The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-07-30
SOME VIEWS AT WASHINGTON
my q EDWARDSO

% a lady who lives in Walker County,
r.xas. and thereby hangs story
For more than half century inns on'.i
bought at auction by Mr.. Ball res'eu ~
the basement OF the capitol iar oei'"
tho senate chamber, where Its owner s"'
as a senator
In 1s4e one OF Alabamas greatest nen'
mentally as we'll as physically, Dixon H.
Lewis answered the roll call as one Vi
the senators from Alabama PhySlcai'''
l., vas ,be largest man who had ever
come TO the capitol as representative VI
his people in either branch OF cousre's'
weighing 46S pounds. it became neceSS"i!
"a have a chair made for his use, An ol1-
fashioned chair. made of mahogany anu
upholstered was made for ana occup''N
nv him while in the United states SEMI
II was sent to the basement upon nj ~
tirement from the senate aad was He1e'
brought out until David DAVIS o. llii'o %
very large msn himself, came 70 w
senate When the chair was placed AZ Us
desk Davis, seeing its large pFopoI .10 10
pushed IL aside and attempted TO take ms
seat IN an Ordinary 10 ,,,aioht and
which wsnt down undeF ms we.A III.
landed the senator On the floor 70 ln
amusement of the senate and the galleIle''
when the Worlds Fair was held IN Ch''
ago some one. not acquainted WIN Inv
real history of the char. brought u uI'
and it was shipped TO Chicago for the NJ
nois state building under the impres+lou
,bat T. was the chair of David Davis
The mistake was discovered and me cha'r
was returned to r'st IN tne lols'"e NparIv
Wnere II nau ~ senator Lewis are
Iiving in walker county, Texas. They
have for some years past been maNlnS an
effort to recover the cti'Ii MA
their FAMOUS auceSV"l' ~ 49, 80
to ascertain lus MheIe rr,1d
dNest OF MISS biinu's N'TtS, ~, mi,
daughter OF SeH'oi $500 nit-.{ng he
undertook 10 Huu ~ ma ,,ata,,,, VIII,
support OF senator : eL.u' OF ,,'t-a,d r,b,
kne" ana ADMIRED oeHa'oi NE ba d,I
comes from 'he sal,le couu' a., ha,,'
Ihe cha'r was HhliiE loVa,ou - ' oo,,IS h.
ment OF the capl'oi. as no.ii,7 fIr,, -,
done with senate PIoPII1y "',nou ,,ott ~,
proceedings az VI, 'sli ~. ~ 60,
chalr was conuelnnVH anu Stiu "a -,
Eeant-s l-AIhlS % tne = nat ,, an ~ NJ,
IN oy MI DAN WIZ i'u II ''i'F
Lewis a..... ., ,.o-o-,..
Inc ch'iI !, IN d nue 80 " ~ 80 ",
llon' espec!allE Ln We" VI ~ 80
us nohuse Iol nan centIl' - -,
eepuon OIL the te" years 'n4' law" Ia
used IT,
A gentleman who has had large eNpe-
rience with campaigns and the way they
ava ,ors,,,od cold ~ mo the other dav
,,,s.,,,. -.
lnaI one OF 1He most ui'I'u'U 'l'4-''
that beset the managers OF poltcai cam
paigns is to find suitable people to en-
Inn. with tho c,,,,,isn funds He sai1
,D, -, ,,,.a.n;o,,.- +. 10, q,
mat dlter years Oh experience !" na' o-ol
business frsnsactions can M, be- trusted
with campaign money Insteld Of spend
ing the money for the purposes for whic1
u Is L1naeu 70 mem lneS u.'.oSi &c
naien managers have 6gured out that
about one in every four men entrus ed
with campaign funds appropriate the mos
of It to their private uses.
He told me of a man ia Lincoln wbC
has a National reputation as a pOlitica
leader who received from the Nati1Ga
committee OF his party some years ago the
sum Of 1920. 900 in lump sum. He sale
It was known now that this man had spea
only $4,000 of the money for the US,
,, Of the campaign and had pocketed thu
other 900 He also said that tbs SAM,
man would be given campaign none.
again this year. for he was too big a ma
in his State to be sighted, besides the
! had no way Of telling whether the mex
/ man they handed the money would NJ
q, be as big hog as this one. So. that cam
paign managers have come to look for
leak in ons man out Of every four. Lot
of men come out OF every campaign will
fat purse and that accounts for the larg
{ amount of money collected in modern
q campaigns.
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The administrator, g., -i,,i,- .,u, o..
H.. -. '.--
'' uNuel s1dnu WI
e. Inc British government ny giving nor
p official Endorsement to tha 6ob, an N
Beers IN South Africa Nv disn,tcb d.
g rbo D.. 80. go. 'u' p''ou
q lIv o3l OF IaSt saturday and which ap
c b. po't eu IN 'he 4dSt SUNDAY edition OF Ia
Il bss ~ cIo 'oos' 'Hce Oh ietter ina
70 n l'%1 Zen gong OUT rom tha ourelu c
e t ,s mere upnolding the slaughter c
c ,1e boer farmers and approving the re
@ Wv Oh tne boer5 to a complete stat
g vo,,. w 'Ns n'luSn crown
4 VGM cOmeS the cnlet OF the bureau c
G sla'iSIts, MI o. p. Austin, and goes Tn