The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-04-12
CAPITOL CHAT.
Senator Vest Tries His Hand at
Fishing For Tarpon.


washington Post.)
In a cottage down on the cast coast
Of Florida. some go miles south OF
Jacksonville, Senator Quay is enjoying
life. His place is about thirty or forty
acres in extent. and except for the cot
tage in which his son lives, he has no
neiehbors except Florida crackers. %
Within a mile of the house. however,
is Indian river inlet, where the tide
PUSHES in and out with the velocity OF
a mill race, and where the tarpOn IS
10 be found in proper season. It is the
tcrpon which attracts Senator Quay TO
the spot.
No matter who is his guest for the
time being. Senator Quay goes fishing
By himself. Thus it was that one day
Mr. Quay was OFF in a boat while Sen
atOr Vest, who used 70 make biun
at catching tsrpOn, was in launch.
Or this particular afternoon Senator
Vest was seated BY the side of the boat.
with the line wrapped around his hand.
He had been waiting for two hours Tor
strike" and as nothing seemed 10
be doing. he had tied the line TO his
hand and was quietly doing in the
warm sunshine.
Then something happened. Mr.. Vest
was suddenly pulled out OF his seat.
and. turning a somersault, fell in
heap on the floor of the boat. When
The boatman went TO pick him up the
line was running over the gunwale
with the speed of creased lightning.
What was that2" asked Vest, as he
slowly righted himself
"TarpoE," said the guide, lacOnically.
"Tarpon?" repeated Vest. 'Tarpon2
Wei, III be id. Ben" he added, as
he Squinted his eye toward the clear
heavens, I think it is going to rain.
Let's go home"
And by that time the big fish was
mile out at sea.
q 9 q
At the German ambassadors dinner
to Prince Henry the latter made a re-
mark which was repeated at the capitol
yesterday, Il am having the time Of
my life" said he. You see, they don't
make so n ch of me over in Germany.
Over there .ey use me to attend fu-
nerals."
Speaking Of Prince Henry, there was
q funny coIlOquy in the senate yester-
day regarding the emperor's yacht. Mr..
Hanna had stated that ships could be
built abroad for 25 per cent less than
o
sides which, IL cost % per cent less to
operate them under a foreign flag.
If that is the case asked Mr.. Till
man, why did the emperor have his
yacht built in the United States?'
so he could send the prince over
here to have a good time, / suppose,
answered Mr.. Hanna, and the prince
Is enjoying every minute Of il. That's
one reason. The other is that We have
a way Of building the best and fastest
yachts in the world, and the emperor
knew where 70 come for boat to beat
all the world
rs it a steam yacht or a sailing
yacht? asked Tillman,
Il confess I don't know" replied Mr..
Hanna, laughing.
This gave Mr.. Depew a chance TO
get into the game. It's a racing ma
chine" he said. Il was at the launch
ing, and so l ought to know"
Jasper TaIbert OF South Carolina has
given notice that he does not want to
run for congress again. because he is
a candidate for governor of his state,
while Congressman Latimer proposes
to make the race for senator TO succeed
McLaurin.
Laumer is a big. black-haired man,
with shoulders as broad as a hOgshead,
and if Drawn as well as brains can help
him, he ought to put up a good fight.
TalbeTt is a picturesque specimen He
IS typical southerner, wearing a black
SLOUGH hat. a long frock coat, and a
vest that is only buttoned half way.
and displays his white shirt. He also
culuvates the mOustache and gOatee
which is Characteristic Of the south.
] nix for - X has
upon the fact that he is the one man
in the house who questions pension bills
very closely. He is going before his
state on his anti-Dension record. and
upon it he hopes TO win.
o - g
Thirty years ago Senator Perkins
I Travelled through the mountains on the
eastern edge of California looking for
a mine which an old minister had dis
covered while heading westward. From
the trail on the side Of the mountain
Mr.. Perkins looked down upon what
seemed To be a sea Of white. He
/ thought il was alum, and hurried on
! The place was known as Deaths VAL
ley. and as it meant to perish from
thirst if he fingered. he got away as
soon rs possible.
Six years later the field az white,
glistening stuff was discovered to be
borax. and a man named F. N. Smith
who was then packing mules for dol
/ lar day, Is now a millionaire, and is
known as the boraX king. AIr. Smith
vas at the capitol yesterday, and Ar-
[ Perkins. who might have been the
borax king. was his escort. But that
wasn't the only time I missed a for
/ tune" said Mr.. Perkins. "Once, with
/ some associates. I owned over 100000
acres of land in Sonora. Mexico We
( bought the land for 4e cents an acre
and sold Il for 50 cents. thinking we
were lucky to get a purchaser. Today
| the property is worth between $50, 000,-
600 and 10000. 900. It IS the site Of the
/ Green Consolidated Copper company,
one Of the greatest c0pper-produeins
properties in the world"
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