The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-04-29
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mittee have announced their intention TO
force consideration Of the tariff bill in
detail by the whole committee ihe 1sA'
promises to wax warm IN the senate IN
spite o, the endeavors Of the republican
members. who by making concessions to
Senator Jones and others had begun 10
feel certain Of quietly avoiding opposition
| on anything more than general grounds
| The course of the finance committee, Nhfch
| the democratic senators generally ndorse
seems TO indicate that proiracied nsn'
| will be made over every item and. although
| the ultimate passage OF the bill IS assured,
| there will be some sharp changes IL Inc
schedules, 4, any rate the members who
| have been planning early fishing excursions
| may as we'll hang up their rods Tor aWllle
So far, two nrominen, democratic candi-
dates for the seat made yacan; by the death
OF Representative William 5. Holman Of
Indiana have announced--C j. Koilmeye.
and William H. Eyerwoo1. both are well
known attorneys ana both free silver adYo-
! Gates.
Many stories are told o: the late judge
Holman. His fund Of anecdotes, as well
as hts intimate knowledge Of public events
was almost unlimited At one time he
proposed to write book. No one was
better qualified for the work. He had a
fund of "reminiscences. extending away back
before the war aud having been In public
life for more than half a century he had
met everybody worth Elowine. His stories
OF Lincoln were especially good, .aAd were
told with a favor of homelincss tha, mc1o
them all the more enjoyable. GA iually
he began to gather ;0ga her all tie data
for his book and was on the poiat ~ SIT
ting down 70 write it when senator Sher- |
mans autobiography came out T. coca
stoned. as viii be remembered, all sorts u
criticisms and lpl to an enlargement be-
tween Sherman and General Niger which
lasted for years Judge Ho nam "a. once
stopped work on his book Il can not DO
IT. he said 20 a friend. Every book OF
"reminiscences that comes gu. only makes
trouble for the writer. He Is bound tn
say something. even Il he is innocent Of
any mean intention that VIII cause tcart-
burnnes and misunderstanding. l must
not let the end Of my life Do cl0uIed in
such way. I will not write book"
And he never did.
Colonel Dick Kerens Of S. Louis was
here not long ago ami to party OF friends
told an incident which was related 10 him
by General w. T sherman The story in
brief was the magnan!mous and clever ao;
OF James G. Blaine when, as speaker Of the
house. he got through resolution .arro-
priatlns $4,000 to the needy widowed
daughter Of President Zachary Taylor
This lady got as far az Washington on her
way to Paris to sec a sick daughter and
being destitute of money apepaled 10 her
only friend al tho capital General Sher-
man. Ills purse was always open 10 the
distressed. but ho had no funds ut all ade-
Quate to relieving her necessities
In this emergency lie thought OF Blaine
The man from Maine entered into the
splrt of tho occasion * soon al he
heard General Shermans statement He
called another 10 the chair, made a five
minute speech that fairly electrified the
house. which passed the resolution which
Blaine had penned only moment he
fore He tool; the resolution in person
10 the senate, Were 1t was also inme-
dia.ely passed had the presden, to sign
II the next day, and on the following Cay
tho beneficiary got the money
Colonel kerens said 1t was a treat 10 lear
General sherman tell the story The old
hero always insisted that BlIlne vCuld'
have made the grlndesr n ~ that rYer
lived. and in adopting his political career
he robbed the stage OF born star
About fifteen years ago there were In
attendance at the Columbia law school
at New York City two young students.
ono from Ohio, j. ]. Lent, and the other
from Pennsylvania. i. f. Robbins. The
,e,Ioyv-stpderts wore r,o,,.,,a,or 90,
,a,,. -. "' '0''
iese ana cultivated eheh others acqualnt-
ance TO the point Of fast s.ienlshlp. In
discussing their plans at school one day
young Robbins asked Lentz; what do
You propose doing when YOU graduated"
II am going back to Ohio AMI run for
congress- Was tho reply. What are
your rlans?"
Il propose returning to PENNSYLVANIA
and trying the same idea" RESPONDED
l;ohb'ns. we rill meet sonic day In the
house
Tho other DAY. for the first time during
the session, Robbins, Z representative
from Greensburg Pa, rlct Leutz a rep
rcsentative from Columbus. Ohio
Clssping hands. they Simply lcnhr.isd
but ia the same breath; Well. here We
are"