The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1893-06-27

The Son OF Edward Everett Is Expect.
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Professor William Everett of Mas
~sschusetts, who has been elected TO
Congress as the successor OF Henry |
Cabot Lodge, the author of the famous
force bill, Is described as an oddly In |
many respects, while q man OF real
ability and worth. A correspondent OF
the Boston Globe thus pictures the new
Congressman:
sever circumstances will combine
to make Everett a unique and pic.
turesque personality in Washington
Congressional district in which he
does not reside. His predecessor, MIR.
Lodge, is a carpet Dagger in the dis
trict. His home is on Beacon street,
Boston, but ne chose to make his sum-
mer domicile his legal residence, and
20 he is known as "Mr. Lodge, of
Nahan." But the newly elected Con-
gresham does not own or even hire a
house within the precincts of the dis
trict. He makes no p~retense of being
q resident. He will be the only man in
Congress representing O constituency
OF which he Is not o member. His
friends claim that his case is without
precedent in u political history.
His fame as q scholar and savant has
preceded him to Washington and will
attract attention to him. Then, again,
he Is q son of o distinguished sire.
Edward Everett was q statesman and
orator OF national repute. He served
in the senate at q time when there
were giants there, and he suffered not
by comparison.
But what will most distinguish the
successor OF Mr.. Lodge will be the man.
himself and his odd ways. Perhaps
his most striking characteristic is his
engaging frankness. He never hest
what he believes to be true and perth
nent, no matter how d~isagreeable the
avOwa may be to those who hear him.
If q man asks him q frivolous or idle
question he gets q reply which plainly
informs him that time and thought are
valuable and ought not to be FILTERED
away in fruitless conversation.
The Doctor has that most admirable
of all faculties-the faculty of minding
his own business. Being thoroughly
convinced that this Is something to be
sedulously cultivated, he impresses its
value upon those who undertake to
NEEDLE In his affairs. "That is none
of your business, sir" is q form fire.
quently employed to convey his thought
and meaning. It is not moulded after
the Chesterfield pattern, but then the
| uoCGOI ICNcE SUuukSu SuGSleTnolO. he
never had time.
A neighbor of his relates this little
anecdote to illustrate tho quality of
frankness which he is known to possess.
The doctor called at his house one
evening by invitation or agreement to
play a game of chess. When the table
was set out and the men were placed in
position, the host prepared himself for
q thorough enjoyment of the game by
foIirn mt q, nsrn, n~l L.
light it. Knowing by report that his
host was u man Of peculiar notions he
said to him: doctor, 1 know you do
not smoke, but I trust smoking is not
offensive to YOU"
10, sir, decidedly offensive" was
the energetic reply. "No gentleman
would smoke in a room into which la
dies are liable to enter. The practice
is vulgar"
almost continually on the stump. He
wa much in demand outside of his own
district, and he delivered
speeches in the western part of the
State. During n of these tours he
was accompanied by u Boston reporter,
who was detailed to describe his style
OF oratory and to send copious abstracts
of his speeches. For some reason the
two mon had not been introduced to
OoSH oohOis VII uS UulEu vi lOuFUn
night out the customary procession
from the political headquarters to the
hall had been formed, and the reporter
was ushered into the carriage occupied
by Doctor Everett. Quick as a flash
the doctor jumped out on the other
side. He was evidently suffering un-
der q very strong mental strain. One
OF the committeeman asked him what
The matter was. He replied
" a man avi1apfIxy N lo&oxo 49,
spy, who has been on my track for
three days, riding on the trains with
me, stopping at the same hotels with
me, Is now thrust into my carriage. I
must .prostest against such an out
rage"
1t availed not that the excited doctor
was assured that the offending person
was not a detective or a spy, but the
Representative of o friendly paper.
pease his wrath.
The doctor u an innate aversion to
reporters, and the feeling is reciprocal.
There Is not an experienced reporter
in Boston who would not rather be sent
into darkest Africa to hunt for Emin
Pasha or Tippo lib than to be sem to
Quincy to interview Dr.. Everett. The
last man who ventured to beard the
intellectual lion in his den reports his
SAS iloo -
doctor, I have come out to ask your
opinion about"
"Sir, I have no opinion to express.
and l am too busy to form one,n now"
But, DOCTOR"
Sir, | have stated that 1 ! have no
opinion to express; that is sufficient.
Good evening""
What will he do In Congress =? How
will he act? Will he cut off the rough
corners and angles from his disposition
and become a gracious, courteous and
even-tempered statesman? These are
questions that suggest themselves to
his acquaintance now hat he has been
actually elected. One thing may be
confidently predicted. DIR. Everett
will be an Industrious, conscientious
member. He will grieve at times when
he sees how inattentive to the public
business is the average Congressman.
but he will work and study with ear.
n%estness and determination. He will
run very few errands for his constitu.
ents, and the departments will not be
very much bored by his persistence as
an office broker. He is q civil service
reformer of the highest order.
he sways the multitude by the force
OF logic, the evident earnestness and
conviction of his manner, and the
soundness of his views. His first
speech in Congress will be we'll worth
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