Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1901-10-05
CHAMP CLARK Stories.
Gathered In and About the
Halls Of Congress.

MspnanirnIty Of the American People
Proved In the Case Of Senator sHar.
rIs-Judse LIhneyl andsprivate John
AIien-Honesty 40 ExempiIfied In
Their Respective 4 states>-sBryan
Turns tho Jokeson ,Oepew-How q
Lawyer Got out,of' a sDIIemma.
Copyright 1901, by, ChampsCark-l
Recently 1 spoke of the he.infuencesof
email things In the makingsor marring
Of a political career.
never see Hon. William A. Harris,
Populist senator from Kansas, that
do not think of what close shave he
had of remaining a Missouriap instead
of becoming one of the most distin-
guished Kansans of thissgeneration.
After General Lee. surrendered Har-
ris, who had servedtswith distinction
on Lees. staff , returned to Pike county,
Mo-, and at once began to discover
some way Of making a living, ,jbut, find
Ing nothing to do. followed-the star of
empire westward
When news OF his election came,
went into store which Is a sort OF
Democratic headquarters and was do
ing a good deal of rejoicing over the
great success achieved by Harris. Dr.
Bob Campbell, who is possessed OF a
considerable quantum Of dry humor,
was in the crowd of Jubilant Missouri
ans and said: "Weli, doesn't that beat
all creation AT the closeof the civil war
Harris came home ragged and poor.
He went down to Watson Station and
applied for the school there at $35 per
month. The directors refused to en-
ploy him because he had been a Con
federate soldier. He Immediately went
TO Kansas, and now Is elected to the
senate. If those directors had employ
ed him, he would now probably be a
country lawyer here eking out bare
subsistence. Harris ought to build a
handsome monument to the memory Of
those directors. They laid the founda-
ton Of his political fortunes"
love to think OF the case Of Senator
Harris. The fact that he Is a senator
OF the United States from Kansas is a
splendid illustration of the magnan-
unity of the American people.
Judge Llnney and Private John Allen.
As certainly and inevitably as the
sparks fly upward, when old soldiers
get together war "reminiscences are the
order of the day. Some time ago, at IA
swell Washington restaurant, some
body gave a swell dinner to coterie
of ex-Confederate soldiers then In pub
lie life. Several commodities were ON
tap; among others, humor flowed free
ly. Among the guests were Judge Lin
ney of North Carolina, the ex-Confed-
crate Republican congressman, and
Private John Allen, the greatest living
ever lived. I think the greatest feat
ever performed by a humorist is AL
lens in making the village of Tupelo,
Miss, where he resides, almost as IA
nous as New York, Philadelphia, Chi
cago, st. Louis or Boston. When he
dies, which hope will not be for many
decades, II the people Of Tupelo do not
erect a splendid monument to Johns
memory and cap ii with his statue of
heroic size, then gratitude is dead as
a smelt. Better still, they ought to
erect 1t while Private John is living
and have him deliver the dedicatory
speech. 1t would be the richest in our
vernacular.
At the swell dinner at the swell res
taurant aforesaid, betwixt the walnuts
and the wine, Judge Linney, in respond
In 20 90
the North Carolina Confederate sol
diers for their valor, fortitude and
fidelity. He dwelt especially on their
honesty, which he eloquently declared
was above all temptation. To illustrate
this he said: Zone day three Of us, hun
CRY, footsore, heartsick, ragged and
weary, being on scouting duty, stopped
at the cabin of poor widow and asked
for something to eat. This she gave
us. Having satisfied our appetites, we
started on our way. Passing through
the barnyard, we found three large, fat
turkeys. We drove them on ahead of
us till we reached the top of a hill,
when, North Carolina honesty asserting
Itself, l halted my comrades and per-
suaded them to let the turkeys go back
home, as 1t would be poor return for
the widows hospitality to take her
turkeys after having been fed by her
They agreed with me and turned the
turkeys loose. performance which
have always regarded as proof positive
or the inherent and invincible honesty
OF the North Carolina Confederate SOL
der" The audience being in a recep-
tive mood, the judges anecdote was re-
ceived with shouts Of applause and
with lively clinking of glasses.
Then came the turn of Private John.
He began: Comrades, was much af-
fected by the brilliant and pathetic