Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-03-29
NEW SENATORS.
Both Hanna and Foraker At
tract Much Attention.
Plat -Quay-foraker and Hanna Proc
tor-fairbanks Combines.
Good Word Tor Senator Allen HeitieId Shows
Up Well.

MIR. EQrst.Cr of Ohio attract moro attef-
| ton than nny others The former is very
much in demand AT the senate chamber
he rarely has /. moment TO himself. If sem
ators interested in Office seeking for some
CT thcir constituents are not bothering
him at his desk, then some ex-senator or
| representative is. Although experience
| duy ~ day docs not appear to bear out tho
theory, there is still an impression among
u largo number of people that Mr., Hanna
gets everything he asks Mt the White
House. He doesn't. In fact, he has dill
| Guilty in carrying a good many of his
! points--rct very many, for Mr. Hanna
has good Judgment as to what he should
undertake and what he should NOT. He
hcs y proper idea of tho relations Of things,
and while no man is more of u stickler
than he for payment of obligations actual
| ly incurred during the campaign, he knows
| that President Mckinley has score of
pegs for every hole, ard he does not keep
running after things he knows he cannot
get
Hanna Muci, Sought.
About once q minute all day long a
card is placed before Mr.. Hnnna's nose by
the MESSENGERS. Some enc is waiting to
see him in the marble room. The result
is that the senator from Ohio is kept CON
stantly on the go. Tho moment he shows
his face in the marble room n dozen or
score of people are after him. Yet Mr..
Hanna never loses patience. He is smiling
and jocular with every one. His influence
is asked fer by hundreds Of persons every
day who have no right to it or claims upon
it. But he meets them all with light
word which does not Offend even If it gives
no encouragement.
Senator Foraker is alsolnuch in demand.
He is net credited with quite as much in
fluence at the White House as Mr.. Hanna,
not nearly so much. in fact, but the Office
seekers arc after him too. Mr.. Forakcr
goes quite cftvn TO the White House, and it
is u matter Of common gossip here that the
Ohio Republicans for the first time in
many years appear 20 bc % really happy
family. General Grosvenor of that state is
to great extent responsible for this for
tunate condition Of affairs For long time
he has hcen trying TO make peace between
the factions. ard Of late 10 has had re-
markablc success. Tie is just as friendly
with Foraker us he is with Hanna. and he
has done the senior senator more than one
good turn. Hanna and Foraker are the
best of friends too.
1t is noticeable, however, that in his
friendships in the senate Mr. Foraker
seems attracted moro to the old line of
politicians than to the newer or Mckinley
element. Platt Of New York and Quay OF
Pennsylvania are his chums In fact, if
one looks under the surface of things in
the senate he rerccives little tendency
among the big men to bunch into coteries
'IIpTn thu Hl>ft Erc,. l-,r ,-er
and there is the Hanna- Proctor Fairbanks
Srooner cotcric, the latter being the dis
tinctively Mckinley clement. So far all is
peaceful between them and no signs of any
thing else. Yet the keen observer cannot
help but think what may happen as the
years roll by and the endless game of party
and faction gets warmer and warmer.
The Brave. Bold Allen.
There is one senator who appears 10 be
growing all the time in the estimation of
his colleagues. He lisa Populist too speak
of Air. Allen of Nebraska. There is no
stronger man intellectually or physically
in the upper branch. While physical
strength does not often count for much in
legislation, Aliens giantlike figure, his
stolid and muscular frame, his square way
OF standing, his gestures, his firm set jaw,
the sharp way in which he speaks, every
thing about the man indicates strength
He makes the same impression always
when lie rises to speak that the perfect ath-
lete does when he appears in the arena
Allen is tenacious, bold, incisive, keen
He is not only tho leader of his little PARTY
in the senate, but he is enc of the ablest
men there of any party and is generally so
regarded by the other senators. He has
shown upon innumerable occasions his
ability to take care of himself in debate
Few care to walk upon his toes.
Mr.. Heitfeld, the new Populist from
Idaho, we do not know very well yet. He
has not done much. But he appears to be
we'll liked by most of the senators who
have become well acquainted with him.
There are jokes floating around at Heit-
feds expense, but you can never tell
whether they are lies or not. One of tho
latest and best of these is, Farmer Heitfeld
was asksd if he was going to learn to ride
bicycle during his sojourn in the ma
tional capital. eyes, he replied, II think
will, but must first learn to get on and
oil there tarnal cable cars without break
ing my neck
The Patriotic walthnll.
Among the senators who are little heard
OF, but who through their popularity and
genial ways manage in quiet way to
WELD great influence in tho upper branch,
Is Mr.. Walshall of Mississippi l was talk.
ing about him the other day with an old
friend of mine, Major D. W. Sanders of
Louisville. Let 10 man underestimate
General Walthall's influence in the SEN
ste,'' said Major Sanders .'He can and
foes accomplish great deal more than
many senators who are forever getting
their names in the papers. Senator Wal.
thall is as modest as he is brave, and his
bravery was tested on many a field during
tAe rebellion. The people of Mississippi
idolize him. He is the strongest man that
state has sent to congress in many years,
and he has the people behind him more
than any other in all the history of the
state, not even excepting jefferson Davis.
He is an intensely patriotic man. All sec
tional prejudice disappeared from his mind
years ago. He is ever looking ont for the
best interests of our common country"
One of Senator Aliens peculiarities, and
he has good many; as every strong char
lacter has, is that he cannot make speech