The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-19
STORIES OF SENATOR VEST.
A Type of Statesmen That Seems to
Be Rapidly Disappearing.
From the New york journal.

FROM the New \ DIRK journal.
That statesman of type fast leaving,
George Graham Vest of Missouri, lies on a
bed of death at Asbury Park. So the wires
tell us. 1t is doubles true as Mr.. Vest
himself, basing his conclusions on his
physical condition, has of late frequently
predicted his early taking off. To say
the truth, the nearness of the hereafter
in his case did not seem to worry him
much He faces the future with the same
determination and courage that has char
acterized him in his whole personal and
political career.
you can always tell when a Senator
is about to die" said Mr.. Vest with
gloomy cynicism one day toward the end
of the extra session He was walking
about the Senate corridor in his custom
airy style, but stopped briefly to moralize
on signs and omens.
Always when a man is going TO die
you will find other Senators In his seat.
Other Senators or visitors. / never knew
1t to be otherwise. and l regard il as sin
gular that you have never remarked it
yourself When poor Walthall was at
home awaiting the call his seat was never
empty. II was the same when Harris lay
dying. Some one or other was always
in his chair, and The added somewhat
vigorously, 81 have been walking around
here two hours waiting for that Virginia
man, John Daniel to get away from my
desk"
When he was confined to his house a
short time ago Senator Vest looked du-
biously upon his chances for recovery.
The second day of his illness Col. Ed
wards, one of the Senate employees, called
to inquire touching his condition. The
Hawaiian annexation resolution was then
under consideration, and Senator Caffery
had the floor. The Louisiana statesman
In accordance with his custom, was pre-
pared to deal at length with the question
under debate. 1t may be remarked by
way of parenthesis, that there are but
few frayed shreds of Information out
standing after Caffery gets through with
a speech. He leaves nothing unsaid, 10
Ignorance unlighted. Senator Vest In
ouired of Edwards the news of the Sem
ale and received it without comment.
''You will be over in a day or two, sem
ator." said Edwards cheerfuDy, as he
was taking his leave.
'sNo. Jim. don't believe l shall" weak
ly replied Vest. Its up to me now, sure.
1 am a dying man, Jim, and L doubt II
TN ever be back in the Senate again."
YES You will, senator. You're Just
a little down on your luck You'll out
live IL ALL" said Edwards. Don't talk
that way; you make me nervous"
Edwards" responded the senator, SOL
EMMY, II am surely losing my grip.
much doubt if I can live until Caffery
finishes his speech"
II is a pure accident that Vests name
Is on the Missouri list of statesmen. lie
broke away from the blue grass district
of Kentucky i'm 1853 and headed for Utah,
With an ultimate view to California. II
was overland travel in those days, for the
Pacific railways did not come to mortgage
the nation for upward of fifteen years. a
snow storm and the impossibility of navi-
eating Missouri mud caused Vest to go
into winter quarters at Georgetown. As
a graduate OF Center College, Kentucky
an institution which has produced more
lawyers, statesmen and warriors than any
other seat OF learning In the land-Vest
regarded himself as entitled to practice
law anywhere on the face of the earth
and why not Georgetown?
, lie intended 10 continue his journey IN