St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-23

forehead. The lower part of the face
was covered by long full beard Of
frosted silver. which fell down upon the
broad. deep chest of the giant, and
thick mustache of fine silver wires half
concealed goOd-sized month. The
giants neck was framed in q standing
collar. His great overcoat was UNI
buttoned at the front. and his biz hands
thrust INTO his caDaciouS pantal0onS
pockets threw it back, displaying to the
full his immense form, as he stood there
as straight as Il Lake Superior oak, and
chatted with knot Of Lilliputian con-
gressmen. He weighs 249 pounds in
his bare feet, without stitch of cloth
ing on him." one of his friends had said
to me mOmen mt before, and as looked
az him | believed 1t. ] could see, too,
that the flesh was healthy meat, and it
correspondent with the statements that
the giant never touched spirituouS
liquors, and never SOiled MS silver mus
tache and beard with the fragrant mico-
tine. This giant was Hon. Jeremiah
Rusk, the secretary of the department
Of agriculture, and the representative
Of all the farmers of the United States.
Conspicuous of the public men at Wash
ingtOn. The agricultural community is
now engrossing the attention of con-
gress. Every one is talking of Western
farm mortgages, and the New England
senators are pushing to the front the
abandoned farms OF Vermont and New
Hampshire. Senator Stanford is making
the bankers lie awake at night over his
proposition for Uncle Sam to loan out
the surplus to farmers at l per cent.
and Uncle Jerry RuSk has again jumped
into national prominence. HIS frame is
such that he is able to bear all the re-
sponsibilitieS thrust upon him. He has
taken up the cause of the farmers, and
he proposes to add dignity to
the department over which he pre-
building is located in the finest grounds
in Washington. 1t has acres of beauti-
full flower beds, and Joe Cannon once,
standing at the windows of Gov. Rusk's
Office, which look out upon these, said
to Uncle Jerry; "Well, Jerry, you
have a mighty nice place here if you
are the tail of the cabinet"
Gov. Rusk quickly replied: "Well,
Cannon, / would like to know what a
tail is for, if it is not to look beautiful
and keep the flies Off
Within the past few months, Gov.
Rusk has concluded to be content with
being tail no longer, or if he must be
the tail, he has decided that he will do
what he can TO aid in wagging the adj
miniStration dog. He served notice
upon Funston, the head of the house
committee on agriculture, the other day,
that he did not propose to have
the appropriation for his depart
ment this year made out Oh the old
bureau of agriculture basis. He told
him that congress had given the farm
ers to understand that it intended to do
something for them when it raised the
bureau to department., and if it could
not do so it had better repeal the law,
and reduce it to a bureau once more.
He told Funston that he proposed to
fight for the department of agriculture,
and that any congressman who opposed
ii would oppose him, and that he in
tended to take off his coat and go into
that cOngressmans district, and stu mp
it against his reelection during the
next campaign. 81 will show the farm
erS," said Gov. Rusk, ''whO their friends
are; and i would live to haveyo under
stand that you can't treat me as though
we're little whiting, putting toy en-
CINE. | want you to know that
am great mogul, with eight
drivers, and if you fellows want
to buck against me you can buck
and We'll see who holds the track"
Gov. Rusk says that every power in
Europe gives more to agriculture than
we do, and that during 1856 France APP
propriated $S000,000 and Austria $1,000
900 for agriculture. 1t is his idea that
the agricultural department Of the
United states should be organized Oh a
broader basis than that of European
countries, and he is doing all he can to
push it.
Gov. RuSk will fight for it, too, and
his record shows that he is not blus-
terer. He was brave officer during the
war, and one of the stock stories about
him is the remark Of Gen. Mower. who
received him after his division had been
cut to pieces by the enemy, and he out
of shot and shell, at Movers command,
came TO his headquarters. As Col. RuSlS
saluted the general the latter said: ~
have sent for you because you are the
only man in this army, or any other
army that ever saw, who could ride
further into hell than | can, and want
you to take drink with me-"
II thank you," said Col. RuSk, "but
can't do that, as / never drink"
"You don't? Well. ! should like tC
know how man can ride so far into
hell without taking drink. DO you
eat?"
Certainly do" said Col RuSt, land
have not had a bite since morning.
The two then ate together, and their
friendship continued until Mowers
Aoath