The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-20

1loln the city of Baltimore on the ono
side and the glistening top of the
Washington monument on the other.
a rich we'll cared for farm of some
hundred acres surrounds his home
stead, and this statesman and politi-
clan there leads the ideal life of a gem
tleman farmer. Accompanied by his
superintendent, farmer named Hobbs,
he personally inspects every field and
crop; directs the farming operations
and gives as close attention TO their
ttails as he does to great business
ventures. He takes great pride in his
wheat. and for the past twenty years
&C, man wheat" has always been the
first offered for sale In the markets
at Baltimore. He is breeder OF
thoi oughbred horses, and takes keen
delight in their training and driving.
He is not much of a horseback rider,
but is very fond of driving behind a
pair of his fast trotters. He Is n prRc-
teal road superintendent. and the good
condition of the highways in that Sec
tion of Maryland is largely due to his
efforts and personal supervision.
His present mansion is built on tie
site of his elegant home. which was
burned a few years ago and was con
structed under his direction, so tina.
there should be porches forty feet
wide. leaving the architect to design
the rest of the house. He can assem-
Bile the whole countryside on his mag
nihcent porches, and during the sum-
mer season most of his time is spenF
in their grateful shade. He is a man
or domestic tastes and finds his great
est delight In the midst of his family
of five girls, and one boy, and the
house full of young people whom ,ney
attract and entertain. IT is his Gus
IN he he G..e.f In tI, ,E,.,.
and after the rising bell has been runr
he stands in the upper great hali OF
the house and calls the roll OF his
family and guests until each one an
swers.
Lover of Baseball.
The senator has but one sporting fad
and THAT is baseball. He has been an
enthusiast OF the game since boyhood
When as "a page in the Senate he was
the captain of an invincible nine This
exciting sport is about the only thing
that will draw Mr. German out of the
Senate Chamber, and even during the
hot contest over the wilson German
tariff bill in 1894. when he as the Dem
ocratic master of THE Senate checked
the free trade element OF his party and
preserved moiety of protection to
some of the industries of the country.
he would leave the chamber and go to
the baseball park to witness a game.
Mr.. German is a very wealthy man,
his riches having resulted from in
vestments I'M the coal, lands of West
Virginia and the railroad stocks i'm
the Chesapeake and Ohio canal, and
other busines ventures. He Is a man
of clean life, neither smokes, chews nor
drinks. but indulges in dry smoke,
holding an unlighted cigar in his teeth
for hours at a time. He is a Presby-
terrain, although usually taken for a
Roman Catholic on account of his
priestly cast or countenance, which
suggests a Jesuit brother.
The Iowa Statesman.
Senator William B. Allison of Iowa,
whose reelection to sixth term in
the United States Senate occurred last
week, is another type of the quiet
diplomatic leader. For years he has
headed the Appropriation Committee of
the Senate, which position is regarded
as the most influential in either body of
Congress. For more than a quarter Of
a century his name has been promi-
nently connected with the presidency.
He is regarded as one of the safest
leaders of the Republican party With
out any seeming effort he has easily
held a position in the very front rank
of party counsellofs. His personality is
attractive and he wins the confidence
and devotion of all his colleagues. APP
parently he is of the most yielding cis-
position, but when the records of a sos-
sion of Congress are scanned IL is never
found that any project or plan deter
mined on by William b. Allison has
failed when his party had control. In
his suave, diplomatic way he gives the
impression of being led, rather than
leading, but in the end the object he
seeks is always accomplished.
There is only one parallel to the case
of Mr.. Allison where the people of a.
state conferred the honor Of sixth
term i'm the United States Senate. That
was the case of the late Justin S. Nor
rill of Vermont, who was reelected to
a sixth term, two years Of which he
Mr.. Allison will have completed thirty
years in the Senate on March ., 1903,
and In all human probability, judging
by his magnificent physique and per-
feet health, he viii serve out his sixth
term and surpass the record Of all pie-
decessors I'm the Senate. Mr.. Alliso on
entered Congress as a member of the
lower house in 1863, when mis- present
brilliant young colleague, Mr.. DolliVer,
was wearing his first pair of trousers
and copper toed boots as boy years
Dius VII HtAAg WI AAitobli
will be 73 years of age. In endurance,
strength of intellect and keenness Of
Mr.. Allison Is the match
Of men twenty-five years his junior. No
one who observes his vigorous step,
glowing cheeks and alert manner would
imagine that the three-score and ten
mark had been passed by him. There
is not a member in either house who
can endure the strain of all-night ses-
sions and all-day conferences on ap-
bills with as little apparent
fatigue as the Iowa statesman.
Confederate with Colleagues.
The secret of Mr.. Allson's great in
huence in the Senate seems to be his
for all his colleagues, no
matter of what party they belong. and
his absolutely impartial consideration
OF claims before his committee. He is
a master of finance and tariff and no
law of any Importance on any great
question has been enacted
during the last generation that does not
bear the impress of MIR. Allison's
thought and statesmanship. He has
never been tempted to leave the SEN
ate by offers of cabinet portfolios, al
though such opportunities have been
afforded him In nearly every Republi-
can administration since the war.
MIR. Allison leads a very quiet life
and has no fads of any sort He en-
joys a quiet little dinner party and the
of agreeable men and
women, but finds the source Of his
physical strength In keeping early and
regular hours and observing temper
ance in all his habits In consequence
he Is one Of the youngest old men In
public life.
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