The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-18

: WASHINGTON, May Especial Sen
ator Hanna went 10 his homea az Clevelan'
last week for the purpose Of getting a littl
much needed rest lie is a fact that th
senator's health is not good, and that h
has been driven almost TO his bed by th'
opportunities Of the office seekers. They
have logged his footsteps day and night
and have given him no peace. As illus
trating the troubles which the senator has
had with the place hunters, l am able u
tell a story Of a somewhat remarkable
character and 10 voueh for its truth. Mr..
Hanna lives at the Arlington hotel, and
he has generally used n certain room there
for his office, as place 10 receive his nu-
merOus visitors. But for several weeks he
has found il necessary 10 move his office
from room 10 room. AS soon as the horde
learned where the Office was, they called
there without sending up their cards, and
literally forced the much prosecuted ma
tional chairman 20 take refuge in flight
| One day his office was in No. 90, next day
IL was removed 10 the floor below, the
| third day TO another part of the house, and
/ so on till in the course of few weeks Mr..
! Hanna had occupied about half the rooms
! in the hotel Even this device did not
| throw the Office seekers of the track. They
| managed 10 find him. They waylaid him
as he entered the dining room. If he
showed his face in the lobby of the hotel to
buy a cigar or have chat with tho pro-
prietor, he was at once surrounded. At
the senate chamber they were after him us
thick as flies about summer kitchen. No
wonder he was compelled To leave Wash
ington and TO seek rest in the quiet of his
home in the suburbs of Cleveland.
Where the Aspirants Come From.
A curious fact in connection with the
Office seeking craze is that few applicants
for appointment hail from New England.
That is, few ly comparison. 1t is est
mated by senator's and representatives that
the number of candidates from the New
England states is about half in proportion
TO the number from New York and Penn
sylvania, and only one-sixth the number
that have appeared from such middle west
ern states as Illinois, Indiana and Iowa.
Illinois probably has greater number of
aspirants for Office under this administers
ton than any other two states in tho I'M
ion, and Chicago three times as many as
any other city
Senators and representatives have such
enormous mails 90 look after that they find
the task of simply signing their names to
the replies prepared by their secretaries and
stenographers quite a burden. To relieve
themselves of ms much of this drudgery as
they possibly can many of them have had
made rubber stamps bearing facsimile of
their signatures. These are used by the
secretaries in.signing the letters. Probably
half the letters from Republican senators
now going out in the mails are signed in
this way. The recipients doubtless suppose
the communications bear the autographs
of the distinguished men whose names are
signed, and some Of them doubtless treas
ure their letters for this reason. But the
little rubber stamp does the business.
An Aged Senator.
Senator Harris of Tennessee, the veteran
member Of congress, who dates further
back in our legislativeannalst than any 9TH
er man now in public life, has returned
from his home in fairy good health. The
senator's friends ut one time feared he
would not recover sufficient strength to
resume his duties in the upper branch, but
the old man says he intends to live out his
present term, which will carry him to the
year 1899, and thus give him a record of
just half n century between the date of his
stappearance in congress and his retire
mCnt.
In recent letter concerning the length
Of service of veteran members of the senate
and house fell into an error as to the date
OF the first appearancein congress Of Sena-
tor Burrows of Michigan. He was credited
with beginning his service i'm the Forty
ninth congress. Mr.. Burrows actually
started his congressional career IL years
earlier. He was a member of the Forty
third, Forty-sixth and Forty seventh con-
crosses. He started in again with the
Forty ninth and was elected to every con-
gress thereafter up to and including the
Fifty-fourth, from which he resigned to
become senator.
The rumor that Justice Field, the vet
eran of the supreme bench, is to retire in
"a few months has again made its appear
ance. As have already stated in these
dispatches the understanding among JUS
tice Fields confreres on the bench is that
he intends to die in harness. He subscribes
to the supreme court tradition that when
"a man reaches an advanced age upon the
bench it is fatal to him to retire and thus
break off all his well settled habits and
associations. Moreover, know that Ger.
tain interested gentlemen have recently
rumorod retirement to Justice Field, and
have every time been politely but persist
emily led away from that topic Of CONVEX
sation
Curious Facts.
A western senator tells me that among
the old soldiers in his state u curious idea
as TO the proper function of u United States
senator appears TO prevail. He has re-
ceived number of letters from war vet
Grams asking him to press their pension
claims and inclosing n So bill for his fee.
OF course the senator returns the money
with bit of advice concerning the pro-
priety of thus attempting TO influence a
public man, but this he does in a kindly
way 81 realize" said the senator, "that
the old soldiers mean nothing wrong. They
have been educated by the pension agents
to u belief that a fee of So is needed before
anything can be done with their cases. and
they confound us senators with the pen.
sion agents.
Another senator showed me letter
which he had received from one Of his
constituents. 1t read somewhat as fol
lows: II sec you have decided to favor the
denomination Of our governor. Let me
tell you that / am as good "a party man as
there is in the state, but my three sons and
i will not vote for the governor II he il