Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-05-29

L STOOD up before quite large audi
ence, [ was somewhat EN- barrassed,
but | started off to give the boys a
warm talk. 'Hully gee!' shouted an
old fellow with whiskers and mild
jag, look at that little runt.' The
crowd went wild with laughter and
the incident seemed to establish a
feeling of cordiality between us.
quickly gained some enthusiasm and
believe | succeeded in delivering few
ringing sentiments. At any rate,
they gave me mighty warm recep-
tion.n
Speaker and Mrs. Henderson gave
a delightful dinner to about twenty
| personal friends, at suburban hotel
that is easily reached by trolly cars,
as a celebration of Mrs. Henderson 8
birthday. The Hendersons are liked
by all who know them, and wherever
they are there is likely to be enjoy
ment.
A Capitol guide says New England
ers, as a rule, wish to see everything
in the building, from the dome to
cryptic see Congress in session
and have the members named to
them, as we'll as all the pictures and
statuary; that New Workers and Chi
cagoans do the building in rush and
only ask to have important things
pointed out to them, and that many
of the visitors are disappointed to
find that the President does not live
in the Capitol, and that all branches
of the government are not quartered
under it's roof.
Representative Caldwell, of ILL.,, is
thought to be the youngest grand
father in Congress. He has been
blessed with two grandchildren with
IN the last three months, the first in
the family of his son, John, and the
last in the family of his son-in-law,
ex-Representative Turner, OF Louis
vile, XIV. Mr.. Caldwell bears his
grandfather]y honors modestly, but
he doesn't fail to show that he is
proud of them.
Chairman Foss, of the House naval
committee, said in speech. of the
passing of typical figure from our
navy: s'The evolution of the modern
battleship brought about wonderful
change. The Jack Tar who was the
inspiration of Cooper's tales, has be-
come tradition. Old Jack, with his
rough exterior, with language largely
of profanity, sitting and smoking his
pipe-perchance squirting tobacco
Juice with greater accuracy than the
trained gunner of today can hit his
mark with shot and shell-has be-
come a tradition. Jack went off the
ship when sails went off, and when
masts went off. He went off in the
evolution of the modern battleship
and in his place has come the trained
machinist, the trained gunner, the
trained seaman; and it requires edu'
cation to train these men to man the
ship and to perform the different du
ties in connection with the careful
manning and offering of the ship
IN view of the great complexity Of
machinery and mechanism which OBJ
tains in our battleships. And so this
in some measure is reason why il
has become necessary to some extent
to train apprentices and to train otfi'
GERS on shore"
Representative Sibley, of Pa, who
is famous as whip, as well as fol-
some other things, gave dozen Of
his fellow Congressman a fourteen
mile ride the other morning that none
Of them will ever orget. 1t was in q
! big tally-ho coach, with four fast
horses, driven by Mr.. Sibley. The
party were driven to a well-known
Club House, seven miles north of town
where they had breakfast. and then
driven back to the Capitol in time fol
the assembling of Congress. A though
it was over one of the best roads in
this vicinity, several of the party have
said that it was the widest ride they
ever took, and that about half the
cine they didn't know whether the
wheels were on the ground or up in
the air. Mr.. Sibley says it was only
"a nice morning drive"