Evening star., 1899-02-11
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found II policy to leave my samples un-
opened at the hotel. rather than to talk
business when l knew that my talk would
weary my customers. There is a time for
all things. and l have had experience
enough to know that it is not the time for
talking trade to merchant when he has
his own troubles under consideration. The
west is the best place for the amateur
drummer. for the reason that throughout
that country goods are sold not sold
without much talking. while in the east it
is just the opposite, great deal of talk
with or without sales. Throughout the
south successful salesman has to put in
lot of diplomatic political talk. and the
higher sounding and more bombastic he
makes his language. the better it goes"
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Il have had some experience with Gen.
Otis, observed a well-known club man to
Star reporter, land I was not much sur
prised when / saw that he read the riot
act to the Fflipinos and cleaned them out.
Gen. Otis is one of the most careful and
conservative officials that I have ever met
He makes up his mind wonderfully slow,
but when he does arrive at a conclusion
it is for keeps. as the Filipinos have learn
ed, and may again learn before he gets
through with them. He is never in hur-
ry, and is the mildest-mannered man that
you ever saw, but when he gets a-going he
does not hunt out a stopping place pre-
lerrlng to keep on going. / had a half
dozen opportunities of observing that out
IN Omaha, where he was in command for
a long time. and a rather notable one in
savannah last winter. Gen. Otis was the
president of the court-martal which tried
Capt. O. NJ Carter on charges of con-
spiracy, embezzlement, defalcation and
other things too numerous to mention
Among the many persons who were called
/ TO testify was fellow who had once oeen
clerk for Capt. Carter, but who had after
ward gone into the railroad business aud
IIa hal II
Tor A party who had sued the government
for some land which had been taken in
connection with the Improvement of the
savannah river, but the suit had been COM
promised, and Col Barr the Judge adyo-
cate of the court martial wanted to bring
the facts out so that some of the motives
leading to the compromise could be under
stood. Inc witness declined to answer the
questions put to him and became quite
saucy about 1t. Gen. Otis as well as the
otner members of the court-martia1 knew
that they could not legally compel an an
swer from an lnwilling civilian witness and
on his declination to answer informed him
that he would be excused. The fellow made
no attempt to leave the witness chair, and
started out to give his ideas on professional
ethics and an explanation for his refusal
lie mad told some of his friends that he in
tended to have some fun out of the court
but he had not got five words out of his
mouth when Gen. Otis fell on him like a
thousand Of brick, saying: You are in con-
tempt OF this court sir and until you purge
yourSelf OF this contempt you have no right
here. Leave the chair immediately The
witness saw that his mad was uD and he
got out OF the court room in less time than
1t takes to say il, forgetting all about his
intention to have some fun out of the court
1t was the way the thing was said that
produced the sensation. The witness will
never forget it, nor will any of those who
heard it, and it still alarms IIm when he
Is told that Gen. Otis is about"