The midland journal., 1901-08-16


would prove profitable. AS it is, q
member may. and frequently does. con
tent himself with delivering the SNOWY
parts of his speech and printing the
more tedious but substantial parts
This process certainly saves time, even
II it Increases the bulk of The Record
and, as 1t costs pot of money per
hour to run congress, it saves money
Another thing If members are not per.
mitted to print, they will speak more.
However that may be, one day Judge
CulberSOn was making some remarks.
| and the hammer fell upon him In me-
| dias res. He said:
'Mr Speaker, ask unanimous
The speaker, supposng ne was max
ing the usual request didn't wait foe
him TO finish, but rattletl.o of the stereo.
typed fol nula, "The gentleman from
Texas asks unanimous consent to ex-
tend his remarks in The Record
"Mr. Speaker, Mr. Speaker" shouted
| CulbeYSon ''you got that wrong,
! dldnt desire 10 extend my remarks.
What | want Is leave to withdraw all
I have said
This was such an unhpard of per.
| formance that 1t knocked the sneaker
| all of heap and 1t was severa! sec.
| onds before he stated Culhorson's s
strange request The members laugh
ed and whooped till they nearly crack
ed the glass roof.
"Pow'ful Regular"
Contrary to the general belief. there
| is little pecuniary profit Ia serving in
congress. 1t is easy enough to say and
is frequently true that many congress
men and senators would not make $5.-
600 per annum at home But the DIFF
| ference In living expenses, the neces-
I.sary and legitimate outlay In cam
paigning and other incidental costs
more than eat up the surplus,
So that common performance Is for
| members to fall to talking of the un-
profita bleness of the whole business,
voicing in many ways old King Solo
| mons undying wall. Vanity of vani-
| ties; all is vanity" One morning some
| members We're induiging in lugubrious
| talk about the smallness Of congress
| sional salaries, etc. Culberson listened
awhile and then cheered them up by
saying, "Yes. boys. the pay amt very
big but you must remember that 1t is
powful regular" which cured them Of
| ennui, temporarily at least,
Thomas Bracket Reed is rare
Judge of men, and. while he is q bitter
partisan in politics and says many bit
ing things, ] think that he tries to be
| and is fair in his estimate OF his fel-
| lows. When he heard that Judge Cui-
berson was sick unto death. he paid the
great Texan this tribute. and l have no
doubt that it came straight and warm
| from his heart:
Judge Culberson has done more to
| soften the asperlties of the civil war
| than any man who was ever in con-
gross. and during his long and honora-
Bile term of office he has ever been q
great conservative force. He has been
the architect of nearly all Of the gen,
eTal statute laws enacted in congress
since 1875"
1t seems to me that that paragraph
would make splendid epitaph for the
| nlustriouS jurist.
Modest Greatness.
Judge Culberson was one of the very
few men whose usefulness was dimin-
ished by his modesty. In this age of
brass that Is distinction enough for one
gtan. and ! have no doubt that. save
for this modesty and Indifference to
fame, be could have been the most re-
nowped statesman Of this age.
Old timers in congress say that had
the Texans pressed culberson for
speaker In 1891 he would have been
elected, hands down. But the Judge
was too bashful to push himself, and
Charles Frederick Crisp ascended to
the second place OF power In the gov
ernment.
Most Texans say that Judge Culber-
son could easily have succeeded Coke
In the senate Of the United States, but
his absorbing loxa OF bis son Charles,
who wanted to be governor. caused
him to forego that great prize FOR
which so many ambitious souls pant
even as the hart panteth for the water
brooks.
Charles Culberson was governor twice
and is now in the United States senate.
His brother was United States district
attorney and Is now u lawyer in San
Antonio, and their iiiustrious father
was happier In their growing fame
than If he himself had been chief mag
istrate Of the republic.
Judge Culberson had q large yar,e-
gated and lucrative law practice. His
career as criminal lawyer was sim
ply astounding and placed him easily
at the head of that class Of practition-
hrs In America, perhaps In the world
He defended 40 men FOR mu der In
the first degree and saved ali their
necks. Think Of that-110 lives saved
by the skill, elequenee. learning and
courage Of one man!
| dpubt very much whether any law
yer. has equaIed that record slnce Moses
wrote the first criminal code on tables
of stone amid the lightnings and thun:
ders OF Mount Sinai
If in the great judgment dGy mercy
Is meted out TO him in the liberal meas
sFs 10 which he has caused It to be
meted out to others then this iilustri-
Gus iurist, soldier and statesman will
read his title clear to mansions in the
skies CHAMP CLARK.
II the action Of your bowels is not easy
ard res ar se5iqNs compilations must be