BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-03-24

mOOUy ~ tue 11uubS VI 0srP!eSeHtAttVUFf
now that it 10 sntledd, has been one Of unu-
sual success. Not in recent years csrt∈y
has any member from Massachusetts,, or
possibly from any other State. made 20 bril-.
liant record. he succeeded at the start in
breaking the tradition that Q new man Ii
NOT to be heard from, and when he had ser
we'd only two terms, netting but his gsogra. |
phical Handicap prevented kis serious c9nsid. |
Grafton a. Mr.. Reeds successor In the |
SpeAksrskip.
A few days ago doctor Of divinity, who |
edits certain religious print, recently ex-l
cluded from the periodical mails BY order Of
Of the Postmaster General, stood in one Of
the corridors Of the House, trying to pro.
cure Mr. Noody's s'induence" In having the
adverse decision reversed. Though posssss-
ing high sense Of public duty Id ordinary
matters, this clergyman pleaded that the
bensvolence Of our Government eught to be
stretched just far enough to include carry
ing, at nominal charge, the publication
wkieh he edited, ending Die appeal with the
remark, delivered with some eiocutionAry
effect, that the proposed increase In postage
on such publications weuld bs tax upon
morality and Religion, ESQ IL the price Of
white paper" answered Mr. Moody, with
rood nature, but imprsssively. This re
spopse was entirely characteristics Of the
man. It told the whole story, in very few
words, and yet in way which could not but
strike most people as logical. The Depart.
ment regulations, of course, make no diseri.
limitations against religious publications;
these merely have to partak" OF the nst2re
Of newspapers BY . treatment Of current
events, in distinction from reproduction In
serial form of the sermons Of the early t.
thers. Ne ONE expects to Get white paper
at nominal sum, even for the spread oi
morality and religion, but msny expect the
Government thus TO furnish services which
cost more than would the sohits paper.
Mr. Moody has always had = direct, In.
cisive, and yet entirely judicial way oi
putting things. This is the secret Of his sue
cess on the Aoor of the House, particularly
/ in those spirited debates which have arises
over items in appropriation bills. he VA
put on the APPROPRIATIONS COmmittss st Tho
end Of bic flst term Of Congressional ser
vice, because be could tails" TKe, COM
Nittes had accumulated, on the saNi0rity
principle, many excellent men, bat few whe
had enough readiness for rough-and-tumDs>
debate, % VIXEN an unexpected attack ID
made apon given item by members soho
have been weeks In priming themselves,
The Appropriations Committee Of such a
time needs some one vhs can spring prolnply
to his feet and strife back with vigoI and
deytefity. Mr. Moody has been shat man.
Mr. Cannon, the Chairman, who alwAya
commands attention because Of his ions
service and ragged common sense, soon
came to rely very largely upon his more
youthful associate In leading tho debates.
In fact, the conventional way Of describing
any tilt on the floor In which the Appropris.
tions OomNittse Id involved hss become
"Osnnon and Moody are doing 90 and so.n
The two msn are almost invariably fouud
working side BY side, and they have made q
very effective teaa1.
When Mr. Moody entered Congress In
December, 1895, having been elected 70 Ill
the vacancy eccasiensd By the death Of Gen.
Ooaswell, Senator Hill Of New York ssas
one Of the first 70 predict for him brilliant
career. Mr. Hill remarked to friend that
he had read every word Of the Lissis Borden
trial, and that the young District Attorney
echo figured 90 prominently In Il, particularly
toward the close Of the case a. COUNSEL
for the Government, m1st be heard from
10 Congress in more than the ordinary way.
This recalls the action Of Justice Horace
Gray, who was On tho Massachusetts, Sap
rema Court ct the time Mr. Moody made
his first argument before 1t at Salem, In
1879, when hs was twenty-five years old
The case involved some very moe points sf
law, bat beyond that was Of little importance,
| 20 the monetary interests concerned were
small; the ysung attorney prepared himself
with great care, and ct the conclusion
Of the argument, Judge Gray, who 10
additionally rather unbending In his msu.
nsrs, walked bekind his associates and oat
20 where Moody stood to congratulate Aim.
Since they have both lived In Washington,
their relations have beeu extremely pleasant,
and not few have pFsdietsd that when
the Justice retired Mr. Needy Wosld 20 his!
successor.
Another meeting which similarly saggssts
how much of possibility may be- wrapped
up in the careers Of . group Of young men, |
occurred bers in 1898. Al Harvard Cls6 /
dinner in January, Mr Moody eAsaced t. |
be seated between LsonArd Wood and /
Theodore Roosevelt. After the dinner, the |