The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-11-25
ARhS Of EXPERIENCE.
pun BY Well Known Gentlemen
on Election Night Al the
Capital.
ID West Point Chums who Met
Leading Opposing Forces
In War.
~ Theodore Koosevslt Made Friends
With Some Rather Tough Members
-Gsing to Fight chill.

= Assuuu0r0 AsO0soY0At Maue hFlenOS
With some Rather Tough Members
-Gsing to Fight chill.
Election night in Washington ID surs to
ing together interesting groups of poll
plans in thu hotel Hobbies and clubs where
h~lletins are received, says the New York
ncorder. These clusters are very apt to.
c%uriously congl0merate. Seated about
> same table may frequently be found
noorats and republicans engaged in tho
rightlicst kind Of chatting and II does not
cm in the least strange to see 4 bureau
ief touching glasses with the messenger
40 sits outside his door in Office hours and
DO. ten chances to one. can give his chief
lsons in political maneuvering.
One OF these groups at a well known club
lssday night contained a prospective
eaker Of the next house. an army officer
10 made = brilliant record on the con
derate side in the last war. a republican
lrsau official Of high degree, a United
ates senator and . Texas newspaper man.
was late in tho evening and the proba-
Titles had begun to crystalline from the
turna.
$50 IT seems that Grsgg's got IL in Penn
~lvania," said the ex-confederats, land I
MT say I'm sorry. Gregg and ! were in
: same class together at West Point, and
: always had a warm spot in my heart
| him. Fitzhugh Lee was 1t West Point
the Same time and Gregg has always kept
an intimate friendship with him. ! was
king with Lee only a few days ago, and
agreed that if any republican wa to be
pcted Gregg ought to be the man. He 10
6ne fellow and a fine soldier. He COM
andsd a division Of cavalry with great
llantry at Gettysburg and he was with
,ere the brave Pelham. deb Stuart's chief
artillery, lost his life. Gregg had a very
culiar experience in that engagement.
and Stuart had been the warmest Of
lends before the war, and of course had
I seen each other since hostilities
gan. But at Kelly's Ford, whore
~ were fighting on opposite sides,
~ happened to ride as close to
oh other rs the distance across this room.
~ first recognition came from the CON
aerate commander. 'Hullo, Gregg he
He'd out. Sorry to see you where you
b. Jeb,' was the response, and the two
a-time comrades rode back to urge on
cir respective sides. 1t was a dramatic
cident," continued the army officer, land
recall but one other of the kind; whom
Rster and Rosser met at Gettysburg and
setod each other in much the same
X"
ar" spoke up the Texas newspaper man.
p fighting was going on, and l like to soc
fellow who did pluoky work on either
10 get along. A man who would fight fair
battle will fight fair In politics every
ne,4aadenay heart iust-warms to any fell
w who'll stand up square and fair in front
you. eyen if he does give you a knock
wn blow. Now there's Roose-
~ ! hn,e h .oh added, whom turning a tna TO
be The civil service commissioners
END. HE just captured me, and / am
ling to tell you how he did it. You know
wn in our country we amt very great on
vii service reform. II was all right when
9 other fellows were in, but when We be-
II to have a show ourselves, somehow it
ant seem to be very popular. Well, one
y soon after l reached here got my
pod up about something and ! went down
e1postulate with Roosevelt. ! supposed,
course, he was q New York dude, but
ess you he just knocked me over the first
und. He argued me right of my feet
fore l could get o chance to catch my
cath, and then all of \ sudden he put his
Ind on my knes and pulled mp his chair
nd &con6dential-like-it was o day or
o before the Sullivan-Ki lrain set-to-and
ked me how thought the prize fight was
ming out. He had mo right on home
d then we drifted somehow into cock
khts, and l found there wasn't anything
at l knew about any kind Of sports that
didn't know, too. We became very in
nato right there."
'Yes." laughed the bureau chief. 'Ivs
ways understood that he rather pridod
lnself on taking your scalp on that occa-
pm. You ought to hear him tell come of
p experiences in the New York legisla-
re-, though. You remember he was q
bmber of the committee on rules, and he
d a good many lively rounds with some
his associates on the committee. Finally
10 OF them giew 30 violent and abusive
at Roosevelt saw he should be forced to
Fdical measures, and aftor . particularly
fensivs personal remark by the heller,
boswell walked up to him and exclaimed.
want YOU to understand, sir, that your
nduct is offensive, and l shall hold you
bponsible for what yon say at any time or
|ace, unless you apologize to mo at once
be heller weakened in q minute, and for
few days Roosevelt noticed that his tough
llsagues treated him with q remarkable
florence and respect. At the end Of al
Pek one OF them ca me to him and re-
Rrked, i want to tell you, sir, that wa all
ke you. You amt the same sort of \ chap
those other chumps is. The fact is you
h't SO much OF a gentlemen AZ they!' Il