Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-14

sions hanging therefrom on behind
Weaver has fallen upon hard times. He
returned to Iowa poor. His political pros
pects were not promising. The Democrats
wanted to run him for governor, hoping with
him to unite all parties against the Repuhli'
cans. who had hitherto carried the state with
great regularity. But Weaver did not think
we'll of the idea. He did not see how the
Democrats could carry Iowa, and he declined
the nomination. That was the mistake OF his
life. The Democrats elected their candidate
and made hin, a national figure.
Tim Campbell, of New York city, is gone,
too What fun the jokers used to have with
Tim. Innumerable stories were told about
his blunders in society and elsewhere. and
everybody was at all times ready to believe
the worst that cruel joksrs could devise about
nm. 1t was dull day that did not bring
forth a new story on Tim Campbell One Of
the best of them all, which l do not remem-
Der having seen in print, was about his din
ner with Secretary and Mrs. Whitney. 1t
was rather stupid dinner, as Mr.. and Mrs.
Whitney found it somewhat difficult to carry
on dignifed conversation with their guest
On taking his leave, Campbell stood for an
hour in the hall, and, though the secretary
edged him toward the door, the wine had
given Tim his tongue, and he was loath to take
the hint and his departure. Finally he did
go, but had no sooner reached the sidewalk
than it occurred to him that he had forgot
ten to praise the dinner. So he rushed back,
rang the bell, and, when the door was opAed,
stuck his head inside and called out at the
top of his voice, ''Mr. Whitney! Mr.. Whit
ney! l want to tell you there was no flies On
that dinner!n
Frank LAWYER is still here. Two or three
years ago the boys looked upon Lawler as
one Of the cranl1s, but he has outgrown that.
The story of his going into restaurant with
some friends on his first appearance in Wash
ington and ordering dozen Holsters for him
self is still told. LAWYER is not as green as he
looks, but he retains few of his old hobbies
Most conspicuous of these are ''the tollIng
masses" and Frank Lawler. It Is not easy to
tell which Mr. LAWYER thinks most of-the
workingman or himself He never loses a
good opportunity to put in a word for either.
Probably LAWYER is the most persistent ad-
vertiser of himself in the business, though he
is not by any means the only statesman who
knows how to boom himself very much in
the style of a veteran actor. LAWYER writes
out his own interviews and sends them about
to the newspaper offices, and whenever he
comes to town he goes about and calls on all
the correspondents, saying: 81 just dropped
in to tell you | am here, because L didn't
want to see you get scooped on my arrival
Among the hobby riders of the present con-
gress is Gen. Oates, of Alabama. Oates hob
by is objecting to the payment OF extra sala-
ries to employees of the house or senate.
For dozen years he has fought these extra
months pay bills, generally without success,
and often with the effect of bringing upon
himself the ridicule of his fellows. But this
time he won, and the house employees had to
90 without their Christmas gift of a months
pay which they did not earn. Oates is one
of the best fighters in congress. He opposes
these extra pay schemes, not from parsimony,
but principle. He is a born fighter. He was
wounded four times in the Confederate army,
and finally lost an arm in his twenty seventh
battle He was poor white, and educated
himself Any man who rises by his own ex-
ertions in the south from the lot of poor
white to the proud estate of member Of
congress and gentleman must be fighter in
deed.
Another of the hobby riders is Rev. John
A. Anderson, of Kansas. He is an ardent
champion of the rights of the people as
against the railroads. Rev. John A. hates
railroads with a hatred so intense that the
wonder is he rides on the cars en- route to and
from the capital 1 am quite sure he has not
used pass for dozen years. The railroads
return his hatred, and raise heaven and
earth, certainly the latter, in trying to defeat
him, vet he comes back to congress as often
as he likes, which is once in two years. An
derson is a fighting Christian He never
knows when he is whipped. He goes into a
legislative fight like bulldog, with his coarse
hair bristiing like that of an angry cat. He
stays that way till the fight is over.
Some of these hobbies of legislators are
pretty good things for the country. There Is
Holman's hobby of objecting to public ex-
penditures 1t is a hobby which he has rid
den for 10 these many years, in fair weather
or foul, and no one can accuse the old man
of inconsistency. He has saved the govern
ment millions of dollars, and as chairman of
the committee on public lands has saved mil
lions of acres of lands to the settlers by keep
ing them out of the clutches of the railroads
Blount, of Georgia, has the same hobby,
though he does not ride it quite as zealously.
Ezra B. TAYLOR, Of Ohio, who succeeded
Garfield in the house, has a queer hobby. He
is always the first man in his seat. The house
twenty minutes after 9 o'clock, hangs his
coat and hat in the coat room and goes at
once to his seat. He never varies from this
hour. and it is said of him that he has never
been a moment late at committee meeting
or any other important engagement. This Is
a quality, by the way, most rare In w ash
ington. and therefore the more commendable
In this lazy town and INDECENT atmosphere an
engagement at 9 o'clock usually means all
the way from that hour up % 10 or a little
after.
Springer, of Illinois, has an unpleasant sort
of hobby. He Is possessed OF nania for
making suggestions TO other members. He
wants to help the speaker run <he house and
the chairmen of committees TO manage their
bills when before the committee Of the whole
About twenty times day on an average he
calls out, Mr.. Speaker" and about once
day is recognized by Speaker Reed. 1t is not
a difficult thing for man to make a nIn-
sance of himself in this way, and Springer Is
only short distance from the danger hna
There are some cranl1s over In the senate.
too-at least, few conspicuous riders of
hobbies Foremost among these Is Senator
Blair, of New Hampshire. Mr.. Blair Is
man Of fine culture and great intellect, but
he wants to reform the earth at the expense
of the general government. he wants woman
suffrage. suppression of the manufacture OF
Intoxicating liquors as a treason to the coun-
try universal education OF coaored people
and white people and people OF every color,
and Senator Ingalls, says he expects TO see
Rlas- l.-i,,.- f-,l hail 10 start government