The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-08-14
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4 - 49, " Nm, Ia
ss.-.-fAv1NG drawn his number in
lHIFI the pool formed to specula.te
IN HI OH the daily run OF the ship
fNaEN privilege that cost him y.
)RiEdD and gave him one glance In ten
II frederick Baddington left the smoking
4. room and i stroled down the deck
4 ito where his wife was sitting IN her
3 i,steamer chair snugly protected against
4 the fresh breeze blowing from the sea
4 BY a heavy Scotch rug He tossed his
AciGsr over the rail and sat down beside
n her, She was a very attractive woman
seven at sea, where only a few women
Il. retain their good looks, and he was very
issfcnd OF her. &
..Fred, / have been thinking about the
4 sfEteerage," she said. They are Just what
~. you want.
u sBaddfngton smiled. He knew his wife
$50 we'll that he had been expecting the
u calling up of his immigration bill ever
8 since the ship left Rotterdam. One
Il treason for their trip abroad for the sum
b liner had been his desire to gather origl-
i nal material in support Of the measure
that he intended to Introduce atSthe next
n session of Congress. He smiled to him
sEelf when he thought how few iinml-
4 grants they had met during their travels.
Ks Surely there had been none at the Cecil
\ at London, and none in the Embassy
1T circles in Paris and in the Netherlands
they had not found them to any extent
sseither in the museums or in the churches
II There appears o be a heavy Storage
z list" hi, said. There had been nothing
il lower than second cabin on their trip
u over from New York.
sSt Five hundred and sixty, she ans
4 swered: for sho was of good Yankee de-
Il scent, ard took a just pride ain figures.
THAT is an omen or a. coincide ice. 6
q he said lightly. tits just the size Of my
4 majority in the district last fall. i3F B
ss..'1 had forgotten that. !" she replied. The
fact certainly was of interest. ~ VI
GiS. The Fl on Frederick I3adding ton was a
/. member OF Congress. There are congress-
~ men who have been abroad several tines.
He had been one of that larger number.
\ who spend their summers at Arnerican5r re-
h sorts, mot assuming that q knowledge OF
4 foreign conditions at first hand is neces-
sary In the business of making national
\ laws s. tJti rs
B In Wa shillgt on Mrs I3ad dington was not
recognized as a political factor. That was
8 due to the sklfu] management Of her hus-g
Il band. who made 1t appear that In his
n home the colsderatio of political mat
& tiers was ruled out; though there was a
N perfect domestic understanding as ito
the real part played by his wife in his
spoltical career.
f3s BaddinEton had been well aware Of this
before he entered the transitory stage of
city and State politics that had paved the
ff.:way for his tin Congress. "A man of
II university training and of cultured tastes,
y aie would have devoted his energy to his
q private business, and buried his talentsIn
{ his own library indefinitely, had not his
Y wife directed them elsewhere. AT the.
i limo OF which we write he.was, in many
n respects. a typicall Representatives of the
Ss best element in his district: not d politi-5
iScian in the common acceptance of the
i word, but an honest. conscientious lesls-
VI aator; successful i'll business. and consc-
igquently, well posted as to the trade con-
Z. ,ditions in his part ofthe collntry;s;l gem
SS:t tlelnan in society, and credited with hav-
Ssstng fair literary attachments,
4 s555 The further discussion of the subject
WAS INTERRUPTED at that point by the
jTinging Of the dinner hell, and 1t was
n not until the following morning. as they
n lstarted on their after-brcnkfast prom
tenade, that 1t was resumed
s,it25ItI was down in the storage before
4 you came p.''zsaid Baddington, as they
III reached the end of the promenade deck,
and could look to Tho storage deck be-
flow.
1 lines of the sea, from which tho fog was
}just lifeing What did you find ~ she
SLnsked. 4s5 aE8
',fhey are q sorry lot. = lie replied. The
fenutor's bill, even II twas defeated,
Was not half strong enough"
s The senator's bill had aimed at a radi-
cal restriction Of Immigration. hut had
5s5 failed TO pass the last Congress, partly
81 for political reasons, and partly through
the failure Of the Western members TO
{ Ircogniz It's Importance. But In Bad
1ington's district the sentiment had been
strongly in favor of 1t, His wife had
pointed out the opportunity 10 win where
the senator lad failed. He had beer
weak in the presentation of his bill. A
1nors Vigorous man, with all The facts
3f at his command, would compel favor
able hearing; and success might meal
& Il as an ultimate reward an election as thu
senator's successor. For these reasons /
meant Inucf To Mrs. Baddington that he
+ husband was at last seriously interested
in The subject. ana She entered vigor
ously into the discussion rs they stoo,
where they could look down upon III
mass of unwashed and unkeinpt human
ity on the lower deck;
..Tle doctor took me with him on hi
POUNDS this morning. said Baddngton
y S,Hfhere are at least q dozen nationali
lies. ana many lafniileS appear 10 be al
most destitute
8 8tIf hat could be shown. would the
he allowed 10 land in New York; sh
asked suddenly
II rGertainly moi, he replied. .'Of whs
IRE you thinking
"of your future.
,DThank you. And your plan22.9, he kne
~ that She had one In mind
when We reach New York you mui
turn back as many OF these people 4
poss!ble," she said. THE newspaper
Npill send men ~ interview you. and sc
will talk. IT will pave The way for Sol
Immigration bill
Mary, you are born politician.'''' 2
said with spirit,
IS gS' ~ am your obAdient wife," she replie
send Jeff ftim TO think oyer what she HI
4. tHnggssied IS &
Han While I3addngton was not a politics
IN the common sense. his power Of poll