Evening star., 1894-12-15

very precise in his mode of living He Is
altogether model in his morality This, to
some extent, cuts him aloof from certain
companionships, but he appears to be just
as happy as though he was cheek by jowl
with the good fellows of the Senate, and
undoubtedly accomplshes more in the way
of hard work than two of the average men
in the Senate.
In the first place, he has no patronage
to dispose of, and so his time is much more
his own than though he had to run around
among the departments and trot back and
forth between the Capitol and the White
House. One of his strictest rules is that
the doorkeeper who sits like human
cerberus at the reception room entrance
shall never carry woman'S card to him.
He eschews women as ne does wine. If
should reach him he scowls angrily and
curtly answers the messenger that he Is
not to be found.
To newspaper men Hill Is kindly, and,
best of all, square as die. He Is to be
relied upon as are few public men. If he
canDot conscientiously talk he says so.
plainly and without rudeness. If he Is In
a position to communicate a secret he,
gives 1T cleverly. If he should be inter-
viewed and the printed words should re-
bound upon him he does not "squeal," but
swallows his medicine like man, and
does not deny the truth of the statements.
These qualities have endeared him to all
of the scribes with whom he has come
in contact here.
Hills fads are politics and base ball. The
national gama he loves next to a hot cam
paign. Last summer he and Senators Smith
and Murphy were frequent visitors at the
base ball park and took front rank among
the "rooters," and at times Hills strong
voice could be heard among the cheers
that went up in response to some fine work
.on the diamond. a little thing came to the
notice of a Star man one afternoon that
illustrated better than columns of words
one phase of this curious charaI ter. The
senatorial trio occupied barouche at the
main gate and there was brief walt while
the ticket taker was collecting his ad-
mission cards. A small boy. grimy and
ragged, but fall of the assurance of eX-
treme youth, saw the three well-dressed
men i'm the carriage, and following the
custom of the crowd outside the gates,
pressed forward and sang out close by the
wheel, on Senator Hilis side:
Mister, take me in de gamer?
The other members of the national legis-
Iature continued their conversation, but
Hills quick ear had caught the cry. He
looked over the side and saw the dirty
paw extended and the grinninS, roSuish
face looking up into his. Perhaps the sight
touched thread of memory. Perhaps he,
too, had once been a little fellow outside
the gate. But ut any rate here We're two
base ball enthusiasts. one Senator, the
other a guttersnipe. The democratic spirit
of the former was touched. That anybody
should hunger for base ball was to him a
most piteous plea. He smiled at the little
chap and then asked: where 40 you want
to sit?'
"Over derew answered the boy, eagerly.
indicating by a wave of his grimy hand
the famous and much desired "bleachers." +"
How much does it cost to get there?'
asked the Senator.
"Only Quarterr' The ragamuffin was
by this time almost over the wheel, SO
great was his excitement.
Only quarter! That anybody should be
deprived of the delights of a game for a
quar-
Here, get a ticket and get inside quick.
The senatorial hand went into the sena-
tcrial pocket and brought forth a coin.
The grimy paw closed on it. and there was
n fash Of bare legs, and in a few minutes
there was a happy, proud young man seat
ed high among the 'bleachers' yelling like
a steam whistle for de Senator's" If the
boy and the Senator live long enough Mr.
Hill will have one vote for President.
Another very happy Senator just now is
Washburn of Minnesota, who feared when
he left Washington in the summer to look
after his fences that the populsts might
break into his preserves and spoil his po-
ntical crops He feared little or nothing
from the democrats, but those pesky third
party men were giving him a good deal of
an l;iety. But he has come back with that
well-known smile of his extending between
the mutton-chop whiskers that have be-