Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-03-16
tHMMF GEHRK STORIGS ;
|.adoet of ruit and Hunoor Gathered by
the Uuay

M coneress fresh from the la
ig :. national campaign, they have
err .,.;es to relate and divers theo-
Pl o,nound as to the why and
: .,re of victory or defeat. The
.f+or the battle of 1900 was nc
ton to the rule
IS, !. Ions" Goose Story.
ca s,ol Leondas +. Livingston Of
!, Ca. ranking Democrat on the
.ommittee on appropriations and
70 !, universally called Uncle Lon
,, familars, took a turn at Eek
,npr-a thing to which Democrats
uucb given ex necessitate those
,.oo, livingston attributed the an
4 ~ Hon. Alexander II. Stephens,
an inclined to the opinion that
..cinated it himself. However that
ha the story is a good one. ''Tc
reason why we failed in 1896
,rain in 1907 quoth "Uncle Lon,
iii relate one of Alex Stephens
Stephens used to say: When |
boy. my mother had two geese
n went to sitting in the same
match so close together that their
,r almost touched. one goose stole
ME- eggs from the other and thereby
so many that she could not cover
all. When Matching time came,
4 geese were short Oh goslings, one
suse she had 10 eggs and the other
ause she had too many. Moral
rou want good crop Of goslings,
mother goose must not spread out
much Ny opinion" concluded
nele Lon," lis that in our platforms
1s96 and 1900 we Democrats spread
too much
.eruI Under Difficulties.
Whether Hon. William \. Rodenberg,
merly of the East st. Louis district.
INV blood relation to Mark Tapley Of
mortal and hilarious memory this
ponent saith not. He ought to be,
his cheerfulness under difficulties
titles him to that distinguished hon
Rodenberg was one of the brightest
ID most amiable Republicans in the
dhy-sixth congress. In personal ap-
arance he greatly resembles Senator
nathan Prentiss Dolliver Of Iowa.
kkmehow Rodenberg "fell outside the
heastworks" in the melancholy days
1900, although he led his
kket by something close to a thousand
btes. When asked about it, he replied
beery: Statesmen are sometimes
heated at the polls; mere politicians,
kver Or, as John Allen states it,
While we are here wrestling with
Feat measures of state the pcsky poll
tans somehow get in between us
htesmen and the dear people at
Ome.'"
III Pleased.
Rodenberg's pleasantly as to states
len and politicians reminded me of
ree Of my Democratic constituents
no were candidates against one an
her for the nomination for the logis-
ture in 1860. They had made
dhot fight in the primaries. When it
as over, all three claimed to be fully
tisfed and happy as CLANS at high
lie. No. l was delighted because he
ceived more votes than the other two
mbined, No. . was gratified because
ran ahead Of No. 3, and No. 3 was
high feather because he received
actically the unanimous vote Of his
n township. There is nothing like
ing philosophic, especially in politics.
console the losers who are disposed
mourn as one without hope. state
IN experience that there are few
ngs so dreadful in the prospect or
lnconsequential in the retrospect as
|eat for office.
rlvate" John Aliens Yarn.
the cloakroom, shortly after the
'rt session of the Fifty sixth con-
ss began, members were discussing
election Of 1900. One said that If
election had been held the 1st Of
[ober the Democrats would have car
Indiana, Maryland, Delaware, etc.
es," drawled John Allen; eff! At the
beginning of the Spanish war two
ored soldiers We're discussing the
lses leading to the war. One said.
ae Spanyads hadn't blowed up dat
ueship, we would not have to be In
army IT, replied the other, with
at scorn; If! If toad frog had
lgs, he wouldn't wear all the skin
MS stomach scrapin' it ginst de
ksv"
onel Cochran Reports a Speech.
nat reminded Colonel Charles Ere
u Cochran of st. Joe Of speech
len colo. ed Republican orator de-
'red in his city in the 1900 cam
81. According to the Missourian, it
The most fetching speech heard in
section Of the state. The perora-
was as follows: "De Dimocrats
uey is gwin, to carry de lection.
VA III Norf Kerliny. whah l wuz
L. once de cats annoyed de rats
y much. At last de rats held a
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