New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-23

Well she REMARKED d1teT duotHc'
of the wrappers. i don't know as it matters SO
much. It's for a corpse >"
Yankees are not as a rule, ardent hero-worship-
nars bu, their enthusiasm lust now for the Speaker
OF the House seems unbounded, and the average
man from Maine Is q conspicuous and ubiquitous
figure about town. He is inclined to think ina! oe
cause he and Mr. Reed hail from the same and IS
apt to proclaim this fact from the houseops wniE Nc
amusing 4 y Without of Ss in his
Country Until he Was by the res. Of the
world But r in this he sra nag np in Portland and
wrote his first poems there was compe'ei u 81 ~
One Of Mr. Kssd cOnsti.ssns z zed Ss senate psi
tcan from York County made ' nos n
On the Presidential timber which. being in town.
Il his duty e h 6 asked his cceronc
pointing bony finger at the gaunt. spare figure o., 81
Waa he don't look IKE Az Abe ca hnc sse
taan DO a is a ins %aH ' Ugly
Jest unlike him In characer ,,r aney a Tor Gam
eron wouldn't vote for man that wears snt oo oc
1SeS ass' %s sSn oofs
at any rate o he amt no sness hes
%sr' fro au'' now Davis whit that cOckeye Of his
kinder reminds nj me Of s n B h ba
they don't any OF these men look as Sig as Reed
T He looks Sse durn sight bigger really is They
amt any man could be as big as ne looks why;
Reed Reeds regar wna nee n ana reason for the
litter which followed his remarks
Apropos OF Speaker Reed. one Of the members III
talking OF him the other day said 'Why, Reed mas
grown so conservative that nobody knows him. Al
some OF his ratings / find myself asking, IS TINS rs
Reed? and venture o hR. eed any %nns? he Would
say Years and years ago l was Keea Oh Man, Mhn 7
but I'm not he now. and blest II l know "ho
A naval officer who Is enjoying few months
leave at the capital, after long service III ohn''
vas In a reminiscent mood yesterday. and among
other stories tod the following Of the late Napoleon
Collins best known to history as the captain W nc
Wachusett when she captured the Florida III '"e
At the battle Of Port Royal Captain Collins com
manded one Of the hes . ef1
seis had obtained permission from the comma'iuea
nchef to fa out of line II theywtht sne,r seeI
Ranking position; This they managed to 40 IN 'he
very beginning of the attack ,. ., ,,osso,
The large fleet moving In a circle, eacn Vesset
dischargng her broadside as she came abreast Oh
one OF the forts batteries. and as the onauiiIa
passed within hail of the gunboats in their advsn-
tageous position OF the commanders hailed COL
Inns and invited him to Join them IN 5her bad eone
wrong with the Unadilla's engines, when her Col"
mander explained Jersey by shouting back; oo,,,,
I'm going ahead now ana can't stop II cou'a
stop couldn't 80 ahead again
atorship in Kentucky caused everybody in the State
TO take sides. and among the Democrats the fac
tional lighting extremely bitter. One OF Mr.
Blackburn's opponents man who, for the pur-
poses OF this story-narrated the other day by
Kentuckian-may be called BIZ Button. an angular
awkward individual. but not without some ability
and energy. He had been causing the senator a
good deal OF trouble by his activity and had at one
time another at the Blackburn tomahawKinS
meetings come in for a generous snare OF obJurga
ton There was no hope OF winning MN over. ana h
Blackburn followers decorated Ii with choice spec-
OF their stock OF epithets One night. while
Button being discussed, OF the Blackburn
crowd addressing his friends. asked:
Boys, did you ever hear what Beck said about
him.
Nobody had ever heard that Mr.. Beck had disiked
him. but everybody was glad TO hear It, II strength
ened them in their view.
Yes. Beck hated him. He has always been the
same old Bil.-obstinate selfish and marplot. He
crossed Becks path oftener than he has crossed
JOes. and one occasion, when Beck was a MEM
Der OF the House and having trouble about going
back Bill put In his oar and made II very uncom-
Portable for him. This made Beck furious and after
that the bare mention Of Bits name was sufficient
to raise when Beck in hearing The
boys now and then would give him Bill for a text
just TO hear from him.
The subject sy.y introduced at the Phoenix
Hotel. in Lexington on one occasion when Beck
in fiery mood. and for fifteen minutes he held
forth Bill and his methods In a style that was
delightful He recounted all OF Bills WEAKNESSES
and descanted upon his ugness in that sharp. short
and finally he brought down the house with this
statement
Il have In my day thirty dfferent pictures Of
But all OF them were ugly. as the devil. and every
id one OF them looked like BIZ Button
The whole company drank to the honored memory
OF Mr.. Beck that evening.