Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1901-09-28

AZ 70 90 OUT and'9ueIl the disturbance.
Just as that functionary returned into
the courtroom the shooting began out
side. The Judge said to the sheriff:
"Didn't tell you to stop that rowr
eyes, judge answered the sheriff;
4 tried, too, but 1t was too late. When
I got out there, the id lie" had al
ready passed."
Apropos Of that story a member as.
serted that 1t was a historic fact tina,
in a murder case Kentucky judge In
an early day decided that the phrase
above mentioned was equivalent to the
first blow.
Major McDoweI's Mot.
Not long ago I was In the room OF
Major Alexander Mcdowell, clerk of
the house which room is also used as o
reading room. was reading a. news
paper. Itsso happened that there were
two or three other Democrats In the
room at the time. Captain Dovener,
Republican representative from the
Wheeling district, came in and re-
marked:
Major, have you converted your Of
fee into a rendezvous for Democrats"
Whereupon Major Mcdowell answer
ed:
when / find a Democrat who can
read, am so delighted that 1 am glad
to give him the run of the premises.
President PendIeton and Horace Gree.
ley.
Major McDowelrs mot reminded me
of a passage of arms between Horace
Greeley and Dr. William x. Pendleton,
who was for many years president of
Bethany college. West Virginia. He
came of the old Virginia Pendleton
family, which has given so many SOL
diers and statesmen to the republic.
He was an accomplished orator, schol-
ar and gentleman. During reconstruc-
ton days, when all the West Virginia
representatives were Republicans, DIR.
Pendleton, who was a Democrat, came
to Washington and while here was in
troduced to Horace Greeley as "Dr.
Pendleton, president of Bethany col
lege, West Virginia"
Horace looked at the courtly Virgin
ian and in his shrill tenor said:
Judging by the sort of congressman
which West Virginia sends to Wash
ington, had concluded that there are
no colleges in West Virginia"
"Ah, Mr.. Greeley" replied DIR. Pen
dleton, with a graceful bow which
would have done honor to Lord Ches-
terfield, "all those West Virginia con-
gressmen whom you have met are Re
publicansl They are not fair samples
of the intelligence of our state"
Cleveland and the Tariff.
The Maryland ex-representatiye be-
fore quoted also made this statement
In the cloakroom: "In 1888 Senator
German went TO the st. Louis conven-
ion as the representative of Mr.. Cleve-
land with a set of resolutions In his
pocket which had been submitted to
President Cleveland and John G. Car
Isle and which bore interlineations,
changes and corrections In the hand
writing of those two great tariff re-
formers. Arrived in st. Louis, German
offered these resolutions to the commit
tee on resolutions, of which he was a
member, as the platform of his party.
He was antagonized by Colonel Henry
Watterson, who had also gone to the
convention with a ready made plat
form in his pocket He and German
locked horns, and battle royal en-
sued. Watterson won out by one ma
jority In the committee on resolutions,
and the Kentuckian's platform was
adopted by the convention, and upon 1t
Grover went down to defeat. In the de-
bate in the committee Senator German
stated that his resolutions had been
lndorsed and amended by Cleveland
and Carlisle. Some incense burner did
not believe this and telegraphed to
those two WORTHLESS at Washington to
find out. Carlisle could not be found.
and his secretary telegraphed, signing
Carlisle's name, declaring that he did
not remember or know anything about
1t, and Cleveland has never answered
to this day. Senator German still has
his original resolutions bearing the al
terations Of Cleveland and Carlisle"
1 hereby add this as my estimate of
Arthur P. German: He possesses the
most acute intellect, as well as the
most perfectly Greek head and face, Of
nil the public men upon whom ever
clapped my eyes. He is facile princeps
Of the parliamentary leaders of this
age. While not an orator, he is terse,
forceful and luminous speaker, and
when he retired to private life the SEN
ate was minus the greatest political
strategist that ever was a member Of
that august body.
Taken For a Circus Man.
Once when Senator Chauncey NJ. De-
pew formed one of the cloakroom par
ty. the subiect of personal resemblances