The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1895-01-31

for the erection upon that battlefield Of a
bronze tablet bearing a medallion likeness OF
Abraham Lincoln. and copy of the address he
delivered at the dedication Of the National
Cemetery Nov. 10, 1863
X
Senator Bate, in speaking Of the late Senator
NanCe's philOsophic and even humorous aceep-
tation of fate. told a story last week Said he ::
The loss Of an eye before Senator vance :
death did not discourage him or make aim
take more gloomy view of life. he said TO
me one day: Misfortunes have their blessings
| for surely no man can deny that / have now an
eyesingle to the interests of my constituents Z"
1t was stated at the Capitol last week that
the majority of the new Ohio delegation will
come to Washington soon TO size up the situ2-
ton, incidentally pick up few points about
Congressional ways and select their seats.
Somehow when Congress meets new Congress
men find that the seats they have picked cut
are not the ones they get in most cases. and
they are sore thereat. The new Congress man
finds out some other things, too of which lie
was in blissful ignorance before he was sworn
In.
There are four quite young mon in Congress
! They are w. L. Henry. of Maryland, who was
/ born in 1864; Lemuel Eli Quire. of New York;
! Joseph w. Bailey, of Texas and Claude A.
Swanson, of Virginia. who is tue eldest, and
was born in 1862. Mr.. Quigg is newspaper
man Dir. Bailey lawyer.
Il
In Congress last week Capt Isaac ID. Toll
had his pension increased TO $40 a month. ss
was recommended by the Invalid Pension Com
mittee and which Mr.. Weadock made a noble
endeavor to have overruled in favor Of the
original provision of the bill for $50 increase.
Inithe course of his remarks Mr.. Wcsdock said
concerning the unique war history of Capt.
Tolls family: 1.-THE beneficiary OF this bill is
76 years old. His great-grandfather was
killed in the Indian wars fighting for the
Colonies. His grandfather fought in the Reyo
lutionsry war, his father fought in the war of
1912, aud Capt. Toll rendered gallant service
in the war with Mexico"
Il
good story is told on Secretary TburleT. A
well-known Washington correspondent. it is
said, met him in the White House grounds and
approached him with: "Ah. bowdedo, Mr.
/ er. well. now, / know your name I've met
/ you somewhere. oh, you are Private Secre-
tary TO Mr. what's his name? All, the
! President. Your name is Thurher, remember
now. How are your" It's said Mr.. Thurber
was so taken back that he stared at the news
! paper man in amazement. At last he recovered
/ himself enough to take the hand extended to
! him, hut eyed the other pityingly, and with
out further ado gently withdrew his hand and
| passed slowly down the street Mr.. Thurber is
! probably in doubt yet as to whether the news
paper man was joking him or not.
X
Senator Gray last week introduced an amend
ment to the sundry civil appropriation bill
directing the Secretary of the Treasury 10 buy
I the lot formerly occupied bv the house owned
by the late James q. Blaine, Lafayette
Square. The property is described in the
amendment as lot 8 and part of lot g. in square
22I This is the property that has recently
been leased by Chicago theatrical firm as a
site for a new theater building. and the old
Blaine house is even now torn down, in prep.
Grafton for the erection of the thea;er structure
Senator Gray said that his amend ment is for the
purpose of acquiring for the United States the
title to this lot which is part Of the corner
owned by the Government sit is perfectly
! obvious" he said. THAT the Government will
/ have TO have this property sooner or later, as
the land adjoining the Department of Justice,
known as the Freedmen's Bureau lot, is now
thought of quite seriously as the site for pub
It, uyuniI 10 be,r II 49,
for the Government TO allow 1imsy structure
like a tbeater building of highly inhammabIe
character to be located so near a great public
edifce like the Department of Justice"
Il
or all the reelected Senators, Chandler. OF
New Hampshire, to be the happiest. lie
did not have as serious fight TO get back as
some Of the Others and he went through no
difficult experiences. yet his success seems 10
mean moro to him than the success Of others
to them. 1t has bad very good effect upou
him, for he seems greatly mellowed by it. For
the first time perhaps. in his public life he
seems 10 be at peace with all men. born
fighter, always wanting a controversy with
somebody, and fighting within his own ranks
when be could get no battles with the common
enemy, he has been all his life long in state
of war. But now he seems to have come into
a state Of peace, at least here In Washington.
4
Senator Chandler has come TO the pipuacle
Of his success. apparently. for he is now the
! foremost public man of New Hampshire. nd.
mittedly the general choice Of the people of
the State for Senator, and is entering upon his
second full term, with the probability that he
! can return 10 the Senate as long as he lives.
! He is in his Goth year, and is growing gray,
! but shows no other sign of getting old; for
| in mind and in body he is rs strong, ms quick
and as active as ever He is short and thin.
walks and talks rapidly,!is never idle, and has
great capacity for work.
II
Besides attending TO his Senatorial duties
and looking after his Investments here and
elsewhere, Senator Chandler manages to prac.
tice law and to edit newspaper away off in
Concord, N. ii. For, lawyer though he IL he
is one OF the few newspaper men In the Senate
and frst-rate. newspaper man he is too. He
is as frank and as bold in his newspaper as he
is IN his speeches or his Conversation. and
therefore hc makes il exceedingly interesting.
especially when he has any controversy OF i'm.
portance on hand. His editorial comments an
the politicians of his own party and of the
Democratic party, and on the corporations
which have attacked him at various times.
If