The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-08-21

clipping III his poke tbooS with a al sigh
and looked through the Their s. apss Of
paper There were perhaps e 81 d Oxen
\ few OF hem laudat tory 4 to an n ffensive
\ degree. some clearly bids for,4noiley and
1.-the rest q fair discussion Of his 4cand-3
4 ,dacy. 5 81 f 88s sgS$ ,55
Wharton's first week In the district
Twas spent at Bax ter He did practically
nothing tcs secure his 5fenomination, all
Though -looking men from each OF
1.-The three doubtful counties came nearl Y.
every day to- Baxter and went directly
from #theS1rain& to- Wharton s. house They.
ill wanted money or promises OF t3"as-
ijsistance:'' and each Of them told how
some precinct could be swung into line"
by a little work on the part Of the GER
tain third person--always nameless--who
would need money for cigars and livery
! hire. 5 Wharton put these statesmen off
\ and they went away doubling whether
| they would Sg support the '.olda Il man or
i8figh!3 him. The congressman's presence
lin tho little town was an event and
he had callers all day long who SEEM.
led toned help in different ways Sol-3
| diers desired PENSIONS; mothers asked
| for positions ins Washing ton for their,
sons; young women called to see about.
'clerkships: widows, whose husbands ho
had llnown, came to borrow money IIeE
vas honestly glad u to- see all these peo-
pie. and, when he could, he helped them:
ne rarely made an enemy, even though
he always was frank i;iSSI sS
It was Saturday evening. and Wharton
was Just entering $onlhis second week at
| home. and he and his friend, Ike Russell
! were sitting on the southern porch Of The
congrcssman'sS home. Their wives and
daughters We're in the parlor around Tie
/ nj Nyoo iyot, f1oaik
liminaryt stage Il of conversation in which
IDEAS are conveyed by grunts and smono-
lsyllabes. 33ss ia3j
What did HuEhey,3 OF Smith City, want
i today asked RUSSELL 4 H. q. TIT
1 About two hundred, more or less,'
i said the congressman. N n wv 5t
'Hughey's a thief; he'd spend about
4 S25. and the rest would go into his jeans
4 8S"I suppose sos' Wharton answered.
4 Say, we lose Smit hScounty?''
well, you say, said his friend. "Dld
4 YOU see II ggins. from Lee Valley? He
l told me last month that he had five fell
4 apiece 5i IA II L III sa #
.s Ugh" srunted the congressman. .wsrha,
4 makes $1,000. so far, II II come down. IL
I 6'.Well,sB that's cheaper than you, rot
4 off before--by several hundred. y Bat
i Wharton Syawned, and the silence that
4 followed was broken only by tho tinklc
i of the COW bells In the valley below the
. town and the splash of water over the
I dam across the river that runs around
4 the village Occasionally the sound Of
4 voices singing on the water or the notes
a of "a guitar would come up on the gusts
of wind, The piano In the parlor war
i silent and the moon was barely. visible
5isundcr the eastern corner Of the porch
4 The men had smoked In silence "a L lem
3 moments when Wharton said: {3 X "a
Ike. what is the real issue In this cam
4 paign .l ss765
81 dunno. old man; sometimes ] think
n It's the tariff; sometimes think It's Sill
4 Yer; and then At other times I Just give
mp. What's your idea, Tom?2
Il !. The Congressman did not reply a Il once
y he seemed 70 be pulling his ideas together
for n longer speech than usual, He
TWISTED his gray moustache nervously; lie
.i looked askancc At his friend. who was
n apparent w listening to the music thai
had lust started up again in the parlor
(which waNs turned upon a shrub changed
It's course came back, relighting his cigar
and said: 81 ~ III bs
a j1f"B' Godfrey! 4 don't know. Ike: i dom,
J. know. DO you remember when We user
Il to cut down; corn at six cents d shock
y those cow bells We're tlnklns a llttlt
! OF nights like this and talk way inte
the. night about what We We're going L
\ \ do, II #5 5f85 gsi t&G .i'8 g3
"Yes?'tt said \. he politician, expectantly
4 a Yes and ! used TO hope TO go to Con
sress some day; we used to talk or tn,
n n!drtimn statesmen md read their3sp
II cs in he school readers Clay and Cal
houn and thu grea men whose names VI
knew as bpys. They were tail, thin spar
u men, In swallow-tailed coats and chokers
i and hair that looked fierce and statesman
|. Ike, DO you remember the cong ressn,al
!. from ,ais district forty years ago2 Hoy
dlsniflfd he VAS What "a really area
man he must hava been lie lived great
9 ness every hour OF his Ifs. The men VIII
) Went % the territorial legislature-hoy
II superior they seemed with heir tall hat
~ and close buttoned coats! Ike. do yo
d rAmemher wfen, u went 10 I he IeeiFlalur
! ~ the winter ~ 10. and me hack dis
z nourased and disappointed With the shan
= Of It allmtheErow and the rings and II
'ed kpsseii would have INTERCEPTED som
.a reminiscent Joke on The young statesman
II ~ Mhafl9n vent on as 4 . keep IN
!, thread ef The Conversation In his teflh.f
Y iiief, yes. Ike, I know q bout my plu,