Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-02

90 henderson viii be elected
m 10 will attain the position
~ ne has been longing many
q. WAS an active candidate In
10 time Reed was elected. This
!, Years ago, and the contest has
49,, forgotten. There were 1--WE
.s,s The leader was Thomas B..
= lsss as cynical, IrasciOle and dc
S,.be is now, but man OF such
~ toce that he carried all l. before
S,,, IN the race stood william
49, already something Of a pres
-i,audldate. After him was julius
81 Burrows who, as a congress,
-. something Of bulldozer and
-, but who has done better since
,,re 10 the Senate. Ben But
',es Of Ohio had aspirations in the
g,,edon, but he finally withdrew
Iy.spleys favor I heard the story
,,i.y. It was only a short time
7. me House had been called to
and al Just about the close oil
,,,sdlng Congress. 1t was known
4. Republicans would have the
ealy and the speakershlp candi-
we're being selected. II was
~ that Mckinley had ambitions
\ vas also supposed that Butter
!. would be In the race. AT this
!, us,a Mckinley went to Butter
a and asked him point blank
.oc he was going to be a candi-
The question was a leading one
Bsilewcrth hemmed and hawed,
I, aid he did not know that he
rs3Il As he ala SO Major MeKin-
Sd
Tsa Ben, II you don't want the
It.ss | DO am going to be a can
n and suppose can count on
b sp,or, as well as on that Of the
4 the Ohio delegation
\. usault was such a surprise that
-rgorth IN his good-natured way
imsaled to support Mckinley be-
NJ actually realized what his prom
r..st and as a result he was out
tA nee
l,SAer candidate was Joseph G.
rra o. Illinois, and. last Of all was
= D B. Henderson Of Iowa. The
,sst ended in the selection Of Reed,
b Ia, controlled the office as far as
b Republican party has been con-
bad, from then until now.
ca Henderson at the time Of that
Iz.x Was for,y-nine years Of age. J
3 tity-nine now, and is a stronger
b han he was then. His hair has !,
h-l from black to gray, but his face
Ut Is rosy and his blue eyes just
ksht He Is a handsome man, tall, |
-lAi and fine looking, with a chest
b ihaehmlth's bellows and a heart |
sg Is the dome Of the Capitol. He
rake strong man In the Speak
y saalr He Is a man Of character.
stands by his convictions, and is
n The few public men | know who
n s'Hylcllons. He IL ready to fight
WAT be believes to be right, and
ighi IN the Speakers chair as
aTty Is he did IN the northern army
~ tie late Civil War, The most
"a DEEDS are not always those OF
attAeld. Henderson was a good
l'F He entered the army as a prl-
eu the age Of twenty-one, lost his
bullet IN 1863 but went back to
I'd as colonel In 1864 and served
he var closed. His career out
~ amy is TO me more heroic than
S'lee In the field.
I iHosi continuous pain from his
1A he has kept smiles in his eyes
wage In his heart. He has gone
Z 'li done bis work without com
-as The jolliest Of the jolly, and to-
| w would Imagine that his life for
-''s been such as would have con-
We ordinary man to the sick bed.
I ''sid vas In the ankle. A bullet
n sheny had shlvered the bones.
\ ~ doctors told him that his leg
= ave 10 be taken on. He would
\ ~.sht and for several months
n ~ against amputation. saving he
"a ~ ne was young and could stand
r. srhaps save his leg. AS time
k,, ne grew worse, and soon saw
~ es must come of. Since then
81. zen amputated seven different
-. small section being taken off
n, ~ ehtu n was finally cut on
E.rssr knee. The most OF these
| 49,, nave been made without In
~ WIN the regular work. All
\ \, VI hem have been msde With
\ ss we Of gas or anesthetics. and
~, nnlch was perhaps the most
49,, 49, all caused him 10 neglect his
\, . .rs.Isncc for less than two weeks
!, 49, gay after the amputatlon ne
} !. ,.,as whist He may have more
h h :, sa y. While In the Speak RS chair,
b N Nv, Nhlll not be shown In his face
IA, IVY the speakershlp Is BY no
t,..'s i,aa . Tom Reed has a con-
/. !. s. .ss mat Of a Percheron horse,
n. ss-p sand the strain. The mes
nm, stskers who preceded him have
=, a,salih undermined BY the ar
|, n, .vllss q the position I knew
"a h c.n,i"' wv ne was speaker. he !
!. az ,osallhual pain from the govt,
u a ron oyerwork In the end.
N .aiilsle came near breaking
M I !. his speakershlp. He grew
ser n fall and as sallow as sole
usr,l ae pald no attention 10 physl-
n ~, rode 10 and from the Ca
b IA ~. street car and worked every
= f,, sunday His only recreation
slq ss' s'ilaire and now and then
To- , sauls OF poker with his friends
eis~tiagss ! don't mean that he
\ h. 81, , ie.er' but ne is a Kentuckian
NJ n.y. 'n !, excitement OF cards. The
,..-s,s !, o. his game was 1--WE cents. ,
u ban" was only a penny. Car !
y He,ss.G playing solitaire is cur ,
= b + "a s, . deck Of cards before him
B. win . ,.llng TO his stenograph- ,
VI \, .' carry on a game the same !
W ,s Sa.sx,ering his letters or COM Z
y AZ, sSs'h His mind seems to be {
p IA, y bui The words he utters j