Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-06-19

and never alludcs to his previous life
even In private oonyoration. not bocause
u l. not highly honorable. but simply
that b. desires a. d. known 10 the pub
lie only n jurist and statesman
That Mr.. Martin. although he went
to Kansas In 1858 AMI was an official
of th. first 90 ~ called "borler ruiiian'
Legislature. never Lost caste by rcason
Of IL. has l.cn popular from the start
with the other side. counts some of his
warmcst friends among them, and a. a
candidate has always run ahead ~ his
ticket Kansas men tell u, that hc Is
the only one of that set" IL whom
this can L. said
That Mr.. Blanchard tonk ono stand
In the house to rpr,sent his district and
quit. another In the senate Ia represent
his state aud Is proud of bsing able to
do II consistently.
That In the home city % Senator
voorhees, all distinctions In politics, ~
ligion and social standing instantly dis
appsar when any Terre lIaute institu.
tion l. threatened. and, most ~ all, the
big distillcry. "If." says an Indiana
man. "thc Fairbanks party says. 'Ex'
tend the bonded p-'rioi for whisky. II
must H. done. though the Democratic
party b. busted.
That Mr.. Lodge has had 90 contra.
dict a. senator several things that he
wrote A. AN author.
That Mr. Vest has never bcen cut of
politic. f some active kind since 1888
and was never once pulled down
That Mr. Mamlorson l. a. snaye,
huns as softly and is ~ smooth running
as q buzEsaw--and quite rs safe 20 foil
with.
That Mr.. Mcpherson IL the most care
les business man In congress, allowing
orders for ESQ, 600 worth ~ sugar stock
"a lie around his house like rocciptcd
gru-cry bills
That Mr.. Roach ~ North Dakota l.
the quietcSt man Ia either hOus". and no
body knows the reason, though IL T.
charitably ascrih.d To his natural mol
esty.
That Mr.. Harris 1. peculiarly sonsi'
tive about his aye AMI will not let II be
known, but 10 l. CERTAIN that be- l. -
years old, for be hal io state his agc
when he was admitted to the bar Ia
isli. II l. asserted by some that he
has never stated IL sino.. but that l.
probably an exagg,ration
That Mr.. Bate IL also sensitive On
that subjcct and never carries his rem
iniscencc- back ~ the time when ho was
. private soldier In the Mexican war
In the Heat of Dictate.
The. are little things. but they con.
sole Us as prot that great men have
their little oddities ~ character A. well
y. the rest Of Us OF course all senators
, ak gcoi English. hut In the heat u
I hate one occasionally gets tangled in
SENTENCE which would look very
funny In The Record During the tariff
debate. when any particular s,h"lule l.
reached and the Democrat chiefly ~
spousible for u comes forward In DE-.
fcnse. the whole Republican side usual.
ly Joins In having fun with him. but
none has been ~ hardly bcset as the
Louisiana senators II was known q
week Ina advance that the first decisive
test votes would come ON the sugar
schedu'c and N the galleries were full,
and tho tormentors on tho Republican
side put In most of their time Tor three
days In having fun with Messrs Gallery
and blanchard The latter seemed to
have lo-t much of that ready self pos
session he showed In the house, aud In
his principal sIecch he mired In the
srcond paragraph and got his persons
and tenss very oddly mixed indeed.
After he had held IL three days for re-
vision 10 went into The Record thus: