Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-04-01

HON. NELSON w. ALDRICH
(Rhode Island Senator F. med as a Par
liamentary TacticianJ
the room of the conn it tee on foreign
relations to obtain some information
| from that lovable statesman, and he
gave me freely of his knowledge, but
added: You'd better wait for Senator
Morgan, of Alabama, who is to be here
TINS morning. He knows more about
this subject than L do. In fact, he
knows more about more things than
any member of the senate. Of this fact
L will convince you
Senator Davis then took volume of
an encyclopedia from the shelf, opened
1t at random and pointed to para
graph about an obscure island in the
Pacific ocean. He said that after
had obtained exhaustive information
on the topic which most interested me
he would ask Senator Morgan about
that obscure island, and he would tell
all about it. Well, in few minutes the
Alabama statesman entered the room
L stated my case to him, and he talked
for half an hour, giving me full details
of an intricate legal subject. Then
Senator Davis asked him about that
obscure island; and the dear old SEN
ator told us all about it; when it was
discovered, it's inha bitants, it's prod
ucts, and great deal more than we
had learned from the encyclopedia"
During the period of our contention
with Chill, about II years ago, the sec.
rotary of state, James G. Blaine, went
to the capitol, called on Senator Sher-
man, chairman of the committee on
foreign relations, and stated that he
wanted information on a certain point
of international law. He said that he
knew he was right, but he could not
prove 1T. Senator Davis, of Mime.
sofa, was sent for, and he instantly
sad: "Calvo wrote that point clearly
You will find it in such and such a
book" But word was sent from the
congressional library that the ONLY
copy of that book was in French. and
Mr.. Blaine exclaimed, helplessly: ct
might as well be in Choctaw, for !
can't read French"
Senator Davis said: "Take the hook
to the department, and have one Of
your translators fix it up for you." To
this Mr.. Blaine replied: ST am in con.
tention with President Harrison on
this point, and if one of my transIators
had this book in his possession. the
translation would get to Harrison as
soon as 1T would to me-" Then Sena-
tor Davis agreed to make the transla-
ton himself. During the following
night the statesman from Minnesota
| sat up and translated whole chapter
| into exquisite English, and took it TO
Mr.. Blaine at his residence about eight
o'clock the next morning.
Mr.. Blaine scored such a triumnh
over President Harrison in his bril-
liant Interpretation of international
law, covering all of the points in issue,
that the breach between Harrison and
Blaine was so widened as to eliminate
ultimately in Blaine's dramatic with
| drawal from the cabinet while the re-
publican convention at Mime apolis
| was in session.
| Following the substantial and an.
propriate views expressed by the Wis
itor from Oklahoma, one must make
mention of the great senior senator
from Iowa, Mr.. Allison; the marvellous
parliamentary tactician from Rhode
Island, Mr.. Aldrich; the almost incom-
parable orator and tariff statistician
| from Michigan, Mr.. Burrows; the great
| political general, Mr.. Quay, of Pennsyl.
vania; the shrewd business man and
political organizer, Mr. Hanna, OF
Ohio; the authority on interstate com.
merce, Mr.. Cullom. of Illinois; the
watch dog of the treasury, Mr.. Cock.
rell, of Missouri.
Yes, there are giants in these DAYS
and an instructive letter might be writ
ten concerning each one of those
statesmen who serve their country in
that august Legislative body.
SMITH D. Fly.