Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-12

| otdteS. ne gained the suit ana was,
| reward for his ability and great success,
| chosen United States senator Mr.. Green.
| Whatever may have been his faults. was
| man of most tender feelings and a chivalric
| and courageous gentleman. He had en-
| gagged in debate. and 1 have often listened
| to him, such intellectual giants as Sum-
ner. Seward. Douglas. Sherman. Hale.
Chandler and many others. and was al
| ways courteous. pleasant and convincing
Once saw him ruffied by Senator Hale
| OF New Hampshire. Hale was a very hui
| had much sting in it. The occasion to
| which l refer to here was when Green
| was making an impassioned speech during
| very excited period in the countrys
! history and shortly before the civil war.
| when he was quickly brought to a halt by
| a sharp Interpolation from Hale. Green
| paused a moment and looked angry Then
| he simply said. addressing the President
| of the Senate. John c. Breckenridge; MI.
| President. it's poor body that can't az
| ford one clown
| Having delivered himself of this COM
| ment he resumed his argument.
Hale of New Hampshire.
| Senator Hale however. vas neither a
| clown nor buffoon as some who became
| angry when his sarcasm penetrated their
| intellectual ribs were wont to speak OF
| him. Hale was vertable wit. and wlthal
| a sagacious statesman and popular man
| on both sides of the Senate chamber
| He sorely wounded Senator Douglas
| one day. Inat gentleman, OF CoulSc as
| every one knows. by the election of Abra-
| ham Lincoln to be President had lost the
browning ambition of his lie, ana IN
| debate ut was after Mr.. Lincoln had taken
the Office of PresidenO Douglas was with
all the force of his great intellect giving
| his construction of the inaugural auoress
of the new chief magistrate HIS speech
| was antagoniStic to views set Iorlh pS
| several senator's, notably Messrs. tessen-
| den of Maine Wilson of Massachusetts
| and Hale of New Hampshire. and the de-
| bate was eXcitable to a fiery degree
I'm the course of the general quarrel
| Hale made a remark that reflected upon
Douglas defeat. 1t was his comment upon
| the Illinois mans feelings and was quota,
| ton from the fifteenth chapter or IL
Samuel, fourth verse
| ".Absalom said moreover. Oh, that were
| made Judge in the land. that every man
| which hath any suit or cause might come
| unto me and / would do him justice. y
So much for Hales wit.
Turning over the leaves of his auto
| graph book the old resident exhibited the
| sign marks of James Shields. the old hero
| who was wounded at the battle OF Chapaul-
| tepec, and who represented both Minnesota
| and Missouri in Congress; those of James
| W. Nesmith of Oregon, who was elected to
| the Senate before he had ever seen a loco
| motive a telegraph wire or gas light. and
| who in his early life had been a stage
driver; then the signatures of Andrew
| Johnson, brigadier general of volunteers,
| United States army; Richard NJ. Johnson.
the man who killed Tecumseh; Arson Bur
| lingame, the special commissioner from
| China, and the -buttoned-hatted manda-
rims who came with him to this country,
| all written in lucid celestial characters; the
autograph of Willard Fillmore, who, when
he wrote It, February 8, 1888 had become,
| by the death of General Zachary Taylor,
President of the United States. Amos Ken
| dali contributed over his signature the i'm
| mortal words of Andrew Jackson, THE
| Union must and shall be preserved" that
of John P. Kennedy, the author of Horse
| shoe Robinson" who was Secretary of the
| Navy when he ornamenteu the old album;
| James McDougall of California, who was
Scotchman and reveled in the works of his
brother Scot, Sir Walter Scott. and whole
| host of other people.
Jefferson Davis of Mississippi had for
| his colleague in the Senate for number of
| years A G. Brown, who said the old
| reminiscencer, was for time chairman of
| the committee the District of Columbia.
| He was always opposed to the location of
| buildings in the parks of the city, and his
| antipathy went SO far to incline him to
| favor the tearing down of the Smithsonian
| Institution and the refunding of the money
| given for its construction to England"
Habits of Senator'S
| Several incidents were given concerning
| idiosyncrasies and habits of various sena
| tors. The pages did not admire Senator
| Broadhead of New Jersey He always op-
posed any extra compensation in their be
| half about the time of the adjournment of
| the sessions of Congress. The boys all
agreed in the opinion that If this senator
| should have his foot on the stage coach
| (these were the days of the Vanderwerker
| and Reside lines) going home and some one
| should whisper that the extra appropriation
measure was about coming up he would
| retrace his steps and come back to the
| Senate chamber to fight it.
one of the pages. who wears the sena-
torial ermine himself now, played a rather
| sad joke on the senator one day. He was
! requested to bring a glass of water and did
| so. The senator slipped it and became
angry yES H.,
| said
The page explained that he got it from
! the usual fount.
WELL it's hot as if it had been
| boiled, said the senator. Go to Carter's
! Garter was the presiding genius of the
| Hole in the VALID, go to Carriers and get
me glass of water, one that is fit to
| drink
The page went back to the original fount
| 1t in.
That's all right said Mr. Brodhead
Now, remember hereafter when 1 ask for
glass of water l mean cool water
1T was the duty of the pages in my
day., continued the interesting talker
whenever senator arose to speak to place
glass of water before him, so that when
his throat became dry he could wet his
whistle One day a western senator whose
name 1 don't care to mention, called me
to him and said:
Sonny, l am going to make a speech
after little while. When you see me
arise from my seat you go to Carter and
bring me glass about twO-thirds full OF
gin and one third full of water AS soon as
l empty the glass have 1t replenished and
keep on doing SO until 1 am through with
my remarks
well, 1 obeyed orders implicitly and the
senator began to get very patriotic as well
M ina
spread-eagle Grafton. 1t was evident that
something of an unusual character was in
spring him. and the old doorkeeper Isaac
Bassett, called me to him.
What are you getting for that SENATOR
said he.
"'Gin and water 1 promptly told him,
when he said:
No more of 1t under any circumstances
When he finishes his tumbler fill 1t with
clear cold water. No more gin, under any
circumstances.
"Of course, l did 1 was told to do as
the old patriarch Bassett was the boss of
the pages. The senator all right.
however. The decoction had not bothered
him The fact is, l him in one of the
committee rooms with a number of political
fria ind