Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-01-03

SOCu uCsA VI uOuUb dB To UDG BDlllGY OF
any one of them to get an election, but
there is another solution of the difficulty
which is more probable than the cleo
ton OF either anderson, Payson or
Rlnaker, and that is the reelection of
Senator Davis. The senator is not
candidate, but that probably means that
he Is not looking Tor reelection or maxi
ing the slightest effort to get it. He
certainly is not candidate, but there ia
no reason to suppose that if q second
term were offered him he would de-
cline it. There are several reasons for
thinking that the probable result
will be the defeat of all the republican
candidates and the reelection of the
senator. This would give the republi-
cans IN the next senate 81, the democrats
36, the readjusters 2, and there would
be | independent. On electing the sena-
torial officers, Senator Davis would vote
with the democrats, enabling them to tie
the republicans, and leaving Malone
and Rlddleberger masters Of the gitua-
ton. This is assuming that all the re-
pubhcans will go into caucus and sup
port the caucus nominees, and that every
senator is present.
A STORY WITH MORAL
Correspondence Of the Philadelphia
Record: Representative McMillin, of
Tennessee, says the senate on the 22d
reminded him Of old Jim Turner, we'll
known Tennessee lawyer Of aDte-belIum
days, who took the total abstinence
pledge, and for time stuck to it with
noteworthy fidelity. Nothing that any
of
say shook him in the slightest, and after
a time they ceased teazing and tempting
him. But he went to a country dance
on one occasion, and the "boys," who
were mellow with much good liquor,
made up their minds to help him have q
good time, too. So they seized him and
held him while some of their number
poured half pint of apple brandy
through funnel down his throat. OF
cOnrse he struggled, but the struggles
were so tentative that they seemed pure
ly formal. At any rate the good liquor
had the same effect on him that it had
on the rest, and he WAS soon as jolly as
any. By and by, however, this effect
passed away, and not being able with
consistency to partake again as the
others were doing, of the applejack,
Turner found himself moping i'll cor
ner III very disconsolate frame of mind.
He stood the contrast between his own
becalmed condition and the fast and
furious fun near by as long as he could,
and then suggested in plaintive tones:
SO Don't you think it's time to funnel
Turner again?" So the senate, anxious
to go home and eat its Christmas tur-
key with it's family, like the rest of the
world, declines the profered cup of
pleasure rendered by the jolly boys of
the house IN the form of an adjournment
hopes will be taken for indecislon and a
certain suggestiveness of the idea that it
might be good time to funnel Turner
again"
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.
Mr.. Conkling was IN Washington last
week, and made one of his greatest eff
forts in the supreme court room. There
was concourse of listeners, including
many women. He delivered a cOnstitu-
tional argument OF several hours length
and told precisely how the fourteenth
amendment came to be adopted and
what it rightly signifies to him and his
client. When he had finished, our ele-
gart attorney general took the floor, and
in about half an hour upset all that the
ex-senator had said. M. Brewster's ar
gument pleased the lawyers inside the
bar of the court as much as Mr.. COnk-
ling's remarks had pleased the specta-
tors on the outside. But Mr. Conkling
gets his pay for Lis efforts, and his prac-
tice now brings him a handsome annual
return. Mr. Evarts says that, whatever
may be said by Mr.. Conkling's critics,
he has already gained most lucrative
business, such as is exceeded by that of
only few lawyers at the New York
bar. -,ssa.. sr e4.-f.ra 80 rss
There is no doubt that Mr.. Brewster is
one Of the ablest lawyers in the country,
and his personal idiosyncrasies do not
detract from his influence at the bar.
In so-iety he has always been talked
abOu., always will be. In fact, I might
as well say that he intends to be. It is
a part of his theory of human conduct
that q man who Is conspicuous in his
abilities should also be conspicuous in
his dress, demeanor, and personal be-
longings. He thinks there should
never be mistake as to the identity of
Benjamin Harris Brewster. It is true
to say that he has been tolerably sue
cessful thus far In his efforts to keep
himself distinct from other men. No
young man ever accosts him in the
street as Mr.. Jones, from Jonesville,
and inquiries at ter his health and that of
the little Jones at home, nor does any
body mix up his big yellow coach with
a modest coupe.
In answer to an inquiry on the sub
ject, the treasury department has de-
cided that a Chinese wet-nurse must be
considered laborer, and as such is ex-
Guided from admission to the United
states, under the provision of the act re-
Chinese immigration.
Secretary Chandler says it is not true
that he has SO decided to close one or
more navy yards. %" However, plans for
the expenditures in the civil de-
partments of the navy yards will be an
at an early day.
The Standard Oil Company has been
to run corner on pasturage
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