Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-04-09

See Jumbo return TO his stake.
The southwcsterncrs say th" i"1&e !
was great Stumper In the fat IL /
prohibition fight he sided with tie c4lsA /
water crow l. on one occasion hi@ |
fellow. sitting on III" back Of q l'"tsrh |
i'll church. W;lh a flask Of WHISKY i'll
his outside coat pocket, kept interrupt
ing the iGAge.
F5Ii's Argument.
Every time lr would lean forward to
a>!, a question his bottle would nearly
fall out Of his poei;ct. At last Cuiber-
son said:
"Bll. il yoH don't laek cat YOU win
lose your :,i.eamcnt." At the Same time
placing III; land Oh his own breast
about where Ailllaa carried his bot'o.
The lit was potent. and the audience
gave Bill such Il racket that he held his
peace and Wa%"cd lis tongue no more
that day.
once sai, Judge Gslihrrson ei2cteify
and aatonSll tI,c holi}e III Il most unique
manner.
One OF tlle most frea#eat requests
made hy nIgalbprs is for "unanimnas
consent II extend remarks in The Rec
cord, which is hardly ever refused.
Rcctntly the Senatc made Il feeble
effort 10 ci.rtaiI this privilege. While
individually / maize little use Of it.
sometimes Gotlot whether its abolition
would prove profitable. As it is. Il
mcnhcr may, and Frequently docs. con
tent himself with delivering the SlloWN
parts Of his speech and printing the
more tedious l}tit substantial parts.
This process certainly saves time, even
if it increases tie bulk of The Record.
and, as = cG%jS a pot Of money per
houi. to run congress. it saves money.
Another thing if members are not per-
mitted to print, they will speak more.
However that may be, one day Judge
CUlberSon Wa& making some remarks.
dias res. lie said:
''Mr. Speaker. I ask unanimous
The speaker. s'.ppoSing he was max
ing the usual request, didn't wait for
him to finish but r&ttled off the Stereo-
typed fol olnula Tho gentleman from
Texas asks unanimous consent to cN-
tend bis remarks ia The Record"
Mr.. Speaker Mr.. Speaker" shouted
Cuibersoll. YOU got that wrong,
didn't dosir" to extend my remarks
What | want is leave to Withdraw all
| have said"
This was such an unheard of per
formance t4at il Knocked the speaker
all of q heap, ana It was several sec
onds before ha stated Culherson's
ed and whcoped till they nearly crack
ed the glass 4'oof.
"Powful Ree'lar."
Contrary TO the general belief, there
is little -pecuniary profit III serving in
congress. 1t is easy enough to say and
is frequently true that many congress
men and senators would net make 50
600 per annum at home. But the diff
ference in living expenses, the necoS-
sary and legitimate outlay in can
paigning and other incidental costs
more than eat up the surplus.
SO that Il common performance is for
members to fall TO talking of the un-
profitableness of the whole business.
voicilg in many ways old King Solo
mons undying vail, "Vanity of vani-
ties; ali is vanity" One morning some
members were 1indulging in lugubrious
talk about the smallness of congress
sional salaries. etc. Culbcrson listened
awhile and then cheered them up by
saying. YES boys, the pay ain't very
big. but YOU must remember that it is
pow'fu rcglar:" which cured them of
ennui. temporarily at least.
Thomas Rrackett Reed is Il rare
Judge Of men. and. while he is a hittcr
partisan in politics and says many bit
ing things. think that he tries to be
aud is fair ia his estimate of his 1cl-
lows When he heard that Judge Cul-
borson was sick unto death. he paid the
great Texan this tribute, and | have 10
doubt that it came straight and warm
from his heart:
Judge CUl:}crson has done more to
soften the asperitirs Cf the civil war
than any man who was ever in con
Gress. and during his long and honora-
bic term of office he has ever been a
great conservative force. He has been
the architect of nearly all of the gen
eral statute laws enacted in congress
since 1870.
1t seems to me that that paragraph
would make Il splendid epitaph for the
illustrious juriSt
Modest Greatness
Judge Culbnvson was one Of the very