, 1902-03-25
Especial letter.

l
~ of fellow-senators abou'
~ The cares of once. H,
~ complained that peopl,
u thought that when q mai
was elected to the uppel
house in congress his cares ane
trials were owe for six years. Sen
ator Fairbanks, who is tall and som
Der. Joined the group al this point In
the western mans dissertation and 9
wicked bleam came into Heitfslds
eye.
ITO Illustrate" he continued
there's Fairbanks, one of the richest
and incest republicans in the senate
Well. in the last week his million-dol.
lar factory at Springfield, O.. burned,
his small son shot a boy companion
while they were playing with a didn't.
know-it-was-loaded ride, he has given
q dinner or gone out to one every night
and Beveridge has been appointed
member OF the steering committee"
All Of Heitfeld's auditors laughed ex-
cept Mr.. Fairbanks. His political ami
mostly to Senator Beverage 10 80 well
known In Washington that the other
senators regard a. = joke every utter
ance that couples the names OF the tive
Indiana statesmen.
1t 10 well known that all the serv-
ants in Washington are colored and
that 1t is impossible to procure white
help. The wife Of q western senator
had marveled at this mystery ever
since she had lived in Washington.
but she thinks that she has solved 1t
now. Recently she was invited by
Director Merriam to visit the census
once. She accepted the invitation and
NJ. Merriam conducted her through
the various sections Of the big build
Ing. Finally he took her to the room
where hundreds of young women are
employed running punching machines
and writing In large ledgers. She
swept her eyes over the vast room
and then in . voice audible to several
hundred Of the clerks saidi
Its no wonder that white cooks
and housemaids are 20 scarce In
Warrington"
Mr.. Merriam led her out Of the room
In time to avoid . riot, but when her
husband comes up for reelection there
will be . lot Of young women busy
with pencil and ink furnishing rsa-
sons Why he should be defeated. The
census employees were appointed from
the various states and although each
passed An examination each also is Of
~suficient political importance to in
tsrest . Congressman or . senator In
her behalf.
While the president and Mrs.
Roosevelt were In Groton attending
Theodore Junior during his critical ILL
nss the other Roosevelt children had
the run Of the white house. Miss
Alice Roosevelt and her aunt, Miss ca
rev, were there to hold them in. but
were not very successful. Bright and
early on the morning the president
started for Groton Archibald appeared
in the public reception roo and an
nounoed to the white house employees
that II they would accompany him to
the red room he would show them
how Kubelik acted the day he gave .
recital at the white house. No one
accepted the invitation, but shortly
from the red room anne q series Of
the most fearful crashes evsr given
out by q tortured piano. When Pinck-
ney reached the spot he found Archie
using q tennis racket for a violin and
at the same time bringing forth amaz-
ing sounds from the plano with such
portions of his anatomy as were avail
able for pounding the keys. Short
ly afterward Kermit demanded Of As
sistaat Secretary Loeb that the horses
them to his IRE engine.
Senator McEnery was Lieutenant