The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-12-18
AN AP|AaY IN HIS HAT.
Uncle Jerry Rusk Has Swarmed a
Whole Hive Of Presidential
Bees.
"Tom- and Jerry" Given Up and
Another Euphonious Com
bination Scorned.
Mr.. Rusk Will Head the Ticket or Keep
or of It-Other Capital
News.

WASHINGTON, Dec. l6.--tSpeclal. l-Ihere
are good many indications that Uncle
Jerry Rusk has the presidential bee buzzing
in his bonnet louder than q saw mill. The
of his Office has been stead
lily in sympathy with the wants and aspira-
tions of the farmers. and it is understood
that the jolly old secretary has many pow
erful admirers in the National grange and
Farmers alliance organizations. He is
himself a granger and has taken good care
to be we'll represented at the various grange
meetings, including the recent meeting of
the National grange at Atlanta, where Col.
the veteran horticulturist of the
agricultural department, gave him fine
send off. A gentleman who enjoys an inti-
mate acquaintance with Gov. Rusk, tells a
good story in point. II have always joked
him more or less," said this gentleman, ION
his presidential possibilities, People seem
to like man like Uncle Jerry, whose con-
victions are positive, always on the side of
the people, and whose education is gro
tesquely limited and imperfect. ! used to
say to him last summer when Speaker Reed
was making his record for back k-bone that the
next presidential ticket would consist of
"Tom and jerry To this Uncle Jerry
used to remark with a delicious twinkle of
his eyes, That's good stuff to 30 down.
The other day, after the elections, l called
on the old gentleman and said to him,
Well, Uncle Jerry, we have to give up that
Tom and Jerry ticket. The Tom part of it
won't 90 down: but believe we will have
another one just rs good and with good
deal more jingle in it. We are going to
have Jim and Jerry ticket. The papers
are full of the idea Of Blame and Rusk.'
Uncle Jerry stretched his arms and yawned
while his black eyes snapped mischievously
as he ran his fingers through his snow
white name of hair and answered, sNo, sir
rec; we are not going to have any Jim and
Jerry ticket. no more than we shall have a
Tom and Jerry ticket" II really think"
said Uncle Jerry's friend, that the old
man thinks that he is going to be nomi-
mated by this new party"
The interstate commerce commission Is
proving to be school of law in the specially
of railroad practice. There are about thirty
clerks connected with the commission and
most of thon, are young lawyers who have
sought positions under the commission in
order to continue their studies of railroad
law and to perfect themselves for practice
before the various courts and before the
commission. A pitiful case of overstudy
has come to light recently in the case of
one of these young law students. young
man from a western state, the son of q
well-known judge, after graduating from
Yale and studying law several years, sue
ceeded in getting an appointment to the
clerical force of the commission. 1t was
soon discovered that he was fine lawyer
and verv studiors fellow. He was assign
ed to book-up on the subject of railroad re-
bates. He made most exhaustive study
of the whole subject from the American
and English reports and wrote out brief
that the members of the commission say is
almost classic. He worked day and night
on the subject, with the result that three
weeks ago he had to be taken to Providence
hospital raving crazy, and for ten days past
he has been lying at the door of death with
typhoid fever. Within the past few days
he has improved somewhat and his physl-
clans hope to save him.