Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-02
HERE Avn THERE.

Senator Aliens long distance record for
talking proves mighty handy in his present
business, Senators know all about 1t and
wisely refrain from doubling II or provoking
a repetition. A few days ago. according to
the Washington Post. Senator Allen believed
that his resolution calling upon Secretary
Gage for copies OF the correspondence be
tween him and President Hepburn OF the
National City bank OF New York would be
opposed. He was primed TO meet all Corners.
Three enormous law books. filled with de
cisions, were piled upon his desk and he had
newspaper clippings and public documents
enough to fill a library. The display was SO
conspicuous that every senator saw T. and
so significant that its meaning was easily
apparent. YOU will either agree to this
resolution" the books and papers seemed
to say. "or else you must listen TO an attack
upon the administration in general, ami
Secretary Gage in particular"
The senate knew its business. The resolu-
ton was passed without a word OF oppo-
sition.
The c%ruelest blow of all has fallen upon
the horse. Mans ~favorite stoed Of other
days was slowly regaining his former place
in public esteem, and watching with equine
emotion the waning popularity OF the bicycle,
when the automobile appeared on TIE track
and sorcly Jared the monarch of the turf.
One high-spiritel animal. the Chicago va
ricty. resented the intrusion OF the motor
vehicle and fled from the narrowing speeta-
Gle. He cut a hole as big as a tunnel
through the fog that enveloped the boule-
ward, and touched a wo-minute gait for a
mile or two. Pedestrians sought to check
his speed In vain. Yells and "whoas' filled
the air, but the frightened horse paid no
heed. Then was presented "A spectacle cal
culated 10 provoke a riot in the horse family.
The automobile took after the runaway, and
after as pretty a race as was ever seen on
the lake shore animal power succumbed to
electrical power and calmly submitted to
the halter. Evidently the horse is now up
against a harder proposition than the bike.
The strangest spectacle of this rapid age,
a runaway automobile, was witnessed in
New York recently. Some of the machinery
got out of whack and a section of the cur
rent hurried the driver from his seat into the
street. Then says local account, 'the
machine dashed on. It was now heading
for Keith's Union Square theater. with a
general air OF determination which would
have put to fight even the gorgeously at
tired guardians OF the doors at that place.
The peanut vendors along the Fourteenth
street side of the square gathered up their
wares and carts, wheeling confusedly in all
directions. Men In the pursuing mob eN-
citedly yelled Whoa" and then stopped to
laugh at themselves. But almost before any
one knew II the automobiles wild career
had come to an end. The statue of Wash
ington interviewed. With a "whirr" the ma
chine dashed into the surrounding iron rails.
There was a crash, and ten feet of the rail-
were torn away. One of the firmly planted
iron corner posts was uprooted. Against the
solid base of the statue, however, the vehicle
came to a stop, its heavy wheels still grind
ing and crashing away until the rubber tires
had disappeared.
The inalienable right of freaks to life
and liberty and the pursuit of the festive
dollar has been affirmed eloquently by a
Chicago Judge. Unfeeling solous sought to
restrict those rights by law and draw
state wherein culture grazes, beyond which
deformed persons dare not go. They were
forbidden to exhibit their defects to the
curious. Ossiied men and hairy women.
masticators of glass and nails, were denied
the right to show themselves for a price or
hand out a few gold bricks to the multitude
OF lays. Possibly the law was intended to
safeguard the guys from the wiles OF
bearded ladies' or the irresistible charms
of Missouri's giantess. The freaks inter
preted the law as a thrust at liberty and
chased the odious thing into court and out
again. The result is a Spionkop triumph for
artists OF the deformed school and con-
elusive evidence that the immortal declara-
ton is not a back number.