The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-01-19

Annoyance AterWard go Washing.
q Southern Man Thought He Saw
the North Pole
WASHINGTON, JAN 16, 1893
WALLER ~ INTER WEATHER
.MfEMNEsal IsS e3sslM of the kind known to
.NG~sgsgSs&sasss@ the Northwest has
&sa|FSiI sss s%fsg settled down upon
ygzsMHsBaIMs Washington during
=. ..1MHG the past two weeks
and it has been very
much colder than during any win
ter since 1881. Sleighing has been
excellent The frigid spell has
also caused much suffering - not
only throughout the poorer districts,
but also among the wealthy classes,
whose houses are not constructed to as
efectually far out the blasts Of Borea's
as even the rudest shanties of our own
glorious section
met d young man on the avenue,
Saturday gazing down Fourteenth street
He was we'll but thinly dressed. sported
a neat but very light spring overcoat.
cane and plug hat, and no covering
for his ears AS approached he turned
toward me. The tears were on his
cheeks and his teeth were chattering.
Say, Mistah." he remarked, I've just
come in from Gawgia-"
A,,l thai, ho r,l1rto1 with hSc
toward the Washington monument
"Will you kindly tell me, sab,
il that is the North Pole?'
i lie contest over senatorial seats
throughout the Northwest continues to
be the matter of most universal inter-
est in Washington There is consider
able local reason for this interest. A
United States senator from the West
may become veritable bonanza to a
very generous circle of local residents
at the national capital 1t is this way:
A Western senator has comparatively
few demands from home as d general
rule, upon his known influence to Sc
cure employment in the public service.
When new senator arrives here
stranger, he at once finds himself an
, object of the greatest local interest He
is called upon at once by several of the
local elite, who proceed at once to note
his tastes, find out his fads, and study
AL his peculiarities
Then he finds himself the object of
special AMI flattering attentions. Fin
ally his circle is formed, his favor1tes
selected, his private secretary engaged
and he begins to feel himself at hom-
Then the assault begins all along the
line a.
Very soon demure and deprecating
request is made by some prominent
member of the Senator's new circle
Would he object to recommending
Miss Blank to small cerkship in the
Agricultural Bureau?"
These people have been very kind t.
him He good naturally accedes to
this reasonable request, secures the
place for Martha-usually d decayed
member of an old and prominent family
Ind then Mary and Washington an
Custer and Percy each follow in their
turn, and all, through the Senator's IN
auence, are provided for in some man
ner during his six years term.
Every United States Senator from thu
distant States has this kind of circle
large or snall-around him. Is it won
derful that there is much local interest
manifested here as to what senator:
will Ike returned?
The party affiliations OF the Senator
has the least possible to do with HI,
influence Even under Harrisons ad
ministration Senator German of Mary
land. has probably provided more s,n ii
places for his friends than any othe
three Senators. 1t is the intellect,i:,
- power and social strength OF the man
and the position itself which is tn
motive power that gives "a pull"
Hon. M. NJ johnson from Nortl
RI Dakota, went to Bismarck Il few day
ago with the avowed intention O
defeating the reelection of Senate
.s~., pSsssSss> Casey If it coul
~, be done by f;i
80, 81 means This
"a eSe/W what he said t
~ your correspon
AtG@zA@svAsSM dent: Il wou
XHAn S%@&A sooner see Case
H@@s> SMS1sMs defeated and sue
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