Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-03-20
WASHINGTON LETTER
fspec,al Correspondence

LlOu 6LOIVO AWAY III hiC AS"S S~-'- --S
other member Of the United states
senate. Although he has devoted the
most of his time for years to the 18TH
milan canal question, he has found op-
portunity to keep track Of everything
else that was going on in Washington.
When the other members Of the senate
want to find out anything, they ask
Morgan.
The other day during discussion OF
the interoceanic canal bill one of the
members Of the committee asked Sena-
tor Morgan what were the provisions
of a certain treaty with France which
had worked itself into the controversy.
Much to their surprise. the senator did
not answer, but sent his clerk to Sena'
tor Culloms room for copy OF the vol
ume containing a compilation OF the
treaties entered into by this nation
with foreign governments. When the
clerk returned, Mr.. Morgan laboriously
looked up the treaty in question in the
index and then proceeded to enlighten
the other senators. he held the open
book before him while he repeated the
provisions of the treaty, but the other
senators noticed that not once did he
glance at the printed page while be
was reciting the provisions.
"Why did you send for the book II
you knew the text of the treaty by
heart? ?" asked Senator Elkins.
"Well," replied Morgan, Il could not
remember for the life Of me whether 1t
began with This or A. and l wanted
to make sure"
An Embarrassing Report.
Secretary Shaw has suffered annoy
ance through the publication In the
eastern press of statements concerning
his wealth. The newspapers OF the east
have contained exaggerated accounts
Of his financial condition. his wealth
being estimated at various amounts
over 100000, and that these mis-
statements are causing the new secre-
tary real annoyance is not doubted, for
the reason that he has referred to them
many times in his talks with friends.
In pointing out the embarrassments
which will come to him through the
false stories concerning his wealth,
Secretary Shaw said:
II find upon striking a balance that
l am possessed of this worlds goods
to the amount of $125, O00-not more.
If the impression gains ground in
Washington circles that l am mil
lionaire, l will be expected to entertain
accordingly, and therefore l have to
contemplate seeing the modest accu-
mutations Of lifetime disappear be-
fore the end Of my official term is
reached"
How He Acquired knowledge.
Senator Pettus of Alabama, the old
est man in the senate quotes the Bible,
Shakespeare and Bunyan constantly in
conversation and in his speeches. The
other day, after he had fred Biblical
quotation at Senator Burrows, the
Michigan senator asked him how he
attained such familiarity with the
Scriptures.
"Well," drawled Senator Pettus.
"when l was young man, in 1S49, l
rode on horseback from Selma to San
Francisco. had complete library
in my saddlebags-a copy Of the Bible,
copy Of Shakespeare and a copy of
Bunyan's Pilgrims Progress l read
and reread those books as logged
along on my horse and by the light of
the campfres at night. know them
all three backward and forward, and
that's why quote from them so
often.'
Walsh Bought the Church.
The Foundry Methodist church, at
Fourteenth and F streets, desired to
move to another part of the city. John
F. Walsh, the Colorado millionaire,
who is buying much property in Wash
ington, had his eye on the church cor
ner and dropped into the church one
night while an ice cream social was in
progress. He astonished the young la
dies by the prodigality of his expendi-
lures. Finally the pastor came around.
Mr.. Walsh introduced himself.
I'm having good time" he said.
Il like to buy things. Have you any
thing else for sale?"
Nothing except this church proper
ty," replied the pastor.
"All right" replied Walsh. "I'll take
that too.''
And he did, paying $201 900 therefor.
Short, but Eloquent.
The maiden speech of Senator Kit
redge Of South Dakota, delivered a few
days ago, was not long or an espe-
cially thoughtful effort. He had not
wasted days or weeks in the careful
compilation of important statistics, nor
had he ransacked the dusty volumes of
the Congressional library for tedious
essays on craftsmanship. In fact. Mr..
kittredge was very brief. He merely
said:
II ask unanimous consent to consider
the bill which increases the limit of
cost of the public building at. Aber-
deem, s. D."
Brief as this utterance was, it proved