The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-06-24

hlbltlon OF hypnotic powers by aus
ing an executive council to reduce the
assessment of the Northwestern rail
road, Mac" printed a peculiarly en-
pertaining cartoon. 1t showed the
statehouse, with Judge Hubbard's
long head and astute countenance
substituted for the golden dome.
Next morning Judge Hubbard called
on. the artist, congratulated every
body he could find, and bought 100
copies of the paper.
''That1l make my people in Chicago
know I'm earning my salary" he
chuckled.
Judge Hubbard for years'did a great
deal of lobbying at Washington as well
as in Iowa, in the interest of the rail
road he represented. His stories of
Washington experiences We're always
good. He was on intimate terms with
Car Reed, who took a fancy to "that
funny old Judge Hubbard, of Iowa."
years ago, and never got over it.
Three or four years ago the judge was
at the capital looking after the Sioux
City & Pacific legislation. One day he
found Capt. w. L. Rigby, of S%tanwood,
and some associates who were trying to
pass a bill to give 100000 to the Vicks-
burg national park commission.
Reed had absolutely refused to let
the bill come out, and Capt. Rigby APP
pealed to Judge Hubbard, who went
with them to the czar and presented
the case.
Mr.. Speaker,"h he said, "Idon't want
to make a speech to you. I'll be brief.
The MODEST attribute of man is manly
courage. When a nation gets to where
it refuses to erect monuments to the
valor of its soldiers and heroes it is
pretty near it's end. We want only $780,
900; you r passing river and harbor
bills with millions; appropriating
money in every direction. If you on
tinue to refuse to let this bill out you
will offend every soldier in,the nation;
they will all be against you, and 1 will
be with them"
Reed looked the judge over quizzi-
cally, and with his inimitable drawl de-
manded:
Say, judge, were you there at vicks-
burg during the siege?"
"Yes, l was" replied the Judge.
Tell me all about it, judge" went. on
the czar. frightening and mellowing
perceptibly. And so the judge told him
about how Grant took $4,000 men,
hanked the city, defeated one army and
drove Pemberton with another back
into the city. He told him of the
charges they made and of their re-
pulses each time; and then of how they
sat down and sapped, and finally about
some personal experiences.
"Why, Mr.. Speaker" he said, 81 re-
member being on the front line, when
we We're working behind bales of cot
ton and the bullets were coming sc
thick we didn't dare show our heads
around the side of a bale. I stood be.
hind n for hours when the bullets
were plunking into it, pitty-pat, just
like my heart was going. After awhile
the bales got so full of lead that we
couldn't roll them along any further;
then we'd get new ones and push
along"
Reed didn't give in; he didn't promise
to do anything for the appropriation;
but two days afterward he let the bill
be called up and passed.
Afterthe Vicksburg story Reed, who
was always looking for sympathy with
his anti-eNpansion views, turned to the
Iowa man and drawled:
Judge, what do you think of this
Philippine question, ~anyhaouw?"
Pm in favor of keeping EN-" the
judge replied. "l'm a good Scotch
Presbyterian, and my doctrine is to
keepthe seventh day and as much moro
as you can get your hands on. Besides,
the Bible tells us to go and preach the
Word to all the world; and there's lots
of 'em that you can't preach the Word
to unless you shoot it at 'em with mus
kets. But Pm in favor of treatin' 'em
all alike, and giving it to 'em with mus
kets if necessary"
Next evening they We're at Senator
Gears to dinner. the senator at the
head of the table, Senator Alison on
his right, Reed on his left, and Hub
bard next to Reed. Reed turned to
Senator Allison.
"Allison," he said, "I've heard lots
about Judge Hubbard, and had been led
to suppose he was a Christian gentle
man. But yesterday we got to talking
about this Philippine question, and
found out he was just an ordinary
heathen."
1t isn't a far call from Judge Hub
bard's story of Tom Reed to a story
about the judge and Bob Cousins, con
gresham from the Cedar Rapids dis
trict. The story goes that soon after
Cousins went to congress the Cedar
Rapids nan was in Washington, and
Cousins invited him out to dinner one
evening. They went to the best cafe
in the town. Cousins proposed to do
the honors in the right way. Being a
young, good-looking congressman
with a good appetite and a taste for