The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-02-24
SHOWING UP PETER
A wAsHIsroN MAN TELLS STORIES
OF TIC KANSAS SENATOR.
VIII Make 10000 Out of His Term ut
Washfnbn-Fat Jobs for His
Fnny and Relatives. .


Washington tter in New York Morning
Journal.
PETER crept, the Senate. AT mis- advent
his fellow ED statesman felt much dis
taste. He wasauat and long and humble
His beard washia. sparse: starved ana
vagrant thingAt that time PETER could
have posed-anmade a success-as model
for Want, or mime. or any other speci-
men of wan anhunger- bitten art. He was
silent; retiringo the point of shrinking
He replied with soft slowness when adj
dressed. His hd was given TO you re-
luctantly. and wn you took hold you found
it damp and colilke a tree toad. PETERS
whole effect. wi his small. acorn head.
was that of so, mild. reserved condor
When he addresi the Senate he became
even more condoiand would soar and sail
and sail and so in a dreary, effortless
fashion for hours
Yet men misleaehemselves with Peners
looks He's a sor of Senate Uriah Hep.
In his way he's ingerous; all the more
dangerous becausene Is disarmed by his
mien-humble to Z point of abjectness-
One day. as the sewd Jerry simpson ana
1 were in converseI craved Jerry for nis
opinion of PETER. keen CLINT twinkled In
Jerry's gray eye.
You needn't print now" he said. but
between you and he's what / call
sea-greer wolf. Hessere for one term, ana
he knows it. And Is going To take as
much money as he AN, they call lts
honestly"
Simpson was twohirds right. Wnen
PETER came, as has been suggested, ne
was in the eyes of t. others a poor, de-
Ifnar anr~ - rarr
which offered advantScs, and PETER was
prompt The Republi,ns had the reins OF
Senate control. This 1as four years ago.
The elections threw enate mastery INTO
doubt. The two big parties were about
even. Each needed fffer TO win. ineh
the meek and lowly 'opulist burst into
notice. Both sides besn to make rove :"
THE '.DOUBL CROSS"
There was still alnst a year during
which the Republicanswould retain Their
organization. If they cald enlist the lean
Moses OF the third part they would con-
tinue in the saddle after hat. Then IL was
that they began to year over and coadie
PETER and give him thins-
His room in the Malth building, where
the Senators are each giSn an apartment
was a grim and barren taste PETER sat
in its midst. bleak and blu and frozen; for
all the world like some exie to some Senate
Siberia. Valentine the Republican sergeant
at-arms changed all this. Where before Wa
want and restitution, rugsand VeiVets anu
russell leather now mace picture s b oa an me-
What hook writer's call "a sene or Orlentai
magnificence." 1t Is yet ,aoo -,.,.n
Then they gave sa ms p seh sl his daushser
already had one-his secreary-ad 49, ~.
PETER took them all. 1t Vas spoiiing tnc
Egyptians, he thought, no dobt, and never
A
When the pinch came. Peffr. still meek:
still humble, but retaining eVry trlnhet ol
place the Republicans had lvsnea ugo,,
him voted with the Democrats ana alueu
them to recover Senate domnatlon IionA
| their foe. The Republicans gashed tne s,.
| teeth; the lean, silent Popuhst ,ad p n
| them. they said. Perhaps: bun the Dem 20
Gratis confirmed PETER in the tile TO all ne
| had and gave him more: -,.., -,
his family on the Senate roh 40 ong 5. re-
| and perquisites which nave weary Ialieii ~
| that receptive household have MT been iesss
than $4,000 And this does not Eier en-, 10 sve
| FAT posltton which PETER was able wv
| wears ago to find for one or his sons Wqtn
| the Havemeyer Sugar Trust
| TOOK IN THE WORLDS FAIR.
Peffer's coup was executed While the
worlds fair was simmering at chicago. Al
NAV have had no connection With tna'
bristling exposition, but when he sno"
was at its showiest, by an excellelt conner
| dence wheat went TO so cents oushei
and PETER at once offered a resolution u
have a special committee to look info al
this wheat sadness and report.
| Nv that style of giff-gaff which obtains II
| the Senate as senatorial courtesy Pene'
the narent of the resolution-was named
/ as the COMMITTEES to go all through the oe
| cline of wheat with a torch, ana was Incl
| dentaIiy given $500 from the SenMe c1 III
| fJnpent fund Wherewfrh TO prosecute III
| EXPLORATIONS. The humble one clutcneh IN
| 81 800 in his talons and wended TO cnicago
| where he passed most OF that vaca
| He made a report some eighteen montn
| 49, ba,t neither he nor the Senate pai'
| the least heed thereto. 1t was Cream cas-
| of junket. -,.. 49,, IN,
PETER Is takeT who We Mea spesk sOu not pu
| Quartet of Senators Will stay. This zoe
not disturb him. He saws on apso,ute i
imperturbable. Once Allen. the gam r .s,i,s
| list came in from the restaurant VIII
| Pef;er was addressing the empty Senat
chamber. There was not senator preseh
| not one. - ,x,ar-,,n,
ing PETER suggested the "no-quorum cor
difion. and was on the eve or causing tn
| Chair to set the bells arinsing In rsseau
| rant cloak and committee rooms, ana nus
lie the absentees in. But Pener nrmi
| III don't care whether the senators al
here are no." he said. I'm not talking !
kTen thereupon desisted and Pene
droned forward on his lonely way. VIDA
| the Senators. gossiping ana dlnins III vi
restaurant below, were undisturbed
PETER. as food consumer. believes
| bread and milk. He puts his beard cars
| fully behind a napkin ana requires
tanic bowl of this regalement twice a GA,
| when his stomach grows bit gay ne give
| IL a spree on pie.
A SARCASTIC REToRT.
The thin Populist was once sarcast
The anti-option bill was being voted OF
The Missouri Legislature had instructe
! the two Missouri Senators to vote for IN
bill. The Kansas Legislature had pal
similar attention to PETER. When vest
name was called, that high-shouldere'
sour. small Senator arose. and. reciting II
instruction of the Missouri Legislature. n
belled thereat.
II have my oath OF office as Senator
think OF. Mr.. President, said Nss..
not believe I'm this bill. The LEGISLATURE
nv State can't instruct me 10 violate thi
| oath of office: can't instruct me 10 cor
nit perjury, and / Will. therefore. vote ~
| against this measure. =.
nresentlv called Vest had relations Wi
The 81. Louis Board Of Trade PETER al
| tba whole Senate knew this ana IL ga
| PETER his one suggestion OF tart acrlui,
my Legislature like that OF the sehau
no,,ncing his vote, has Instructed me
| vote Ave for this bill. As NJ priVate !
terests do not make II perjury Tor me
| 40 so. / may be recorded aye
IL was center shot: the senate CRIME
although Vest never blinked.
PETER lust now T. agitating the want