Telegram-herald., 1890-06-17


buaness = rhs house q repr,seutagivss -
q LA and lltubsFes-nE - IS oft-u u. ve
uho SO up in the g,allsry - watch for
things agrth writing about must turn
ear attention tF0ul le .gislstlon T. h.easla-
tars. For this there n a g0od Drecedent,
furnished - TIE Legislators rheulsel YES
~ other toQtc inr rests ths average
member ~ congress as much ~ himself
The dangers q tLe country which be
Dra5es 81 much q u his speeches. tbs
0dlous acts u the opposition party which
D. il so fond Il d1l0mcnz are quick
ly LIST slght II VIA tas conYersaGion
bocullss personal Statesmen love u
talk ~ themseivss. especially - news
paper ears. They hzs - - written
about in . cOmpltu -n ta-y manner II pos-
sloLe but Ia aoEns way 40 any rate.
nnArt Statesmen endeaT0r @ make
friends Il Newspaper men. bat when
they can make friends the axiom 1. that
they had better maze -Eaenles. Abuse
slLnetlmes does a man more good than
praise. Your average congressman Is 4
very c0nceited person his balls and his
reports and hts speeches ara the gEr4teat
things ia the annals 0f congress. w lat,
You have not watched my efforts % do 50
and so' You don o know what ana doing.
Young man. g read tho history Il yOur
country. Sume congressman imagine
the people II the provinces are thirsting
t1r Information concerning their health.
One man, 40 has been lck. walked
down % my Office every dAy for q week
during his cOnvalesceuce 10 inform me.
81 that / IL sht inform my readers, that
h8 was gradually recovering
Another thing which Is most notice
able about these pubiic men. particularly
those who have been long time IN lie
harness, Is their tendency - scatter ia
private conversation. Men who can get
up "a the house Or senate and deliver i'm
promptu speeches Of force and good con
strucuOn. wabble al about a subject IN
the ordinary casual conversation. They
wander from one subject 10 another and
never wait % have anything settled or
agreed upon. Probably this Is the result
of their training on the floor. where
nothing ever IS settled by argument. A
man gets few minutes aud makes a
sally az q topic and then drops il.
Nothing u talked out"
Five minutes later al hands turn TO
and talk over a new proposition. just as
the layraan Is becoming interested in the
first. Thus. in private conversation the
statesman has a tendency % shift and
tack. and cover a great deal OF water
IL keeps one busy u stay with him. For
instance. there Is Ben Butterworth, the
brilliant member from ChiO. tie Is one
os the best takers in congress or out Of
D.. but II you can keep him on one sub
Jet for i've minutes you are more fortu-
nate than most II the men who know
him. n a walk from the senate cham
Der q tho house Of representatives
have heard the witty Butterworth dis
course on such topics - the tariff bill.
reciprocity with Canada, universal peace
between nations. tho new navy. the
Farmers Alliance movement. original
packages and pension legislation. Her
isa man worth following as tho winds
q his fancy watt him from subject 70
subject, for be rarely opens his mouth
without saying something. But think
o. q stupid fellow. like the average con
Cressu1u. wobblng about in this man
ner and asking YOU 10 ~ with him and
trv 20 be- interested In all dc is saying,
Joo Cannon. ot Illinois. who Is him
elf sovs Il original package. is an
other mlu who scatters his fire IN private
conversation. Cannon IN his quaiu way
LIKES 20 run the glnEt Of topics which
arr In the public mind. There appears
% BE- sort os procession OF thoughts
going through his brain. anl ne Il never
content till tho whole troop has been
brou zht up for review. In his work as
chairman If Tho committee on aqqro-
Yria-ions he he's constantly before him
tho whole United States and n seems
that his mind i equally geographical
and corDr-chonsive still. II you get the
chance to accompany Mr. Cannon on
ONE # his intellectual rnmbles you viii
not reRrst r. He-e and there 10 VIII not
Do sasy % keep 10ce rzith him. for Oh
certain parts II taa rol1 he travels like
hmited train. hut he has faculty 0f
ilumiuing hs pathway So that even The
NJ one would suspect such brainv
an3 well orgamzed intellectual giant -
Sresker R,.ed of scattering But. II tho
truth must be tolj-and don't see why
is sh0u'du't-be scntters ike an oil shot
gun. or. 20 use "a better illustration. he
fs Ete aa amataur sQorrsrnan with new
t-recb loader -dc salies ont and iu his
eazerue>s and f1ndness f1r shootiu-
takes a crack st everything he secs.
When Reed draws his long gun it IS a
good time g. take ro che woods
Another thinE which I have noticed
about -cux-esslneu IS that many ~ them
ara Ea-s This 1.ea unt souni pleasant.
hu- Is il s-ue Ius'-a che assertion with
a f-lI realization ef IT'S import aul. "a
tha mem hers themselves srDetimeS saw
i- warm rebate. with lin--7-s o. as-
s,rne responsbihtv therefor. thate large
Ter cent = the members ~ zress
habtuallv tel flisehoods. ~ cou-s-
there are many honorable exceptions,
snd every reader has -ha right O. incl-l.
h-s frieuis in tha latter cstegorv. Bur
che liars ara nor much - he b'sne3
Trrnx is almost a necessity n prbllc lie.
Members ~ congress sre sd toset nv
bcres an3 Nor-rwers AMI hegTars taa'
unless = ulan wants to make a bear ci
himself AMI Est A -vputari0n for naean
ress De u1st lasrn and practice the ar
~ lying arm convinced there are cssses
ii which lvinE is a positive virt1e. ne
inr merely a renteei snd nnof ending
vrev ~ ssv-~- nav If~7u were q mem
ber ~ congress. iesr reader AMI f-und
b. f---~eqfnlsa n, ~ns- rrs-s,ia -he ~har1