Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-07-06


man from Ciarinda, be as vociferous
and re~calcitrant as to the Reed rules as
he was under ''the man from Maine, .
or win he not switch around and valor-
ously uphold those rules which gave
him so much worry in past congresses
and which may now give him so much
poweri As the French would say,
'sNous verrons. Yes, we shall see.
If Colonel Pete still fights the Reed
rules. he viii be hailed as a hero. If he
do not. he sill lose his aureole
erai Henderson personally is a
snerous and lovabls man. The
faci t44t Mrs. Bland made a personal
request that he be invited to act as one
of the congressional escort to attend
her illustrious husbands funeral was
abundant testimony of the high esteem
in which the great silver leader held the
next speaker, and the further fact that
General Henderson cancelled important
engagements to accept the invitation
Is proof conclusive that his heart is in
the right place.
AT B1and's Funeral.
One Of the pathetic features of that
historic pageant was the walking to-
getEes Of Senator Berry of Arkansas
and General Henderson at the head Of
the congressional escort-Berry on his
crutches and Henderson on his cork leg
each having lost a leg at Corinth on
the came dsy-one in the Confederate
army, the other under the starry ban
ner of the republic. As these gray and
battle SCARED veterans hobbled along
many an eye was dim with tears, and
the thoughts of many a grizzled old
soldier went back to the awful days Of
1875 with fervent gratitude that we
are now living in a reunited country.
Henderson's good fellowship was IL.
Illustrated as We rode ont to the grave
yard. Somehow Senator Berry had lost
his pockethook containing all his cash
and his return ticket either on the train
or jostling around In the crowd. As
soon as he announced his loss, before
any one else could offer to render him
any assistance, Henderson ran his hand
down into his pocket, pulled out a roll
Of greenbacks, counted ont three $40
bills aud. in spite Of Berry's protests,
forced him to take them. There's broth
erhood for you.
A great many people crowded up
about the vehicle in which we were
travelling to shake hands with Berry
and Henderson. One Kansan asked
Henderson if he knew his uncle who
lived in his district, explaining that his
uncle's name is Gum. "Oh, yes, T"
cheerfully replied the general. 81 al
ways endeavor to keep my Gums with
mel
Everybody, especially Mrs. Bland.
was glad that General Henderson at
tended the funeral.
don't know how General Henderson
is fixed financially, though 1 have al
ways understood that he is not rich.
But If he can stand the expense l pre-
dict that socially he will be the most
popular speaker since Blaine. He is
fond of society, and cuts a splendid fig
ure in society. With him 1t is not a
perfunctory performance, gene through
with as a matter of duty, but he enters
most enthusiastically into the enjoy
ments Of the occasion and makes people
enjoy themselves. His wife and daugh-
ter are much like him in this respect,
and the speakers receptions will be as
popular as the presidents. This will be
a great change, as both Speaker Reed
and Speaker Crisp lived at hotels and
entertained very little.
Eastern -LawIessneas.
Preachers taFred, feathered and rid
den on a rail in Mainei A colored man
and brother hunted by q mob in Con
necticut bent on hanging himl What
is the world coming to anyway We
are certainly on the broad road down
hill to the bowwows instead Of on the
pathway TO the millennium. When /
read the account Of these barbarous
proceedings in aesthetic and godly New
England, | really had to pinch myself
TO see If l was awake
This spring. when the Massachusetts,
iegislature-oh. / beg pardon abiectly
on my marrow bonesl l really didn't
mean to write the word legislature-it
was lapsus penB@. When the general
court Of Massachusetts, Il think that's
what they call their ~lawmaking bodyl
was agitating for the repeal Of the law
banishing dear old Rodger Williams for
preaching the gospel some hundreds OF
years ago, I had high hopes that New
England was becoming liberalized, not
that the repeal would have made any
difference to Rodger, for he has long
been beyond the reach Of human malice
or human 1attery. but it would have
helped Massachusetts,, and that's why /
rejoiced. Now, my hopes Of New Eng
land n dashed rudely to the ground.
II the departed spirits Of the mighty
dead take any eognizance Of perform
ances on this mundane sphere, how the
Of Charles Sumner, Harriet Beech
er Stowe, William Lloyd Garrison and
other distinguished and defunct New
Englandefs must swell 10 bursting with
indignation-tnat il. IL souls can burst
when they learn that that Connecti-
cut mob is chasing q colored man with
blood in its eye. murder in its heart
and a rope in It's hand. To them surely
this latest manifestation Of Connecticut
philanthropy and Chris-
tian charity Is the saddest chapter in
the book Of time. Hereafter, when Sam
DO goes larking around in the Nutmeg
State, he would do well to look ont for
bis neck, for the lynching habit is more
contagious than the measles. the small
pox or the bubonic plague.
m Devil Loose.
There used to haaaaying, "Thea devil
has fFokentossefn 6eergiai" How II
! do not knoF. Neither am
advised as 10 what IT meant, but
whatever It was Il must have been
omethinEAwfuL With merely a change
a geography, Il really appears that
the devil has broken looss In New
England, for scarcely had I dried my
ears over the imminent peril Of that f,
man and brother IN Connsctieut
han my eyeballs were scared by read.
ng = blood c1rdling account Of how
lYangelists Higgins and Clement were