The age-herald., 1902-05-18

he again spoke of Cummings. I explain ed how the latter felt. Then I think l will speak to him the next time I see him in the Astor House" said MT. Young. Very shortly after they met and became the best of friends. Cummings travelled through the wilds of Pennsylvania, where he had been upon a fishing ex- petition, in the dead of night, hoping to do Young a favor "A mutual friend had written Cummings of Young's intention to give a dinner in honor of Roger J. Pryor. With his wonderful memory and instinct Cummings scented trouble for Young, then the leader writer for the Herald. Remembering well the speech that Pryor had made years previously, while a member of Congress from Vir- ginia- in which he made most acrimon- 1ous attack upon the parents of the pres ent proprietor of the Herald, he felt that Young would offend his employer. Although he Immediately set out for New York to find Young, he was too late Strange to say, MT. Young never knew of the speech, but all the same, MT. Bennett called for his resignation. Finally, MT. Bennett learned of the cir cumstances and invited MT. Young to return to the Herald.
 As a Congressman.
 Almost from his very first term Amos Cummings was one of the most per sonally popular members of the House. Always a strong party man, he was equally popular upon both sides of the chamber. Any non-political measure backed by Cummings was always sure of passage. Many times have I heard Republican leaders pay him per Sonal compliments. One of the most elo- quent of these will be found In the speech delivered by William Mckinley when, he introduced the famous tariff bill I once heArd MT. Mckinley say that he loved Amos Cummings. As President Mckinley was always desirous of doing Cummings a favor. I remember the anx- iety to have the Sixty-ninth Regiment break its Southern camp and return home. MT, Croker was appealed to anu In turn made request upon the New York City Congressman. They failed to hurry the War Department to action MT. Croker did not feel friendly to Cum mings but he felt compelled to telegraph him after the other Congressmen had failed. Cummings received Croker's tele- gram at 10 o'clock one morning and with 1t called at the White House. He read 1t to the President and explained how po- litically important 1t was for him to succeed. All right. Amos" said the Pres ident; .I will give the matter my per sonal attention. You need not go to the War Department. Just telegraph to New York that the request has been granted" By o'clock that afternoon the Sixty ninth had orders to break camp and re- turn home.
 Cummings and Cleveland.
 Ex-Presldent Cleveland was also very fond of Amos Cummings and always ready to listen to his latest story I re- member witnessing Amos administer a thrashng to a bully who had made an insulting remark about MT. Cleveland, in Chamberlains, in Washington. Thurber, Cleveland's secretary, was also a wit ness. Of course the President soon had a full account of the affair and sent sey- eral messages to know why the New York Congressman was not a more ire Quent caller at the White House Un- OCT the circumstances Cummings fine sense of feeling caused him to delay a visit. When he did call he was able to 70 a good turn for his old friend, Thomas B. Fielders, one of the cleverest writers of the English language
 Stood by His Friends.
 At the time MT. Fielders was one of the ablest of the staff of Mir Astor's Pail Mall Gazette. He arrived in this country a day after the Venezuelan mes sage had startled the world and partic- ularly England. Henry Norman had pre- ceded Fielders, and, of course, held the advantage. Already Norman had got in good work, but. despite herculean ef- forts, failed to secure an audience with the President. Fielders, being an Ameri- can trained journalist, determined to succeed where the rival correspondent