots Into a Passion andTrles' to Kill the Cat For Grlhrtlrli at'Him. tCopyrlght, ISOC'Tiy V. C. i:ntment 'J ho Bowncr 'finally had finished din ner and been seated tu the family room for half nti boiuvlni w'llh his newspa per aud slit? w ItliWr book, wlieolie tit tered n chuckle and ipfeilcd: " "Mrs. Bowser, do you observe any thing unusual this evening'" "No, 1 hadn't. 'What Is it'" sho re plied. "You haven't missed anything?" "I can't say that; I have. Tho cat (a here, at usual, irml tho clock hasn't stopped." "i'ou arc not a very observing per son. What do I Invariably do before sitting down to read the paper'" "Ah! You aro iiot'smokltig. You can't be out of cigars?" "There nro two or three boxes around, I believe." "Is It a bet?" "Mrs. Bowser, man Is essentially n creature of bnbit. If ho limped for n mouth ho would get into tho hnblt of It. Smoking, drinking, chewing nnd sued things aro simply habits. Any sort of wan can acquire them, but it takes 11 TIlEItB WERB THE TJSVATi JJ0MBEB CATS ON TBI: 1KXCK. mnnnfctnnitiitn i,i.nnL-n(vJ(nn though lie wlU'toll you that his 'health ' hiXrilM TontZC havo I ' ,.i..'vA ... "r. '':.." 1 MisKH -miiuimijs viur uvcMiiv .vrui's. it hnsn't done mo any hutt or anv trood. At nny tlriie during those. tw,cufy-years I could havo broken off had It been necessary. llmvo always felt a su premo contempt for tho poor fish worms that felt they.pouldn't." "But havo you at length decided to btop smokliig?" she nsked. "For one solid year." , "But why, ir it was not hurting you?" Why He Stopped. "Well, Green came Into tho ofllco this afternoon on &ome business'. Ho la a fr"1 bU"r- "nuu ueu uim ror !,,lr?. ,mol,u's n"d I "uzod to J1,1 v"'ta,l,;cl' "1Iub has lon0 lf- M'hoil I asked AVliy llO didn't great smoker. I baUii't seen him for give It up, ho frankly replied that ho touldu'r. Ho was also frank enough to say that ho didn't bullove I could. Two or three others ugieod with him, and I finally got u little put out and told them that 1 Would stop for a year. Yes, utop It Is. Not another puff for tvvclvo long months.", "Do you think you cau do It?" asked Mrs. Bowser In doubtful tones. "Do I think so? I know so, Have y?u ls('ellnuy ' t' nnmby pamby " ,ulu ',"c' ,ie" l mV l wou,u uo a WttB' ,miyon,t Jnlwajw dono it? I've !,cc" ,'" tho hablt ot coking ut least t?n ,c 8?rs l),er djy' but rn kuocU n UJ' U'K" "" "over wink ovr It." "It will ho something nlmost heroic if you can. Wjll thtf extra nmney thut you savo coiijq 16 uiu?' "Kvcry tout of it. Youcan figure 011 about $4 a week Increase In your pin money. Undet stand, however, I'm not giving, up this habit becuuso smoking hurts me or to uavo- the money. It's Just to show tho wprld- thut I've got tho necessary backbone." "L see. What uio you chewing?" "JusJ n little lilt of llcorito loot. It Isn't .because I want 'to fliuoke, but I happened to pick It up, you know. By tho bye, I've got to run nrouud to tho drug stoic nnd gut a corn plaster." Mr. Bowser left the house, but ho didn't go tq the drug store. Ho went to tho grocery liistoad, nnd lie pur chased cloves, tlnnamon, cardamom seeds and two or throo other things. Ho kppt his mouth full on tho way home, but had luiidly entered tho houso whou the vision of uBi'oinlucut citizen smoking1 a cigar wldVho rend' the evening paper rose up, bttfore 'hl'm, nnd ho uttered a, groan vyltUout' realizing t, "Is l tollc?" liinoc6iitly?.a8ked Mrs. Bowser. , '' Thouoht i,Cole, "Colic? What tho devlf would I be I doing wlh U cnbe of colic? I never had it in my Jlfp." m Ho sat down and p'fck'o'd it'p tho pa per and read, for ijvo inluutw. Then u catpred the .library and look? ed to see if tho dlctlotMtrywas lii" Its lllflnl lilunn "V ".'l"3 y f'ft..