The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-06
IN THE SENATE GALLERY.

IN The SENATE GALLERY.
and her heart full of genuine kindliness
and benevoience. Once as little girl
her uncle, James Buchanan, in the viii
lage Of Lancaster, surprised her in a
back alley pushing wheelbarrow load
of wood and coal which she had cap
tured from his wood shed and hoped to
smuggle to a poor family near by who
were suffering from cold.
The prince was charmed with the
sunny hospitality Of Miss Lane and the
president and so impressed by it that
he was very enthusiastic in describing
his visit to his mother. She also appre-
ciated it fully and sat right down to
write the following letter to President
Buchanan:
WINDSOR CASTLE, Nov. 10, 1850.
my COOP FRIEND-Your letter Of
the 9th inst. has afforded me the great
est pleasure, containing as it does such
kind expressions with regard to my son,
and assuring me that the character and
object of his visit to you and the United
States has been fully appreciated.
great cordiality wi tn which he has been
everywhere greeted in your country and
the friendly manner with which you
have received him. And while, as a
mother, / am most grateful for the kind
ness shown him, feel impelled at the
same time to express how deeply have
been touched by the many demonstra-
tions of affection personally toward my
self which his presence has called forth.
81 fully reoiprocate toward your ma
ton the feelings thus made uppecmost
and look upon them as forming an i'm
portant link TO connect two nations Of
kindred origin and character, whose
mutual esteem and friendship must al
ways have so material an influence upon
their respective development and pros
perity.''
This letter is so genuine and so hearty
in Its general tone that one is naturally
impelled to forgive the grammatical
construction of the opening sentence.
OF course we III the raw, crude and neb-
ulous condition of new nation, just
sprouted into the great universal garden
of nations, tiny bud that had barely
broken ground, as it were, at the feet of
the gigantic forest of sequoia princi-
palities. timid little jonquil in the
shadow Of patriarchal empires, natural
" looked toward tine greatest of English
speaking or civilized Kingdoms, the par
ent Of our own prattling republic, for the
purest of English, for whittier should
we turn unless to the sovereign Of that
proud nation which gave the English
language birth?
But we will let that pass.
Only we would like to have our Eng
Gsh brethren of the pen and press treat
us in \ lenient and gentle manner when
ever reproof may be hereafter necessary.
We know that our early advantages have
been few, and most of US are self made
men, unless we happen to DO women,
and early associations are bound 70 have
their effect upon Us in later years, so
that when unduly excited we often re-
turn to the crude expressions which per
meated the atmosphere of our childhood,
and so we feel cheered and gladdened at
heart when a monarch who has succeed
ed for over half a century in harmonic
ing belligerent nations tails TO harmo-
nize her verbs and nominatives.
The senate chamber Is 70 me this wiz
ter most restfui and Teposeful spot. |
know of no place where one may go and
secure better results If suffering from
brain flag. resulting from mental strain.
/ love TO s,2e Senator Quay pull his
Dick Turpin popgun ON the senate and
shut up his adversary like a rericent
clam. He has in his desk the manuscript
of four day speech, with broad elastic
band around ii, and when diSagreeable
motion is lnsde by a senator on the 9TH
er side of the aisle he asks to be heard
on that question, and having secured
+ the floor he pulls this magazine gun.
Need / add that the motion is generally
withdrawn by MS frightened adversary;
BY getting on the good side of page
the other day-tha, Is, by giving the
/ page slight margin-I was enabled e
glance over this Quaker gun speech and
disco- cred that it is only sn address or
horticulture and perfectly harmless
am sorry 10 reveal this game Of the SEN
ator's, but By the time this is printed
10 doubt il can do him no harm.
Senator Quay is IN some respects the
senatorial ED Inan OF this congressional
olio He Is the gravest looking man CT
the floor, and stranger expects 10 heal
the deep bass OF Daniel Webster when
Mr. Quay rises 20 address the chamber.
! but instead Of that little thin Punch
and judy voice squeaks out upon tbs
still air like ..s- SPONTANEOUS isa.suae1i