The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-03

on most friendly termgwith Gentleman
George" Pendleton, OF Ohio, until Mr..
Pendleton introduced the bill which
is now the federal civil Service law.
Vest read the bill the morning If an
peared in print and remarked to some-
one that now would be good time to
file a claim for Pendleton's desk which
was most eligibly situated. Pendleton
heard of 1t and became very angry.
Whether Vest actually fled on the seat
or not, Pendleton did go out at the
end of his term and Vest Succeeded IN
the vacant desk 1t was some Years
after this that Vest in0his furn becam
disguised with the fruits of the snoiJs
system. He had a falling ont with
President Cleveland and had become
a rather bitter administration
Democrat.
When twitted on the subject in tba
senate he responded: 81 wish to ac-
knowledge, in the most public manner.
my gratitude to the president for hav-
ing relieved me from all responsihiIitv
In regard to appointments in Missouri
II there is anything in my public life
which has afforded me any Measure
real and substantial, it has been the
fact that the president, in the exarc;sa
of his constitutional right. of which r
do not complain, informed me that he
no longer desired my advice in regard
TO Missouri patronage. Not again dur
ing this administration will I stand1in
a crowded anteroom looking into the
anxious haggard faces of expectant or
nceholders. Not again will 1 be admit
ted to the august presence. nor will T
watch the shadows-possiblv nroduca5
by digeStion-that fit across the ax-
ecutlve brow and fell my heart sink
as each SHADOW comes and goes. Not
again VIII be damned at country post
offices, upon village corners. as an in
crate who has given no offices to his
friends
A Fling at MIR. Morton.
Still smarting from the rupture of
relations, he fell afoul of Secretary
Morton for fighting the good fight for
sound money and assailed him thus.
me secretary OF agriculture, instead
or deYotlng himself to the Legitimate
functions of his department, has been
raldlng every portion of the country
upon the financial question. He ought
TO be secretary of war and secretary
of the treasury. The idea of limiting
his colossal capacity and analyticaJ in
qulf1es- to cabbages, potatoes, beets
ana pumpkins! When he sees a silver
man he charges, he rushes from his
office. reminding us of what Cicero saws
OF Catiline's fight from the senate.
AbIlt, exceSSit, eVaSit,5 ertlpit' When
the secretary of agriculture hears of a
silver lunatic, like the war horse in
Job his neck is clothed with thunder
You might go further ana say: He
satin among the trumpets, Ha! ha!
and he snelleth the battle afar off. the
thunder of the captains. and the shout
ing" Is 30
once asked his opinion. eof a certain
fellow senator who was notorious fo..
lacking sense of hHmor, Vest said:
L have no doubt he is good fellow.
but l got hold of a joke yesterday and
went over to tell it to- him.. Lord! He
looked at me as if I were a case of
yellow fever and he We're a freezing
Ship
Vest has been in sad health for three
or four years. His trouble seems to
battle the doctors, but he makes as
light of it as he can, saying cheerfully
while ago: 81 fancy my case is like
tnat OF the Old darky who was all go
ing to pieces, and answered an inquiry
as to the cause: 'Wen!sI dunno. mas
sa; 'spect Use sufferin' fun ammo
domino"
Last of Confederate Senators.
At the expiration. of his, term of Of
lice he will be seVenty-two. During
the nearly quarter of a century thai
ne mas been q member of the senate
ne has been leader. He became SO
and remained so by reason of his ability
as q debater and by reason of his. abili-
ty as senator that had never been
disputed. He is the last of those mem
beTs of the confederate senate who
afterWard became members Of the
United States senate. He has seen the
fortunes of politics and the hand OF
death remove from the senate chamber
hundreds of men Mhoahaye come and
gone between the time that he became
senator and the present
He has seen presidents lifted into
office and he has seen presidents pass;
he has seen congresses installed and
then scattered by the changefulness
OF public opinion; he has seen questions
spring up like forests of fungi, live
for time and then die; he has seen
other questions gradually ascend from
the plane of fanaticism to place in
the laws of the land he has heard
and has taken part in debates which
have proved immortal, although they
were on matters that died almost be-
fore the ink with which the speeches
were printed had dried. He has been
part of all the great scenes that have
occurred in the national capitol for a
score and more of years. And now, of
his own yolition, he will drop out of
the panorama and take up his abode
In some quiet spot where he may calm
ly and peacefully pass his declining
years. n -
nO601n VIVA