Telegram-herald., 1890-04-08

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Congressman Cabot Lodge. of Masss-
chusetas. has been much talked sbous
sano. he introduced his low famous bal
for Federal control of elections. heard
another Massachusetts, statesman say ef
Lodge . few DAYS age: There goes the
luckieSt uisn 10 America be could fall
In the creek and not get wet, OF 10
through FIRE and not Do burned. De in-
herited good family name; a name thss
hAs always gwen him a certain prestige
He was heir % a large fortune, estimated
al two millions Of dollars. His income
is said b Be so. 900 year, and steadily
increasing. He keeps up three domestic
establishments; one in Washington, one
in Boston and one In the country. He is
happily married
''He Inherited, besides good name and
a large fortune. an iron constitution and
an athletic frame. He has that for which
BIN Scott said the other day he'd give a
million doIlars-a good stomach. lie mas
inherited, moreover, good head, a ge-
MUS for literature and politics. and the
faculty Of making friends. Is he not a
lucky dogy
We have had several obituary days"
/ in congress recently. The obituary day
+ 10 well established congressional insti-
tuition. Friends of the several deceased
/ members confer together and fix upon a
day for delivery Of the orations. A reso-
I luton is introduced setting apart an
+ afternoon, or part of an afternoon,
for this purpose. Usually Satur-
day is taken, for that is the day on
which members like 20 visit the depart
ments on errands for their constituents.
Obituary DAYS never interfere with de-
partment work On the day when the
funeral addresses for the late William
/ ID. Kelley were delivered l went into the
house gallery and counted the number
OF members In their seats. There were
seventeen of them.
Surprised at the large attendance,
made some inquiries and found that the
sixteen gentlemen who were listening
with as much patience as possible to the
seventeenth were al orators of the day
Thus the attendance was accounted for
the orators were listening 10 each
other. An hour later only eight men
were in the hali, the remaining nine hav-
ing spoken their pieces and disappeared.
/ did not wait another hour to see If the
unfortunate last speaker was left abso-
lutely alone with the pages, the empty
seats and the nearly empty galleries.
Senator Jones, of Nevada, is one OF the
brightest men IL congress. Every day
of his life. probably, he tells more good
stories, says more good things than any
other man in the Capitol. But he never
makes q speech. III / had a son who
WAS possessed OF an ambition 10 become
an orator" saws Senator Jones, 'rd be
tempted to disown him. These long
winded orators of the senate make me
very weary. After they have uttered 9
dozen sentences one usually discovers
that they don't know what they are talk
ing about, and the longer they talk the
more certain are you of their ignorance
"1he man who understands things
doesn't make speeches. 1t is the man
who doesn't understand question thai
feels called upon 10 talk about it two OF
three hours. The man who has reached
down and explored the inside of ques
ton always finds that it has many side.
and phases, that few things are abso
lutely certain, and that men may look a
the matter differently and yet all b,
right. This sort Of a man doesn't wan
to make speech. He knows too much
never make speeches"
Senator Stewart, OF Nevada, nevei
makes speeches, either. Whether or no
his reasons are the same as those of hi
ingenious colleague, l am not informed
but heard Stewart make speech on
day last week which set the senate int
most undignified snicker. A cali o
the senate had been ordered, and as tn
roll was called off by the clerk Mr.. Stew
art sat doing IL his chair. When hi
name was sung out he started up an'
exclaimed, PAST"
WALTER WELLNAH.