The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-05
new CRANK IN CONGRESS.
The Most ETratiC Character in MaSSa.
ChuSettS.
Dr. william Everett, Successor of
Henry Cabot ge-Charaoteristic
of Josh Billings and George Francis
Train Combined.
From the Columbia g. c. State

RON lust held IN MASSACHUSETTS TO choose
the successorOf Henry Cabot Lodge in the
House has resulted in sending democrat,
hut more than that-it has resulted in
sending man TO represent the Seventh
district who will be the most prominent
character in congress This man is DIR.
William Everett, who lives in Quincy,
civ named after the ancestors of young
Josiah Quincy, the companion of Mr..
Cleveland and the Assistant Secretary of
State.
DR.. Everett is triumvirate in himself
He is schoOlmaster, minister and politi-
clan. a combination that will not be
eoualed in the next congress. He is the
son of Edward Everett, famous in Massa-
chusetts political history, and is a man of
over 50 years of age. He has been a pro
lessor at Harvard College, has preached
the gospel from Unitarian pulpitS has
taught school, has written story books
for BOYS and tariff documents for men,
has presided as head of a young ladies'
seminary, has been on the lecture plat
form. has three times been a candidate
for congress and has finally been elected.
But his individuality is more striking
than his career He is the acme of erratic
individuality. He possesses the philoso-
phv of Josh Billings with the eccentrici-
ties of George Francis Train 1t was this
eccentricity that brought him into pol
itics He was formerly republican, but
in 1884 Joined George Fred Williams.
Sherman Hoar, John f. Andrew, Josiah
Quincy and the other Massac husetts
Young men who would not vote for Blaine
in their break for the democratic ranks
and has been a strong democrat since
that time. Up to three years
ago he had taken no prominent
part of politics In that year the demo-
Gratis of Congressman Lodges district
were in sore straits for a candidate to run
against him. All the men whom they
wished to nominate declined to take the
honor. and il looked as if the nomination
would go to some weak man who would
cut no figure in the voting. The conven-
ton was held, but after several hours of
talk, it adjourned without making
nomination or even taking ballot.
When the convention came together
again a week later there were rumors in
the air that there was a surprise in store.
The surprise came when one of the dele
gates rose and nominated DR. Everett of
Quincy. This was indeed a surprise. No
one knew DIR. Everett except as little
schoolmaster down in Quincy, and the
city of Quincy was not in that district.
The delegates at once declared that they
could not go outside the district to take
man for congress. The constitution was
read to them, showing that there was no
provision against such action, provided
the man was an inhabitant of the state,
and in default of other candidates
Everett was nominated. being the first
time in Massachusetts political history
that party had gone outside the district
for candidate for congress.
DR.. Everett made a very active cam
paign, spoke every night and was only
defeated by 1000 votes. Last fall he was
renominated after some opposition, and
was 900 votes behind Mr.. Lodge when
the polls closed. There was hard fight
in the convention last month, but after
an all-night struggle, DR.. Everett was
nominated again, and carried the special
election by IL votes.
The new congressman is the most erratic
man in Massachusetts, and there are
volumes of anecdotes about him in circu-
lation there. He is the acknowledged
and sworn foe of newspaper men and
newspapers. Il lie awake nights think
ing how | can snub reporters, was the
greeting he gave a newspaper man who
went to interview him one evening, and
he told the truth. During the last
campaign he was booked to speak in the
city of Lowell The chairman of the
committee, in making arrangements for
the doctors visits, asked him what he
would have-uOt in a thirst-quenching
sense, but desiring to know what he
wanted to eat previous to talking tariff
reform. Il want bowl of milk and some
bread. was the reply. When the doctor
arrived in Lowell the democrats thought
they would receive him in royal shape
and banquet was served. The doctor
looked about the tables, and seeing no
bread and milk, yelled out; Mr.. Chair
man, where is my bread and milk" The
chalrman's discontinue and embarrass-
he Cd !,
SAID that none OF the doctor S favorite dish
was IN the hall. The doctor thereupon re
fused to partake of the banquet at all, and
left the hall in disgust.
Town in his own town the people tell
lots of queer things said and done by the
man-who-won 't-be interviewed by re-
porters." 1t was during the devotional
exercises at his school, and the doctor
was reading prayer, and an innocent
Dee buzzed about the doctors ''siders,"
and, after being brushed away. made an
attack on the other side of the Doctors
lace He said nothing, and, like the bar
Der, kept on praying. At last the bee
perched on top of his head, and this exas-
perdted the sChoolmaster-miniSt
gresham. He slammed the prayer book
down on the desk and shot out this start
ing custommade axiom: Il hate bee.
GU know how to take a bull. You can
see him coming toward you But a bee
You cannot, and when and where it will
strike you you know not. The devotional
exercises are closed
An idea got mixed up in the doctors
mead during last falls campaign, together
with lot of other funny things, that an
eVli Nemesis was pursuing him; that an
elnlssary from the republican camp was
watching his movements. The doctor
would see this silent sleuth get on a train,
ana he would get on another, and no mat
Ter how exhaustive an argument was
made him, he would not believe but what
ne was spotted man. He even cancelled
engagements to speak on this account.
ana yet his pursuer was only harmless
reporter for democratic paper, who was
sent to report his speeches. One of his
hobbies is his boast that a railroad train
never has to wait for him. When out on
MS campaigns he always demands Il
must be at the depot at such and such a
IlIne. want TO be there when the train
comes, and ten minutes before. Iwant to
DO the waiting"
He He was speaking with George Fred
Williams in Lynn one evening, and the
u3ctor sat apparently deeply interested
EMnue the young congressman talked.
Mf' Williams turned TO him, and in proof
VI one of his statements, said.
i speak correctly, doctor, don't II"