New-York tribune., 1900-01-29
AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
washington. January ..

| TILLMAN DoWNED FOR ONCE.-The Cullom
bill for the enlargement Of the powers OF the inter
state Commerce Commission was being considereu
by the Senate Committee Commerce. repre-
sentative delegation the National Board OF Irade
had called to urge the adoption of the measure,
Rarely is a more respectable assemblage seen a'
any place in the country than was this conjunction
of grave Senators and earnest business men, II az
fcrded Senator Tmsn opportunity to make an
exhibition of himself. With a tremendous ciatter
and bang he hurled himself against the proposition
How do know" he inquired in shriIl tones
that cut like knife the sensbilities OF the assem-
bled company. IF we enlarge the powers OF me ne
senatoT cpiion's Lincoinssque face flushed HE He
sent this cart hurting at his & aTa99"5 81 ssss m
the Commission? Are there no honest in
America? Is not the Commission at present COM
to the com@sson referred 10 this commttee. OF
which the Senator from south Carolina Is "a mem, m
sick of hearing this inane prattle about corrup-
For once Senator TilIman squelched.
THE PULCHRITUDE OF STATESMAN
When the besom Of reform swept the Hon. Jim
Ham Lewis out of place and power there came can
tering to Washington in his stead the ugiest mem
ber OF the LVIth Congress in the person OF Inc
Hon. Francis W. Cushman. Representative Cush-
Is proud of the distinction OF being the uSeSt
statesman at the capital and as he is only thirty
two years old he Is afraid he will outgrow 1t before
he gets himself firmly established in the admira-
ton OF MS constituents. He insists tnat ne Is not
the ugliest man in the State of Washington. ana
avows that in the bustling metropolis of Ia
coma where he lives. there hosts OF men with
whom he would confidently compete in beauty
show. Ham Lewis, declares Cushman. is the prize
beauty or the State of Washington and 1t was the
striking puchritude of Lewis that wrought his
nhdolng When Ham Lewis made his first race for
am After a season here he came back home the
SI; SIsss OIL fashion and the mould OF form HE haG
! whskers, new twists to his ambrosiaI locke. and
little POLITICAL sense as Ia don SiSrerent pa,r every
morning. Much ] desired TO come to Congress,
! was too magnanimous to call attention to the
since he came to Washing ton 1 actually felt sorry
Sr % s1or h for for m knew what easy M ytSTy there d Ta @
Jim Ham | realized that my triumph gould be so
gle and there would be nothing in 1t for my de-
scendants to exult over. The only cause of fear
take tumble to himself and discard his puchritu-
B %s aet ou 6d 0 his hew
ACQUIRED % ed beauty and was unable TO- take the mint
the babies screamed at sight Of him. I am certain
not do so.''
ITS AN ILL WIND-The chill wind that
shrieked 1t scampered up PennsyIvania-ave. had
caked the amber in gstenng ice crystals upon the
whiskeTs of Representative Thomas Chipman Nc
Rae, OF Arkansas. and condensed into fog the
breath that streamed in mighty volume from his
nostris. But upon his right Jauntlly
resting his overcoat, and even the Prince Albert
affected by all statesmen at Washington was far
ing open. The spectacle of the legislator from the
sub-tropical South thus defying Boreas strode
down the avenue made women shiver and
button their coats closer around their threats.
This is not what can cold snap IN Ar
kansas" explained Judge McRea to an inquiring
friend. whose teeth were chattering mo. no: this
is nothing to what get in Arkansas when the
weather goes wrong in Texas. At such time
the Texas norther concludes to reverse It's course
and take the back track we catch it, and these are
the only times when we have real cold weather.
weather at Washington to-day is balny and spring
home than 1 do in Washington. Come to think OF
1t. the Texas norther is what drove me TO Com
Arkansas in the winter. And the blasted uorther
from AS vigiIant and "a prompt as the IVesthey
Bureau is, we can count on our wild and swift
through the enRs Of our doors s6us 4
he has reached the Gulf Of Msxico and concluded
Washington last winter is nothing like the Texas
norther when It strikes Arkansas. assure yOu and
believe the blizzard would seek its cave in the
Arctic Circle for very shame"
A NEW vIcE-PREsIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
The Hon. Edwin o. Stanard. o: st. Louis has been
in Washington several days attending the annual
meeting OF the National Board OF Trade. OF which
he is president He has attracted much more at
tention than would have been his lot probably, If
raging boom for the Republican Vice-PresidentiaI
nomination had not been started for him by Colo
mel Henry {. Payne, or Wisconsin, few days
previous to his arrival Governor Stanard. he
IS called in Missouri by Of the fact that he
was Lieutenant-G Governor Of that hIdebound free
silver State in the days of recons truction. is
of commanding presence, and would be striking
figure in any company. He is about sixty years
old. wears Chauncey Depew side whiskers, and
while serving in the House OF the X1IId Congress
was a pet of James G.. Blaine Western members
didn't cut much of figure in Washington in those
days. but the deep interest and a1ection the man
from Maine manifested for the Missourian who
then slender and bashful. caused the sObriquet
of "Blaine's boy to be bestowed upon Mr. sta9ard:
That designation has stuck to him in the minds OF
old Washingtonians, and it's significance to them is
the opposite OF disrespect- Governor Stanard
fused to talk politics with everybody except his in
innate friends while he here this week. but
the Missourians in Washington. irrespective OF po
liticaI affiliations, enthusiastic the sug-
gestion Of his nomination for the Nice-Presideucy.
He has not been in politics since he quit Congress-
than twenty years ago and Representative
Harmer of Pennsylvania. the Father of the
House." is the only member of that body who
served with him. During his observation I'm private
life the Missouran has devoted his great energies
TO business and is now one OF the most extensive
manufacturers OF flour in the country His milling
interests extend from Minnesota to Texas and his
-four sold all the world, He is prominent In
religious circles. and is a member OF the same
Church as President Mckinley.