Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-01-27
THE EXCHANGE CORNER.

by which children gauge fame would
sometimes cause US TO smile were their
thoughts only voiced. Mark Twain
humorously tells of the disappointment
Of Tom Sawyer in a certain judge, who
was mot as tall as steeple, and who
had voice just like any other man."
An amusing story is told at the eX-
pense of Gov Flower, says the Brook
lyn Eagle The Governor is a great
man, and, like great men in general,
likes children. A Watertown friend Of
rhe Governors has little boy about
wears of age, who had had great long
ing to meet His Excelency. He had
heard a great deal about Governors in
general and Gov. Flower in parbic ular,
and no one knows what extravaganza
notions he had got into his head con-
corning him.
This summer the little fellow was
gratided in his great desire, and with
his father one day called on the chief
executive of this state. After few
commonplace remarks had been passed
the father said; Governor, have a
little boy who has always had great
desire TO meet you" Then calling the
little fellow over to him he said: evil
lie, this is Gov. Flower, whom you have
heard so much about. Won't you shake
hands with bim?"
Willie sized the Governor up, then
looked sGspiciously at his father.
''Are you a really truo GOVERNOR" he
finally asked.
Eyes, my little fellow" said the one
addressed, with his best Sunday smile,
II am Governor Of the State Of New
York"
The boy eyed him critically from
head to foot. Then he blurted out:
"Umph! And you amt much OF a
governor either, are you?"
A stoIy fully eQualiug this is told
about Gen. Grant. We believe this an
ecdate to be entirely new. The gen
eral, who was also very fond of chill
dren, was introduced to little tot of 4
years. The little girl gazed at the great
general with wonderment. Almost in
creduous that such an honor was hers
she asked:
''Are you the General Grant that
fought in the battes?'
Eyes, was in a good many battles"
said Grant, much amused.
Another long and wondering gaze
and then came the modest request:
Diets hear you holler."
In case of her election and induction
into the Senate as the beardless col
league Of the hirsute PETER, how shall
she be designated-as Senator or Sena-
tress? asks the Philadelphia Inquirer.
How shall she and her husband be an
nounced In Washington society-as
Senatress and Mr.. Lease, or Mr.. and
Senator Lease? How is she to be treat
ed as a pronoun In the third person sim
gular? The Constitution OF the United
States speaks Of every Senator OF che"
II it would be unconstitutional TO de-
scribe her as "she" in the journal OF
the Senate it would be equally uncon-
stitutional to designate her Sena-
tress. In the Senate it would be easy
enough, perhaps, to avoid the pronoun
altogether and to speak of her only as
the Senator from Kansas, and society
might ADOPT new formula, Senator
Mrs. Lease, just as the English say
Gen. Lord Wolseley. But these hints
must be regarded as hints only. The
Questions that would be raised By Mrs.
Leases election to the Senate are so
novel that it is the duty of the news
papers not to be "too previous" in dis
cussing them.
Besides, what usage would the news
papers adopt should there be conflict
between constitutional and grammatical
construction? There is one such con-
fIict already. Some OF the papers say,
with ex-senator Edmunds and other
high authorities. 1.-The United States
and their people," while others follow
Edward Eggleston with the limited
States and its people" President
jackson said, in his proclamation
against notification: 1.-The United
States are a nation" 1t would be more
ungrammatlcal were the newspapers to
report the journey Of the new Kansas
Senator from Topeka to Washington in
such phrases as this: The Senator
stood on the rear platform and made his
speech, while his husband stood beside
him and prevented the crowd from see
ing that his back hair was down." Is
It possible that both grammatical and
constitutional usuages are to be thus
strained? Don't allow it, Mary Ellen.
Capt. John G. Bourke, OF the Third
Cavalrp, who has been called to Wash
ington to give the Secretaries OF War
and OF State the benefit OF his acquaint-
auce with the condition of things on the
Rio Grande frontier, says he really be-
lieves things cannot help being worse
before they are better"
81 also believe" he said, that
the United States is ,goiag TO do
its best 70 mako life bur-