The Tucson citizen., 1901-12-21
The Gossip Of Washington
Tales Told Of Statesmen.

/ payment of Mrs. Fremonts claim. HI
says that with unhinchIng courage
and sublime faith she awaits justice
from an American tribunal.
Speaker Henderson must have been
in o humorous mood when he put
Congressman Terrell of Massachusetts
on the Committee on Irrigation OF
Arid Lands Mr. Terrell comes from
the district In Massachusetts in which
Is situated Lake Cochituate. the i'm
mense body of beautiful, clear water
which supplies the entire city of Bos-
ton. II there is one district in the
country which is not arid, 1t is MIR.
Terrell's, for in addition to numerous
fresh water lakes 1t contains immense
tracts of salt marshes. As these
marshes are flooded frequently to
keep the frost from killing the cram
berries, Speaker Henderson probably
thought that Mr.. Terrell ought to
know something about irrigation.
Another memper Of the committee
Is Bellamy of North Carolina. Bell
amy represents the Wilmington dis
trict, where the only kind of irrlga-
ton that finds favor is practiced under
the hospitable roof of the Cape Fear
club.
There has been some criticism of
the fact that Senator Mason's speech
in the last session OF Congress prais-
ing the purity of American champagne
has been sent all over the country by
enterprising wine manufacturers un-
der senator Mason's frank thus secur-
Ing the distribution OF a valuable in
dorsement without the payment of
postage.
so far as | am concerned" said
Senator Mason yesterday. Il have no
apology to make 1t liz true that cer-
tain American grape growers and
wine makers took the speech and
printed 1T, just as a political party
prints and clrculates political
speech They went to the public
printer, paid him for printing the
speech and for the envelopes. paid for
having the addresses written, and then
mailed the speech as a public docu-
ment. | have great confidence and re-
spect. added Senator Mason laugh
ingly. Tor any gentleman who will
circulate speech lnat | deliver"
Senator Gamble OF South Dakota,
talks most interestingly about the IA
nous pipe-stone quarry In Minnesota.
which the Yankton Indians are en-
deavorlng to have restored to them.
The picturesque Indian lore of the
North west said Senator Gamble, lis
flied with myths and legends concern
ing this sacred place. 1t was a hal
lowed spot. The Yankton Indians be-
lieYed that II was the birthplace of the
world, and for long time they would
not let the eyes of white man gaze
upon 1t. they thought that harm
would come to them If they offended
the Great Spirit by letting the place
pass out of their possession. As long
as they held 1t the Indians believed
they would have power over all other
tribes The stone which comes from
the quarry Is quite unlike any other
KIND OF stone and is held to this day
In superstitious reverence by all the
fed men Of the Northwest. The quar-
fy Is to them holy land. In the old
en- times, when the Indians gathered
at the quarry for the great plpe-mak-
ing festival, they assembled under a
truce. when all tribal differences and
strife were forgotten"
Although the quarry Is not situated
IN Mr.. CANDLES state. he takes a
great interest In 1t. owing to the effort
OF the Yanktons to recover their for
mer property.