The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-07
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4 more hard work fer the organization
| and maintenance Of the Michigan asso-
citation than any other Wolverine in the
| national capital The association has
! always been solvent, and they say that
Judge Harlan has put many dollar
out Of his little salary 10 psy bills when
! the treasury was depleted He Is popu-
lar with Michigan people resident here.
\ and often makes it his business 10 look
I after visitors from Michigan by showing
4 them about the city and directing them
TO the popular places Of interest.
A Prince of Good Fellows.
When Senator Palmer CT Michigan
was in the national capitol. few peo-
| pie knew him save as very dignihed
| statesman. He was much more than
that. He. was jolly good fellow, a
prince OF good fellows among his per-
sonal friends. He has been missed very
| much by the best senatorial circle, which
| includes those who have a good fellow
ship side to their nature. Ills house
on the north side OF Mcpherson square
was the scene Of many a good time.
that several senators and boon COM
paniOns remember with pleasure and
regret. There were always billiards
and whist and music, dainties to tickle
INAAetAAAAetA EiAt>ANEs anu t4NNAN ||+AAN-
thing eTervescent to prod lazy livers.
There was good story telling and sing
ing, and sometimes even dancing. The
| senatorial quartette consisted Of Mr..
Palmer. soprano. and Mr. Henderson,
basso. They could sing SO much and SO
hard that it required only the two 10
make up a Quartette. Mr.. Edmunds was
originally a member Of the quaTtette
hut complained that after the soprano
and basso got o-going he was Ike
man I'm the upr0ar of battle who can't
tell whether his gun goes OF or not.
f2 hS M!jAa2g e.. you'd " I'd. 2EisLEaarda
CClss... -. -.1g nothing but SOLOS 70
yodel obligato by Senator Cameron.
jolly RenggiPrs
Senator Davis Cf Minnesota. one OK
palmers best friends. says that there
never have been such jolly reunions as
we used to have at Tom PalmeTs Be-
meath his roof We were all friends ana
no one ever had any Thought Of undue
restraint We were simply cur natural
selves aud perfectly az home with our
host and with each other
An ex-senator says: L went ont Of
the senate when Palmer did. but 1 have
been here oftener since. than he has
| been. We used 90 have very pleasant
gatherings at Eimunds and Sherman's
| and others, but there was always re-
straint or shadow Ct a restraint that
did not exist at Palmer's. He possesses
J that rare quality Of host without
which one can never be a real 81, the
ability TO put every one at ease and on
good terms with himself and with his
neighbors. This is great sift and few
possess ii. When IL is poss ess5 d, ac-
| companied as is generally and naturally
| is with a love FOR entertaining, you have
a man capable Of making great deal
| Of happiness in the world. Tom Pal
/ mer is that sort Of a man, and under
| his influence IL was pleasant to see stiff
| people thaw out and cold people warm
| up. and dignity drop, and the warm
| streak Of humanity that exists in every
man. no matter how thick the crust of
selfishness or pretention. show up. The
man who can influence George F. Ed
! munds and John Sherman ct al. TO join
heartily in We Won't Go Home till
Morning is a born host"
Aims To Make Sunshine.
Palmer does not believe in hard work,
now that he has great wealth, and the
, years of hard work lie behind. He
writes himself as one who loves his fell
| lowmen next 10 himself and he pro-
poses to spend the rest of his life in
making II as pleasant for all hands as
| possible, so he threw off the cares and
burdens Of the senatorship and went
! back TO his old life without responsi-
| bilities. except 10 make sunshine in
! dark places so far as he can.
one evening at his residence a sena-
! tor informed Palmer that rumor was
| current that he was writing a novel.
| That is not exactly true" replied the
Michigan statesman. Il am not writ
! ing a novel. 1t is a poem Not my
| epithalamium, but psalm Of rejoicing
| to commemorate my retirement from
| the senate. 1 have got the first verse
| done and the first line of the second.
! People will swear that it is from
! Watts, but I wrote every word Of it my
self, and il begins in this way:
| "'AH hail suspicious day
That sees my souls release.
And puts me on the pilgrims way
That leads TO lasting peace
"The second verse begins:
"Long have / fingered here
Good Place to- Write Poetry.
| That's as far as | have got. i
| wrote that one afternoon when l was
| presiding over the senate while ingalls,
was gone TO lunch, and the next time he
| calls me to the chair | hope 10 get the
second verse finished. The vice presi-
dents desk Is a frst-class place TO write
poetry, and if l were to be elected vice
president 1 presume / should come out
a Tennyson or a Milton, or at least the
sweet singer Of Michigan"
General Alger Of Michigan has done
very many good things for his friends.
and has shown many favors 70 old SOL
diers, their widows and orphans. He
was always a warm personal friend Of
General Logan, and when the great VOL
unteer soldier was called from earth.
| General Alger undertook to make suit
able provision for his widow. He in
vested her little all. about $4,000. so
that il yields Mrs Logan a handsome
interest, and he has so secured 1t that
she simply cannot lose il unless Detroit
falls into the river and disappears In
| Lake Erie.