Omaha daily bee., 1901-01-23

snowy crest of hair. There are very few
whltehaired men in the house. Most OF the
members are bald-headed
| As Mr. McAleer has the whitest hair, so
Representative Curtis OF Kansas has the
blacklist. 1t is said that Curtis has an
Indian strain In him. which accounts for
the inky color of his Jocks, but whether
this be true or not, his hair is as black as
that worn by McCreary of Kentucky, when
| that amiable statesman was In the house.
| There were dark and mysterious rumors
that McCreary's head was covered by wig
No one yet has had the hardhood TO make
that suggestion about Congressman Curtis.
Red haired men are not numerous, Shat
roth Of Colorado, Hopkins Of Illinois. Lori
mer OF Illinois and Alexander OF New York
complete the list. but Alexander's hair is
red enough for two.
Adelbert Hay, American consul at Pre-
| toria, is coming home in a few weeks. afte~
having made record in South Africa OF
! which his countrymen as well as his friends
have a right to feel proud. lie has filled
one of the most difficult posts in the con
sular service OF any country with entire
| satisfaction TO both Brton and Bocr. Re-
! ports have come here. writes Walter Well
man In Golfers Weekly, showing that he
enjoys great popularity among all classes
| OF people at the Transvaal capital, and
that the Beers are loud aud warm in his
praise They had feared he was going 10 b.
somewhat pro- English. but not single com
plant on that score, or indeed on any other
has come to band. Which is pretty good
for a young man not yet %, and who took
the Job against his fathers wishes simply
because he was tired loanng around and
wanted to get out into the world and do
something when young MIR. Hay was
named by the president to succeed Mr..
Macrum at Pretoria some of the newspapers
said all manner Of i'll -natured things about
the selection. They wondered why some
poor young man was not given this chance,
and why the secretary OF state should put
his young son at the public crib" and 30
on Now. apart from the good service
young Mr.. Hay has given at his post. and
the credit he has reflected upon his coun-
try at point where something Of the sort
was sadly needed. here is bit Of a story
worthy a moments consideration.
II hear your son is coming home from
Pretoria" said a senator to Secretary Hay.
IL don't suppose he has been able to save
much OF his salary out there, where living
expenses are so high
Save out of his salary" replied The Sec
retary laughngly. Let me tell you some
thing. | was counting up the other day
and found that it has required exactly his
salary and mine to keep the young man
at his post of duty"
Perhaps II will he just as well for the
newspapers not to say anything more, in
thisc case at least, about putting the sons
Of high officials at the public crib
Pictures and Jokes of automobiles climb
ing trees have amused Congressman j. A.
Norton of Timn. o. but Just now the humor
of the idea does not entertain him at all
The sudden change came about just before
the holiday recess of congress, says Il
Washington letter, and during that little
revolution of his opinion there was mo-
ment or two when the good looking demo
crat from the presidents state thought
death was as near as Christmas. He was
being borne along fashionable street
proudly by an automobile when the acct
dent happened.
= Suddenly" he said, describing II, 81 felt
2 something inside the blamed thing give way.
, Then she got balky and taking the bit in
her teeth, ran straight across the street
. and tried to climb a tree. That's about all
| remember"
n Mr.. Norton's head was protected by a
, tall silk hat and that he says, saved his
@ life. His forehead was cut to the bone, his
I nose skinned and his legs twisted. He lay
in pain all night at a downtown hotel and
I the next day crawled about with patches
= on his brow and splints on his legs. His
goatee was unnjured and, as he nervously
o tugged away at that, he said "All hail the
horse. mans trusty friend. the horse"
. The defeat OF Senator Chandler OF New
@ HAMPSHIRE for reelection let's loose col
S ums Of gossip and stories about his public
" career and characteristics. The New York
@ World correspondent says Of him: No man
g OF quicker wit and reader tongue has
d been in the senate for years than Mr.
u Chandler, Just defeated il New Hampshire
70 His remarks in debate, whether applied to
70 friend or foe, were almost invariably sar-
n castle and biting, In more recent years
@ he was known as the wasp" Senator Vest
@ himself somewhat vitriolc, gave Chandler
+ this name.
g . The chumminess between Chandler and
n TilIman has long been a subject Of com
ment Nothing so delighted Chandler as tc
e wave the "bloody shirt" in Tillman's face
q Then Tillman would rise up in his wrath
d and cut loose. Chandler would slash Till
i man and the two would appear on the poln
i OF having a personal encounter, After the
= passage al arms had ended they woulc
e leave the senate chamber arm in arm
e often they would spend the evening to
= gether and frequently were seen in th'
i, public streets taking bicycle exercise to
gether.
h Chandler always kept his colleague
y, Gallinger, on the verge OF open hostility
le and a portion OF the time In actual en-
Id nifty lie never neglected an opportuntl
'e to rub Mr. Gallnger's fur the wrong way
~ One time the president nominated resi-
3 dent OF New Hampshire to be poatmaste
le at Concord, Mr. Galinger had preyiousl!
So lndorsed this man for another position an'
n fought his confirmation as postmaster, Th
l. was enough for Chandler, and he proceeded
to support the man ana have fun with hi
Is colleague.
p Chandler had a photograph Of Gallinge
as and the nominee for postmaster enlarged
Mt and one day produced II during an cXecg
81 tive session Of the senate. II representa-
70 Mr.. Gallinger seated with the nomine
< standing beside him, with his hand repos
ly ing conhdentially on Galllnger's shoulder
is Chandler used this mammoth photograph
10 prove how cordial we're the relations be