Omaha daily bee., 1897-06-06
STORIES ABOUT PUBLIC MEN.


"once upon time" says the Boston Her
aid Senator Cameron called upon Presiden
Lincoln at the white house In behalf of an
applicant for consulate who was a par
ticularly pestferous person to him. Where
do you want to have him sent? asked the
president. There was large globe in th,
room. The Pennsylvania senator put or
arm around 1t as far as he could reach, ant
said: L do not know what my finger Is on
but send him there And he was sent"
While party of senator's and representa-
tives were visiting Monticello the old homo
OF Thomas Jefferson the other day, Repre-.
sentative Tongue of Ohio asked venerable
contraband. who was driving the carriage
and pointing out objects of interest to hi
passengers Were there any battles fought
around here?"
NO sah no, sah,' was the reply. mot
since the wah, sah."
Representative McCleary of Minnesota, be-
sides being one of the best exponents of a
sound financial system, is an extremely good
story teller, says the Philadelphia Press He
was entertaining a group of his colleagues
the other day with anecdotes of peculiar
people he had met, and told the following
of his preacher constituents:
The minister was illustrating the omnipo-
tence Of God by showing that the least as
well as the greatest of things had been
created by him. Just think" said the
minister. when God made the mountains
He made the little rills when God made the
mighty behemoth He made the sparrow and
when God made me He made daisy
Senator Caffery is very proud of the length
and breadth of the Mississippi river when it
confines itself to it's picture frame; and Sena-
tor Aidrich is FOND OF descanting the
great commonwealth and sovereign state"
of Rhode Island. The other day, relates the
Washington Times, the heavy downpour and
the closeness of the atmosphere in the Rhode
Island senator's committee room evolved
some marvellous tales about trout. Senator
Caffery spoke of superlatve catch in which
he estimated his fish at - pounds. Mr.
Aldrich went him one better by putting
certain catch of his down at forty
inches long.
"Where did you catch him?" inquired Sen
ator Caffery, obviously.
"In Rhode Island"
"Hm" said Senator Caffery; "there isn't
a river in the state long enough to produce
such fish,
Governor Drake of Iowa, in a recent
speech, told a new story of a meeting be-
tween Lincoln and A. H. Pickering of Chi
cago. Mr.. Pickering, who is very tall man.
was a resident of Iowa at the time of Lin
coins election and was engaged in shipping
cattle. He and Mr.. Drake came to Chicago
| on business, and, hearing that Lincoln was
| in the city, they sent up their cards and
were shown to the president-elects room,
| when we got to Lincoln's room" said
| Governor Drake, in his speech, "he opened
| the door, ard on seeing Pickering asked;
| How tall are you?' Pickering sail: Six
| feet four Why cried Lincoln. that's my
height. Let's measure And then the
president of the United States and the
cattle shipper stood back to hack. while the
first lady of the land Mrs Lincoln, who
was little woman, after standing on tip
toe and reaching to the tops of their heads,
| ntH Had hat lyne
Colonel Joe Johnston, who han been post
office inspector for long .yeafs. is an old
chum of Dockery of M,sse dri. says the
dinner at Wizards the two stepped to the
cigar stand to get what Is indispensable to
| every true Missourian. aEr
| Lets have some Of the kind Of cigars
| Dockery always smokes" said Colonel john
ston. Here, Dockery. take one and put
| two or three in your pocket" added the
colonel with much exhibition of conscious
liberality.
Dockery availed himself. of the treat. but
without great enthusiasm.
| Now" said the colonel to the man of
cigars and beaming with comfortable feel
| ing. give me some good cigars for II self"
| A man of distinction who came to the
postal congress is Mr.. Chang Yen Hoon,
who was minister plenipotentiary from China
during the Harrison administration. At that
| time the legation was in Stewart castle, re-
lates the Pittsburg Dispatch, and many and
elaborate dinners were given to the den,zens
OF the republic by the then Chinese minister,
who, however, kept the women of his he USE
hold well in the background
AT his first large reception the minister
was coached by one OF his American fri ,hds
as to the etiquette Of the occasion. He was
told that the guests in passing out would
all say they had had very enjoyable even
ing and he must say. 81 am very glad" 80
1t went very well until tipsy official
came along and varied the order by saying
boisterously, well, l must 80 now"
The minister was ready With his 81 am
| very glad" and he said II dis IL he meant it,