The age-herald., 1900-01-01
THE SENATE HAS
 ITS SWEETHEART It Loves One Who Has Wooed
 and Won It. BEvERlDGE IS THE BELLE The Icy Front Has Been Broken and the Staid Old Statesmen Have Bestowed Their Affections
 on a Neophite
BEvERlDGE IS THE BELLE

Washington, December 31.-(Spec!aL)-
 The senate has a sweetheart.
 For tine first time in many years this denified and august body of political vet
 c:ans has freely and unreservediy given
 its affection to a neophte.
 E It usually takes from five to ten years
 to gain the confidence of the senate, and
 almost a lifetime to possess it's love. After
 years of service the senate confessed its
 love for Matt Ranson, of North Carolina,
 and when ne Was dceeated the members
 without dissenting vote demanded that
 he be sent to Mexico with a salary of ST.
 900 year.
 Inc senate venera,ed Senator Morrill,
 and sorowed deeply for him when he
 died. It bore long with Senator Harris, of Tennessee, and while it resented his auto cratic ways and dctatorial manners toward the members, the senate, nevertheless, loved him.
 The senate loves Allison, of Iowa, loves him as one loves cool, crisp November cay, gray, but invigorating. Il quarrels with Senator Hoar and becomes impatient with him at times, but it loves him for his curtain lectures and because he loves 1t. saz a5=-----f--.-f- The senate has an abiding faith in Sena- tor Lindsay, the big jurist from Kentucky, and Is wont to pat Senator Chandler af- fectionate;y on the back and remind others that his bark is worse than his bite. Loves Jones of Navada It loves to sit in the cloakroom with Senator Jones, of Nevada, and shake its sides while he puffs at his cigar and tells 1t anecdotes, and how things are done out west. It holds the hand of Foraker and bids him trust and venerate it. It is open in its admiration for McComas, the pol isg.ed gentleman, and has a fondness even for it's bad boy, Billy Mason. In money matters, it leans with abject faith on the broad shoulders of Cockrell, of Missouri; and when Morgan, of Ala kama, is mentioned the senate remains silent and listens to his praise as one might hear an encomium upon his mother. Nor gan is loved and revered and Wolcott is petted and spoiled.
 It has no fear of the biting sarcasm of Vest, for love knows no fear. When Till man grows violent the senate shuts it's eyes right tight and presses its face against the rugged countenance of the South Caro- linian, but listens to all he has to say | It strokes the long gray hair of Teller and caresses his bending form. It accepts the stately homage of Cullom and courte- ses before the superior parliamentary powers of Frye, of Maine. It lends an attentive ear to the blandishments of Ba- con, and salutes with dignity the aged warriors from Tennessee and Connecticut, Generals Bate and T1awley. It occasionally welcomes Joe Blackburn as a guest, and when ahe is disconsolate takes sip of Bourbon with him. When John J. Ingalls criticises it, the senate only smiles and extends its hand to be kissed, for it knows that the Kansan loves 1t, even while he chastens. It glows beneath the fervent glances of Culberson, ot Texas and tears are mingled with its smiles as the bent form of ex-Senator sherman enters the chamber It holds up warning finger to Hale, the Beau Brummell of the senate, and reioices | when 1t is invited to the q1ospitable home of Senator McMillin
 The New Sweetheart The senate loves nearly all who have woed and won it, but not since the old days before the war has it opened it's heart to a sweetheart
 When Beveridge of Indiana was elected reports of his youth and earnestness reach ed the senate and the older politicians looked at one another and smiled. Boy wonders had been there before Young men full of enthusiasm had been sent to the senate only to be awed into a respect l full silence. Beveridge was said to be l beardless and handsome. When the sen- l ate next heard of Beveridge he had gone l to the Philippines to study for himself the l eastern question, and forthwith it decided l that when he came back he must go on a
 committee which would never hear of the | Philippine question.
 For time he was said to be lost, and reports came that he was last seen on the firing fine with our troops Some of the | wisest thought it spectacular but clever ]! bit of advertising.
 l The senate was sceptical of Beveridge l but it waited to see him before it would pass its judgment on him. There were a I good many stars on the stage the day the young Hoosier made his appearance.
 There was Depew, whose first appear
 ance had been billed months in advance,
 and there was McComas, and Clark, the richest man in the northwest, besides a
 score of men who had been in the senate
 for one or two sessions previous.
 The senate really thought very little
 about Beveridge until he was actually in ! dts midst. And when it saw him the mem-
 bers gathered about fim as a lot of old
 beaux might stand waiting to be intro-
 duced to some unheralded belle in ball | room.
 l At first sight the senate fell in love with
 Beveridge. He has a smile that could soft
 en the hardest heart toward him, and an
 intellect that can charm the greatest poli-
 tical synic
 The senate never does anything by
 halves. It had loved many of its sons one
 for this virtue and another for that. It
 had pardoned offenses and condemned in-
 suits, but in the case of the youthful sen-