The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-06-24

careful preparation, and all of his
speeches on great occasions were mark
ed by ripe scholarship, deep research,
elegance Of diction and true eloquence.
During the consideration of bill (ebout
1S6S-9) to confer the right of citizenship
upon the Chinese. Sumner, who favored
the passage of the bill, made one of the
grandest EFFORTS of his senatorial life. His
speech which lasted nearly two legis-
lative days, was replete with argument
and reason, and the friends of the meas
ure were pleased beyond expression at
the strength he had added to their cause.
He had just seated himself when Nye of
Nevada, who sat next to him, arose and
addressed the chair, saying:
Mr.. President. / was born and
brought up on farm In the interior of
New York state. Among the staple ar
tlcles Of diet on the farm was the dough-
nut l have often watched my mother
in the preparation of this delicacy. After
mixing the ingredients and rolling it ON
she carefully broke off a small piece Of
the dough and intrusted it TO the fat
to determine both the heat of the fat
and the proper mixture of the dough.
She did not consign the whole batch to
the cooking process until she knew she
was right. Now we, as a nation are
frying quite piece of negro suffrage,
and suggest to the distinguished SEN
ator and to the senate that, like the
'doughnuts' my dear old mother fried
we had better wait and see the result
of the piece already cooking before we
open the door to the Chinese millions"
The effect of the story was magical
The senate laughed, the galleries roar
ed, and the bill was killed. The CLASH
cal speech of Sumner was knocked out
by "doughnut" story.
CHATTING A BAY STATE MAN
Garrett Davis of Kentucky, while in
the United States senate, hated Charles
Sumner, politically, as the evil one is
said to hate holy water" Davis was
very small, wiry man, grabbed and
touchy, and yet, withal, firm friend
as he was bitter enemy. Too much of
gentleman to do anything that would
not meet the requirements of such a
character, he waited long for an oppor-
tunity to get slap" at the Massachu-
setts statesman. At last it came. Will
lam Pitt Fesenden, the great senator
from Maine. died, and, as is customary
on such occasions, a day of eulogy was
set apart by the senate. Many beauti-
full tributes were paid to his memory
Sumner spoke tenderly and grandly of
him. and the closing sentence was:
Time server, politician, stand aside!
A hero statesman passes to his reward"
Finally Davis arose. He eulogized
Fessenden's qualities of head and heart
said many pretty little things of him
and as he spoke he walked over to Mr.
summers desk, in front of which he
paused for his peroraton. Turning to-
ward Sumner. he closed with these
words:
And in the death of William Pitt Fes-
sender. Mr.. President, New England's
greatest statesman of his day and gen.
Grafton has passed away"
This dethroning of the mighty Sum-
ner from the position of New England
greatest statesman was too much for
some of the grave senators, and a quiet
smile went around the chamber as Da-
Wis took his seat
The late Senator Matt" Carpenter of
Wisconsin was one of the most noted of
his time. great lawyer and a great
statesman in the broadcast sense of the
words, he supplemented it all by being a
prince of good fellows and an inveterate
wit.
When in the senate he was sitting in
the cloak-room one day. surrounded by
crowd of kindred spirits. The CONVEX
sation finally drifted around to the sub
ject of one of Ingersolrs lectures, which
suggested to some of the party the
growing number of prominent men who
did not believe in the Bible At last
some one said: Carpenter Sumner
does not believe in the Bible"
Nothing at all strange in that" re-
piled Carpenter. 'He did not write it,"
MDOUGALS HUMOR
During the dark days of the war, be-
fore the fall of Richmond, when the life
of the nation seemed to be trembling in
the balance, the martyred Lincoln held
many conferences with his friends in the
senate. and no hour was too late or too
early for them to gain admittance to the
White House. McDougal of California
was an especial favorite of the presi-
dent, and he used to say that no one
could cheer him up as Mac could
One night when pretty mellow, Nc
Dougal met a rattle drained old man
who told him he knew the exact location
of the hidden Kidd treasures, and if the
government would aid him he would Sc
cure and turn over to 1t the boundless
wealth that the noted buccanesr had
buried in spot known only to himself.
The mans earnestness impressed the
senator and, taking his arm, he said:
Come with me; we'll see Lincoln about
this matter" and away they went to the
White House.
Gaining admittance, the fellow was in
troduced to the good-natured president
and started in at a loom ile- an hour gait
to tell the story of the treasure Nc
Dougal grew enthusiastic and the quiet
Lincoln listened patiently for half hour
or more. At last. turning to McDougal.
he remarked: your friend is prolific.
at least. Mac" mo. Lincoln, not pro-
life, but elaborate" answered Nc
Dougal
Lincoln used to enjoy telling the story
and his Imitation of McDougal as he ut
tered the word elaborate" was so DerN
fect that Mac himself had to laugh at it.