The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-01-07
WASHINGTON LETTER
Special Correspondence.l

recially interesting enc in this regard,
was senator w. b. Hepburn of Idaho.
whose marriage with Mrs. Yeatman
took place Aug. IL at Rose1ale. Pa.
Two of the oldest Quaker families in
Chester county, Pa, are represented in
this union. The ancestry of the SEN
ator is a notable one among this pros
porous and peace loving community,
and that of his wife goes back through
eight generations on her mothers side
10 Gentle Thomas Carleton" a per-
Suasive preacher and friend of George
Fox. The marriage took place in the
home of the brides mother, Mrs. La
vinia Passmore Yeatman, where the
fifth generation of the Yeatmans are
residing. The house is most important
as type of the finest residence of colo
NAL days and was built by Andrew
Yeatman, grandfather of Mrs.
Hepburn, who died six years ago.
Senator and Mrs. Hepburn are at the
Normandie for the winter.
Sennte's Consumption of Quininc.
Charles b. Bennett, secretary of the
United States senate. has sent his an
nual report to that body, detailing the
expenditures of last year. The items
are in many instances of a sort more
characteristic of women's notion
counter than of supplies for staid SEN
ators.
The stationery room, where articles
are put on sale at cost TO senators, in
the year sold such articles as chate-
laine bags, manicure sets, wrist bags
1t prices up to $50 and similar articles
appreciated by women. Cardcases,
leather cases for railroad passes and
such articles found a large sale.
The medicine chest in the Office of
the sergeant at arms dispensed 10000
grains of quinine pills, a dozen pack
ages of court plaster, large quantities
of pepsin and soda, mint tablets and
horehound drops to a total of twenty
pounds. Toilet articles were dispensed
by the government to large amount
In such lines as bay rum, powders, CO.
logne, dandruff cures, smelling salts
and complexion restoratives.
In and Out.
Rev. L. ]. Prettyman, who delivered
two prayers within a half hour before
the senate, an unusual experience for
pastor of any faith, had sudden
change of status.
Official note of his first invocation
will go down to posterity in the Con
gressional Record with this simple
line:
Prayer by the chaplain, Rev. F. J.
Prettyman."
Official note of his second invocation
is recorded in the following manner:
Prayer by Rev. L. J. Prettyman of
the city of Washington
All this distinction arises from the
fact that Mr.. Prettyman was elected
chaplain for the extra session only, his
desire being to relinquish the office as
soon thereafter as his successor could
be chosen.
An Echo From the Game.
"The gentleman will please keep
within the limit" said Speaker Can
non from the chair the other day to
the minority leader, Mr.. Williams, who
was exceeding the allotted time In de-
bate.
1.-THE gentleman will please keep
within the limit" he reiterated, with
broad sweep of his left hand, such as
some of his auditors had seen at So
cial "sittings" on occasion.
Away back in the rear of the hall sat
Chairman Foss o. the naval commit
tee. He began to laugh. So did Rep
resentative Loudenslager of New Jer-
sey, another member of the naval COM
mittee, and the smile was contagious
to other old salts who cruiSed last sum-
mer in the good ship Dolphin.
Il wonder whether Uncle Joe is 60
ing to add the rest of it," said one of
these weather beaten old sailors.
whats that inquired a landsman.
"'You haven't got all the money i'll
the world" replied the hero of many
voyages on the bounding main.
Urges Reforms For Alaska.
Governor Brady of Alaska, in his an
nual report TO the secretary Of the i'll
terror, urges provision for Alasl,a's rep
resentation by delegate in congress
and says that Alaska's main need is
for pioneers and home builders. He
urges adjustment of the fee system
for United States commissioners and
deputy marshals and extension of the
homestead laws. lie says Alaska to-
day has a less white population than it
had in 1900 and that it is migratory.
An Expert Opinion.
Uncle Joe Cannon usually wears spec
tacles, but the other day he put on eye
glasses. They bothered him, and he
laid them on the speakers stand. Then
he promptly forgot where they were
and banged them with his gavel,
smashing them into small pieces.
THAT was fine thing TO do" said
Speaker Cannon to Asher Kinds, the
parliamentary expert.
"Out of sight" Kinds replied, with
out batting an eye.
Gift From LOubet.
Lieutenant Commander de Fara-
mond, naval attache of the French le-
cation, called on the president the other
day in full uniform and presented him
with specially bound copy of the
French naval annual The copy was
presented at the request of President
Loubet of France, who had it leather
bound and embossed in red and gold.
President Roosevelt accepted the gift
with an expression of pleasure.
Navy Under Construction.
1t has been recently pointed out that
so far as battleshipS are concerned the
United States has larger navy under
construction than in commission. There
are only ten battleships in commission
and fourteen now building, the ones on
the docks being larger and having more
improvements than those afiOat
CARL SCHOFIELD.