Gilpin observer., 1902-03-27

V come to him from all
u " parts of the world. The
latest addition to his col
lection. present from his loyal and
admiring constituency, is a cane Of
curious workmanship. Its handle is
formed from deers foot killed near
Buena Vista, in the speakers district,
long before he was elected to Congress
The stick was cut from dogwood tree
at Mount Vernon. and is elaborately
carved by hand with three scrolls. The
first bears the inscriptions: Il defend
the flag with the sword, and justice
with the gavel." Under this appear
four Masonic emblems and a miniature
OF the Capitol. The second scroll is
ornamented with a likeness of Daniel
Cox, Provisional Grand Master of
New York, New Jersey and Pennsyl-
vania in the middle of the eighteenth
century. The last scroll is inscribed
Colonel D. b Henderson was wounded
in the battles of Fort Donelson and
Corintb; was elected to the XLVIIIth
Congress; made Speaker of the LVth
and LVIIth Congresses"
Senator Cullom is looking for the
person who started the report that the
senator is a poker player. He says
If he finds the culprit outside of the
senate chamber there will be things
doing that will make the Tillman-M Nc
Laurin set-to look like pink tea. For
over month the eastern papers have
contained accounts of the senator's ex-
ploits around the green-covered table.
They have had him standing pat on
I, q pair of deuces and throwing down
full hands. They have had him stay
With three-card f1ushes and break aces
to draw to straight. The point about
TIE published stories that makes the
chairman OF the foreign relations COM
,N1ittee feel bad is that he always gets
the worst of it in the game.
! Mr.. Cullom says he does not play
poker and never dio, but if he did he
would not do such fool things as the
eastern papers are trying to make out.
Hestood this slander with comparative
eauanimity until people began to
write to him on the subject Some of
the letters jeered at his innocesee.
Sthers offered outlandish advice and
atill others informed him that he need
Eot be surprised If his fondness for the
gume received due attention and CEN
sure when the Sunday school societies
meet next summer. Finally, one man
letter from Pittsburg and in it gave
elaborate instructions as to how to
play poker. Pinned to corner of
the letter was dollar bill for stake
,Air. Cullom read the letter to a crowd
Of senators in his committee room the
ether day and he used supplementary
language in giving his opinion of the
writer. Then he told of his intention
20 start on the warpath to punish his
slanderer The other senators noticed.
however, that he unpinned the bill
from the letter which SO displeased
him and put it in his pocket.
A typical southern statesman is Sen
Ator Edmund Winston Pettus of Ala
bama. The senator is a veteran of the
Mexican war. in which he served as
lieutenant. and California pioneer OF
the earliest days-the days of "49."
Two years in the Golden State satisfied
him that opening up a new country to
civilization was not his forte. and he
returned to the practice of law N Ala
bama. He entered the Confederate
army as major and left 1t at the close
of the war brigadier-general
Senator Pettus has held high position
in the judiciary of his state but is
serving his first term in the United
States Senate. He is. of course,
Democrat.
Nothing has SO gratifed Miss Bar
ton in recent years as the greetings
and good wishes brought to her by
Prince Henry from the Emperor and
other members of the royal family of
Germany when he visited Washington.
1t happened that In 1870. when the
Franco-Prussian war broke out. Miss