The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-18

and sarcastic. He is a study when he is
really earnest III making a speech or
pushing measure through the house.
ana he gets mixed Up in hot debate.
II there Is a eross-fire OF questions. with
Pyroreennie side lights. Up go his coat
sleeves merry 10 the elbow. and with
lhese tucked I'D TO give free and easy
motion. his arms shoot up am down in
the -eir, with Sufficient energy to make
gymnasium acrohats pale into insignifi-
eaI1ce. He draws the fire Of an scmy
and spikes a gun whenever an aDpor-
tunIty presents ITSELF
Two Boer Waits.
While most people have either talked
themselves hoaTse over the injustice OF
lne, lSfl1lsn government IN -imprisoning
and deportfng two little Boer waits. or
else have quite forgotten the brace of
INV Dutchmen. General Mills of the
nlted States. army has really attempted
10 bring good out OF an apparent evil.
For several weeks past ne has been busy
tIldeANefing 10 persuade the English
" ashineton' to turn the children over to
him At present they are not uncom-
fortablx located in the Bermudas- Cen
etal NILS Is anxious 70 take charge or
the two BOYS and educate them Whether
TINS IS pure philanthropy on the generals
part. or scheme Of friends to secure
possession Of the children. has not been
3seertained- Meeting a friend the other
daV. the general was severely QuizZed
about his interest in the youngsters.
hink you can make Americans out of
tnem2'- he was asked. No" answered
Mills. "but I'm going to give them an
american training, so that next time
ming"
Funeral Junkets.
The funeral of Representative Thomas
Tongue afforded a. fair opportunity for
a congressional junketing tour. The
nome of the late congressman ) family IS
IN Oregon. and as all expenses of the
funeral committee are paid out of the
government purse the trip was an ex-
or " = lev n NIs-
fact that there was no lack of applications
for membership on the funeral committee.
league of Mr.. Tongue, who had charge
of the arrangements. thought il in good
taste to have only members who belonged
10 the same committees as the deceased
congressman, and he turned down appli-
cations from several representative liv-
ing in eastern states who scarcely knew
Mr. Tongue. but were willing enough to
take trip to oregon and back home by
wav of California without cost TO them
selves. The funeral committee consisted
of REPRESENTATIVES, Moody of Oregon,
Davidson. Wisconsin; Bistel, Michigan;
Ransdel. Louisiana, and Bellamy. North
Carolina. all fellow members on the river
snd harbor or irrigation committees with
Mr.. Tongue.
Congressional junketing trips are not
with as many abuses against
good taste and decency in these days as
formerly. At one time the bills for wines,
liquors and cigars for the funeral COM
mittees. designated to accompany the re-
mains of a deceased member to his folm-
er home. were enormous and scandalOus.
The matter became so notorious that re-
form was imperative. and of late years
the expense attendant upon such Oc-
casions has been comparatively moderate.
It is recalled that when former Senator
Matt Carpenter, who had been on several
iunketinG trips himself, lay dying, some
one asked him what he thought of the
future Matt looked up with a quiZZical
smile and said; oh IN Just going off on
another funeral junket, but this time
III be in the baggage car.