The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-05-17
Capitol Char.

Senator Elkins was ~conversing the
other day with a friend about his Vice
Presidential boom. Mention of the
fact hat his state OF West Virginia
had Endorsed him for a place on the
ticket was plainly gratifying TO the
Senator.
It's a high compliment for ones
state to come out in such emphatic
terms" said Mr.. Elkins. and I'm very
proud Of the Endorsement"
But you are a United States Sen
ator."
That's just what 1 tell them" re-
piled the robust West Virginian, land
my state is a sure Republican state.
There's that story of the dog, a story
old Esop told 5000 years ago. You
know he was crossing a stream with
a fine piece Of mutton in his mouth"
md without repeating all the story.
l. Cli:ins indicated his contentment
wiz his Senatorship, which many
men regard as a greater honor than
the PRIVILEGE of presiding over that
branch of Congress for four years be-
fore sinking into political oblivion.
Senator Depew tells Of attending a
commemorative dinner given to Chew
reul. the famous French chemist, On
his Tooth birthday, apropoS of having
himself recently arrived at the age of
seventy.
'Chev-eul ascribed his longevity"
said Mr.. Depew, Ito the fact that be-
ing sure of his position in the factory
of the Gobelin tapestries SO long as
he might live, though his position was
a modest one, he never worried about
finances, never had serious troubles
and never had touched tobacco or
alcohol. He had lived most temper
ately and drank the muddy waters of
the Seine.
Beside him was a gentleman who
enjoyed the dinner to the utmost and
was hilariously and rather uproarious-
at the table. The old gentleman
every little while would place his
hand upon his neighbor and check his
levity.
why does Chevreul take so much
interest in his lively neighbour I in
CURED of my escort.
Because he is his son. was the
reply.
How old is the boy?' said I.
"Se~venty-six,' answered my polite
escort.
Judge O.. w. Powers, of Utah, who
has been testifying before the Senate
committee on privileges and elections,
Is a convincing and diplomatic witness.
l. AAld OONil SllliANS IbouI SolliS LII
actions in which a man named Booth
figured, and then was asked to tell
what sort Of a man Booth was.
Well" answered Judge Powers,
"he is the sort Of a man who will nom
mate himself for Congress"
What do you mean by that"
asked Senator Bailey.
Judge Powers said that this man
had attended a convention and actu-
ally put his w name in nomination
for Congress.
One of the Senators at the far end
Of the table observed that Utah as a
state was not very slow in improving
on modern methods
Representative Cochran, of Missou-
ri, does not like Grover Cleveland a
little bit To illustrate his opinion of
the ex-President's activity, he told the
House an incident Of st. Joe politics.
"A popular gentleman in my town
was a candidate for county treasurer"
said he. The most unpopular man in
town, a Mr.. B., concluded to election
eer for him. After B. had beer ca
vorting round for several days,
somebody directed the candidates at
tention to his goings-on, with the
admonition that somebody ought TO
pull him down. Finally the candi-
date sent for a next-door neighbor OF
r.
Cant you get B. off the street
n induce him to let my affairs
alone?'
why responded the gentleman.
ne is electioneering for you with
might and main
Yes. I know rejoined the can
| didate, but run him out Of town.
Drown him. Do anything to get him
out of sighc. He's electioneerin~ for
me. but the idiot is making votes for
the other fellow"
( Col. Pete Hepburn, of Iowa. who
la een in the midst of much eIo-
quent turmoil in the louise Of late,
has a Kentucky ancestor. His name
was Kelly, and he built the first fur
mace where the first Bessemer pro
cess for making steel was used al
Eddyville. KY, in 1s47-
His successor in the ownership OF
that iron establishment" said Col
Hepburn the other day, produced the
first Bessemer steel. or used the frsi
Bessemer processes ever known to man
kind. Henry Bessemer has given his
name to this commodity that now cir
cles the world. His name is in the
mouths of more men than that OF any
other man living to-day. but yet he
never made an ounce of Bessemer
steel in all his life until he used the
processes of other men, which made
his imperfect n entirely inadequate
one sufficient The patent for pro.
ducing Bessemer steel was given tc
Mr.. Kelly, of Eddyville. ny ancestor
in 1856
"Of Kelly's eventful career 1 an
proud, save n thing" said Col. Hep.
hurn. That old gentleman was s
Jefferson Republican. and by his vot.
contributed to the election Of Thema!