The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-07-10

are composite work and combine the
cream Of thought of all the wits and
scholars and philosophers of that age.
a composite work, my boy; COM
posite work"
That was a brand new theory to me,
and | submit it to the curious for what
Il is worth.
Uncle Jehu's successor is Hon. VIII
| liam y. Rodenberg. one of the hand
soonest and most promising young Re
publcans in the house He likes to
talk of the Sage of Belleville." as
| Judge Baker was sometimes styled by
many of his admirers. One duh day
| strolled into the Republican cloak
room in quest of ventures and, seeing
Rodenberg, asked him how Uncle Jehu
was getting on. After answering my
| question he told ne:
How Uncle Je!1u Borrowed Money.
When he was running against Colo
mel William Il. Morrison" said RodCn-
| berg, "one day, in changing his clothes
preparatory to going on speech
making tour to New Douglas and NJ
ton, he failed to take any money with
him. He stood off the conductor. WHO
was an old acquaintance, to East St
Louis, where he arrived about day
break. He then went to the house c:
Judge Joe Messick. who had been up
late at political powwow routed him
out, told him his condition and asked
loan. Messick supposed he would
want at least 500, and was lOath to
part with that much coin Of the realm
never dreaming that Judge Baker
could defeat Colonel Morrison. SO he
explained to Uncle Jehu that he him
self was hard up, but the judge persist
ed. At last Messick asked him how
much he wanted and Uncle Jehu fair
ly took his breath away by saying:
"'Well, Joe, can make it upon 50,
l think whereupon Joe forked over
the So, and the boys do say to this
day." continued Rodenberg, that I'm
Gle Jehu made the trip to New Douglas
! and Alton and got back with 10 cents"
A Temperance Candidate.
"Once Uncle Jehu had an appoint
ment to speak at little place called
Pocahontas," Rodenberg went on.
"The boys were out for a time that
night and had prepared along with
their edibles a key or two of beer.
They invited Uncle Jehu to join them
in glass, but he refused. They press
ed him, explaining that it was all paid
for, and he consented. After their
mugs were filled with foaming lager
Uncle Jehu pounded the table with his
glass and said:
"T want it distinctly understood
that / neither helped pay for this beer
nor had any hand in bringing it here. |
do not believe in that method of cleo
tioneering. However, l do not object
to any one drinking a little for the
stomach's sake. Having made that eX-
PLANTATION, we will now drink to our
glorious republic'-a queer sort or
stump speech surely"
Uncle Jehu's Simple Wants.
To illustrate the simplicity Of Uncle
Jehu's character Rodenberg gave this
incident:
when Judge Baker was minister TO
Venezuela, he left his business in the
hands of Judge Marshall Weir with
whom | was reading law. Somehow
Judge Weir got it into his head that
Judge Baker was in a tight place for
ready money and generously wrote
him that he would, if needed, advance
him funds out of his own pocket, which
he could repay at his convenience
Judge Baker responded:
".Dear judge, l have enough for my
Immediate wants, and that is all that q
citizen of the republic should desire.
How much shame, mental anguish
and loss of reputation would have Deen
spared many public men had they pos.
sessed the wisdom, fortitude ana sen
ANNEXATION to act on Uncle Jehus no.
h,a ,,t+erance. He was grand old man.
Colonel Jack chinn's Plan.
Ex-Congressman Philip B. rhomp-
son, formerly of Kentucky, row a
prominent and prosperous lawyer or
both Washington and New York, is
prime favorite in the cloakrooms. When
he was a child, he was called Little
Phil to distinguish him from MS Ia
Their whose Christian name IS also
Philip B., and he is still called Lutte
Phil among his old friends his Aen-
lucky home was at Harrodsburg' Mer-
Ger county, which is also the haoitat
of Colonel Jack Chinn, the FAMOUS
race horse man and all round sport
who was with Hon. William GoeDei
when the latter was shot.
+ Along in March Phil was IN tne
cIoakroom when the conversation TURN
ed on the political middle in kentucky
in general and on Colonel JACK III par
ticuIar. Phil said:
"Jack has a peculiar but conVehisn'
theory on which he acts with refer
ence TO his friends. Jack says:
".When one of my friends gets into
a rumpus or a fight first help nim
ont and when it's over ask him "nat
the row was about"
That's loyalty for you spelled WIN
CHAMP CLARK.