Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-01-07
|EkP CI|l,n''x|| STORIES
|+hered Il and About the
Halls Of Congress.

e.,+..nan-A Master Of Rough
7,rob bile Denate-Joy In the
ouse When He Tackled an Adver-
ru-Repubican and Democrat
ere Alike to Him-cIever In Rep
rtee. Merciiess In Retort-Reed's
,.ech in Jerry's District.
,conyr;rbt. 1901, by Champ Clark
l., most effective weapon with
ich one man ever assaiied another
,,icu,c Before its mcrciless shafts
fancy. beauty, learning. wisdom.
RAGE fame. wealth, ancestral re-
~ all 60 down. Even truth herself
bord fight with it and energies
tho combat not always victor.
hat Jerry Simpson has outliNcd
TOMS ridicule is proof conclusive
+bere is something in the man.
bo day has gene by when it sounded
or+ to hold him UP before a gaping
,ld rs n clown, mountehank. ignos
,rs or dcnlagogue. He is none of
.o EXCEPT the last. and that only
its higher, better ana chronological
sn-a leader Of the people.
ovnn wears AGO lie WAS the butt of
prv Joke. the text Of every para
bpher in th" land. Now he stands
tbe very small group Of men whose
mos are respected frolil ocean to
por He is no more Ike Dennis
orpny and the sand lot agitators
In he resembles Gladstone OF Bis.
rck. He is Il Witty, able. fearless,
cevc. we'll informed friend of man.
tb 4 dangerous Gift of Cab danger
for his opponents. That he some
pps cbascs i.ncS fatui may be true,
in the main he is Il better Demo
bt than some high and mighty per
bages that | wOt of who make far
pater pretensions. To Il man who is
ont and out free trader, an income
ker and genuine jam up bimctal-
much may be forgiven in the minor
ltters of politics.
FRY Philosopher.
n appearance. instead OF the un-
nth lout he has been represented as
Inc. he is a tall. slender. lean, dark.
ii dressed, scholarly looking man,
til Henry Clay mouth. wealth
1 eoal black hair and eyes Indicative
brains. He habitually wears gold
lmed spectacles. While neither a
esterfe!d nor a Beau Hickman. he
ends not the aesthetic in either man
or apparel Nor does he walk with
/ rolling gait OF the sailor, as might
supposed from his quondam occupa-
n. but with the characteristic stu
BITS stoop and abnormal scdatcncSS.
is only when he bestrideS his bicycle
bt he cuts fantastic capers before
kh heaven.
erry is Il philosopher | don't know
lether he ever read NcWton's "Prin-
ia or Bacon's "Novum Organum'
"The Wisdom of the Ancients.' Pos
(ly he never heard of Sir William
milton and his metaphysics. AS
edly he is not a disciple of Epi-
us. He never quoted from Plato,
stotle and the Athenian school, but
is philosopher nevertheless of the
nely, practical American type, of
lch Josh Billings, Bill Arp and Sam
hes are cNempars.
Without college training or any
ms to scholarship such as DR..
efett OF Massachusetts or Grain of
Sas possessed, somewhere, some
'e, somehow. on board ship. upon
tented field. on the Kansas prai-
or IN congress. he has picked UP
vast store of information, made ii
roughly his own, leavenrd it with
ieaVeh OF common sense, and has
eady for instant use. He ranked
ohs the half dozen best rough and
Piole debaterS in Che house. Not Il
Il ol the "'a' could tackle him in that
Fardous species of warfare with any
sohable certainty Of coming out on
lie Was as active as panther
aclous as a swapping turtle and as
olseleSS as circular saw. Many
fo'af walk statesman has bit the
beneath 1erry'S irony. humor and
iosophy. He can make a strong set
yen Without oratorical scallops
he is in his glory in a
"'hS IRE debate Jerry Smitcs his
onehts hip and thigh when ami
ee' ny what our school day friend
"s "Sar. in his Commentaries
wont to call ''gaudium Ger
mus Which Sir Walter Scott has
APPRAISED into
me stern joy which warriors feel
:" 'of'nen worthy Of their steel
nv .'oh'S warhorse. he shifts the
N from afar. don't know his
's'ee' but from his predisposition
e'u Skull cracking think he must
come of Irish ancestry.
'oCGct of EonuIicno