- jv ii, nu hv rejuri and sat down. uu niyiy UUIC(S 101 ntoiils inouthftrhe!j !, WircHs(lc way'iiM' nt nnlo At li. I-? iZ) 1 a men- 22S 'V ( . ov vfo' . ' S as "ITo cloves kin (be uWre to smoke?" .suddenly asked MrsBowscr. "Of course not, but J hoyc no deslro to kill I don't bcllerc I could smoke a cigar If I' tried."' He then arose and wnll;cd"lown tho hall to,the hatrnck to see If his hat was there. It. was, and ho wandered back nnd looked out of 0110 of tho roar windows and swallowed thn cloves and substitut ed some orange peel. Mrs. BowJser was Immersed In her book nnd paid no liccd, but he turned to find the cat looking nt him with n grin on his face. "By thunder, L'll break your neck for that!" he exclaimed. "Why, what do you mean?" asked Mrs, Bowser as sho whirled ntqtitid, Becomes Uncacy, "Oh, I was" Just thinking of some thing nnd spoke my thoughts. I be lieve 1 will walk down to tho corner and see if that housu with the bay windows in for rent yet." "What do you euro whether It Is or not? You don't want to rent a house." "I might want to sell It to some one who was looking for a house, you Know," Mr. Bowser went. The house ou the corner was stilt for,' rent. f On the way down ho felt nn aching void. On tho way back ho felt two of 'cm. A pedestrian who was smoking n good cigar passed him, and ho leaned up agnlust n shade tree and sworp, M, j no sioQu at ins gate no rcmcinuqf ed how good tho taste of a cigar was ou the hind platform of n street cur In tho morning, nnd ho kicked himself three times before going into the house. Ho devoted live minutes 111010 to the paper and then said ho guessed he'd go .downstnhs nnd sec If tho furnace was ail right. Jlo found the furnaco in the same old spot, nnd It looked ns natural as an old lint. Tho'Vntor pipes weto also all light; also the walls. "If you oie going to flud It too hard to stop smoking I'd glvd up tho Idea," observed Mrs. Bowser as sho camo up stalls. "Who's finding it hard to stop?" ho demnnded, with considerable heat. ""I haven't tho slightest deslro to smoke. If tho president offered me n dollar cigar I -wouldn't touch it." "Well, that's certainly heroic In you. Tho people around hero won't believe you haye so much stamina.'' Had Mouth Full of Cinnamon." 3?? Mr. Bowser had a mouth full, of cin namon nnd dldu't reply. He went up stairs Instead. He went up to seel, If. all the bedrooms wero In their usual places. They were, nnd he came down acaju 'ana forced himself to sir down for, as ,nuch 8 tcn l"utos. Then he goj upl t0 'K aowu Ul hall ana see If anyonc had ntoioi, thn front ,innP ., ft- ita i,iAa .-.-.-.. ................ .....T. Mrs. Bowser heard him sighing and gronhlng, and when ho wandered .backl t1ir until I 'Tin tired tonight nnd wnnt to go, tp bed t'nrly. You can sit up as long as you want to." The cat grinned and chuckled at the words, but Mrs. Bowser was hardly upstairs when thnt feline wns dying for his life. Ho got away by n nnrrovv margin, nnd then Mr. Bowser rushed down to the dining room, where' ho knew' he had left u big black rclgar that morning, and, lighting It1 With trembling hand, he mndo u suenk for the back yaid. The moon rodn high, nud thero wero the usual number of cats on tho fence, but ho minded them not. Ho simply sucked ami putted and went "Yum, yum," down In his stom ach and said to himself: "How on earth I was ever such n fool us to tell Mrs. Bowser that I was going to stop umokiug I can't under stand. Stop! Why, I'll smoko three times nn many ns I over did before, nud If sho asks about thnt increased pin money I'll tell her she's the most grasping nnd extravagant woman" In America!" M. QUAD. In Flood Time. Thoy used to tell tho story of a phil osophical farmer on the Ohio river whoso house nud barn wero mortgaged up to tho eaves. Aud when one dny, standing on it safo eminence, ho hitvv the Hood swccplpg them nvvny ho shook his head, heaved a sigh of relief and calmly observed, "There goes my, fixat ing Indebtedness." Woman's Jlpiufi Companion, 7 Still Harder. "Senator, I piesunio It remdres 11 good bit of piuCtlcc to make n' speech nnd hnvo every sentence In It say some- tiling Innin'f ltV ' thing, doesn't It?1 "It does," replied Senator J3ni1 "M "hut It requites moio to be nble to tu for an hour and say notliiuK," Mlh ivnukeo Sentinel, . ' His Query. Tle Kldest Hope Who's ttfat, ma? His) Fou'd ,M,funraa-i'Uu,',.'Orae; that's the gentleninu that married' me, P. '$Uitt &?-?, If tbitfj 'm " I "1 , " 1 1 1 1 1 Mai 1 m f r Tj," -t? " I MU42aa1 Im - I I PleAIlOACa Il I . v ,. I satraps 'nnif glided society saphends.V . 