The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-01-29
cAP|TAL CHAT.
pnators Who Cannot Resist
Charms Of Public life.
0ousuI VINO Writes Poetry-oph hon OF
Is Newspaper Man Regarding the Gold
uessrvs--Parauel Between Bonds and
0reonbacI<s- Looking Ahead.


uessrvs-ParaIlel Between Bonds and
0reonbacks Looking Ahead.
WAsHrSGroS, jan. 29.-[special. Tx
snator Edmunds spends much OF his
no about the capitol. He is rather ac-
I've In tho practice of law, having APP
cared recently in number Of important
rea. The old senator's friends tell mo
3 has completely recovered his health and
nirits and wishes himself back In the
snate. 1t Is considered not impossible
nat he may return some day. Mr. Nor
fll OF Vermont Is now nearly 80 years
b1d and grows feebler day by day. he Is
kfill able to attend the sessions OF the sem
fe. hut it IS obvious he cannot hold ouJ
much longer. Tho senatorial friends OF
Tnd0e Edmunds would not be at all sur
risod II he were TO rcjoin them before
oany years have passed. 1t Is no doubt
rue that once man has served In tho
onate no is never content till he gets BACK
srnin. We have seen men who enjoyed
me term In the upper branch or congress-
md that without attaining very nluch
ruccess as Legislators or statesmen, spenu-
Inc small fortunes for a ro-election me
ncnate Is a club--a club of whole souieu,
hiQhly cultivated, delightful men, and III
~ Measure TO associate with them. There .
-vns the case of Mr.. Walthall of Misslssip.
ni He was quite sure no had had enough
81 senatorial life, but after he had re-
nirned and retired to his Mississippi home
his love for the old scenes and associations
became stronger than he could resist, ana
/ he set out for another term In the senate.
4 H. will be back again after the 4th' OF
March next.
Few designations.
Thoro is an old saying concerning public
of1ceholders that few die and none resign.
Some of them do live to green old age,
but surprising number of men have re-
siRned seats In the senate. saw list
compiled by one OF the officers OF tho
4 senate, and It had on 1t 230 resigna-
tions from that body. In some cases the
camo man figured two or three times.
( Daniel Webster resigned from the senate
twice, and SO did Henry Clay. Resigna-
fIons were formerly much more common
than of late. It Is somewhat remarkable
fact that of the $50 designations from the
\ 1onate known to the records all but about
40 occurred during the first 90 years Of
tho scnate's history. For the last quarter
\ Of o century the designations have aver
aged lust one year, and nearly nIl the
men voluntarily leaving the senate In this
period have done so for the purpose OF en-
K fering the cabinet. Fifty or seventy-five
years ago there were from three to seven
az eight designations every twelvemonth.
A Poetical Consul.
An interesting piece of news comes from
Greece to the state department through
unofficial sources. 1t seems that our con-
sui at Athens, George Horton, former
Chicago newspaper man, has during the
past year and half devoted himself as
e.duously to the work OF writing book
Of poems, and o traveller abroad who has
uecn somo of tho manuscript, and who Is
an acknowledged judge of literature, says
The product of Mr.. Horizons brain will
create sensation In tho world of letters
when IL odmes out Before going to Greece
Mr.. Horton wrote book of poems which
attracted q great deal of attention In this
country, but IL is said that under the In
duence Of his classical surroundings In
+ the ancient city, and with the case and
leisure of q consular position, he has pro-
duced something that will add immensely
90 his reputation and to the glory OF
American literature. Some of the cheese
parcrs about congress say there Is no pro-
prioty in sending men abroad to draw
government salaries and write poetry, hut
the answer to this Is that consul neccs-
uarily has great deal of time hanging
heavily upon his hands, and IL he chooses
20 use his leisure In literature that Is his
affair and certainly quite as creditable to
his country as IL he spent all his leisure
cultivating taste for foreign wine. Mr.
Horizons friends in Washington will wait
with interest for his promised contribu-
tion to the worlds wealth of poesy.
Another American newspaper man Is
making quite stir in the capital. Frank
g. Carpenter, the well known correspond
ent, has during the past week lectured
every night OH japan, Korea and China
In this city. Tho first night he was hon.
ored by the presence of the ministers from
those countries ana a large number OF
their secretaries and attaches. The Japa-
nese minister was much pleased with Mr..
4 Carpenters description of bis country,
but the Chinese minister resented some OF
Mr. Carpenters descriptions and charac-
terizations of things In the big homeless
giant" of the cast and left before tho talk
was finished. Mr. Carpenter talks as in.
terestingly as ho writes and will make a
success on the lecture platform.
Credit. Currency and Gold.
While I am talking about newspaper
men wish to mention talk / had the
other day with John Boyle, hardwork-
ing member Of tho press in this city, whose
duty Ii has been for years to watch mat
tiers I'm the United States treasury. lie
knows every official of importance in that
great department and has naturally
learned, through the force Of contact, O
great deal about tho governments fnan-
cial operations. He Is not politician and
makes no protenso TO being wise man,
but thought his talk was interesting
Just the same: "Thero is great deal OF
nonsense about this gold reserve. Its my
deliberate judgment that 10 does not mat
ter q continental whether we have q gold
rrscrve or not. Ii is q nero fiction. What
docs s75, 600, 900 or stoo oo0 coo Of golt
amount to against 81, 600, 900, 600 Of lega
tenders anyway II the country would
stop talking about the matter, thcro would
pc no trouble. IL Is not the gold reserve
that protects the parity Of the metals and
Keeps the currency sound, but the credit OF