The Dickinson press., 1898-06-25

an attractive woman and appeared to me
siovenly almost to responsiveness, and had
a look Of boldness about her which is
absent in a lady. I was told she was
writing a story to be published as a ser
ial in the Police Gazette.
On Monday, in company with Mr..
jewell, l visited the house for a few min
utes and promptly at IL noon, Speaker
Reed, smooth of face and head, appeared
In his ponderous right hand he grasped
the gavel and in that peculiar Yankee
drawl all his own. said: "The house will
please be in order" and then he raped
his desk three times in succession and
each blow was delivered with a force
sufficient to fell the widest, toughest
steer that runs on the Dakota ranges.
There is something about that man that
irresistibly draws one to him. He is
brilliant and brainy, and though he rules
the house with an iron hand and by those
who oppose him is called a car, the wis
dom of his method Of ruling becomes APP
parent after watching that body for a few
minutes. 1t is a veritable 'bull pen,"
and by no other method is capable of
being ruled had wondered why the
speakers desk should be Of marble, but
when l saw Tom Reed thump it SO Wig
orously my wonderment ceased. A
wooden desk in the house would last the
present speaker about as long as a snow
ball in-Chickamauga Park today.
On Tuesday evening l again visited
the house and there witnessed one of the
most ludicrous scenes that ever came
under my observation. There had been
an evening session, but it was after ten
o'clock and in the whole chamber there
were only six persons, and three of those
were in the party | accompanied. The
others we're: The man in the chair,
speaker pro tenn, a member from Ten
nessee and a member from Louisiana.
AS we entered the Tennessee mar was
delivering a speech. He seemed to gain
new inspiration by our addition to his
audience for in a momenthe was making
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ing Hawaii and was bringing to- bear on
us all Of his powers Of eloquence and
oratory, and they were by no means
meagre. AS he warmed up he used
many startling gestures and struck in
Vulnerable dramatic attitudes. In fact,
he could have made no greater effort
had every member been in his seat lis
tening to him and every chair in the gal
leries filled with interested spectators
who were cheering his every utterance.
Finally he concluded, not until he was
completely exhausted, however, and was
perspiring as though he had just finished
a three hours drill on the s~un-scorched
field of Chickamauga, and then, out of
pity as we'll as approval of his remarks.
began to applaud him, and-he actually
tainted, at least it so seemed. He buried
his face in his hands and leaned over his
desk. My applause awoke the man in
the chair and all unconsciously our party
began to laugh, and laugh loud. AT that
the man from Louisiana arose and began
to read a speech in opposition to the one
Just delivered, and I'll be derned if the
Tennessee fellow did no immediately
even to remain and listen to a brother
member-but he continued, and we left
him reading to the solitary man in the
chair. In due time l have no doubt the
constituents of those two honorable con-
gressmen will receive printed copies Of
their speeches, if SO, l hope the printer
will show my applause-'cause that's all
they got.
In his speech a few days ago at Omaha
l see that Col. w. ]. Bryan sounds what
he calls a note of warning against the
annexation of any territory, and particu-
larly Hawaii. In respect to Hawaii he
seems to Numerically oppose the policy
Of the president, who is commander-in-
chief of the army and navy and, lsup-
posed, a superior officer of Col. Bryan's.
A lesser light than Bryan might be called
upon to defend himself at court-martia
for such effrontery. While admire the
: patriotism of Bryan which prompted him
to enlist and think it all right that he
/. should at the start be made colonel, al
though he was like myself and thousands
l Of others who have enlisted as privatcs,
absolutely without previous military X
perience, still l think that Bryan's intel
ligence as a soldier Of Uncle Sam, might
! prompt him to drop some of the pecu.
~liarities as Bryan the politician. 1t
t seems, however, that it does not, and no
doubt his utterance was we'll planned
E and he took occasion, while in his "rcgi.
mentals," to deliver a political speech,
| Bryan is shrewd enough to see that silver
r is a dead issue and that I6 to / will nc
longer be heard in the land and he is
e shying his caster about for an issue for
1900, that the Democratic party can 60
before the people on. Well, his remarks
i, are right in line with the attempted ac.
e ton of his party's caucus in Washington
last week, and as three-fourths of the
American people are in favoro Of Hawaiian
annexation, l have no doubt that Bryan
OIL will line up his party against that propo.
sition. That's as near the people as the
Democratic party usually gets-that is
o it used to be that way when l was a civil.
ian and allowed to discuss politics. As
r an enlisted man in Uncle Sans army
now have no right to discuss such sub,
n jects, and what have stated here vii.
be considered as referring to the past
k Respectfully, LA. SIMPSON.
MI ~Highwaymen on Wheels.
A wheelman Of West 4oth street, New
{ York, was attacked, robbed and lef,
J senseless by two highwaymen mounte
7 on bicycles in Central Park. Repeated
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