The times., 1899-08-30

torrent of debate or tempestuous conflict,
Henderson will have one of his usual at
tacks of fiery paroxysms. He viii either
engage himself in some colloquy with some
floor member and will lose his temper, or
will call James S. Sherman, Of New York,
to the chair to preside. That is what viii
probably be done Sherman is in every wise
a better parliamentarian than Henderson.
Sherman will never know how he was beat
en- for the Speakership, that is, he viii
never feel like admitting the truth.
THE truth is, that he was beaten by one
of the few evidences that the common pee
pie ever give of remembering their sup
posed enemies. He reported favorably the
anti-scaIping bill. 1t passed the House. He
was persistent in its passage. The scalp
ers throughout the country, by organization.
ignoring that any other member OF the
committee or any other member of the
House had aught to do with the measure.
addressed Individual letters to members OF
Congress in the districts where they lived,
calling attention to the fact that their re-
quest was that the members could vote 1or
when they pleased for Speaker, but by all
means vote against Sherman. Sherman
friends fell away from him, each giving ai-
verse reasons, for the truth is as given
above. Sherman, however, is too big TO no
tice petty grievance. He tried TO retire
tion to the Governor of New York. Presi-
dent Mckinley sent for him and offered him
a place on the board Of appraisers IN New
York City, at salary of 1000 year Tor
life.
Reed persuaded Mckinley that Sherman
could be Speaker. Reed gave cut that
he was not going to be candidate Tor
Speaker, saying nothing about his anticl-
pated resignation. Sherman declined the
appraisership in New York and supported
with magnanimity his beaten colleague,
Israel f. Fischer, whom the President sub
sequently appointed. Sherman will serve
the session out and then retire from Con-
gress He will be the candidate of the
Republican party for Governor of New
York to succeed Roosevelt and will be
hard man for the Democrats to beat
Mr.. Beiden's Ambition.
Another man in Congress whose destiny
Is little obscure, but interesting, is James
j. Belden, on the Republican side. He has
only sixteen millions of dollars. In 1858
he went to California in the gold excite
ment. Looking around him. he saw there
were no COWS, and, therefore, no milk.
He has been a man who has known milk
ever since. He drove two cows over the
plains and got them TO California, went
into the dairy bushes, and made sixteen
thousand dollars in sixteen months. In
three years he had made $44, 600. He went
back to New York and began investing his
money and is today the owner of vast
properties, among which is the Manhattan
Hotel in New York city. He began the
erection of this hotel, and before the foun-
dation was laid he had leased it for more
money than the land or building cost him.
Reed was very kind to Belden. Belden
never made speech. He never attempted
| it. He paid for it rather than talked ii.
II is he who, more than any other infiu-
ence. is responsible for Mr.. Reeds going
| to New York. 1t is known by those in a
confidential attitude that Mr.. Belden en-
tered into personal agreement with Reed
that If he (Reed) would go to New York
and join the firm which is Beldens coun-
sci, he (Belden) would make up each year,
for a period Of three years, the necessary
amount to equal $4,000 a year. At the
end of the three years apprenticeship OF
the great Thomas he viii have to shift for
/ himself.
'-Belden will be looked after in the next
| House through the influence of Mr. Reed
Belden wants high place on the Post
! office Committee. One would wonder why
! and then one might think of the pneumatic
4 tube contract still pending. and then think
| of Belden. There may be many more
| changes under Henderson, but none more
| interesting than those recounted.''