The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-07

HE troubles OF new con-
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II ~ gresham are hard enough
to bear even when the new
member is not handicapped
! by youthful and insignia
cant appearance. Add these
and you have the sad state
OF Monty Lessler, who was
recently elected from one of the New
York city districts against Perry Bel
mont. Coming in to fill an unexpired
term caused by the resignation of Nick
Muller, makes him even more Of a
stranger. But his chief difficulty is
his lack of any of the externals cal
culated to impress the world at large
with his real worth. AS one Of the
doorkeepers remarked after mistakins
; him for messenger boy, he clocks
no more like a congressman than =
smoked shrimp"
But the elimination Of Monty =
troubles came when he was mistaken
for a page for the seventeenth time
He stood it for the other sixteen and
explained to his colleagues that he
was the new member from New York
and that he was not one of the boys
who trot around and do errands. Blu:
when the seventeenth time arrived
Lessler's supply of patience was gone
and he rose in revolt. He sought GU,
the man in authority and demanded
that the pages and doorkeepers be put
in uniform or be tagged with some
kind of a badge to distinguish them
from statesmen. The man in author.
ty told the story, and It was not long
before every member on the floor had
heard of it. The troubles of Monty
were made a matter of jest and while
some members snapped their fingers
for him before. mistakingly supposing
him an employee, there were merry
waSs who took pains to make the mis-
take.
The new member is now at that con-
dition of mind which verges on tears
and frenzy, and his colleagues are won
dering whether he will fight or resign.
Senator Beveridge of Indiana is I'M
doubtedly the most popular man in
the senate in a social way. He Is real
ly the only one of his class. He is
young, good looking-the women say
very good lOoking-a widower, well
dressed always, knows which forks to
use, is an entertaining dinner COM
panion-again the women say "a bril-
liant conversationalist"- with
about as good prospects as a reasona-
BILE woman could ask. In a word he
is looked upon as eligible. He has no
large amount of money; but with his
salary and writing and perhaps few
law fees on the side, he manages to
get together $4,000 to $4,000 year
on which to live. And he believes in
living we'll.
He has unusually good taste in the
1T
ment at the Portland is known for its
rugs, hangings and bric-a-brac, collect
ed on his travels. The gossips are all
watching and chattering, ready if he
looks twice at a girl to predict some
thing in the matrimonial line. Some
of the dowagers and senator's wives
have taken him in tow and are doing
their prettiest to match him to some
very rich and very good looking girl
One foolish story has been started
that he is to marry Alice Roosevelt
1t is founded solely on the fa-t that
he has met her and dined at the same
table with her once or twice; this ad-
ded to the idea of some tabby that it
would be a good thing to do.
There are two or three rich widows
in the Washington smart set who
ator Beveridge; but none of them has
been given any appreciate reason to
expect such change of state. The
young senator affects to scorn all So
ciety with high and mighty scorn,
but his professions are not entirely
supported by his conduct, for he goes
about seven days in the week
Senator Spooner of Wisconsin was
one of the statesmen who were dragged
into the Tillman-McLaurin "contro-
versy" on the floor of the senate the
other day. His part in the affair, how
ever, consisted only in goading Senator
Tillman to make charges against his
colleague, and he avoided the mix
up"
The senator has had a long career
IL legislative circles in the state of
Wisconsin, dating from the time when
he was mustered out of the Union
army as chaplain and brevet major af-
ter the war. His present term in tito
United States senate expires in 1903.
He is a Republican in politics and