The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-04-08

and he greeted me effusively with the follow
ing, giving long pronunciation TO the first
and an accent to the last syllable, sounding
the in the closing words Of each sentence;
Billy, | have been down at the depot, and
heard your debut, and i think you did 1t
with great e-ciot." Isi ~
Congressman Hill, Of Ohio, tells me
story of witty repartee of Sunset Cox, now
our minister to Turkey, in response to half
insulting remark of one Of the South Ameri-
can diplomats at Washington. "sam Cox"
said Mr.. Hill, twas chairman of the COM
mittee on foreign affairs at the time, and the
incident occurred at a gorgeous reception
given by the Mexican minister. While Cox,
one of the South American ministers and my
self were standing about the punch bowl the
diplomat began TO contrast the present re-
ception with the poor affairs given by the
president of the United States, saying that
the foreign rulers surpassed the Americans
in their modes of living, and that their
foreign agents could give better receptions
than the president Of the United States The
diplomat then went on to tell how royalty
their rulers lived in comparison with the
American president. Mr.. Cox listened until
the diplomat had finished He then said:
YES sir, ] ogree with you in that your
rulers do live more royalty than ours, but
you must remember that, in your countries
while your rulers are rich the people arc
poor; but that here the rulers are poor,
while the people are rich. We run or coun-
tries on different principles, and we believe
that the comfort of all the people is more to
be sought after than all the luxury and pomp
of one man. These remarks were made In
Mr. Cox's most affable manner, and they ef-
| fectualy silenced the diplomat. li
Mrs. Senator Payne is quiet little woman,
with no snobbishness about her. She Is thor
oughly unpretertious, and she does not pro-
pose being imposed upon A friend Of mine
going to Philadelphia the other day told me
how she resisted the imposition of couple Of
negro porters who carried her baggage, con-
sisting of two small satchels, into the depot.
In some way they found out that she was
Mrs. Payne, and as she handed them fifty
cents, which, by the way, was ample pay for
the work they had done, they began to bluster
and try to make her pay more, She told
| them that the amount they had received was
sufficient for the service they had done, and
that so firmly that they left her, feeling much
ashamed. / suppose they thought that be-
cause she was the wife of the millionaire SEN
ator she ought to give them $40 apiece.
Mrs. Payne dresses very plainly, though at
the same time very we'll The other night
lady of my acquaintance called upon the
senator She had never seen Mrs Payne, and
in the reception room where she waited, she
thought the little gray haired woman writing
at the desk to be Senator Paynes secretary
A moment later, however, servant girl
came in and addressed the little old lady as
Mrs. Payne, and she was surprised to see her
| give an order and leave the room.
Senator Spooner, of Wisconsin, is temper.
ance man, and he gave one Of his brother
senators good lecture ON the abuse of alco-
holic liquors in the lobby of the senate the
other day. The senator had been jeering him
for his not drinking, when Spooner turned
upon him and told him that he was standing
upon the brink of hell, and that be ought to
be ashamed Of himself for drinking or coun-
tenancing drinking in any manner whatso-
ever He poured his denunciations out upon
his senatorial friend in such way as to make
the latter decidedly angry. The drinking
| senator left finally in a rage and to a by
| stander who had heard the conversation, and
who remarked: Those are very hard words
Senator Spooner,n the Wisconsin man re-
piled: eyes, know they are hard words,
but Senator Blank Is my friend and he needed
them. He has no business TO drink, and he
knows that what have told him is true.
! FRANK GEORGE