1; I I KC UlSpSLlCneS I His first ornlorlcal duel wnswjili-'f -. " I J f Lemuel Ely Qulgg Jit n. discussion dyer' s , B Psith'c trttsts.'rind It wns tlieji thitt 'Mr. ,, THE" commnndf'r of tho bditlcshlp Mfssottrl, Clip tain Edwin Conway Pendleton, wjio as sisted In tbo relief work at Kingston, Jamaica, under Rear Admiral Davis, has xeeiiservleooh ninny .stations during Ills nnnl cnieer. lltf Is a native of Virginia and Is tho pon of n naval olllcer, was gi initiated from tho Naval nendeniy In ISilTitml wasnsslgn- r.vrTAis Trxm.n- TON. ed to fiiieclal duty on tho Minnesota rot two" years. Ho became an ensign in IfifW nnd master In 1870. ,Tho next year ho was advanced to tho lieuten ant's grndo and In 1S8D became n lieu- Ltolinnt commnnder. He became n full commander In ISO" nnd attained tho captain's rank In Il)02jro was In com maud of.hu Atlanta In 1000 nnd 1002 and was for several years superintend ent of tho naval gun factory. II r Knfrnfni'T- Trillin IJnnt1 nt llin dfntn i!a kial'Ur.eiit, whose visit lo C.inada has been n theme of International com- mentis not nvervcood sublect for tho' cartoonist. Ills predecessor, tho Into John Haywas fond of caricatures and mado u largo collection of thorn, nud ho could oven" see tho fun of those ..... ... : ,- .. ..?i sr-cnrnAnY nonx AN1 A fUUICA- tuhe or him. which made pcoplp laugh at his own expense. Secretary Root Is n very pol ished mau both In manners and In per sonal appeaianco nud habits. Ho Is al ways well dressed and well groomed, put Jn. tho accompanying enrlcaturo looks, ntillo otherwise. The present tend of tho state department docs not ipllcvo that staying nti homo all the tlmo Is essential to n proper discharge of H diplomatic duties. By going to all the cc-untilcs of South America nud treating their public men to good sam ples of his well known olotpicnco ho mndq many ftlcuds for ..the govern luentnl nnd trado policies of tho Unit ed States among the peoples of tho southern half of tho now world, and ho hoped by his Cnnndlnn trip to Intensify tho feelings of friendship nlieady Ip nlieady eist- ng between Undo Sam and tho "Lady Of tho Snows." Congressman James Brock Perkins of Rochester, the father of tho houso , resohjtlon to establish n nntlonnl grnd-1 jinlcd Inherltonco tax In nccordnnco .with tho recommendations of tho pics-1 Ident, is an Instntieo of the scholar In ' :i (Politics. Ho is pcihnps better known hs historian than as , stiilps'firin, nnd his resdnrchns. into Frenth history hnvo mndo him nn au thority on the sub ject. He wns re cently u tho pubjic eyo 011 account of Ills acting, with Ed ward M. Shepard of New Yoik, its coun sel for tho Rov. Dr. L'rnpsoy, who left the Episcopal min istry nrtcr 11 tilnl on charges of heresy. JAMV.S llltfCK I'KIIKINS, Repieseiitntlvo Perkins was born nt St. Ciolx Falls, Wis., In J817, but (Jochester has been his homo during most of his lire, and ho. graduated In 1807 from ho University of Rochester, from which thirty years Inter ho ie eel vert tho honorary degieo of LL. D. Ho has piactlccd law lu Rochester since '1808. Ho spout u lialf dozen years In I'm In enca-cd In tho htudv 'i)f tlio hlstoiy of France, nnd his pub lished works on Mbnt subject Ihcludo "Fjunco Under Mazailu," "Franco Un der tho Regency," "Ftunce Under Louis .YV," and n "Life of Richelieu," us one Of the "Heroes of tho Nation" sotles, Hi somo recent lemniks lu congie.ss ,.Ur. Pciklhs said: "A Job may ltelp tho imnn who gets It but its 11 general rule ilt barms tho mnn who gets It for him. CIvJI serylco reform lias not lu nil re spects woiked beneficially, but for top rcsentntlvcs U has been an unmixed blessing., It has mado their lives hap pier upd their tonuro of olllco longer." Mr, Perkins hnd prepaied cotuo fig mes to show thnf up to 1800 Novy York sutit i00 leprcsentatlves to congress and that 400 of them were tctlred nt tho end of tho first term. In tho next twenty years congressional careers wero short, but from that tlmo for wind, owing to tho extension of tlio civil service nnd tlie.tnkltig of patron age from lepiesentntlves, tho average 'official, llfp of congressmen hns length ened until now nibro than half nto In ihelf-ficcond terms, wbllo ono-twelfth of tho Now Yoik iloleg.ttion have served seven terms or inore., Th cartoonists hate ttlwnya hceo foiul of' pletining Inmesv Hnmllton Lewis, 'who