The Dickinson press., 1897-06-19
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Lssislators and the Vehicles Thsy xesn.
Retirement Of Senator oall-ssa.
ator Vests Fish Story.
Especial Correspondence

some traps in which they ride to the
capitol or make the rounds Of the do.
partments. Senator Mcmillan, for in-
stance. drives in fine open wagon,
with bright red wheels, and Senator
Wolcott has one Of the handsomest VIC
torias in the city. Other senators, like
Mr.. Chandler and Mr. Bacon. are con-
tent to perambulate on bicyoles
The conveyance which Senator Turpie
Affects. however, is worthy Of column
description. Where he finds Il heaven
only knows. It is . coupe which looks
rs If it might have done duty in the
hme of George Washington. It's former
black enamel has turned to rusty
shade Of brown, its doors are ahaky and
its wheels are anything but round. The
driver is an old colored man, who wears
a derby hat and Prince Albert coat,
while the horse appropriately completes
the outfit II 10 black horse, very bony
as to ribs and very high az to legs and
with tail as stubby as q field Of corn
after harvest time. In this vehicle SEN.
ator Turpie sits deep in thought and
just as contented AZ Cinderella in her
fairy carriage. -a5'-
Call and His Cuban Speeches.
The defeat Of Senator Call removes q
picturesque character from public life.
For 1s years Mr.. Call was in the sem
ate, and for the 18 years there was
scarcely day upon which he did not
make speech about something. rlf5
Cuba was his favorite theme. On this
subject he could wax eloquent-ever-
lastingly eloquent, in faot-at any mo-
ment The Post says he has filled col.
umns and columns with his remarks in
eulogy of Cuba and in denunciation Of
Spain. The trouble was, however, that
no one would ever listen to his speeches.
He was without doubt the most uninter-
esting talker in the senate, and nearly
every one Of his speeches contained the
complaint that he was not given the
proper attention.
Senator Vests Fish Story.
Senator Vest has fish story which
he tells with great deal Of gusto and
seems to enjoy it hugely himself at each
repetition. "An old darky, fishing in
the Missouri, caught a big catfish,
weighing about five pounds. He tied q
string through its gills, and, fastening
the string to stake on the river bank,
left the fish swimming about while he
went farther down the river to find an
other good fishing place. A small boy,
who had also been fishing, came along
with one pound catfish. Spying the
string, he pulled it up and lost no time
in exchanging the little fish for the big
one, promptly leaving the scene for
home.
"Soon after the old darky came back
and pulled up his fish to take It home.
He beheld with astonishment the sire
Of his catch, and AZ soon as be could
find his voice he ejaculated:
'Bress me, but dat ah catfish am
shrunk powerfull'"
| A New Woman and Her Baby.
i The friends Of certain professional
woman here in town tell story on her
which they call huge joke. There is q
baby in the professional woman's fam.
lily. The baby has a nurse. It has also
q doting grandfather, who came to Gee
it very early one morning recently. Az
he came near the house he saw the baby
carriage standing near the side door.
The house doors were still looked No.
body was stirring The grandfather
looked into the carriage, and there, Il
his amaxement, LAY the precious baby.
i had actually been left ont all night,
1or. % the mother explained, she had
been busy all the evening and supposed
nurse had baby, and the nurse had beer
busy all evening and supposed the moth.
or had the little one. Between the two
Of them the child had been left out d
doors all night. I can't see the joke a,
all. In my day a mother had what In
our old fashioned way we called ''sa.
cred duties" to perform, and one o1
those duties was to know just where
and how her baby was by night or day.
A Dog Under His Arm.
Awriter in The Post is authority foa
the statement that Mr.. T. Sanford Beatt,
has set a new fashion. The time wher
women first took to lapdoss is 60 ia,
back that history fails to record it, but
till Mr.. Beatty led the way Washington
men did not pay visits with small dog
under their arms. Mr.. Beatty has small
and extremely valuable dog, Of which
be is very fond, and several. times q
late he has paid visits with that dos
snugly tucked under his left arm tht
while. He doesn't let it run about. HI
holds it, and already half dozen mer
have invested in dogs, with the inten
tion Of following his example.
II More men come to Washington to ses
Senator Mason than any other senate,
except Senator Hanna. They all want
him to 60 to the White House will
them, and he does it. They have become
acquainted with his genial and helpful
disposition and frequently take advan
tage Of It. The jolly, big hearted and biz
Drained junior senator from Illinois Il
10 popular In his state that constituents
In every portion write him asking 70,
favors. All these letters are answered
too, and many Of them are dictated b.
the senator himself.
A western senator, who doesn't wan
his name mentioned for fear the story
might go back to the man upon whom
he tells 1t, was relating an incident tina
occurred in the Legislature that SEN
him to the senate. A lawyer membe
had just made an exceedingly tiresom
and long winded speech. A membe
from one Of the rural districts Of th
state rose as IL to reply.
II would like to reply to the gentle
man." he said, "but I have alters no
ticed on the farm that it wrenches m
like tarnation to kick at nothin.' - .-
CARL SCHoEIEID.
1
He Saved the Sink.
II I A characteristic story is told Of
. New England man and his wife VIII