The age-herald., 1900-02-25
NED BRACE ON HARRY WALKER,
 THE CORRESPONDENT AND POLITICIAN

and chopped deep into the vftals of schemes and proposed corruptions. The other New York congressman became jealous of the notorlety. bordering upon fame of the Eastsider and eoncocted schemes to get him to discuss matters in the cloak room of the house of representatives that they might catch him in the ignorance of pulp licly written views. They had prepared one day to show him up before a great gathering of his colleagues, but Tins na- tive Irish wisdom was with him, and when quesulons of which he knew nothing, but of which he had apparently written ably. were prOpounded to lim he replied Gen tlemen, would you know Tins views, read after Tim. Life's too short for me to be schoolmaster to men who should have gae intelligence to hcsd their seats in con- gress.''
 Walker continued Campbell in congress for several terms, though, properly coach ed Campbell never made public speech in the house, contenting himself with print ing several strong speeones in the Con gressional Record, which were sent out broadcast.
 
 Speaking of Congressional Record speeches. have known of some very funny ones. On discussions of great questions up- on which all members of the house of rep rese1staItives would define themselves to their constituents a general '9eave to print is granted. In other words, members can print speeches in the Congressional Record without having actually delivered them. There are men in Washington who quietly make a living by writing speeches On one occasion one of these distinguished earners was hard up and on the same day was called upon for two speeches on the same subject. In his desperation he used car bon and delivered the same speech to two different statesmen. The Congressional Record the next morning was badly edited. The speeches followed one another. Some busy-body discovered it and heralded H far and wide For awhile the professional speech writer failed to thrive and the num- Der of daily printed pages of the Congress- ional Record were perceptibly decreased.
 MT Walker talked about the New York political situation bit yesterday.
 If we want to win in the presidential United States senate, it is said that twenty six of them are millionaires," said we'll known politician. "In few years there will be an unwritten law that only millionaires will be eligible to the senate. I am not cyn- ical as a rule. but it does look as if the government was being owned by the plu- tocrats If none but millionaires could go to the senate to-day, Alabama would be unrepresented, for there is not single individual in the state worth million. There are several corporations rated up in the millions, burt Brandsreet does not rate any individual in Alabama higher than $500,0O0 Very few of the southern states har- bor millionaires. Many men who are said to be worth nearly a million are not worth half million. Five or ten years hence we will have millionaires, but to-day there are not ten of this class in the entire south. Three of these are in Virginia, and there is one in North Carolina. The others are scattering. The senate needs statesmanship. but that dfminishes with the increase of the money bags"
 ."There is a growing appreciation of the opera and the drama and of all forms of amusement" said veteran advance agent at the Arlington "When I first started out only worldly people, so-called, attend ed the theater. The church people, with the exception of Episcopalians, Catholics and Jews, regarded the play house as very sinful place. Presbyterians, Baptists, Disciples and Methodists, composing the great majority of protestants, did not pat ronize the theater. But today the condi- l,ax, andjanpaq include representatives of all the religious denominations If the Presbyterians, Bap- tfsts and Methodists still pronounce against the play house, the 'pews no long CT regard the laws of church as binding The tendency seems to be toward more Liberal view all along the line.''
 
 Padcrewski used to be an inveterate bil- Hard player, but he goes to bed early these nights and never indulges in his favorite game; at least he does not play billiards while on "the road" J4e travels in pri- vate car, and goes from tl1e music hall or opera house to his car, and, after par taking Of light supper, retires for the night. His car rolled out of Birmingham for Mobile Saturday morning at o'clock while he was fast asleep. The only persons who met Paderewski after the concert Fri day night were George F. Jackson, seere- tary of the May Festival Association, and a representative of The Age Herald. The latter had known the famous musician per- sonally for many years, and was glad to talk over old times. Mir Jackson first heard PadereWskf in Dresden seven or eight years ago. T was much pleased with my Bir- mingham audience" said Paderewski. Ut was very appreciative and discriminating audience Birmingham is a most bcautifuI city. I drove out in ahe afternoon and was delighted with the residence part of your town. l had made a tour of the south once before, but this was my first appear arce in Birmingham. I shall look forward with pleasure to return dates.'
 The habits of many musical celebrities are peculiar. Nearly all of them are high flyers. Theodore Thomas is a great eater. After every concert he indulges in a big supper with champagne. Paderewski is genial, and is glad to meet strangers, and Is fond of gay society. Thomas on tl1e other hand, is bored by society. He rarely accepts social invitations.