Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-04-17
Cling STATESMEN.
J congressman Who Ride Bicycles
at the Capital.
NSON, OF OHIO, THE PIONEER.
Cars and CAB H0rsss Too Slow hr This
Progressive Ags-Bicyclss Increase So
ciabihty-COasting Down Cap
i.0l Hill.
q T.,.oran toaAs Rsqistsr.

NIallV QlSUnG GulSueQ ueaLAus ~ 9tA e.e'N-A'
aeel and 60 rolling about the streets OF
Aowded city. But here IN W Nasnlng-
tt is quite the proper thing Doctors,
eVen ministers have ridden Olcycles
y AshipgtOn for some years, ana the
II Der population, both male and iemaIe'
No this as "a natural means OF lOcOmO-
III But it has now gone a step further,
lVrpne Of our statesmen may be seen
Pnng around the streets with apparent
bimuch enjoyment as sChOOlOOyS.
- first Congressman 20 break was Tom
hson of Ohio. johnson is short and fat
"a round face aud a thick shock OF
EAuburn hair. He is the President OF
Fkeveral street car companies
lHnere and is interested in rapid
m. When he struck the slow
cars Of Washington, 10 gave him an
- Of nervous irritation, and as he is
IapOor man. he soon abandoned the car
| ether public cOnveyanCes. But the
lrhorse fin Washington Is no novice. de
lNte in sympathy with the easy-golng
Inof the capital and has no disposition
luer into any rivalry with his brother
knls. who follow the traCk-the street
hrack. The change, therefore, from the
IA cars to the coupe did not better
- much for the Ohio Congressman.
nanv DAYS he watched the boys, men
rrls on their bicycles spinning past
apparently without effort and some
Ikakin 70 envy took possession OF him.
fay he got into q conversation with
friend OF his who had q bicycle, and, IT
Saturday night, the boy proposed
Ehe Congressman hire a bicycle sun
morning and Join in a ride out into the
try.
4 fvht and early the next day the two
~ ont. They hired bicycles from
sr. and the Congressman mounted the
tsteed for the first time. To his aston
lent he sound little difficulty IN manag-
but to avoid the public gaze they
.fst once TO the country roads. In knee
thes. astride a safety wheel, spinning
Ia country road, with the wind lifting
Auburn curls, the fat Congressman
"a like a schOolboy on a frOlc. he
"a up the hills and coasted down, and
he dismOunted 70 wipe the perSpira-
from his brow be found that be was
six miles out ia the country near the
Johns bridge. that famous arch
n all visitors 70 Washington 90 % see,
IL the little hotel by the roadside he
N d dinner waiting, and, after a rest, rode
Ibsin the evening. He had lost a pound
10 Of flesh by the exercise, but declared
he had made q discovery worth many
7 stSpounds OF flesh 70 him. He immedt-
'ordered a wheel and has been q devO-
blcvcle rider ever since. Nearly every
aay he rides out TO Cabin Johns
- for dipner, and during the week
about the city for pleasure.
Ice they have been together in Con-
johnson and Warrington, OF Ten
NJ have got TO be great chums. Wash
u Is. like Johnson, is a short man; but
- him. be is small, not having the
bCongressman's svOirdupoise. The
hRve chumed like sChoOlbOys. In the
they have sat and gOssiped to-
II. and traded Jokes, and enjoyed Tom
laws lunches, and until Johnson got
Ifcvcle. they used 70 walk and ride to-
br 10 and from the Capitol; but john
LII Ibicvcle came in between them. For
Aume Washington watched his chum
.aing away from him on two little steel
As and fOresaw an End 70 their so
titv. At first the Teunesseean
A 10 ride out his friend and weary
Yof the fad. but this was failure
Rt length Washington gave IN and
tO bicvCle sCnOOl 10 learn TO ride.
a hnanv falls he learned 10 mount, and
e cot the hang of the thing, and one
M morning John was astOuished by
Ikkht Of his friend Washington aStride
4 lEheel Since then their sOc;abllty
ltOubled many fold. and, bearing each
lii company. they ride about on their
Nkteeds without loss Of dignity and
NJ "a great gain Of time. not TO mention
Measure they derive from the spins on
lpntry roads.
q two having lead the way as pio-
II .tther COugressmeu are now buying
n and the time is not remote, per
Mhen even the Senators may adopt
Means of lOcomotiOn, and dignihed
men of all ages and stature Will be
MDasting down Capitol HUI and skim
NlbrOugh the streets of the capital.
n seems TO be something in promo
/. On the ranks in the army that uu-
Il nes character-singular as this may
4 7 Or 40 first thought the contrary
y Eould naturally be expected. AT
LAS. there have been of late a sur
lf1y large number OF dehuQuencies
Uh in the cases OF lieutenants in the
M EhO have been appointed from the
illH One Of the latest and most hagrant
llfN case of Lieutenant Dodge, Of the
Vlh Infantry, who has during a very
4 career, 10 is charged, developed a
ttCul capacity for what ex-senator
g would Term miscellaneous ana
lied iuiQuity.n Last December, 10
Z Rd, he began operations by duphcat-
nay account and running away with
Ne from Fort LeaveuwOrth. The
MthOrities searched for him far and
Without success, and were about Civ
him up for lost and think
about classifying him as
tsserter when they received
Nation that he bad been arrested and
.ikned at Hannibal, Missouri, Tor bur
Itlhen they were in a quandary. They
II hDt arrest MIN, as he was already un-
lhst, and they could not pnt hlm
iFs deserter, because being IN dur
Nlle, be could not return 70 his regi-
kfen If he wished %. Finally be got
bail thereupon the army oinclais az
&. tfrested him, and he will be court
lNhled and undoubtedly dismissed
I fie service. After arriving at Fort
|fhtyorth under arrest, this extraOr-
ltIVounC man gave further exhibition
lk1erve by applying for his back pay
~ Decens Der. While highly admir-
,ikRudacity, the Department felt con-
/ itf 10 denv this modest request. a
/ ittxs ago another Lieutenant at Fort
! ftEorth, likewise appointed from the
Me duplicated his pay amount,
NJ tthere have been three
III court martials for the same kind Of
,Ifauring the last twelvemOuth. The
IN on between promotion and dishon-
lEuns TO be due 10 the fact that the
afies cBnnot stand prosperity, for
~ that thew often launch out into
~ Niou and extravaganza Of all sorts.
ilyanlt Of all this, the army authorities
lttridet . reltrict the custom Of pro
n IRON Kinks within much mar
Wlimits heretofore.
the Il. Investigation.
kSeroA c., April 16.-In the |
,si,p Om9A litigation to-day John B.