The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-14
Observation-Disclosures
(From the Washinrton line J

After the expiration of the present congress
| next March the senate cloak rooms will no more
! be enlivened by the sharp wit OF George Graham
vest or the quaint humor OF John Percval
Jones' FOR more than twenty years these vet
eran statesmen have been the best story tellers
m congress. Good health or III did not affect
the spirits Of either. Each has been leader
on MS side Of the chamber and tower Of
strength TO his party in State and nation Sena-
tor Jones is as deeply grounded in republican
principles as senator Vest is in those of the
democracy and one is as strong a partisan as
tne other, with this difference that the Nevada
senator quit his party for brief spell on account
OF the currency question but went back to il
When blmetallism was no longer an issue where
as the MISSOURI senator would as leave become
an apostate to the Presbyterian faith Of his
me ola scotch ancestors as to raise his hand
against the democratic party
Both have seduously avoided posing before
the public as raconteurs, mindful of the fate of
nearly every public man in the United States
VINO has essayed to amuse as we'll as instruct
MS followers. But when ensoonced in favoritc
corner OF their respective cloak rooms and sur
rounded only by their peers, they have reeled
OF stories from their experience and fancy that
will keep their memories green when thew have
joined the great majority. Each retires from
the senate on his own volition. They will be
missed by their colleagues more than any other
two men Of their time
Hon. George L. Wellington refuses TO be
pacihed Il shall not retire from politics when
l leave the senate next March" declared the
Maryland statesman the day after the election
have still one mission in politics That mis-
sion is the ruin of McComas When that's done
shall cheerfully leave politics" Mr. Wei |
hngton added by way Of explanation of the
republicans of Maryland under the leadership |
oil Hon, Louis McComas. carrying four con |
gress districts that he waS very much occupied |
with business matters during the campaign and |
couldn't give much attention to the fight
But McComas is done for" Mr. Wellington
missed in his wrath. you can certainly print
TINS II you want to- | expect to have reckon
ing with that gentleman. He is certain never TO
60 back to the senate, | don't know whether the
next senator will be a democrat or a republican
but whoever it may be, it certainly will not be
MeComas" II is believed that before the next
campaign in Maryland opens Mr. Wellington will
have wholly renowned repubicanism and allied
himself squarely with the democrats. He stumped
the country for Bryan in 1900, hut was rein
stated IN the republican caucus soon after the
senate met last year. Whether he will be per
nitted longer to cooperate with the republicans
Will be determined when the short session Of
congress begins.
The unlooked-for victory of Hon. F Burton
harrison IN the Thirteenth district of New York.
which had been cut out by the republicans as
ate ground for them, was due in no small degree
o the valuable aid of his clever mother, who is