The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-26

prevail of this suggestion, saying that
the ambassador presence would be
compliment TO Germany
The honeymoon of the new Chinese
minister and his bride will be their
trip from the Orient 10 the Occident
to take up their position in Washing
ton as the representatives of the Ce-
IestiaI empire Sir LANG CHEN is soon
ID marry Miss Nellie Yu. who is half
English. She has received an Eng
lish education has had English ana
French governesses and is a musician
and a linguiSt. she has a thorough
knowledge Of American ways. and her
emancipation is even more complete
than Nine. Wu's. It viii be rather a
bore for the latter TO go back to the
purely feminine society of Pekin after
the freedom the little lady enjoyed in
Washington, where society men, as
well as women, frequented her at
homes
Willing to Be Senators.
One day during the discussion of the
statehood bin. which seems to be a
thing over which the senate fingers
long, if not lovingly. Senator Bever-
idge noticed that there was no quorum
present 1t happened that a speech
relating TO the early history of the ter
ritories was being read. and the SEN
ators decamped. The production OF
manuscript is a signal for a rush for
committee rooms It is sort of
'nothin' doin - warning But Senator
Beverage. whose object il is to kill
slow starvation, no matter hOW-made
his point, and for an hour the senate
waited for the requisite fOrty-five SEN
ators to appear. On the sofas in the
rear of the chamber were the three
anxious delegates. besides Governor
Otero of New Mexico. The galleries
held fair sprinkling of citizens from
the territories
Here's proof enough that the terri
tories should be admitted remarked
Dennis Flynn of Oklahoma why
they need more senators right now. and
we are ready to be sworn in and save
them a lot of trouble. There are Otero
and Rodey ready to take the oath for
New Mexico. Over yonder is Mark
smith OF Arizona, and we have some
willing constituents in the galleries
who are ready to help the senate out
of its dilemma. You couldn't ask a
better argument than we have here
The senate needs senator's to make a
quorum. We are ready to step into
harness and fill the want" There is nc
denying at least one part of the state
ment- Most of those mentioned are
willing, all right.
senator hOar Library.
The greatest bookworm of the sen
ate is the grand old man from Massa
chusetts. The library of his home is
lined with books from floor to ceiling
In sturdy sober bindings they range
away in almost countless number
making the finest private collection 81
books in the land. Not a few are
manuscripts beyond price, the gift;
of friends and admirers. Then, too
there are ancient manuscripts and his
tOrical documents.
Senator Hoar said recently: Il have
] in general, a pretty good collection Of
the Latin and Greek classics, of Eng
lish histories, say from the time o.
Henry VIII until within a few years
| and of English literature and biog
raphy. Then ] have a very good col
/ lection of American literature anC
I history. 1 suppose there is no better
I collection of American historical
pamphlets than mine, except in som,
| great libraries
And among all these rare books Their,
/ is a little battered volume, "Historl
of Little Goody Two Shoes" printed
/ by Isaac Thomas at Worcester in 1887
/ a copy of Virgil. brought to this coun
/ try by Governor John Winthrop o
Massachusetts and bearing a date lin
showing it was printed in Leyden il
/ 1853, and an Elzevir Ovid printed a
Amsterdam in 1875.