The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-11-12

''Hs has been for years on the appro
priation committee, chairman OF 1T now,
and he probably Knows more about tie
details Of government finance, where 1t
gets Its money and how 1t spends il, than
any member of the senate. Hardly
day goes by but some senator talking will
pause and appeal to COckrell to get him
right on dates and figures. All of them
do this Sherman, Teller, Culonl, Ali
son and the rest of the Republicans as
much US the others
WHAT do I think of tie Popuiists?
Why, PETERS the best Of them. OF course
he and l have no party sympathy, but
he's the most to be res pected, after ALL of
the third party folk of the toga. Kyle
and our Nebraska friend Allen are not
much thought of nor sought for by their
co laborers on the senate floor
'Nu, it isn't because they are unfash-
ionahle as Populis;s, but the fact is they
I have never inspired the slightest conf
dence in the breasts of other senators for
sincerity. They have tho repute of being
shitty, tricky, hard to corner, still harder
| to hold.
| "Kyle's wife is the best thing about
| HIM. She is q bright, cultured, elevated
| lady; one of :ae lovelest of what is called
| socially the senate circle.
why PETER should have 90 much bet
J ter standing with Both Republican and
| Democratic senators than Allen or Kyle
| would worry one to tell. He has never
| failed to make the utmost of his chances;
honestly, of course. but still not so as to
! altogether go to windward of what would
! be fair criticism. At one time and an
other PETER has had his daughter, his
| son and his nephew all drawing salaries
on the senate rolls as secretaries OF ness
| engers. One of his sons has, or at least
| less than year ago uid have, position
| with the sugar trust.
''Peifer himself, during the World s fair,
| managed to have u committee of three,
| himself as chairman, go to Chicago and
| abide there many weeks to determine the
| cause of the low price of wheat. PETERS
| committee was allowed $1,000 by the SEN
ate to pay expenses.
NO, there was no public good came of
it, mono was ever expected. 1t was a
| junket, pare and free. The other two
senators on Feifer's committee didn't go.
The great Popnlist was alone IN mis-
search Tor light on low wheat.
Yet, as l say, while much about PETER
might easily be made to whet tho edges
of criticism, still he is more believed in
and stands higher with such as Sherman
or Morgan than Allen, Kyle or Irby."
VOORHEES, has repute among senators
for absolute personal honesty, although
they think one might watch him polite
ally to advantage. After years in the
senate to be poor in a money sense is
pretty fair evidence that your man is not
nursing his position as senator. Now
Voohress is poor-dog Poor-just as Gull
| lom and Cockrell are. These men haven t
got a dollar after having heen years where
| were they one shade dishonest in a pub
lie way they could be easily millionaires.
"Cullom you know. was one of the
main instigators OF the interstate CON-
merce law He could have been rich t
the outcome if he would handle dirty
money. NO, such as Voorhees,, Culom
| Cockrell Coke, Morgan and many others
are beyond money, however honestly it
would seem to make its approach.
"Voorhees, as I said, is looked on as
| shifty and unreliable politically. Hill is
one who makes that complaint. Voor-
hees areed to help nominate Hill at Chi
cago in 1892, and then after he got to
Chicago and looked the thing over, vent
to bed sick and wrote letter indorsing
the convention before the balloting.
"Hill told me himself that it was the
| ooFhees-Isaao Pusey Gray treason to
him that resulted in the selection OF
| Stevenson es vIce-president Cochran
and other New Workers there for Hill.
having it in mind to defeat Isaac Pussy
Grays hopes for the second place, and
thereb by punish the Indiana crowd for de-
serting Hill, went to the Illinois delega-
tion and told them that il they'd stand
steady for stevenson, the New York dele
CATION would lend the wheel their shout
der and push it through.
That's correct; that IN a nutshell is un
doubleday tie true story Of Stevenson.
Chicago Times Herald.