The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-04-10

dress him with impunIty as "cush-" A
man is a fool who wears robe Of dig
nifty when he goes fishing. He viii trip
m in II sure
Quay Deep Sea Fisherman.
Senator quay. Of Pennsylvania. is ad.
dicted to deep paa fishing. The habit OF
angling, contracted in the trout streams
OF Pennsylvania, has grown upon him
to such an extent that ordinary sport
does not safety his craving any lon
ser. He needs must travel all the way
to Florlda and spend Ave days seeking
the fierce tnrpon. He has charming
little hunting lodge on the coast OF
Florida, and whenever he finds the
cares OF statesmansnip or politics OPP
pressing him. he takes the train and is
away for week or two OF sport. 1t
is a fearful and wonderful sight to see
the doughty senator from the Keystone
state standing braced in the boat.
battling with an immense tnrpon. and
when he has landed his victim hi
wears the look Of conQueror at the
close Of u battle. When times are too
busy to so 10 Florida. he does not dis
daln to take a whirl with the bass OF
the country and is ready any time for
an outing.
Senator Gear. Of Iowa. is known to
every guide and boatman OF the upper
Potomac. In fact, there is one famous
spot In the river called Gears Hole, af-
ter the Iowau 1t is near an exclusive
rod and gun club which the senator
visits. One day he was being rowed up
the river and had tried all the fishing
holes with Indifferent success. He Of.
rected the guide to row him to a Ger,
tain place which he had spled. and, af-
ter sounding the water, observing the
lay 81 the land, the character OF the
bottom and the drift of the current.
said there was good fishing there. The
old guide pooh-poohed the idea: no one
had ever thought of fishing there. But
the senator insisted on trying. and
withla an hour or two had caught
thirty magnificent bass. So they call.
ed 1t Gears Hole. and 1t is fished every
day in the season when there are
guests at the club house
Foraker Has Thrown His Hook.
There promises to be an expansion Of
the senatorial "Blg Four" into a big
Five" Senator Foraker, of Ohio. is
reaching out after some of the plscator-
ial laurels of his elders. He will have
to do some active fishing to get in their
class, but he has been making some
great records in the past two years. He
is fond of bass and trout and is enthu-
slastic upon the subject Of the Potomac
variety of bass.
In the house of representatives the
chief OF the fishing brigade is Repre-
sentative Heatwole. of Minnesota. He
is a natural born fisherman He will.
sit in boat for half a day with never
a Strike" and yet be happy. and. after
all that is the supreme test of the flsh-
erman. But let there come clicking of
the reel; the line begins to play out
slowly; Mr., Rnss has struck the min
now and is taking him away yard or
two before he turns and swallows him,
then as he feels the hook and starts off
the reel sings inearnest and the erst-
while somnolent anu dignlHed con-
gresham is all attention for the battle
royal which is to rage for the next ten
minutes. Mr. Heatwole has fished for
every kind OF game fish that swarms
sea, lake or river, and If any one should
suggest heaven without base
stream, 1t would be no paradise for
him.
Representative Babcock. Of wiscon-
sin, chairman oc the Republican con-
gresslonal campaign committee, vii, be
too busy fishing for votes this summer
and fall to make his usual tour of the
Wisconsin lakes. The records of his
catches are scattered through every
notable club book in Wisconsin. The
muskalonge is his fayoritc. This denI-
zen of the clear. cool lakes of the
northwest seems to combine all the
fighting qualities Of every game fish
that swims. You troll for him In
boat and when he strikes the hook he
makes a bee line for the boat The
game is to reel in so fast that he does
net get any slack line. for the moment
he does he's gone.
Spirit willing, But Flesh Weak.
Speaker Henderson. of the house OF
representatives, is a ishermnn-after n
fashion. The spirit is willing but the
flesh is weak. He has the instinct but
his wooden leg interfercs so he sits
on the veranda OF the club house all
day. reading and smoking and taking
In the glorious ozone OF the mountains.
chatting with the old boatmen, until
the boys" as he calls the others of
the party, come back in the evening
with their strings, and then he is as
much Interested as any one. He wants
to know how long this ssven-pounder
fought. where that big fellow was
picked UP. and. after supper, when the
fish lies arc In order, he always has
some sumner OF his own younger days