The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-14

that the Judge had on his desk a cup from which he was refreshing and that once when 1t was sent back to the cloak room 70 pc replenished. practical joker, c,,e cne iate e, representative Grain. filled the cup Wltn whiskey and 1t was thus car- rfed back to the speaker, who, in the neat or debate, gulped 1t down. never suspecting he was not. as he had been. stlll drinking lemonade.
 Although no names were mentioned in the watson book. the indignation of members resulted in the adoption of a resolution to investigate his charges. scorching examination. He was SO nervous before he finally. after consult- ing with friends, went into the inyesti- gation that he feared Judge Cobb would shoot him, and actually said he did not expect to come out of the room alive. He was advised that his apprehensions were not Justified and that unless indeed he composed himself his agitation might pro yoke the trouble to a tragic continuation. Judge Cobb was present, but maintained the utmost composure and. although he deeply felt the wrong that had been done him, he contented himself with his al- ample vindication which the investiga- ton furnished of the grossly exaggerated accusations by the bright and cratic young Congressman from Georgia who tation.
 Tn need of justice to the dead man, 1t may well be said that his department as well as his good name. was without single blemish during his service in the House. He was in every way one of the pest members of Congress, a man of the highest ideals, thoughtfully kind to ev- eerypody, dutiful to his country. loyal to true to himself in all that comported with dignity and exemplary conduct
 Penrose Getting Points.
 4, Among the recent frerunt visitors to ator Boise Penrose of Pennsyivania.
 ,ns senSa,torPenrose S,nr. is presumed to be post mittee on Postoffices and Post Roads. Mason of Illinois. who was defeated for in rank Of the Republican members of the Committee. Penrose is already Chairman of the Senate Committee on Immigra- generally alleged rottenness in the Post office Department, he will prefer to re- linquish his old Craftsmanship for the pos sible honors and opportunities of the new. Another vacancy in the Senate Postoffices Committee was left on, the Republican side by the timely elimination of Deboe of Kentucky. Other members of the Con- mittee are:
 Republicans-Ellxins of West Virginia, Of d dase If
 Democrats-Clay of Georgia, Culberson of 1daho and smmoDs O of NortS caFolfna
 The House Committee on Postoffices and Post Roads has yet to be appointed Congress House. As with the same Com mittee in the Senate, last years election removed the Chairman of the House
 Fancs shs Eond of Ths next Republican in rank on the Commit tee agai min Congress Is Ketcham of ous ability and integrity as we'll as Chair man of the Committee. Ketcham Is a man of less than mediocre qualifications portant duties that will be exacted of it in the Fifty eighth Congress. The other members of the Committee who are in lowing:
 Republicans-smith of Illinois, Gardner of 1,n NsN New v, Jersey. sperry of Connecticut. diane. Hedge of Iowa. Sibley of Pennsyl- Of of Sfs M9Ga of Arkansas, cowherd of Missouri and Wilson of New, York. -.4---4 office committes ' of fs't the sf two @ Houses of the Fifty-eighth Congress will have the most important work before them that route scandals of some thirty years ago. ably filled the responsibility. had he re-
 
 tive. over the questionable methods of ad- ministration in the Postof1ce Depart ment. and nobody in the government is and, rectitude of purpose to deal with the vexing questions involved.
 Ketcham and Smith who ranked next to Loud on the Committee in the last Congress decidedly lack abilities com mensurate with the demands for the the 9ext ranRnsp pRepubIlean e is John eard ner of the Second New Jersey District MT. Gardner's fifteen years in the New him rae m or naturally versatile gifts; He Is of course better fitted for the chairmanship of the Roads than either Ketcham or Smith. MT. Gardner had the chairmanship in the last Congress of the Committee on Labor. but no doubt would be pleased to relin- ouish 1t for the same rank on the Post offices Committee.
 Swanson of Virginia, the ranking mem Governor Go of Virginia, and he may retire to go into local politics. The next Demo- crat on the Conmittee is Moon of Ten | nized superior abilities and exceptional attainments as a lawyer. He would make formidable leader Tor the minority rep resentatton. Roosevelt Has the Call.
 The far Western prairies are on fire for Roosevelt The Rocky Mountain fast neSSeS that Tn So QrOWneO dA oCAOoS DuL that of the name of Bryan, now answer only to the name of Roosevelt The sedge brush of Kansas, Nebraska and all | that region which showed a great free silver conf1agration, has burst into flame | all over for Roosevelt. There Is no pos | sible hope for anybody in the world in | that country but Roosevelt.
 | That is the conclusion brought to Wash | ington by J. Martin Miller. of The New ark, N. J., Evening News, who has just | returned from a very extensive Western | trip in which he took an interviewing fall out of everybody worth talking to | by the way. is a Virginian and a Demo- | crat, says 1t does not matter whom the | Democrats may nominate next year the | Western States that voted for Bryan will | go even stronger in 1904 for Roosevelt | With the people. apparently without any | regard to past affilia tions the answer to every problem, National, State or other wise, is Roosevelt.
 l Tn Utah. for instance" said MT. Mill | Ter, ''the Mormons and Gentiles disagree upon everything under the sun, except attended a Methodist preachers meet | ing at which there were nineteen minis | ters participating. The meeting was a l praise service for Roosevelt with anathe- | mas for the Mormons. The next day I was at a large gathering of Mormons | which said things that were not nice for l other sects, but lauded Roosevelt to King l dom Come A thousand Presbyterians l had stopped in Salt Lake the day before l and stirred the new Valley of the Jor- dan. as nothing has wrought 1t up in months of moons verify believe. if 1t | could be brought about ,that the Rocky l NoH Gtat tne