Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-07-30
VERY CONSERVATIVE.

VERY CONSERVATIVE.
I was the other day told a story about mem
Der of the present Congress, whom I will call
James Smith, BY one Of his colleagues, whom,
also, cannot identify. They are from one of
the border states and live near the line.
Establishments" says the member, "were se-
cretly going on In our neighborhood for both
armies. Jim wes an orator rather than sol
der. He never tired Of add ressing public
meetings. But he Was excitable and apt TO DO
with the crowd at the moment. One day he
yelled for the old flag and the undivided Union,
and the next day he helped hang John Brown
and Abe Lincoln in efigy.
"One morning when Jim Was in town he WAS
called on to harangue a hundred or two men
who were assembled in front of the corner gro
Gerry listening to the latest news He climbed
into q wagon, threw of his coat and sailed in.
Go to the front! Many Of your neighbors are
on the line Of battle and all calling unto you!
Why stand 20 hero idle? Freedom, which
shrieked when Kiziosko fell, il In peril a. never
before. Fly to her rescue! Men may cry peace,
peace, but there 10 no peace! Freedoms battle
son, though bsfded oft Is ever Won Rally and
organize company right hsre-this day, this
hour
".wail, stronger, broke in about the only
man present who didn't know him, which army
eheil We jine-nawth ur south?'
EttuCT. oAtAoE! bAOutoO 'Ohu
think alikef
1T made some fun at the time" said Mr.. NJ
c., who was in the confederate army after
ward. but III be hanged il wasn't talking to
Jim about it the other day and he insists that
he was just right"
RAPID PRoMOrIoEa
At least two Of the present Senators who
were major generals enlisted in the army "a
private soldiers Gibson of Louisiana and Haw-
ley of Connecticut These men, both fine look
ing, have a curious resemblance and are some-
times mistaken for each other. Both, too, a.
their rapid promotion indicates. had a romantic
service. Hawley, an old abolitionist, was the
first man to enlist in his state and was in the
army all the time to Appomattox. Gibson lost
his fortune during the war, but recovered IL
afterward.
TRIBUTES TO THE xrNrK BALL.
The testimony Of people who hive been shot
differs widely ~ to how it feels. Ihave heard
more than . dozen members of the present
Congress talk on the subject and have got as
many opinions. The worst shot man now in
public life ia probably Gen. Oates, who resented
the insolence Of the misrepresentation Of the
Federation" the other day. He lost his right
arm in front OF Richmond in his twenty-seventh
battle, having previously been shot through the
right arm, then In the right leg, then in the left
hip, then through the right thigh, then in the
coming.
when mimic ball strikes you, he said, at
stuns you as il You had been hit at short range
with club or a brickbat. Then the devilish
intruder gradually becomes hotter and hotter.
as il you had turned into furnace Of live Goals.
Then perhaps you nercifully drop into uncon-
sciousness."
Il felt when was hit raid COL Herbert of
Alabama, speaking Of the matter to comrade,
las II my shoulder was scared with caustic in
70 900 II A. AZ
the {anks were firing red-hot balls" He ex-
perimented with four Of them during his serv-
ice and has reason to know just how they feel.
THE TWO oNE-LkoaED MEN IN CONGRESS
who manage themselves best in walking are by
general consent, Senator Daniel of Virginia and
Representative David d. Henderson Of lows.
They were both very young when they met with
the loss Of q leg. and. rs Amos Cummings SAYS,
''they probably hadn't got attached to il" A
stranger would scarcely suspect either man of
using q wooden member.
"When I was hit in the head" says Col. Hen
derson. lit didn't hurt much, for became I'M
conscious; but when my foot intercepted the
spiral fight Of the rife bullet II seemed an II
had experienced an unequal collision with Jupi-
ter or, at least, Of the widest and most dis
solute comets. never was SO astonished in my
life. Then came collapse"
Joe Cannon, "next member from the If
feenth district OF Illinois. as he would probably
sign his name today IL he we're les modest. tells
. good story Of Henderson,:
II had seen Dave Henderson around on
crutches and was sorry for him and urged bim
to come and see us dance at one Of our little AZ
fairs at the National Wen, do you know, he
came, without o crutch. Yes And he came
tripping and bowling In rs II he had never had
even corn. and he waltzed his cork log, with
patent leather boot on it,up to one Of my favor
lite partners and bore her Oh in the giddy hby-
rtnths Of the german just as il he had hsH a
dozen legs: Yes, sir. e lively as IL he we're
centipede.'
And those who saw IT say that the prize
Walter Of Dauville leaned against the piano
the more or lees disjointed but very vivacious
David.
Chow much 1t hurts to be shot" ssid SEN
ator henderson, who got several memeutoes Of
that sort during the war, and he likes to ex-
change views with veterans, depends on where
and how you are hit II 1t IL in an extremity,
or In thick flesh, the wound il not generally
| very painful at once, and men have often been
20 struck, and even MANNED without knowing
1t. But get hit along thst vital center-the
spine-.n you feel - il . red-hot spear . mile
long bad been thrust through you"
asked Col Stone, the Kentucky soldier, who
| u generally seen on crutches. Il didn't know
at frst that was wounded, he said. 81 lust
felt slight witch ct my trouser leg, a. II .
briar had caught IL or 9 playful Kitten had
sooSaou ~ WIN ucE c8W, Out pfOtty BU0u Yen
In the grass and lay there all day and all night,
while Morgan and the rest Of the boys marched
] away into Ohio"
Senator CocArell was drawn out BY his brother
soldiers IN the cloak room ono dsy. ~ was
shot Through the left leg without knowing H."
be aid II didn't even suspect n Tie boys
| discovered IL whom they were carrying me %.
| Tor was hurt three other times IN that same
battle. The worst hurt IVES made By baI3et
| that didn't hit ma at an. II passed under my
chin with . satanic whish and q dash lfhea sober
struke. II seemed e Il the fsasrals were firing
butcher knives. Itstdng ne hotiy and THOUGHT
my throat was cat but when felt q 1t los0f my
whisksrs csme % In my hand. There was no
blood, and the su6efine was only nonsntary.
But IL hurt worse thsn he clips that hit ny srm
or legs"
IN THE Vac Anb our or IT.
Senator White Of Loaisiam won't into TIE war
1t fifteen, fought through with vsxisd export
/ snces and came out without . scrstch- OF
courss he was sasrisd b vith ths tide, the .
majority Of the young soldiers on both sides,
and - ~ vwy de1ntoo uOtiUn u vha4 ~
row IVES I'll ahcut tnl - Wus susrsndsrsd With
"Dick TAylor's fplks" % Candy. Senator White
sstrActs extrAofdinAry aeeeution INT now on %
eo1nt & - ~ = uahing . Ssaalv esa1