The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-27
AT THE CAPITAL.
An Embarrassing Mistake Con-
corning Senator Long.
What Misplaced Quotation
Marks Made Him Say.
BURTON is QUIET.
Has Tot Appeared in Senate
Since His Return.
Representative w. A. Calder
head and His Boots.


toms bills which Senator Long intro
lduced into the senate for him. The
report says:
Senator Long introduced a pension
bill for Senator Burton the other day
which had this interesting endorse
ment in the senate bill record: BY Mr.
Long for Mr.. Burton. If Senator Bur-
ton should be convicted and the higher
court should confirm the finding. the
parliamentary procedure would require
the passage Of resolution declaring
his seat vacant
AS a matter of fact no such endorse
ment appeared in the senate bill rec
ord. The report was first printed in a
Kansas City paper. and the quotation
marks were transOosed through
typographical error. The sentence "by
Mr.. Long for Mr.. Burton was intend
ed to be quoted, while the opinion as to
the parliamentary procedure which
would follow Senator Burton's convic-
ton was the correspondent own COM
ment. The fact that the entire para
graph was quoted placed Senator Long
in a false light, entirely unwarranted
by the facts in the case
Senator Burton, by the way, has not
made his appearance upon the floor of
the senate since his return from ST.
quiet life. spending much of his time
at his home and his office, getting
ready for his forthcoming trial on
March %. not February %. as was
enormously reported in the news
papers He did not appear to vote upon
the ratification Of the Panama canal
treaty. He was. however. paired with
Senators Martin of Virginia and Stone
of Missouri. and would of course have
voted for ratification in the absence of
a pair.
Representative Calderhead claims
two distinctions. One is that he is the
only member of the Kansas delegation
who wears boots. and the other is that
he has never acceded to the request of
any newspaper for his photograph.
Mr.. Calderhead learned to wear boots
a long time ago. while he was still a
farmer in Missouri in 1858 He has
continued the practice to this day, and
his wardrobe is always well stocked
With a varied assortment. Mr. Calder
head has always been aVerSe to giving
his photograph to the newspapers c.
K. bergman. a local cartoOniSt heard
of this and decided that he would have
a picture of the Kansas statesman
whether or no. One evening he called
upon Mr.. Calderhead at his hotel and
While the latter was arguing the mat
ter the artist sketched a very fine like
ness of the congressman. The next day
he sent him copy of the Sketch and
Mr.. Calderhead was so pleased with it
and the clever manner in which it had
been obtained. that he wrote the car
toonist letter. and told him he would
sit for a photograph for him This he
did, and the promise was faithfully
Kept, but no newspaper mas ever been
able to get one of the much coveted
pictures.
Representative Campbell has been on
the verge of nervous prostration for a
week. He has been scheduled to make
a speech IN the house for several days
but zach day something has come be-
tween him and his ambition and he
has been compelled to sidetrack it for
the naval appropriation bill delayed it,
and various other obstacles have GOT in
the way of it. Now. if Mr.. Campbell
mad been veteran in debate upon the
floor Of the house, these little annoy-
anceS would have appealed to him as
tribes light as air. But since it is his
first speech. and he is all worked up
over 1T anyway. each days delay has
served to Increase the nervous tension.
For the sake OF his health he is very
glad that a congressman makes his
maiden speech but once. He thinks it
would take man with nerves of steel
Embedded in ice to measure I'D to the
ordeal very many times.
Several years ago the government
able treaties on"Diseases of the Horse. +"
and assigned several hundred copies Of
the book to each member of congress
for free distribution. The edition was
soon exhausted and reprint was or
dered- In the allotment which follow
ed each member of congress from
Kansas was given 325 copies of the
book and each senator was assigned
625. The fact that this book has been
printed and is for free distribution ap-
f101x
Vertised in Kansas, for the quota of
the members has been exhausted, and
the requests for the book continue to
come in at the rate of 80 or 40 per
day. 1t is pretty hard to be compelled
to refuse the request of a constituent
and yet 1t has got to be done. The
situation is causing gray
hairs to creep into the heads of some
OF the members, and they are wonder |
ing if the farmers of Kansas will hold
it up against them when the votes are
cast next November.
So far Representatives Scott and
Campbell are the only members of the |
Kansas delegation who have announced |
their intention of attending the state
convention at Wichita on March g. Mr. |
Scott is candidate for denomination |
and Mr.. Campbell is simply going out |
to get in touch with things.
During the next few weeks the de-
partment of agriculture will send |
like $50. 900 packages of vege-
table seeds into Kansas Each member
Of congress is given a quota of II, 500 I
packages, but through intercession at
The department they are usually able,
% increase their allotment. In addi-
lion to this enormous quantity of gar
len seeds. each member distributes 1
several thousand packages of flower.
ield and other varieties of seeds, and /
n this way is enabled personally to
'emember goodly number of his con-
'tituents. This fact probably accounts (
,or the peculiar attitude of most of the
members who, while in theory against
he extravagant waste of the public
,unds, in practice continue to vote for
he appropriation year after year, not
having the public courage of Their, mi