The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-04-24

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for alleged violation of the internal rev.
enue laws in the Federal court at Indian
apolis. and you would have some influence
with him. He employs thirty hands,
and they are all voters" Then Mr.. Hol-
man babe Turpie good night, saying that
he must arise at daybreak to ride to an
other town, where he was to speak. This
story is related to show the pains taking
and careful canvas Mr.. Holman always
| made. At that time he had 5000 Demo
cratic majority in his district, and was
subsequently elected by more than that
ma jority. yet he was exceedingly careful
about the thirty votes at Schnaller' S
brewery.
1.-THE great objector was from day to
day subjected to taunts and ridlcule from
brother members. One day Mr.. Holman
advocated AN appropriation for Indian
apolis which he considered to be merl-
torious measure Some time before he
had objected to the bill of n fellow
member. The smooth greeting of the
measure which was to fill the lap of
eypectant Indianapolis urged Dockery,
of Missouri, to smiling sarcasm. 1.-The
chairman's sudden change of tone,' said
he, reminds me strongly of those lines
from Byron:
IT'S sweet to hear the Watch-dog's honest
bark,
Bay deep-mouthed welcome as we draw
near home.
''The roar of laughter which greeted
this sally killed the Indiana appropria-
ton BY such sleights are laws made and
public moneys spent or saved.
SIN 1885 Mr. Holman was sub-chair-
man of the Committee on Indian Affairs
of the House The committee was au
thorized 10y the House to make a trip
through the West and inspect the differ
ent Indian agencies. They travelled to
the Pacific coast by the Central route
and returned by way of the Southern
through Arizona. Their first visit waste
the Sioux agencies, in the Dakotas. Can
non, of Illinois, and Peele, of Arkansas,
were of the party. Mr.. Holman declined
to take sleeper from Washington to the
West, protesting that this would be an
extravaganza, for he and his wife, he
said had travelled all the way from
Aurora to California and back without
taking a sleeper, and Mr.. Holman act
ually sat up all night, while his col
leagues on the committee slept in a Pull
man car.
From Bismarck to Fort Yates the
steamboat fare was So a head and SIS for
the return trip, but in returning Mr..
Holman did not patronize the steamer.
He insisted that there were mules and
army ambulances at the fort which
could transport the party comfortably to
Mandan, eighty-five miles distant. Can
non and Peele almost implored him to
go by boat, but he was obstinate. 1.-The
mules are not earning anything" said
he. They are idle; they will convey u.s."
And they did. The party rode in one of
the army ambulances, and a member of
the party says that Congressman Cannon
gave the driver 50 and admonished him
not to avoid a stone in the road. but
give the old man a good shaking up
Before they arrived at Fort Lincoln Mr.
Holman, whose limbs were cramped, got
out to walk. The stage arrived at the
fort and found the officers drawn up in
full regimentals The ladies were there.
too. dressed in their best
where's Holman? Where's Holman?"
they inquired, for Mr.. Holman's name
and fame as a Congressman had preceded
him. Finally Mr.. Holman was observed
coming down the road, tired and dusty.
His trousers were stuffed in his boots,
he wore blue flannel shirt, and his
''galluses'' on the outside. His beard
was full of dust, and altogether he was
a sorry spectacle.
When Mr.. Holman's figure was seen
approaching in the distance it was pro-
posed to fire salute in his honor mol
no. for Gods sake don'tr' protested the
serio-comic Congressman Cannon. HE
Will object to the useless waste of pow
DER
During his service in Congress Mr.
Holman has witnessed some stormy
scenes in the House. In conversation
with the writer, he said once, that i'll
ante bellum days members of Congress
frequently had weapons concealed in their
desks. Southern and Western members
were in those days hot-headed individ-
uals, who regarded their revolvers as nee
essary to safety, and were sometimes
careless in handling them. On one occa-
sion a member in fumbling among his
papers accidentally discharged his pistol,
and the bullet went crashing through the
desk in front of him, narrowly missing
two or three Congressman who were
seated near by. I'm an instant" said Mr.
Holman, there were fully thirty pistols
in the air, and the scene looked more
like Texas barroom than the Congress
of the United States"
"A pretty story is told of how Mr.. Hol-
mans town received it's name. The faith
or of Holman was its first settler. He
laid it out into streets. He was the
father of the village. The good people
who were his neighbors assembled at
Farmer Holman's residence to select
name for the new town. Further down
the Ohio river, nestled in the hill Of
that picturesque part of Switzerland
county, there had been started a town
which the good people decided to call
Rising Sun, because Of the lovely specta-
Gle the sun made as it appeared above
the crests Of the mountains. Farmer Hol-
man and his neighbors, in friendly spirit
of rivalry, set their wits to work in an
endeavor to select name for their town
that would be more beautiful and more
appropriate, if possible, than Rising Sun.
He argued that by reason of a bit of
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