Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-01-12

keep him on the rack q few moments
80 ! answered: mo, my fritnd,
you are mistaken Don't you build any
air castles On oeckrell's dying young.
Hen live to Be 100, a. be comes Of 3
long Lived stock en- both sides Of the
hoasa. Is strong as an or and takes par
ticularly good care Of his health"
G~laastene's Public Career.
As q matter Of fact the end Of Cock
Feli's 9Th term would fnd him only
u, and IL he great bogy man ohaun-
cey Ives Ffley and his gang do NOT
catch him and al the rest Of Us he may
rival Benton's career, for a more useful
man was never sent to Washington BY
any stats.
In all history / know Of cnly one par
iiamentary record that exceeds Morrill's
In duration, and that is William E.
Gladstone's. he served in the house Of
commons for nearly e5 years, but in
England. eyer since the passage II Lord
Grey's reform bill and half q dozen
Others Of the same sort extending the
suffrage, . seat in that body Is still
very much Of . hereditary possession In
many fnmiiies
Counting his part Of a term as vice
president William e. King Of Alabama
served longer In the senate than Ben
ton, but not continuously. Between two
Of his terms be served four years as
minister to France.
II was 46 years from the time that
Henry Clay was first appointed 10 the
senate till be died. still a member Of
that body, but in the meantime be had
served several times as representative.
four years rs secretary Of state and went
az minister abroad to help negotiate the
treaty Of Client and spent several years
in private life.
Had be remained continuously in con-
gress-as be easily could have dome
bis would have been the longest paFlia-
mentary career in American history.
Nathaniel Macon Of North Carolina
Is said 10 have served 81 consecutive
yesrs In the two branches Of congress.
but the tradition is not true. his entire
service In both houses hardly exceeding
Senator Morrill's his senatorial service
being much shorter.
Stabbed by HIS Friemds.
John Sherman entered congress with
Morrill,, reached the senate earlier, and
had be remained in that body during
all the terms for which be was elected
would have served 8s years-as he be-
gan his senatorial career in March,
1861, and would have served by reason
Of his last election until March 4, 1899,
had not Mark Hanna squeezed k:z out.
AS 1t was, he served SO years in two
divisions Of is years each. Betwixt
these he was secretary Of the treasury
for four years under Hayes and wound
up, or, more properly speaking. "pe-
tered out" with about a year and a half
as secretary Of state under Mckinley.
The sum total Of Sherman's service in
congress and in the cabinet is about
AK years, which came within a few
months Of equaling the total Of Senator
Morrill'A
Now, il really looks as though John
had had enough TO satisfy human am
bition-which has been denominated
''ths last infrmity Of noble minds"
but II reports are true he is one Of the
~nnhappiest Of mortals. and Is contem-
plating taking . new start in politics
by running for governor Of Ohio. A
long time ago the presidential bee be-
gan buzzing in Johns homeland once
heard the music Of that pestiferous in
sect forever banishes all peace Of mind.
Johns magnificent palaces at Mansfield
and Washington, his millions Of wealth.
his fine library. his large and fixed place
in history-all these cannot make him
forget that he was chiseled ont Of the
presidency more than once by pretended
supporters, stabbed to death in the
house Of his Ohio friends.
Tribe Of Judas
It is almost impossible 10 get up any
genuine sympathy for John in his cheer
less and loveless and disappointed old
age, bat q mere locker on in vienna
may express the opinion that he was
Just about as good as the rest Of the
Ohio Republican gang and that be was
shamefully treated by them. He deserv-
ed IL, no doubt, for be sinned against
light and knowledge. He ought TO be
beaten with many stripes, according to
the Scripture rule, for be knew bia
duty and did 1t not, but that does not
help his partioipes criminis who fawned
upon him only to betray; for nothing
can make any Of the tribe Of Judas
smell sweet in the nostrils Of mankind.
There ought TO be honesty even among
Republican politicians
Lord Byron, after enumerating every
thing else sweet In nature that he could
think Of, said, "Sweet is revenge" BE
ought to have known, for he tried them
all. Honest people everywhere, whether
they love John or not, will wish him
well SO long Al he is engaged in apply
ing q lash Of scorpions TO the McHan'
Mates, sticking his poisoned stiletto IN.
der the fifth rib. taking their scalps and
in other ways evening up the bite
score between them.
Johns sad plight once more teacheI
the ambitious what shadows we ar
and what shadows we pursue.
} So far as Is known the presidential
maggot never entered the brain Of Sen
ator Morrill,. II 80, he happily es
capped the torture which wrecked thI
happiness and crushed the hearts Of
long line Of illustrious statesmen O
whom Henry Clay, William II. Craw
ford, Stephen A. Douglas. William q
Seward, James @. Blaine and JOIN
/: Sherman are the most celebrated.
Memoirs of Statesmen.
, It is to be hoped that Senator Morril
left Ms. history Of the exciting perios
in which be was in the public service
He was admirably fitted for such work
His congressional career began in tn
middle Of Franklin Pierce's administra
! ton and extended 10 the middle Of vii
liam McKinley's-times that trie'
mems souls. A book Of rec5llections b,
Senator Morrill, would be a valuable
companion piece to Jeferson's "Anas,
Madison's works, John Quincy Ad
ans diary and the books Of Thomas II
Benton, James g. Blaine, John Sber
man and "Sunset'' Cox.
It's really 3 pity that more America