New-York tribune., 1900-12-16
WASHINGTON NEWS NOTES.
washington. December Is.

washington. December Is
CHAMP CLARK ACCOUNTS FOEs L---.1.n,. Dn.- -
Champ Clark the roaring orator. "Ho ,x,--~.1-,
IN Congress Mark Twan's old nome ~ -S,
has found out what struck BryanisEn on Sove 1H'-,
..1+ vyss r,uIas" {" said Mr. cla k In missouri
English THAT Is" he went on TO say % -,
explanation 'It was mules ana TINS 49, .- -.
ance with Great Britain that the Kepuono -
got US into. During last spring aho So. suH lie.
Rrtsh Government bought thirty thousanD -.ao
g., Missouri for the monstrous war In South Ar 20
This demand ran the price Of mules up upomoieteiy
and s75 to SIS and hSe .uDpiy Of mules in MIS-
souri, less than fifteen years years 0 vo,, know is the
s4s.t Ssse ns sae in the Union and as the 9TGe
Of mules went up she y nonis for the frst time
in National election verify ,d1t oeESyts our party
have lost MssGursra dx the hen nHrtiss keep ght
Ing there is 40 telling what VIII h@ppei "
In the next election
A FoREHANDFD SENATORIAL AsPlhAsi A1H,.,,'c :.
TO the average washingtonian the most pa.4s
sign that Oklahoma Territory soon VIII De aon A1e
a. a state Is the fact that Colonel Nat MCKAY
has transferred himself. bag and oassase.
the National capital to Guthrie the e1P
Oklahoma Colonel Mckay for years n0S -,.s -
vaulting ambition to be Senator Of the Uni.eu
States and has been casting about TOT IaNO
soil In which 10 plant the seeds OF his asplra'i0
He believes he has at last found IN OKlahoHA -.t -
soil he has been seeking for such long tinie - -,
Colonel would come to the senate sa bseH ser close
t1dePt Of IegsIation and the various functions OF
statesmanship for more than Iweny wen oy ye On the
statute books which bear the impress OF oI nis IN
McKsy owns ms "a hotel among other things in this
city al and at this ho6g Il IL is s afgg1 way
to-wft. through their stomachs. II is at leaSt an
rosgress tive in Colonel McKay's hotel than in
homa and becomes a Senator he will meet more
than close friend in the august Senate cham
ber
SENATOR STEWARDS PENITENCE.-senator
Stewart of Nevada. who. next to Senator Pettus'
Of Alabama is the oldest member OF Congress. Is
not too old to WELD a quick tongue. Meeting
newspaper friend In a streetcar the other day Sen
ator Stewart said Hello. young fellow. Where
have you been so long?"
The ribald newspaper man. thinking TO ehide the
Senator for deserting Bryan and gong back TO the
Republican party replied with gFat show OF
been with them all the time. sir"
as am and secure feel in my position in
society. would not venture in any crowd ot
the Democrats"
PRIVATE ALLEN PHILosoPHER-"Pri-
vate' John Allen. OF Mississippi. who for sixteen
years has been the funny Of the House OF
Representatives. retires from public life with the
expiration of this Congress. His retirement IS
partly due to falling health and partly due TO the
ambition Of an upstart,' Mr. Allen calls his
successor in Congress. Last summer Private"
Johns physicians put him under a severe regimen
to diet, and warned him that If he wanted to
live he must be prudent in his habits. For the
space Of at least a week Mr. Allen followed strictly
the advice Of his physicians Then ne resumed RS
since and looks better than for year or more
I've been dcdging my doctors ever since began
roast me-" said the Mississippian. II came to the
conclusion while was under their regimen that
l would rather be dead than prudent; so here