The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-05-15
AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL,
Houston Post Bureau.
Sun pulIdlng. 1917 r Street.

OF conversation, 10 may be well to remem-
bor that there is congress In session and
that IL and the men who compose 1t are
doing other things besides preparing for
war and voting the money with which to
carry it on. A little gossip about some Of
tho men here in this congress, who are not
continually u the public eye through the
columns OF the press may not prove unin-
teresting to the readers of The Post.
One of the members OF the present
house who has not been windjammer and
therefore who has been a worker and con-
sequently infrequently mentioned by the
press gallery contingent, is Thomas Y Fitz-
patrick of the Tenth district OF Kentucky.
| Tom" or "fitz" as he Is called by every
body who likes him, and that means every
body who knows him, Is not only one OF
! Gods nobemen, but he Is the best repre-
sentative the Tenth Kentucky district ever
sent TO congress. He redeemed the district
from republican domination, and thar alone
| ought to compel the democrats TO stick to
| MN ana keep him In the race for congress
| from that district as long as he wants 10
come here. His district Is known as the
mountain district. 1t is the home OF the
Halfields ana McCoys and the wild chill
dren OF nature. and furnished a regiment
to the Confederacy Of which General For
rest once said, No man could command it
and all hi could not whip It,"
The district has nearly always been re-
publican and would have been so repre-
scented this time II it had not been for Tom
| Fitzpatrick He demanded that the demo-
cratic candidate announce his fealty to
| silver, ana when. a few days before the con
vention, he refusd to do SO. tom" got out
OF sick bed and announced his own can
| didacy, and rallying the honest straight
democracy, he carried off the nomination.
He then made such "tearln' down" can
vass of his sixteen counties that he defeated
his republican opponent by about 1900 ma
tority. Tom" is a splendid specimen OF
Kentucky manhood, He Is of heroic mold.
over six feet tall straight as an Indian
long, curly, coal black hair, a face like a
sculptured Greek god and withal one of the
striking figures on the floor of the house.
He Is Of old Scotch descent aud looks like a
lineal descendant of one of the old Scots
"who ha' wi Wallace blcd"
He is AZ gentle as woman, as fearless
MS a lion and possesses a soul lIeenly al
tuned TO poetry and music. He possesses a
keen sense OF the ludicrous and Is there
fore one Of the best story tollers or racon-
tours in congress. He loves 10 tell stpri $
of the good, honest mountain folk in his
ulSIrlcl' anu Wheu ne toucuVS uIuu tuc
mountain dew" the fayoritc beverage
thereabouts he grows positively eloquent
and the poetry Of his nature asserts itself.
II have heard him doscant upon jug OF
mountain dew i'm close proximity TO a
sprung OF HlhPu' sparkling water SUI l9""u
eu py a pea oil MIST uhli II "ouiu orlhs
water 10 the mouth OF craven lInase'
rom fll@patrick Is one Oh the Uue'l ~
re"entauFes oil ms Instruct 1t t'Ci na' ="
congress re KNOWS llS hee"S al.l
sources ana ne Is ever Nlgliaht ID neuaue-
me inc one auu eNloliiuB thc olue', ~ -
ceaseiess worker for ms constituents
anu no request however Hludn' 10 eNoi W
looked no man ia ms ulsU!Nt Is tpo nun
BILE to prefer a request 10 MN lhel re-
quest WIN nave We stu H. a.
tentlon as II coming from my mus inilu
entail rlan whom ne represents I'o enIoyS
the respect the confluence anu 'lt "uihIra-
few terms viii become one OF the most IN
NY ~ nd,n bayo mo mod sense
to return MIN.
Among the new men of the present CON
gress who have succeeded in making sub
stantal regulations for ability and laying
s,,ra foundation for future usefulness.
| a, cut 80 =, ,,.i., ,o,,r,ss-
JUICY 'N.i'eS W. va 'N7' VI W. 80
10 no prominently hehtloueu' ~ 10 inv
of the youngest members of the house,
but notwithstanding his youth, had a
successful career in his State, both as
prosecuting attorney and IS judge. be-
icre his election 20 congress. His genial
pleasant manners have made him friends
on all sides here, and he is today almost
personally as popular with republicans
and popu.isls as he Is with democrats,
while all admire his great ability,
His recent speech on the industrial
South in reply to the criticism of Chair
man Dngley on labor conditions in the
South is one OF the fow notable speeches
Poi this congress. The conditions por-
,rayed by this speech Mere a revelation
to Now England and the speech has been
evidently sought after. II has provoked
favorable comment In nearly every State
in the Union and has made Judge Grlggs a
National figure.
The bantam fighting democrat of the
housc IL mr. lanes A Marion of the Tbir-
.o,,.,, 90 ,fa,s,,, :, -, ~, -,
WYNN" UNIV "'S''iV' ~ soei"s d" aps"ru
anachronism to say that anything decent
or democratic like Doc" Norton could