The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-08
IN THE HOTEL CORRIDORS.

Judge r. NJ Henderson. of Carlisle. Pa.
whose residence is across the street from
the Indian school is at the Ebbitt.
4 have not been scalped yet. said he
this morning. and I don't expect to be.
1 am losing no sleep from anxiety over n
possible outbreak from my Indian friends.
They are a peaceful lot In fact. under
the able management of Colonel Pratt
they make remarkably good citizens.
They are much more orderly than the av-
erage American college boy. and may in
deed be called models We are able TO
compare them with typical American coll
ieSe boys because We have also IN the
little town Of Carlisle the Dickinson Col
lege- The Dickinson boys are law-abid-
ing as college boys go. but they can be
counted on 70 be at the bottom Of any
trouble IN the town, rather than the IN
dams.
Carlisle is a real college town. for in
addition TO the Indian School and Dick
inSon, we have a girls seminary, the
Medzger Institute The Dickinson boys
play baseball and football with the In
dams, and the Medzger girls look on i
strong bond OF friendship exists between
them
The effort to haxe the constltut on Of
Iowa so amended as to allow biennial
State elections has by no means ceased, 80
said Charles ". NIullan. of Iowa. At the
NOrmandie this morning Mr. Mullan
was one Of the strong advocates Of the
two-year term, and as a member Of the
State Senate used both his voice and his
vote in supporting the ratification of the
amendment which had this in view The
amendment, as you know continued Mr.
Mullan. is imperative because of a
techuicality- 1t was. SO the courts de-
cided not enrolled in the correct G11an-
and TnQ1rgh for Fy-
sufficient number Of members to make Ii
a law, II loses its effect just because of
that little flaw. The fact that the meas
uEe received Sufic1enI votes to Tdt1fE al
in both houses Of the Legislature is an
ample assurance to us that the people of
the State want II We will Of course
when the Legislature meets next year in
troduce similar amendment. and take
care that 1t goes through in correct form.
The advantages of biennial elections
are almost too numerous 10 mention
Elections in 4 State disturb business Just
as the national elections do. though, of
course to a much less dangerous degree.
To have the State Government change
hands every time the earth circles The
sun Is too much, and the sooner We
IOWanS make II once in every two years
the better it will he for US The change
viii have, in my opinion, but little Do
litical effect. If any at all"
Governor Shaw, of Iowa, was standing
in the corridor of the Norrnaudie. He
had forgotten momentarily the name Of
friend whom he was introducing and
aptIy explained the situation 10 his
friends as follows.
That's a strange antfc of the brain
that forgetting of names just for an in
slant Everybody does Ii. and II is no
eXaggeration to say that some men have
for the moment forgotten their own
names. My father was as quick witted a
man as one could wish to meet He was
q hardy Iowa farmer. and had the bust
ness of his farm right at the tips Of his
fingers But there We're some things he
could not remember, particularly the
names OF the teams Of oxen He'd never
get them right He would call for Tom
and Jerry, when Tom and Jerry had been
under the sod. or IN the glue factory for
q year OF more. and Nip and Tuck were
doing the blowing II Nip died and Friu
was put IN ms place, my father would al
ways be eLtOIling the virtues Of the sup
Fosedly dead Tuck. 1t seemed that We
could never keep q yoke long enough for
ny father TO learn their names
The names If the man behind the
plow vas also G5ten forgotten If a man
Of all work was with us a dozen years he
was as likely TO be called by some other
person name as during the first day
of his service Governor Shaw viii go
north for a few DAYS before he returns
TO Iowa.
y
OF an alleged Roer scout who is in Lon
don buying KrupD guns for the Beers.
said Gen sam PiersoR. Conlmissary Gen
eral Of the Beer Army. at the ShOreham
this morning Il hat piece Of information
* distinctly British No one but an Eng
Iishman could have put such a statement
forward in seriousness. and expect leo
pie 10 believe it. Most Americans would
have been saved the error by the humor
Of the thing. which, to my mind. sticks
out all over IL Imagine single B0er scout
IN London attempting TO buy guns for use
against England. How long do You think
he would be allowed to remain 1t liberty.
and do YOU think that he would ever get
pretends to have been an aide-de-Camp on
the stan Of General DeIaray. What I
should like 10 give the lie 70 IS his state
ment that BOtha is under suspicion by his
soldiers and Is not trusted by them. There
Is no truth in this HbeloUs statement. OF
all the leaders of the army General BO-
tina is and has the most right to be.
trusted by his army. He has never for
moment faltered in mis- faith This l
know as / have been with him Il good
deal"
General Pierspn. who was in Washington
several months ago, returned Wednesday
night from a trip TO Europe where he saw
Mr.. Kruger The old man retains his
vigOr, he said There never was per
son who had more rugged or enduring
strength When I saw him he had just
submitted to an operation for the re-
moval of a tumor underneath the eye.
He stood the ordeal Well"
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