used to bti n 'inwuber of coiytws, f tqm Oregeit afiiVlrf no'coi'' VobitUw ctiUMWl'dfChKitiKo, h, foi-ii,,, a atrmum ,&' 4iH),4trU.t-y W Wtoht MUteratlon rf hhi teitTttIM r-r r Senrlcature; It was In hfs'secovhd sfWeefc ;1 lucodgrcSs'.tuat Lovvla coined hlsfa ' fMM inoufc Dhrnse. . ''Tessellated ' military, gttigg wont unwii uutier upioiicij.vrc ,(-(-Is pqrorhtroit,nppiylng to hlsoppoiientv the Scriptural (luolatlon,'. "Tho 6i,y; ,- Knowctn ms master aim ,ineuss u c mnninr'u prlli." ' ' Master's crib Not limg afterward Ce-lotici Lcvvls had n lively clash with lfepiesentatlve' Coiiyrlttlit, lOOT. by Uallen, N. V. JAMI'.S IIAJIIT.TOV LKVVIH IN FACT AND IN CUHCA TUUU. Johnson of Indiana. Mr. Johnson In defending the policy of President Mc Kltiley attacked Colonel Lewis' speech, Intending to mnkc the latter ridiculous. Mr. Johnson handled the subject with Infinite tact, but ho found his equal. "If (ho political death, which somo 1 m J It ..J nPu Ior '"", 0,"c,, lcllr nwcrcti rnlnnnl Lewis in Ids politest tones, "should befall the president of tho United States tltoso looking for the cause of the dcmlftc will find It In the slmplo elegy, 'Too much Johnson.' " Theodoio P. Shonte, who recently re- , signed as chairman of the Isthmian canal commission In order to become' president of August Belmont's Inter-' borough - Metropolitan transit system In New York, has been regarded as a wondeii'ul organizer. Ho has had great biiccos In controlling fprces of men, and this fact has made him In demand for positions requiring excep tional executlvo ability.. At Panama,) ho gavo considerable attention to mak ing tho employees contented with their surroundings. In pointing out, tho ne,-) , ccsslty of amuse ment for workers on tho canal he, onco said: "Nothing breaks the health and cows the spirit llko mo- notony. The mondt ony of ovory 'work man's life must b&" pleasantly ,varlcd, or tho poor fellow will be unable -rfto'' THEODORE 1'. 8UONTS. work woll A young In,1y 0,ieo tool: ,l position us governess In a ilch New Yoik family. Tho res- . Qce or tips inrany wns wqgnincent. -tho young lady was especially 1m- pressed by the foot m nil who stood in tho hall. 1 "This footman was tall nnd robust' and shapely. Ho wore a glittering livery, with kneo biceehes nnd brown s"k stockings, nnd standing In tho Im". opening tho door or .conducting visitors to tho drawing room ho' was Miuoiy anil grand and solemn pic-, tore. Ills face wns as expressionless ntf n ulllttlft'u Tin ivnu Via otlfP nnrl nn. .. ........ M, 4U ,...3 Wn DUU MMU UM1 bunding us a lamp post. "Well, 0110 day in the family's ab .sont'o tho now governess heat'd down stairs 11 most hideous din shouts, yells and hhrleus as though a coupto of maniacs had broken loose and fall en to lighting. As sho listened nerv oudy a inula hurried upstairs, enter ed tho room and said:. 1 "'Don't be scared, miss. It'g only tho footman. When everybody Is out he always shouts uud hollers so. He can't help It. It relieves his feelings.' " Speaker Joe Cannon. of tho bouse of rcpiesontntlves spent a mirthful day at Coney Island last sumnler, aud the fdlhouetto of him reproduced herewith is n remlulsccueo of that occasion. Speaker Cannon ono day passed by the luxurious utuljiutubleclptbcd house rcstiuirnjit for congressmen to tho bare tlooied llttlo alleyway, with littlonnked tables Qf tho "Bcofstcok John" sort, VAniOUH VIEWS OF UNCLE JOE OANOX, where tho plebeian multltudo aro uii cevemonlously fed by hoarso and jos tlug wnltois, TI16 proprietor reached Undo Joe lu three leaps uud took hlin by the arm with Intont to steer him Into ,tbejtoe4y of holies, where tho Iliiou'napklnB are. "Don't," said Unqle Joe, resisting. "I camo aero on purpose. I ain la a hurry, nnd I want to ge something to wn. 1 cant, got it there." After vnlu expostulations th nro. prletor permitted tho speaker' to sit at ti bare table opnSslto n fat rocek Ev- ery waiter. In the place dropped bin1 viiNiujjiurs nun atisiicit forward lp wait oa Uncle Joo, who deman'delr'bin Roup unit apple pie. Three , waiters ,,..,.ihv .,.,u- iiiu koijp, two cpnvwea tho pie, nnd tho proprietor iblmsejf" fur nlshed a, glass of wntor. 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