The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-06-07
TALES OF THE TIMES.
How Representative james Hamilton
Lewis Proved His Ability at Repsrtee.

Lewis Proved His Ability at Repsrtee.
Representative James Hamilton Lewis |
of Washington state In more than one in
stance recently proved his ability to say a
smart thing In the right place. Ii was
stormy day for the Pacific coast represent
atives, who were trying to secure appro-
priations for their harbors. Senator VIII
son OF Washington state, who served many
years In the house, sat much OF the time
by Mr.. Lewis side as he engaged In the
fray with such heayyweights as Chairman
Cannon and Representative Dockery. In
discussing the appropriation for the har-
Dor at Seattle Chairman Cannon con-
tradicted one Of Representative Lewis
statements as incorrect and was asked by
Mr.. Lewis to prove that 1t was incorrect.
sob, II undertook to prove the incor-
rectness of all the statements of the gentle
man from Washington, replied Uncle Joe
with fervor, lit would take till doomsday
and life beyond"
That's because of the immutability OF
truth, " rejoined Mr.. Lewis.
On the same item of the sundry civil
bill there was a controversy about the date
of contract that gave Mr.. Lewis an OPP
portunity to complete the reference to an
old rhyme about January and June, May
and August Chairman Cannon an
nounced that the contract for certain work
In Seattle harbor was made in June, 1898.
The horid and eloquent Representative
Handy of Delaware informed Mr.. Cannon
that that was in the far distant future and
suggested that he make 1t January, 1898.
ooh, well, let us make 1t the sweet
| month of May" quoth Uncle Joe friskily,
| as no kissed his hand at Representative
| Lewis, who was standing just across the
| aisle.
| "On account of my high regard for so
august parsonage as the gentleman from
| Illinois," answered Mr.. Lewis, kissing
his hand in return at Mr.. Cannon, Il
gladly accept the compliment.
The senate has passed a bill to pension
"Itewayaka, or Zone Armed JIM" at
the rate of S12 month. The most note
worthy thing about the bill locally Is that
these are the only names by which the
beneficiary is designated, but in Mime
sofa those names are written in history, for
"Ono Armed jim has been a famous In
dian scout and performed service at critic
al periods in the annals of the late war
I which cntitle him to consideration from
the United States senate.
The appropriation of $50, 600 for deepen
| ing the channel of Kaw river where IL
empties into the Mississippi at Kansas
| City which was secured by Representa-
| tive Jerry Simpson of Kansas recalls bi
| of interesting history about another repre-
| sentative in congress who Is still remem
bered Kaw river is the same tributary o
the Mississippi that ex-Representativ'
White of Cleveland, better known as Yu
catan Chewing Gum White, once wadet
across. Mr.. White went down to kansa
| City to enlist as soldier in the late wa
between the states. The recruiting officer
decided that Mr.. White was not physicall
capable of bearing arms, and refused e
allow him place In the ranks. 30 PENN
less was he that there was not none
enough in his pockets to purchase night
| lodging. and many years afterward, whel
| he came to congress, he used to tell tn
story of how he waded across the river o.
> | the bar which Representative Simpso
now proposes to have removed and sleE
In the woods opposite Kansas City. A
Mr.. White tells the story, he was awaken
ed in the morning by the wolves that wer
licking his face. The same man is no'
= many times millionaire and spends $50
600 annually on his household in Clev'
= land.
81 am very much troubled, " said job
s. Wise of Virginia to IA reporter, as /
. walked across the rotunda of the capit'
u the other afternoon.
J. 81 attended a session of the Daughtel
u of the Revolution" continued Mr.. Wis
q | land one of the ladies who made an az
a | dress had the several sheets which contain
4 cd her remarks carefully pinned togethe
:, AS she proceeded with her speech 81
:, would detach sheet and put the pin
her mouth Then she would detach al
other sheet and put another pin In h
10 mouth. She kept this up for several mi
70 utes and yet she continued talking all u
1t time. want to know what became
a those pins. She certainly did not swallo
n Them and che did not remove them fro
her mouth. The thing was mystery
me at the time and 1t is mystery yet.
Speaker Reed enjoyed good laugh
,e Gently In his mail was . postal card
e. dressed to him, but on the opposite 81
was the following message:
Hon. William Sulzer:
God bless you is the prayer OF every spa
lard You ought to have monument erect
10 your memory in Spain. Yours in full sy
- patty, epANiA"D
It seemed to strike Mr. Reed as We
" funny that all of Mr.. Suffers heroic o.
a. persistent efforts In behalf OF Cuba shou
of have been forgotten by tho writer OF
q. postal card, who evidently only knew \
Sulzer as the congressman who objected
the consideration of the bill AUTHORIZE
ne two additional regiments of artillery n
he Sulzer will have to make another Cup
in. speech to keep in the procession.-Wai
he ington Post.
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