The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1883-05-18
WASHINGTON NOTES.
Some Personal Items and Sketches.
Corr. Minnesote Tribune.

| Corr. minnesota Tribune.
Congressman Randall left Washington
quietly on Sunday night, heading toward tn
South, where he will give some time an,
labor to his speakership fight. There seem
no doubt that his prospects are Frightening
and unless some unforeseen complication
arises to prevent, he is pretty sure of election
The recent utterances of the Louisville Pos
In his favor have given him aud his friend
much encouragement. Coming from pape
in Carlisle's own State, they are looked upoI
| as having much more significance than unde
other circumstances. The feeling that tn,
extreme low tariff doctrines of Carlisle Will
not do for even the Democratic party seem:
to be gaining ground with Democrats, anC
although there is little prospect that there
will be any general tariff legislation by tho
next Congress, the general principle will
have much of bearing on the question oi
the speakership. John G. ThompsoR seem:
TO be having 1t all his own way in the con
test for sesrgeant-at aims, and his calling
and election are practically sure.
CONGRESSIONAL AGES.
There were nearly twenty members of the
last House who were below the age of 3S.
In Congress there were more than fifty men
who were beyond The age of 90, more than
twenty who were 65 or past, and three or
four who had reached or passed their three
score and ten. Senator Morrill, was the oldest
man in the last Congress, having been born
on January 10, 1910, and having thus made
his strong tariff fight at the age of Is. Kelley,
who was even more active in the tariff strug-
gle In the House, has just entered his 10th
year, having been born April IL, 1914.
Almost one third of his life has been spent
in Congress, he having served twenty-five
consecutive years. Senator Sherman passed
sixty on the 10th of the present month.
Sam Cox will be SO in September, Randall
IS in October, and Hewitt 61 In July. Waite
vas the Oldest man in the House. being
hearty ". and Singleton, of Illinois, was but
three months younger. Stephens, of Georgia,
was IL. Robson, whose hair and beard are
white as the driven snow, is but "a. Forty
members of the Forty seventh Congress were
born on the other side of 1920, and must
therefore have been more than 60 when
elected. Kasson, who doesn't look to be
over 45 or 80, is 60. Beck, whose hair and
beard are but little frosted, is go. David
Davis, who considers himself young enough
to marry young girl, is IS. Gen. Rosen-
crans is Ga. McLane, of Maryland, who is as
noisy and full of fire as boy of 10, will be
6s in July. Four members of the House
were born this side Of 1850: Frost, of Mis-
soari; Belmont, of New York; Harris, of
New Jersey, and Dugro, of New York.
According to-the Congressional Directory,
Dugro is the youngest, the date of his birth
being set down as October 3, 1855.
UNCLE BOB sMALLs.
Dining yesterday with gentleman from
South Carolina, heard some interesting in
cidents about Robert Smslls, the colored
member Of the last House from that State.
The colored people down there almost wor-
ship Smalls. "The incident which | am
about TO relate" be said, sis vouched for by
a gentleman Of reliability and truthfulness,
who tells me he stood upon the piazza one
evening and overheard the conversation.
Two colored men we're talking about Smalls
and his candidacy. One of them had spoken
in very earnest and enthusiastic terms of
Smalls, telling what wonderful things he had
accon plished, when the other, evidently not
fully sharing the enthusiasm of the speaker.
replied: well, guess Brother Smalls amt
done quite so much as Jesus Christ did,
'N-no, said the other, hesitatlngly, Il spose
den, you must remember, Brother
Smalls is young yet.'" ,-.......
Smalls retains all the affection for the
family of his old master that was typical of
the well treated negro in slavery days. His
old master is dead and gone long ago, but his
widow and children still live. Not long
since, the old lady falling into want, Smalls
took her to his home, gave her the best apart
ments, sent her the best that his table or the
market Afforded, and saw that it was served
by the hands of his wife; placed his horses
and carriages at her disposal whenever she
wanted them, and met her every want with
the utmost delicacy. He always addressed
her In the respectful terms of
OLD SLAVE DAYS,
and seemed to feel it both a pleasure and a
duty to see that she was comfortable. Some
lime ago her son, young man who was en-
ployed in bookstore, bad an opportunity to
buy out the establishment, but had not the
money. "How rnucli will it take ?" said
Uncle Bob" as they all call him there,
when they told him Of the situation. "a
dollars will make the first pay.
nent," he said, "and can meet the Others
rom the sales of the stock" "Well,n said
smalls, who had noticed the one fault of the
7oung man, "if you will promise me to quit
,oing to that saloon down the street,
where you sometimes 60, I'll let you have
enough TO make the first two payments, and
'ou may pay the interest on the loan to your
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