Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-09-20
pension commissioner he may live Q good
while yet
Prom NEW 'HAMPsHInH.

Prom NEW 'HAMPsnnE
I casually encountered the Senators from
New Hampshire in the marble room and asked
them about their vital statistics. They anaiably
responded: "My father died rather young /"
said Senator Chandler, ''but my mother and
her ancestors stayed on earth good while"
My ancestral line was OF irregular tenas-
ity." said Senator Blair. my father was
killed ut thirty; my mother lived to a good old
age. One grandfather lived till eighty and an
other died at forty-eight. cannot reasonably
am afraid
II doubt very much" said the junior sena-
tor when the conversation turned on athletics
''if gymnastics and special exercise have much
to do with health. II n man eats too much
suppose he needs a good deal of exercise, as a
furnace will soon become congested il you
keep shoyelIng in coal when the fire burns
slowly. But if man eats and drinks only as
much as he really needs. doubt IL he requires
any more exercise than We get walking about
the Senate wing. never take deliberate exer-
else; walking for the sake Of walking is dreary
business"
His colleague, who is known as 1.-THE reformer
OF the Senate" acquiesced and expressed the
opinion that plenty OF sleep and reasonable
temperance in eating and drinking would keep
the average man alive as long as his existence
was absolutely essential to the happiness of his
fellow men.
went across the street to the parlors Of
Gen. Banks. In response to my call he walked
alertly down the stairs with elastic step and
military bearing, quite recalling his .npear-
ance when I first saw him thirty-four years
ago holding the gavei as Speaker of the
House. He wears q great shock Of hair and
an abundant mustache, too. as he did then
but instead of coal black they are quite as
gray as q mans of seventy five should be.
Nothing is the matter with me-" he said,
sand have stayed hero all summer when q
good many others thought they must go home
My ancestors were hard workers who attended
strictly to business, and they were mostly stou.
and hardy, growing strong and living long,
There are only four or Eve men living who
voted for the general on the 1S3d ballot as
Speaker OF the Thirty-fourth Congress, and
asked him how the present Congress compared
with that
at may be as quick and as cute" he said.
"but 1t docs not seem to me 30 business like
and clear-headed Parties knew what they
wanted in those days and they acted together
Tor Its attainment l was Speaker Of o House
which my own party did not control Orr of
South Carolina was the leader of it, il it had
leader, and be was an able an brilliant man."
"You must have been sometimes tempted to
count a majority," said.
Never but once" answered Gen Ranks.
"Once, when the House was thin did count
quorum from men who declined to vote. The
uecisiou was cuuienSeu ana Appealed from,
but after long discussion the opinion of the
chair was sustained, with. a. remember, only
nineteen votes against it. 1t was accepted by
majority on both sides as good parliamentary
INV. am not certain but it was necessary to
resort to it again during that Congress. but
think not. SO Mr.. Reeds method is not only
not new under the sun, but both parties thirty
years ago thought it was right"
Gen. Banks occupies the same seat in which
he sat before he was chosen Speaker, but not
L.
were sold at auction twenty years ago because
they were too large. CRorEUr.