The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-01-01
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use of said, school district.
FORTY SENATOR'S BUNCOED.
A Sharper Successfully Works Our Great
Deliberate Body--Christening His Baby
Boy in Honor of Each Senator.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.-The Star
this evening prints the following:
During the past week an acute
observer in the Senate galleries
might have seen numerous self-con-
gratulatoly smiles c-ase each other
over the counuenances of some of the
more distinguished statesmen who
occupy places on the floor, but until
to-day the reason for these muscular
chuckles was not apparent. Grave
and reverend Senators-to some of
whom the delights of early father
hood are but memories-sent out
and purchased silver mugs and sill
yer spoons, and had names engraved
thereon. Others folded up samples
of the newest and most crisp five or
ten dollar bills. All of them wrote
nice little letters to accompany the
bullion, or the promise to pay, and,
singulary enough, all of them ad-
dressed their gifts to the same per-
son at the same person at the same
address.
To-day there is more of humor
than Of seriousness in the Senate.
Partisan speeches of the fercest de-
scription will be invountarily in
terrupted by smiles, while bitter ac-
cusation and sarcastic retort will be
sandwiched between a robust strata
of never-wearying laughter. To the
people in the galleries these exhi-
bitions of hilarity Will be enigmas,
but not for any length of time The
secret is out. The United States
Senate has been made the scene of a
confidence mans operations, and he
would have been working the
greatest deliberative body in the
world yet had he not in an unlucky
moment decided to make a victim of
Senator Manderson of Nebraska.
This morning when Senator Man
derson went through his mail he
found therein thefollowing letter:
baltimore, Dec. 20, 1890.
"Hon. Charles F. Manderson.
DEAR SIR: Enclosed you will find
the baptismal certificate of my little
son, Charles Manderson Duvall, whom
I named in honor of you. How I came
to name him after you was that l
wanted to name him after some prom
inent Republican, and chose you be-
cause you are from my native State. /
have seen you on several occasions, and
always have been an admirer of you.
Little Charles is getting along first
rate, and I hope that he may live and
be as upright and honest as the man
after whom he is named. He is our
first born, and as soon as we have his
picture taken I will send you one.
Also enclosed you will find five tickets
to entertainment which is given for
my benefit. I would not have troubled
you with them, only last week I had
my leg broken while at work, and my
friends are giving this for my benefit.
All the income I had was what was
derived from my daily labor, and l
hope you will take them to aid me. If
you do not wish them you can return
them. My wife and little Charles are
well, and I hope this will find you the
same. Please answer by return mail
and let me know if you received the
certificate all right. Hoping this will
find you well, and wishing you a
merry Christmas and a happy New
Year. I remain, yours respectfully.
civilian DUvALL.
S25 E. Baltimore street, Baltimore,
Md.
"Answer by return mail, as will be
anxiously awaiting a reply from you."
''The tickets, which were enclosed,
had their pink surface the printed
announcement:
.Grand entertainment for the bene-
fit of William Duvall, to be held at
Byrn's Hall, Wednesday, Dec. 81, '9O.
Tickets ST."
"Now, had Senator Manderson
been the only Senator thus applied
to all might have been well, and by
this time the broken-legged but hap,
py father would have had five of
Senator Manderson's 412 $40 grains
fine silver dollars in his inside pocket.
But it so happened that few days
ago the Nebraska statesman had
seen a similar certificate, in which
the name of this frst-born child was
declared to be Justin Morell Duvau,
and he Likewise knew that the ven
erable Senator from Vermont had
torn five dollars off his salary and
sent it to the suffering father at 825
East Baltimore street. Convinced
that if Mrs. Duvall could be the
mother of two frst-born children she
might have given birth to a few
more at the same time Senator Man
derson began to investigate the mat
ter, and the results of his inquiries
caused the laughter which in the
Senate to-day was frequent, and
painful, and free"
according tothe certificates which
have been uncovered there are now
in existence Joseph Dolph Duvall, :,
William Evarts Duvall, Anthony
Higgins Duvall, John Griffin Car
Isle Duvall, Aigernon Paddock Dn-
vail, Watson Squire Duvall, Wilbur
Sanders Duvall, Richard Pettigrew
Duvall, Thomas Power Duvall, Le-