The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-04-08
WASHINGTON DAY BY DAY.
Some Pithy Stories Told About the
Savants at the Capital

Savants at the Capital.
CNew York World)
How are You coming on now?" asked
a friend of eX- Ex-senator Pettgrew. who
IS here and who made a large sum out
OF the absorption of the Burlington
ire and has since largely added TO his
fortune By oil investments.
oh said Mr.. Pettigrew, Il found
THAI there is but one step between
poDocracy and plutocracy, and SO
LOOK that step.
An old schoolmate Of Senator Mason
met him onafhe street one DAY last
week and asked him what he was do
ing
Why. / am in congress now, re-
piled Mr.. Mason.
4 Yes. I know: but what are you
{ on, l am trying TO make living in
an honest way" said Senator Mason
Well. you shouldn't have much
trouble" observed the schoolmate. L
don think you encounter the slightest
competition"
A constituent Of one of the Virginia
representatives took his first trip to
Florida a short time ago Today the
representative received a glowing let
Ter from the constituent telling of his
F experiences.
am down here in Florida" he
wrote, and I am having a great time.
Al the hotel they gave me the finest
room you ever saw, and just off it is a
bathroom that is simply great It has
a SHINY white tub and siIveP-pIated
trimmings, and it looks so fine 1 can
hardy wait until Saturday night"
Senator Joe" Blackburn of Ken
lucky Is always an orator, whether he
says good morning" or talks for three
hours. Last Friday he arose in the SEN
ate and with much gravity and great
declamatory effect said:
Mr.. President. l move that the SEN
ate do now adjourn until Monday at the
hour of y O'Clock noon"
President Frye said to Blackburn as
the senators were leaving the cham
Der:
Il was much relieved when 1 heard
what that motion of yours was
about"
Reiieved?" Grated Blackburn. I do
( not understand"
Why, yes said President FRYE. Il
was AFRAID when YOU started you were
going to move to impeach the presi-
dent"
o q.
J. Edward Addick's announcement
that he has built a stone wall around
Delaware reminded Senator Burrows of
me time Senator Eli Salisbury. from
that state, had a few words in the SEN
ate with the late John J. ingalls, Of
Kansas
salisbury had invested in some Kan
9ds Donus thaJ were repudiated and he
naturally did not think well of the
state. He arose one day and took half
an hour TO express his opinion of Kan
sas- When he had finished he had de-
houhced the people, the climate. the
! coal and about everything else in the
state.
Senator Ingalls, uneoiled himself from
ms chair and arose. In mock humility
ne commented on the rebuke Kansas
had received. Then he began a pane
syrlc on Kansas that brought every
senator into the chamber and held the
galleries entranced. II was one of the
most eloquent speeches ever made bv
ingalls,. He went back to the DAYS OF
the Missouri compromise and reviewed
the history OF Kansas. dwelt on the
soidlers the state furnished for the civil
war and swept down to the date on
Which he was talking. The he stopped
said anu
And. Mr.. President this is tba st.to
that has been assailed in this chamber
0y man who represents in martin
part, Mr. Presideut-a state which has
Two counties when the tide is IN and
three when the tide is down."
oduIsbury had nothing more to say.
% . 8
tOIonel j. Ham Lewis Of Washington
state is in town. A stranger met him
and said -''-''
Why, Colonel Lewis how much Won
look like Senator Clark of Montana -,
hum replied Lewis. I'm getting
tlred OF having people tell me 1 look
IKE Clark l want you to understand
l look like this''-he swept his hand
up In front Of his pink whiskers and
MS moving hair--"and if Senator Clarsr
doesn't stop going around looking Ike
me viii have him charged with nv
debts as a proper penalty for borrow
ing the plumage Of greatness"
Representative Shattuc of Ohio who
wears the most brilliant waistcost in
congress, yesterday received a copv of
German newspaper printed in Pitts
burg. 4 long editorial article was
marked with blue pencil. Shattuc
looked AT II. He does not read Ger
man, but he saw his name sprinkIed
/ through it many times, and he con-
| cluded 1t was something nice about
himself, He called his stenographer
and dictated a fiowery letter of thanks
TO the editor for his expressions of
| good wiz and invited the editor to
come and see him when in Washing
/ ton. Later he took the paper on the
/ floor of the house. He showed it to
! several friends. Representative Bar
/ tholdt of st. Louis came along. Bar
/ tholdt glanced at the editorial article
/ and laughed.
What is it?" asked Shattuc
Nothing" said BarthOldt. except
| that the editor roasts the life out of
you. He says you are an enemy to
( freedom and not fitted to be the repre-
! sentative of anything in congress"
Shattuc dashed madly to his commit
! tee room.
Hi" he shouted to his stenogra-
/ pher stop that letter. stop that let
| teri"
Can't do it. Mr.. Shuttuc." the ste
nOgrapher replied, I mailed it two
hours ago"
Shattuc sank into a chair and swore.