Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-11-18
MANY SEE HENDERSON
The Iowa Congressman Besieged by
Newspaper Men on Arrival at
Washington.
Declines Interviews on the Questions
Of Committees and Prospective
Legislation.
Peculiar Case Of Attempted Suicide
at Cedar Rapids-News of
Iowa.

Washington, Nov. 1s-Register spe-
cial: Col. d. b. Henderson, prospective
speaker of the national house of rep
resentatives, arrived last evening and
registered at the Normandie. The COM
| ing of Col. Henderson had been antici-
pated by the alert newspaper men and
in short time more than score of the
representatives of metropolitan news
papers We're at the hotel desk sending
| up their cards. Col. Henderson re-
ceived them all. just as he has been ac-
customed to receiving them during the
| past eighteen years. But when they
asked for interviews that was a differ
ent matter.
| Nobody knows better, and probably
no one now quite so we'll, that the
| speaker of the house must be non-com-
initial. Col. Henderson comes to his
exalted position we'll equipped by ex-
Iperience, as well as by natural ability;
| and he knows that the man who is to
| have complete control of the initiatory
! legislation for this republic must not
| foreshadow the policies which are to be
pursued. To give interviews upon
pending legislation would be to give
notice to all of the cSrmorants of the
Hobby what they may expect and what
| plans they should formulate for their
numerous schemes. Moreover, for the
speaker to talk about public policies
would be worse than imprudent; it
would be betrayal of condolences.
| The president is always the head of
| the government of the expanding and
expanded republic. To nobody does he
give his condolences so completely as he
gives them to the speaker of the house
| of representatives. Moreover, the
speaker is the recipient of the conf
dences OF the leaders of the senate,
which is the coordinate legislative
branch of the national legislature.
For the reasons briefly outlined and
| for numerous co-relative reasons, Col.
Henderson declined to be interviewed
for publication, but he received all OF
the newspaper men in the most cordial
manner. He talked to them quite free
lly about the recent elections and about
the vast questions which recent events
have brought prominently before the
people of this republic, and OF the
| world; but his remarks We're of gen
eral nature and not one of the trained
newspaper men here would dream of
distorting his friendly talks into the
| form of an interview.
4 Col. Henderson will be busy. very
/ busy, from this date until the adjourn
Inent of the Fifty-sixth congress. There
are many congressman already here,
and they are arriving on every train.
| The prospective speaker must see all of
them and listen to their desires in the
|matter of committee assignments.
There are upwards of eight, new mem
|bers of the house of representatives.
Each one of them has his Individual
Ambitions, and his ambitions for the
people whom he represents. Therefore
each one of them will want TO be on
this, that and the other committee. 1t
will be a gigantic task for Col. Hender-
son to properly dispose of all of them
without making serious mistakes and
without causing friction. But we all
know that he Will be equal to the task
Col. Hepburn arrived last Monday
and has been quietly looking after rou-
tine business for his constituents. He
is regarded as one of the strongest men
in the house and will from the fest be
a commanding figure in all matters of
Legislation.
4 Iowa's five new members are strong
men and they viii maintain the high
standard which Iowa has always main
tanned in the house by acting in perfect
harmony with the veterans. Henderson.
Hull. Hepburn, Lacey, Do!liver and
Cousins. 1t seems strange to speak of
Dolliver and Cousins as veterans, be-
cause it seems but yesterday when they
came here as young men, new begin
ners. But they have held their own
and have advanced to committee lead
erships Tom Hedge, Joe Lane, Lot
Thomas. Smith Mcpherson and our
friend Haugen, viii have TO stir their
stumps'' to do as we'll as these young
veterans have done from the begin
ming of their national careers. But no.
body doubts that they will keep up
with the procession.
DIR. j. C. Waterman has been ap-
Ipointed pension examining surgeon
at Council Bluffs.
Iowa postoftices discontinued-Arg
da, Jones county. mail to Broadway;
Hummaconna, Monroe county, mail to
Foster; Oakland Valley, Franklin
county. mail to Popejoy.
Harry T.. Vaudeville has been COM
missioned postmaster at Toetervlle.
The postotlice department has re-
newed the lease of station A, of Des
Moines postofiice, for term of five
years from January 9 next at the same
rent that is being paid al present.
4 The postoffice building lease at Iowa
City has been renewed for five years al
rant ofS mn nar appi,p,
John S. Barlow has been appointed a
carrier at Oskaloosa.
IOWA PENSIONS.
Original-David w. Bell, Sac City
Sc; James Phillips, Knoxville. Sc Addi-
tional-John Brewsaus, Oskaloosa, ST
to $40. Increase-Peter A. Heaton, Cen
trail City, So to SIT; John Elliott
Corning, sl2 to s17; George b. Starr
Manson, Sc to IS; Melvin Keith, Madrid
ts6 to S12 Reissue and increase-George
w. Smith, Coon Rapids, Sc to $40
Original widows-Mary S. Davis, ST.
Courtney, IS.
HE DRANK PAINT.
Cedar Rapids Painter Attempts Sui