The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-02-17

famliarly known as "Cyclone jim" from
his manner Of speaking. He IS iaDlg ahC
ruddy mountaineer and represents the
mountainous district of southwestern VIZ
ginia, is quite a primitive specimen, Dul
has, his colleagues say, a bushel OF horse
sense. Schel Of South Carolina is at pres
ent famous FOE having been threatened with
extreme personal violence by Senator lrby.
. The two very quiet men Of the group are
. PendletOn and Cooper of Texas. But 1Or
7 some time past the talking member has
been the venerable Judge John I. harris,
0nl 6 40 ex-c0ngressman, but famous for his
career in congress in the olden times when
I che secession movement began.
An occasional visitor is Colonel Josiah
Patterson, sometimes called the 'Bronze
LiOnn of Tennessee Democracy, an orator
Of the ardent, fOIil, southWesteru7 ypc and
. IN unfai>ering supporter OF the admlEAstra-
ton. he has stood by Cleveland unfinch-
iagly during all the recent storms Wnen,
at one time anyhow, the stress Of political
weather was 50 great that the most the adj
ADMINISTRATION men could or would do was to
ask for a pOstFOncmcnt Of judgment.
Speak.r Crisp Is a Boardcr.
There is only one Hppublcan member in
the hotel-namely, Thaddcus NJ Malone
of the Eighteenth Penr4ylvania-and look
ing over the register recently | observed
that of the II arrivals in one day only four
were from places north Of Mason and Diyoa
Speaker Crisp bOaIgls in the house, but mas
ceceHily been rather secluded by reason of
the great pressure of his labors. Another
occasional mcmapr Of the group is the ven
cradle Senator Ransom of North Carolina,
who has been here now % years cOLfinu-
nusly and had previously had q long eype-
rence in the legislature Of North Carolina
end an uncommonly lively one in the Con
federate army.
Among all these statesmen Il eS0mcWhat
eccentric Bill Sterrett, the Galveston jour
nalist, is Il privileged character and never
fails to have an anecdOte with :, very point
Ell application TO any Democrat: II ember
who is noj votirs; with his party-as, for
instance this one in reply to Sam Robert
sons complaint; Sam, you remind me of
little boy | used to know who was rs
mothers pet She always took his side in
qualTels with tGo other children and would
say: Now Children, EGlie is the best ma
tured chil1 in the world if you Just treat
him right But you're always a-startin I
him. WE'LL Eddie soon understood the sit |
uatlOn, so he'd 90 out and rails. the very
mischief with the other children, and whey
any of them resented it he would whine !
oh Il
Now, Robertson, that's just the way with .
you. The western Democrats are a-startin
you, but you're altogether too easily start
ed" The sarcasm was thrown away, for
The four sugar members of Louisiana voted
against the Wilson bill.
Judge Harris story.
have never heard .horc interesting rem
nlscenceS of the Nlhter of 1861 than are
hose of Judge Harris, who in that troubled
line and for some time before represented
ha HarrisOnburg district IN the Shenan-
loan valley, substantially the same district
Is that recently represented by OFerra!l.
Judge Harris was an ardent advocate of
he Union and fought secession till the war
began, and his prediction Of the results of
Nv 'a~hi, p'''llSlIt'i JtSU D-!OIt It's De1ll-
ing has been pretty nearly fulfilled He
avs:
"A day or two after Lincoln got here
member of the Virginia convention came
see me-the same convention which at
rSt refused to Sccedc, but afterward did
nd he and together called on Mr.. Lin
DIN, who said: Judge there will be no
'ar-at any rate, none of my making. But
must have the revenue. We Will collect
by vessels stationed on the coasts Said
Mr.. Lincoln, | earnestly hope YOU will
OF do SO for it will be certain to bring on
conflict WELL he replied, with pc
1Iiar smile, if they cut off my supplies I
ant keep house There was no more
be said. That exhausted the sub
'ct. | left convinced that an armed
onflict was inevitable | went then
meeting of the Virginia members
18th some visiting statesmen from various