Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-05-22
The Il NATIONAL CAPITAL i /
Stlasge Requests Made on Uncle
Sans Benevolcnce.'
AN AMB1DBxTRoUs STATESMAN.

Missouri member told group of a let
ter he had just opened asking for "a
package Of gherkin Seeds" Another
Missourian was prompted to speak of
a lady in his district who had written
for "a sitting Of government eggs"
ter which called for "some battle ak
tobacco seed" A South, Carolinian
told Of q constituent who wanted q
sample Of "every kind Of apple tree the
department of agriculture is distribut-
ing" Then q Wisconsin representa-
tive told of two of his commissions
from the people. One was to send a
Webster's dictionary and the other was
to buy a stallion. A New Jerseyman
had written for Smiths onion report,
which his congressman had finally de-
cided meant Smithsonian report.
The Tennessee member of the group
had letter from humorous minded
constituent who said he wanted PEN
sion, but If he couldn't get it he was
willing to marry the sister Of a con-
gresham. The department Of agricul-
ture has put out a bulletin on poultry.
In the pamphlet breeds are illustrated
by pictures. A Mississippian sent the
bulletin into his district and the first
response from appreciative constitu-
ents was in the form Of request for
a pair of the chickens labeled "Ameri-
can Wyandottes.' Uncle Sam is to
grown up children what Santa Claus ia
to the little folks.
Senator Tillman is ambtdeXtrOuS.
This is an accomplishment Of which
no other statesman in Washington, it
Is believed, can boast, writes the New
York Tribune's correspondent. Viewed
from the gallery, the senator's perform.
ance Of writing with both hands at the
same time on separate pieces Of paper
is marvellous. He doesn't often give
an exhibition of this double action
photographic skill. 1t is apparently
only when two great thoughts come
into collision in his brain and struggle
for the right Of way or when too much
steam is put on his cogitatfng ma
chinery that he seems to feel called
upon to scribble with both hands at
the same time or alternate the pencil
from one hand to the other.
1t is said that the reason Senator
Tillman learned to write with both
hands was that his constituents In
South Carolina objected to his answer
Ing their letters in "printin" after they
had elevated him to the senate. They
resented the intimation In typewrltten
communications he sent to them that
they couldn't read writin." This pre-
sumably forced the senator to relieve
the private secretary paid for by the
government of the duty of attending
to his private correspondence and take
upon himself the arduous task of an
Bwering with his own hands every let
ter received from South Carolina.
One of the most forcible Impressions
made upon listeners to the Hawaiian
debate in the senate is the dire need of
an agreement among the senators as to
the pronunciation of the territory's
name. 1t would be difficult to get to-
gether anywhere sc persons who have
more original and various ways of pro-
nouncing the name than the sc solons
who are legislating for the islands. No
two Of them pronounce the name alike,
says the St. Louis Globe-Democrat's
Washington correspondent, and when
there is a spirited debate on some
amendment, with several senators all
talking at once and pronouncing the
name according to their varying
whims, it sounds like an echo Of Babel.
Senator Morgan, who was one Of the
Hawaiian commissioners, thinks the
name should be pronounced Hawaii
yah. Senator Pettigrew, who has been
there, calls it HAWAII, with the 81"
long and the accent on it. Senator But.
Ter accents it on the first syllable and
calls it Ha-way-eye. Senator Allison
also calls it Ha-way-eye, but he &C..
cents the second syllable. Senator
Hale is believer in the first syllable
rs the bearer of the accent. but he calls
it Hah-wah-yeh.
Senator Plat of Connecticut calls it
Ha-way-ah. Senator Aliens pronun-
citation is nearly the same, but he gets
in two US and makes it Ha-way-yah.
Senator Spooner's version Is almost
the same AZ Pettigrew's and slides the
q and together so quickly as to pro-
Iuce pronunciation almost the same
rs Pettigrew's Ha-wa-ah. Senator Till
man pronounces it Ha-wah-ee, with
the accent strongly on the second syl-
liable and the third hardly audible.
But Senators Teller and Chiffon joint
~ hold tho prize for novel and origi-
nal pronunciations. Mr.. Teller calls it
Hy-wy-ah. with strong accent on
. the first syllable. and Mr.. Chiffon calls
it Ha-wi. with the accent on the Sec
!, ond.