Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-06
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e 81 had a pleasure Christmas day that
falls Ia the lot If very few men of my
Hge said Representative Livingston OF
Iirursid. cony ersing with some friends al
fh- Riggs last night. My father ninety
Six years old. and still hale and hearty.
isme down To Atlanta from the old home
d. the country and enjoyed Christmas dim
Ter with and my family. When the
avar ended he was getting along on the
shady side Of life, but he has always taken
lhe best Of care Of himself. and to that he
yves his remarkable longevity,
J-Hlik- some of his democratic brethren
H. Congress. Mr.. Livingston is an out-and-
sUJ txDanSionist, believing that policy to
a., for the best interests nf the whole coun-
airy. and particularly The south He real
lis that some of the best states OF the
south became a part Of the Union the
result of a policy Of expansion.
The south ne said. is today enjoying
b. era of prosperity never before expert
sHced in the history Of the country. Money
j. plentiful and everybody is in a con-
di;ion ot contentment. The people of the
south are rapidly perceivins the Importance
=: making up their own cotton product and
st.s 4 consequence many new mills are be-
ing erected
This year has been exceptionally good.
WIKI cotton N and = cents. the people
We're fairly weIl-Jo-do. They lived within
their means and now. with cotton at
rents they find themselves with money
@aIDr.-- There IL every opportunity for safe
Investment and nearly everybody is put
ting his earnings into permanent improve
ut~-
For a number of years. when MIR. Liv-
1lg-t0n was candidate for reelection to
Congress. he has met with more or less
opposition in his own party. Al times eX-
Secretary Of the Interior Hoke Smith. who
J. now owner OF the Atlanta Journal. was
~ participant. Upon this last visit to his
district the representative was pleased to
receive assurances thai harmony now pre-
walls and that Mr.. Smith is numbered
among his warmeSt supporters.
Ex-senator Pugh of Alabama is spend
Ing the winter in Washington. and almost
every afternoon ne may be seen at some
uae Of the down town hotels, puifng large
rings ot smoke from good cigar and chat
ting with his old congressional colleagues
nud friends. The senator served for years
on the judiciary committee and at one
time. when the democrats were in the as
tendency in the Senate. he was its chair
Nan He served with such bright legal
minds as Alien G.. Thurman. George F. Ed
Inunds and the late ex-Attorney General
Garland. and he is the poS$"sSor of a fund
ot anecdotes which are always listened to
with renewed interest Senator Pugh was
chatting with friends in the Riggs House
lobby Tuesday afternoon. when his atten-
lion was called to a dispatch in The star.
announcing the result Of the legiSla tive
caucus for senator in Kentucky.
blackburn Is sucC eSSful.'' his friend OBJ
Is that sp2' said the senator, as he took
sCoth@r long draw at his cigar. Turning
partially around in his chair and resting
az arm more heavily upon his silver
kuubh.d cane. he continued:
so Joe Blackburn IS successful Well,
I'm 80 glad. I'm glad for Joe'S sake, and
Tn douhIy glad. too. I'm for Joe every
time I'm for Joe because Joe's for him.
There seems to be a pretty well-defned
impression in Ohio that Representative
Kerr of the Mansfield district will have an
opponent for denomination in the person of
the ,x-spe5lker OF assembly. Charles G.
IGmbus. at the National. ''Laylin. who
lives at NOrwalk. in the upper part OF
kcrr'S district. is deeply soured over his
failure to secure the appointment of United
States attorney for the northern Ohio dis
1rict His friends maintain. according Il
come OF the stories now going the rounds
of the state. that when Ohio was last ger
rynaudered the district was constructed SC
as 10 include Laylin's county and in the in
terests of his candidacy. They further de.
clare that he would have been "a candidate
for the congressional nomination two years
ago but for the assurance that the district
attorney ship was within his grasp. Before
left home 1 understood that. as an effort
10 pacify Jaylin, and through the Influence
of Senator Hanna. Governor-elect Nash haG
offered Laylin the stewardship of the Ohio
penitentiary. which is said to be lucrative
position.
.Oh, yes I have no doubt that some OF
the stories come from a democratic source
but 1 was only telling You what l hav,
heard.
There's Bill Clark" said an elderly