The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-12-02
4 CoNGPsssMAN ELECT.
Stories Told o. an Eccentric Member
OF the Next Eouss OF AeOrsselJa-
tiVeS.

CLOA is Gu o. III --I----N II y D1-
OF the Nsxs EOuse Of Ae0rsseaUa-
tives.
FROM the 81. Louis GIobs- Democrat.
WAsHIXGToy, y Y. 1o.-Tne next House
Will be without its picturesque chara -
ters. lie IS Stewart is coming from Hi
nos. NJ. S.eSart i about 30. has a large
family, is dnsly educated, has Travelled ex-
IenslyeIv, and W Il be the most eccentric
N inter of the Fiftv-sec nd congress.
He does not persllt a carpet or a Stove in
ire tine house IN which he ives in Aurora,
III. One OF his rul-s ls - allow bis boys no
spending money. lie gives them credit at
certain st0r aud O,s the bills. Two f
tho younger sons dsFeio ed great aptitude
for fishing not long ago. 1hev pro-
duced strings of fsh when made the old
gentleman proud OF their success. Not
loIg at ward bill for SIS came
from a hard y are store. 1t was paid. The
old man asked his Ife what It meant She
couldn't tell. He Investigated and fou d
his boys mad bought 50 worth of fish z
tackle and had lone q trading business for
isl with all of TIE boys i the neighoor-
mood. The bill was framed, and II now
ha ags ia the Stewart library. with this COM
ment IN the handwriting of tie father:
My boys prove to De liars"
ne e. dest son IS mar led. He and his
wife live in the big house with the polished
bars fioOis and the open irepiaceS THIS son
Is treated just as his younger brothers are.
Hs acts as business manager and
collects rents for is father, but he
nas no separate acc unt. When he
wants money he goes to the patriarch
a gets much or h.tie, acco ding to the
humor. Not long az the son got ready TO
6 to Chicago on business for his father.
When he asked for an advance on expense
account he was hauled 50 3D. net enough
for railroad tickets. He quietly applied to
bis mother, and she made I'd the amount
necess ry. At another time the old gentle
man handed out tea tunes q much for the
same purpose.
There IL q little lame bow in the family
whots a general PEI. AIr. Stewa took the
child 10 In lianapllis 10 b. Gated at some
lnstit tie. Tie i:tle chap became home lex,
hmped away, got on tle cars and begged
bis passage home. Inc father ruled tuat
tne 10y must 20 tack. The mother wanted
to 81 with him. I is was forbidden. The
boy was put on the train and sent back
alone 10 l dianapols. \ week later The
mother was sent keep him compa ~.
This exceedingly OBSTINATE and bad-tem-
pered rnan can be very kind-hearted when
lie chooses. He has got land enough to make
q strip six feet wide and 5000 miles long.
His tenants manage to get along very well
via M d after they lea u MS ways. A ruls
of this queer household Is that the serva is
must deliver to Gale the exac message
glvel them. During the late campaign,
which elected Mr.. Stewart to congress,
a pron nent democratic politician
ca led and sent in his name. The
servant returned with 3lr. Stew arts reply,
which was; "rel! him t. go to -" The
candidate afterward explained that he dii
not recognize the name and mistook the
caller for a new ,p3per man. He las m st
ulconquerable aversion to reporters. Dur
llE the campaign he refused to put up
dol a., saying t1at tae Office should seek the
for printing the tic6s s. Ealing th com MI
lee that voters could write his name on
their tickess or leave 1t off, just a they
pie Sc |. Yet this democratic curiosity was
electe to congress over a republican who
had 1000 plurality il 1888