The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-04-20

A still better story is retailed con-
corning the last national political cam
paign. Jones had maintained the con-
test from his headquarters in the Au-
ditorium in Chicago, and the newspa-
pers had surfeited themselves with his
predictions and eccentricities. On re-
turning to the Senate some time after
Bryan's defeat he was annoyingly
j'bed by his political opponents con-
corning his failure to marshal his hosts
TO victory. A day or two afterward
he visited the House of Representa-
tives. While conversing with some of
his old associates in that body two of
his Republican friends INDUCED in the
usual badinage. Wen. Senator" said
one of them. you put up a good cam
paign, but you got licked. Just among
frlends-how did you feel when it was
all over?' Quick as a flash came the
response: ITO tell the truth gentle
men, l felt just like Lazarus" The
faces of the jocular inquiriers remain
ed blank. Apparently they did not
comprehend the pith of the reply
Jones quickly relieved them from their
misery. Bending his head toward them
smilingly, he added in a low tone
Licked by dogs, you know!"
Jones entered the Senate on the 4th
of March, 1885. as the successor of
James D. Walker. He was appointed
to the Committee on Claims, Indian At
fairs and Patents. In the Fifty-fir
Congress he was added to the Commit
tee on Territories and the Reclamation
of Arid Lands. Later on he became a
member of the Committee on Finance,
of which Senator Aldrich is chairman.
He is also a member of the Committee
on Irrigation. With the retirement of
Senator Vest Mr.. Jones would have
been the leader of the minority in the
Committee on Finance. There were
three Joneses in the Senate when the
Arkansas Senator was first sworn in
They were John P. Jones. of Nevada;
Charles w. Jones, of Florida; and
James K. Jones, of Arkansas. After
the 5rd of March next, there will be no
Jones left in the Senate, as it is under
stood that John P. Jones will not ac-
cept a reelection. His successor will
probably be Francis G.. Newlands, now
a prominent member of the House of
Representatives AS Senator Jones, of
Arkansas, walks out of the Senate on
the 4th of March next, he will proba-
bly, meet Arthur P. German at the door,
ready to shake hands with him, for
Jones and German were always the
best of friends.
But James K. Jones is not the only
man in the Senate who must swim for
his life this fall. Senator Henry NJ.
Teller, of Colorado, is among the swim
mers. The tide, however, is more fav-
orable in his case. Aside from this he
is q. much stronger swimmer than the
man from Arkansas. His antagonist is
said to be Edward o. Wolcott, who was
succeeded by Senator Tom Patterson.
Wolcott trains with the Presidential CO.
terie. and was supposed to have been
slated for either a Cabinet position or
for a foreign mission. His friends how
ever, declare that he is enamored of
Senatorial life, and that he is to head
the Republican column this fall in an
effort to carry the Centennial State
Wolcott is a. marvellous natatorial art
list, but Teller knows all the political
currents in Colorado, and it looks as
though it would take a miracle to beat
him. Teller is composed of different
material than that entering into the
composition of Horace Tabor, who was
beaten by Wolcott when he first en-
tered the Senate. In a conversation
over the situation when the campaign
became hot somebody asked Tabor if he
had Robt Elsmere. "Oho, no." was the
response. "Wolcott nipped him a month
ago. He got him cheap, too. He's a
bowling Wolcott man to-day" Teller is
universally regarded as one of the
strongest men in the Senate. A battle
with Wolcott. however, will be a bat
tie royal. All the power of the ad-
ministration will undoubtedly be
thrown against the veteran apostle of
free silver His popularity among the
miners is a strong factor in the fight,
and may be the decisive factor. Teller
never held a political office until he
was elected to the United States Sen
ate. He first appeared in that body on
Dec. T. 1876, when the state was adj
mitted into the Union. In 1882 he re-
signed to accept the pace of the Secre-
| tary of the Interior in the cabinet of
! President Arthur. He returned to the
| Senate in 1885, and has been there ever
since. The most picturesque event in
| his life was his withdrawal from the
Republican National Convention in St
| Louis in June, 1896, because of his dis
satisfaction with the financial plank of
| the platform More than one hardened
| old politician was affected to tears.
Not long afterward a serious effort to
make him the Democratic candidate
| for President was made. Since that
| time Mr.. Teller has taken his seat on
the Democratic side of the chamber,
and Colorado has a unanimous Demo-
cratic delegation in both the House
| and the Senate. Teller was born in
| Allegheny county New York, and
used to practice law in Binghampton
in the palmy days of old Daniel S.
| dickinson. He is 70 years old and has
been a resident of Colorado forty-one
years.
| Another case of natation is that Of
| Senator William E. Mason of Illinois,
For breziness and genuine good nature
| It would be hard to parallel Mason. He
| has a fair show for a reelection, be-
cause nearly every politician in the