Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-02-02
CHAMP GLARES EIIER
His Opinion of a Typical
New Highlander.
PERSONALITY OF DIEGLEY,
Wisdom of Retaining Able Men
In Congress.
NAMES POWER AT TIE CAPITAL.

nWE At THE 0APITAI.
Her Delegation Tn the House the
Most I~nnaentiai, According 10 NUM-
hers, In That Bo~dy-Dinxley was
ssrenw intellectually and OF solid
Ast.,nw.ns.-R.es n Ma.tsr Of sas-
---n,.-,.-.~..,o v,.-
Especial Washington Letter.
In these letters / have three distinct
purposes-frst TO aid. build up and
prupaRate rure Democracy; second, TO
maka money third 10 give a correct
1870. - u,,ta- oo,-.as,on.l a
- r..s
tnem
Amos D. cummings says naI .
average length Of service In the house
Is four years. 50 assuming that boys be-
gin reading newspapers at 8 and some
now Of that are viii live to be sS-Sen-
ator Morr;lI,a aga-and .Aat thev win
,h.n ~ q 600. On -gansr.tion. ~
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srlen.neslc. reau Nnsoe
ordinarily these documents arc pui0
" pohtieaL D one Is st1ct9 nonPo-
nteaL IL radic@ Deinocia' ma
tufe personal opinion :. .aolcA. ne
puoncan-e Mlssourians oOser'Anons
Oh typical new Englanae..
Inc neurology OF con.
gress u pecanar IN TINS: IL Is tne nrss
time Witnin he nIe o. Z onsIe
INA M STATE lAlssisslppil ioA' Doun
ner senators oy oeash' ana 1na' anosne
STATE lMaineh win a. nAny io
representatives. LOST nan on tnem Ii Hs
same way.
Mnen TINS congress nIs1 eonVeneo
me elaine aeiegston IN me nouse CON
sisted OF Inomas brscKett reed Nei,
son Dingiey. Setn AiAnnen anu
Charles Aodison boutene-an ron o.
iusry nIe ana apparently aestlhed .oE
many years upon tne puohc stage; ios
MAINE representauNes seem 10 no1u
tneir seats oy as certain 3 tenure = 40
a peers Oh England NOW Ai. Mill
ken and Governor Dingiey are In tner
graves Let US nope tnat "sfter htes
niful they sleep weh
Governor DinsIey.
Governor Dingley was q college bred
mar and an indefatigable student, par
hcularly in everything pertaining to
finance. He reyeled in statistics. and q
book made up entirely Of figures had as
great q for MIN as the latest
novel has for q girl OF 10.
de was a frequent and instructive but
not g pleasant speaker and had q veal.
rasping voice and e wen developed
nasal twang.
MI. Dingiey's commanding position
at the time az his heath teaches a most
important lesson
The north In general New England
In particular, understands thoroughly
q wisdom OF retaining faithful and
capable servants In congress for long
perloda believing correctly thath there
Is anything In q man Il will be devel-
oPed n his influence In the national
councils increased precisely In proper
uon 10 ais length OF service
Daniel webster Edward Everett,
Ohm y. Hale. Jacob Colamer, John
quincy Adams Hannibal hamin. WI
lam Fut f~essenaen' henry wilson.
Onaries sumner james q Blaine and
others passed mos Oh their ives aiter
teAcnlns u eongressionai age IN Wasn-
nsson eity'
Maine Strongly ~epresented
Take the case OF Maine once more
When her delegation in the house was
composed, as it was until recently, Of
Reed. Boutelle, Miliken and Dingley,
It was the most influential. according
10 its number, in that body. 1t was in
influence growing no less ont Of length
OF service than out OF inherent capacity.
Experience Isl hard school, but there
are hundreds OF things about the com
plicated congressional machinery which
can be learned in no other. They do not
BY instinct or intuition No genius
or eloquence OF learning can compensate
for this positive knowledge Of details
and OF Legislative machinery; knowl-
edge which may appear trivial to the
nnininated. but, as an aid to a success
career OF vital Importance
NO length OF service IN congress could
a man Ike Reed or Wilson I'M
less be were lowered by nature with
shining talents and a nimble tongue