Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-27
mrs or wAsuINeroN LIFE.
Minor scenes and sketched
on the spot.

on the spot.
once seekers occasionally reach the goal
OF their hopes on the federal pay roll by
persistently working the pull" OF a con-
gresham or senator. The flush OF Joy
which success brings Is often mellowed by
the difficulty Of expressing in suitable
phrases the gratitude one naturally feels.
To those who are or may be similarly trou-
bled the following specimen received by a
congressman Is commended: Il cannot
close without again acknowledging my
thanks. No language is rich enough to eX-
press my gratitude. No sentiment, how
ever sublime, is lofty enough to reveal the
obligation l feel. Your friendship will ever
be a source Of Joy and pride and an In
spiration to ever higher thought and &C
tion. God grant, and | cannot help but be-
lieve He will spare me, that again some day
l may help to crown you"
A constituent recently wrote to Repre-
sentative Kahn OF San Francisco. request
ing him to introduce a bill for some
mechanism ito penetrate the heavenly
bodies" with the letter was a diagram
and explanation of the particular invention.
The diagram was full OF wheels, and Mr..
Kahn studied it intently.
It Qutblltn NnhN puhAlNh hAAh Nae aS "
what to do with the letter. He did not
want TO offend his constituent. Mr.. Kahn
ls not that kind Of a legislator. Neither
could he offer such a bill in congress. for
he was aware that it could not receive.
consideration.
A bright thought finally struck the San
Franciscan. He took his pen and wrote;
"I regret very much that I cannot com
ply with your request. Congress has no
Jurisdiction over heavenly bodies"
II is the presidents intention to leave
Washington for the Rocky mountains about
the end Of March. He will stay there hunt
ing until late in April, when he will re-
turn to st. Louis and take part in the
worlds fair dedication ceremonies. He
will at once go west again and will be the
guest Of the California Grand Army o. the
Republic at San Francisco May Z. He will
be at Portland, Ore, when ground is broken
for the Lewis and Clark exposition in May.
He will then visit several points in the
northwestern states and may not return to
Washington before June.
Around the capitol, says the Washington
Post, the w%esterners are telling a story of
the recent election of Judge w. B. Hepburn
to the United States senate by the legis-
lature of IDAHO. Some OF the friends OF
the opposition not only were deceived
about Judge Heyburn's chances of winning,
but were so sure their own candidate was
winning that they gathered in all the
money anybody would wager, and had TO
walk home.
o the afternoon OF the evening Of the
caucus" says Hon. John Bascum, an Idaho
--Ts4a-G.- u L. a-.1ag-- DTnehtn1tan
and the capitol in an eastern visit, "the
friends of w. f. Borah Of Boise were ex-
ceedingly confident. They had signed as
surances of support from a majority OF the
republican members and we're consequently
Offering odds of from five to one TO ten &c
one on Borah's getting the prize.
But Judge Hepburn had a manager who
was extremely busy and he not only cor
rallied the republican members who were
unpledged, but he added to his list enough
of those who had signed to make Heyburn'i
election certain. Then Hepburn supporters
were as sporty as the Borah men, but q
bit more foxy. They took every bet that
was offered. but did 1t through the medium
of the democrats, so that no suspicion
should be engendered.
when the caucus had ended Mr.. Borah
was not only cleaned up politically. but
his friends had been cleaned up imam
cially. In the aggregate Heyburn's friends
are credited with having made upward oil
$50, 900 out of their quiet little game"
The new issue of postage stamps on
which the Bureau of Engraving and Print
ing and the Postofice department have beer
working for the last two or three months
will be on sale by March 1, the third as
sistant postmaster general has announced
These stamps will be radical changes from
the present form in style of design and
general attractiveness The new stamps
it is said, will be the handsomest that the
Postofice department has ever issued, ant
are the most artistic in design.
Some of the stamps have already beer
Issued and they show what a radical de-
parture has been made from the old ant
stilted design. The Scent and l3-cen'
have already been issued to the postofhce'
Of the country, as also has the 2-cent. The
Scent variety will be ready for issue to.
morrow and the 15-cent was delivered
Monday, February /, the 1-cent, scent and
5O-cent denominations will be ready, AND
fifteen days later the Scent and 10-cent
stamps will be out. This will leave fol
issue March / the Accent, 81, 50 and IS va
%rieties. The chief of the division of postage
stamps and supplies announces that hi
will have every one OF the stamps out by
March /. although Director Meredith o.
the Bureau Of Engraving and Printing Is
not so sanguine, Proofs OF almost every
one OF the stamps have been received and
the designs have been approved and worl
on the regular issue is beginning at once
When Secretary Moody was under re-
pairs, necessitated by the shake-up he sus-
tanned by jumping from a carriage In An
napolis. President Roosevelt called to see
him. 1t happened that a new servant an
swered the door. He did not know Mr.
Roosevelt, and he said the secretary wai
not in. "Oh, he'll see me-" said the chiei
magistrate, good-naturedly. 81 dunno, sab,
said the servant. "Who is your" The
president" president OBJ WHAT asked
the colored man, suspiciously. Just ther
another servant came TO the door and Mr.
Roosevelt was allowed to enter.
Congressman Littleheld OF Maine was as
surfing some Washington correspondent
that journalistic talent is not confined t
the national capital. "Why, l know of
reporter" he said, who was describing the
wreck OF a vessel on the Maine coast. Fhii
was one OF his sentences: AT this momen'
a giant wave swept over the doomed Graf
ana siv moor sailors bit the dust An