Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-12-15

uHu Will ulc Un Olu maui, uuu Ill DE-
cause Of that willful, wicked, useless
lie. loved him, and love him yet
It was all my fault. I wonder II any
other girl ever suffered for lifetime,
en- account Of one little act Of willful.
ness; ON account Of one little lie."
An c.d roiiticiau's Experience
~ had right to be candidate foe
congress, "said m old politician TO me
the other evening. ~ had right to IN.
nounce that would be o candidate,
ind I ought to have done 80. But
thought IL was shrewd politics to tel
my friends that had no aspirations Of
that nature. had represented my
district for two terms, and had volun.
tarily retired. Four years later I
wanted to go to congress again, and In.
tended to be a candidate, just before
the convention met; but In the mean.
time denied that would be q candi-
date. Tho sitting member came 70 mo
with two friends and stated that II I
wanted to go to congress he would re-
tire In my favor. cmphatically
stated that I would not be n candidate.
Later on, when supposed that could
pull the strings and capture the con.
vention, while he was In Washington,
commenced to get Delegates TO the con.
vcntion. The sitting member heard Of
It. lie secured n sworn statement from
his friends who had been present when
I stated that would not be . candi.
date. lie published that statement,
md branded me a. n liar. That not
only ended my candidacy but IL has
kept me out Of public life ever since. I
don't believe that II pays to lie, even In
politics."
A Vicious 1.iar's Just Reward.
"'That reminds me Of an instance in my
career" said I'M nged ex-congressman.
~ was member Of congress and re-
ccivcd many favors from the Washing
ton CORRESPONDENT Of tho leading news
paper In my state. On one occasion,
however, he criticised q bill which
had introduced. lie said nothing un.
kind concerning me, but he freely eava
his adverse opinion concerning the bill.
II made mo very ungry. I for got oil Of
his puf's and kindnesscs, and wrote Ia
the proprietor Of his paper, stating that
the correspondent was bad man, q
vicious man, q drinking man, and I'M
fit tn represent tho paper, winding up
with tho statement that he would never
get any moro news from mo. ex.
pectcd that he would bc discharged.
TO my surprise, the proprietor wrot~
to the young man, asked him TO nuke
answer to the charge, md before
knew what had happened he had 20.
cured written statements from all OF
the other congressman from our state,
praising him and denying every state
mcnt which had made. He did nd
tell them that had attacked him. Ii
went to each ono Of the congressman
and told them that he wanted the old
man to know that no stood we'll with
tho congressional delegation. Then
got letter from the proprietor Of the
paper bitterly scoring mo for having
tried to injurc worthy young journal.
list, That was followed by tho publ
cation Of my letter, and tho letters oi
the other congressman. Then camc Z
strong editorial charactcrixing me % {
iiur. That Is how I dropped out O
public life. had bccn popular. wa
q good congressman, and faithfully ut
tended to my duties. But killed my
self politically by writing that lie. I,
didn't pay In my case. II don't pay Il
lic." SMITH d. FRY.