Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-02-24

| members regarded Allen as a gOdSend,
as q welcome and grateful relief from
what the late lamented Mr.. Mantalini
would have denoIninated "the demni-
ton, horrid grind" Of the congressional
| mill John arose to begin his "maidcn
! speech" an obscure member. Next
morning he arose to find himself IA
nous, as did Lord Byron after the pub
lication Of the opening cantos Of
"Childe Harold" and the fame of the
Mississippi humorist was as fairly won
the English poet.
Retired to the Cloakroom.
The river and harbor bill was up.
John wanted to offer an amendment
making an appropriation for the Tom
| bigbee river. The chairman of the
committee Mr.. Willis of Kentucky,
had promised John time and had then
forgotten it. john asked unanimous
consent to address the house. and Will
lis tried to help him get it. but some
one objected. Whereupon John. with
tears in his voice and looking dOleful
as q hired mourHpr at a funeral, said
with lugubriOlS accent. 'Wcil I would
at least like To have permission to
print some remarks in The Record and
insert daughter and applause in appro
pirate places. That WAS bis astonisl
ing cNortiiun. The paIpable hit at one
of the most common abuses of "the
privilege to print tickled the house
greatly and !le secured the unanimous
IL /1n
that speech with ;in amazing exhibition
Of gall, which addcl to his fame more
than the speech itself. lie wound up
by saying. "NoW, Mr.. Speaker, having
fully answered all the arguments Of
my opponents, I will retire to the cloak
room Il few moments to receive the
congratulations of adlnilin@ friends
which set The house and galleries wild
With delight. He did retire to the
ciGaIr0em. did receive the con@ra tula-
tons of aAmiriag frieatls, 4 perform
ance wlieh has been going on at fire.
quent Intervals ever since.
John Jokes With Governor Dinaiey.
III many respects the late Governor
Nelson Din%leN Of Maine was a most
admirabie character. He WAS 4 learn
eI and able man. dying in the great po-
t Siti0n Of cha a.Tnlail of the committee on
ways and means. II in no way detractS
, from his just fame To say that he was
almost totally destitute of Il sense of
hliuor. He was So matter Of fact that
it approNimnted cruelty to joke With
5 him. but nevertheless Allen did it.
When business WAS ut its worst during
! the panic which began in |; ,; one
t morning John and the governor met on
: Il street car. "CoVerHor. remarked
John solemn is a billygeat, Il hear a
5 vast deal of talk about trouble in max
;, ing paying investments. but | find no
. difficulty whatever i'll the matter. In
fact. less than ten minutes since
. made an investment which paid me 90
5 per cent. | consider that a rattling
: good speculation. $50 do L. replied
Governor Dingley. pricking up his ears.
| "How did you manage it, oh said
: John, With a straight face, Il bought
5 six street car tickets for a quarter"
} which convulsed everybody within
l hearing except the chairman of the
t ways and means committee, who look
ed as though he thought the MISSISSIPPI
| plan was tritling with momentouS not
to say sacred things. When the tale
l reached the capitol, men wondered at
. Johns temerity.
John Astonishes General Grosvenor.
= AS is we'll known, on the Sth day of
March, 1898. the house Of representa-
tives, Democrats, Republicans, Popu-
lists and Free Silverites. without
man missing, performed the most stu
pendous act OF confidence recorded i'll
the entire annals OF the human race by
voting to place 3OOOO,OOO without re-
strictions and without strings in the
t hands Of the president to be paid out
S on his order. As Democrat am hap
: py to state that in my judgment Will
I liam Mckinley never violated the conf
t dcnce thus bestowed. AS an American,
5 proud OF my country, delight to think
: that no man ever has been or ever will
: be president capable of betraying such
1 Il colossal trust.
D The vote declaring war against Spain
!, was also practically unanimous. SO
. were the votes on appropriations to
Q carry it on, but such unanimitY was too
1 beautiful to last. SO when the bond bill
Il came UP we separated and took differ
. ent paths. During the debate there
I was considerable cross1iring as to who
: We're the more patriotic the Democrats
5 or the Republicans General Charles
5 Henry GrosVenor Of Ohio threw out
certain insinuationS which rolled the
/ Democrats generally and Allen in par
e ticular John rose to tla, occasion.
/ made fiery speech. winding up by
= proposing that there and then General
: Gr"sv"nnr should open up recruiting