The Washington weekly post., 1900-12-18

the special tar at first. but the third CON-
pany, which / have in mind. did not
There was considerable salk about Il. arc
the question OF taxes on express COM
panies became a burning one in our VIZ
cinity. / took The ground that the COM
pany refusing TO pay the tax had had
tip from headquarters. as illustrated By a
story that I frequently repeated TO ny
constituents:
Jones came 10 town looking for an uu-
dertaker for Brown.
is Brown deadF everybody asked.
No. was the answer everybody got.
What DO you want an undertaken for.
came the universal inquiry.
Because Brown is very sick answer
ed Jones. and the doctor says he is going
10 die. Brown is taking medicine and the
doctor knows what he Is giving him"
s>Junior Smith Of the Michigan dele
CATION thinks the illustration a pat one.
especially as the test case regarding pay
melt of the tax came from Michigan,
and declares that he hasn't lost faith in
the justice OF the tax he proposed. al
though the leaders OF the House beat him
Representative Sulzer Is pursuing the
policy OF Brer Rabbit In she House abou,
his Boer flag that sailors brought him on
the day Of the Centennial exercises. aad
he fully expects TO get II again or have
another new one in its place.
The Speaker told me IL would keen
quiet about Il / should have my flag
back" said flr. Sulzer contentedly yes
terday. 1T was purchased down on the
Avenue for S75. and brought 10 the hall
by sailors. for two OF them came 10 me
afterward and told me so. Il was not
government property; il was private prop
erty. But in taking several flags OF the
desks OF members my Boer flag was grab
bed up with the rest. and probably has
been sent over to Brooklyn. BY the Speak
ers direction a request has beea sent n
Brooklyn TO search for it, and II II Is not
found. l am to have { new one"
Representative Bellamy, OF North Caro-
lima. IS widely Travelled ard cultured and
appreciates the beauties of his own coun-
try Il have Travelled" said he. "oyer a
good portion of Europe. I have looked
upon the picturesque scenery of Switzer-
land. grand and Inspiring During
the past simmer / spent but lit
tie tine In my own district. obeying the
wishes OF the party managers that /
speak in the western section OF the state,
and tell them from the stump something
about the conditions In our own section
of Tar Heeldom. Thus. / had an oppor-
tunity TO revisit the mountain section of
North Carolina, near the Tennessee line
and / convinced myself that there Is no
more beautiful scenery in the world than
that locality affords. campaigned, through
the wonderful Johns River Valley and
visited the Blowing Rock, where you can
look down 1900 feet, and can drop your
coat or your hat and see ii sink a couple
of hundred feet. and then be whisked sud
denly upward-I was going 10 say back
upon your head or your shoulders. But
1t comes back again 10 where you are
standing. The people there have more
civilization than they are usually credited
with. The men served In the Union armies
during the civil war. and in many Sec
tions have steadfastly remained Republi-
cans since that time"
Mr. Bellamy's seat was contested at the
last session. and Congress adjourned with
out having any report from the committee
regarding it. The prospect is that no ad-
verse action will be taken about II al this
session. Mr.. Bellamy was reelected by a
majority of 1l,756.