The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-08-08

/ here, looked o over this mall
and asked one of my colleagues to
| point out to me that sturdy farmer.
You, Mr.. Chairman, may imagine, the
establishment l felt when my friend,
Mr.. Simpson was pointed out to me
| wearing diamonds, dressed in satin
and cloth. When, later I saw him RID
ing up and down Pennsylvania avenue
| on a bicycle with a cigar in his mouth
| you may imagine the establishment I
felt at that sad spectacle"
did he wear silk stockings" inter
| polated James O'Donnel, of Michigan.
a newspaper editor.
"And silk stockings continued the
Tennesseean, land he is now denomi-
mated the dude of the House"
This was considered rare fun, and
the House was in an uproar of laugh
ter. 1t did not discomfort the Kansas
Populist, who bided his time, and a
few moments afterwards secured the
floor in his own right. Among 9th
er things he charges me with not
wearing proper apparel" said Mr..
Simpson, He accuses me of going
without socks in days gon by. l[ow
every little red-headed editor out in
my part of the country has used that
sort of argument against me Oaugh-
teri. but l hardly thought the repre-
sentative of a portion of the great
state of Tennessee would resort 10
such p~ettifogging tactics as that"
Rapid Descent From jackson.
Quoting a couplet from Goldsmith,
Mr.. Simpson, having the attention of
every member in the expansive semi
circle of seats. continued with a fine
dramatic outburst:
"Ah Mr.. Chairman, the descent has
been rapid; it is a long distance from
Andrew Jackson to the gentleman who
represents the Third district of Tep-
nesSee.
I'm regard to my being the dude of
the House, of which the gentleman &C
cuses me, l am willing to stand along
side of him and hav gentlemen COM
pare our wearing apparel, il they
hin it necessary. CLaughter). Look
at him now, with his Prince Albert
coat and his flaming necktie and dia-
mond ring. Uaughter.) One thing |
will say Mr.. Chairman. I may have
been accused OF going without socks
l may have pee accused lately of be-
ing the dude of the House, but no
gentleman has accused me of being
the fool of the House. l wish | could
say as much of the gentleman from
Tennessee, for I overheard an earn
est conversation between two mem
bers, and it is yet an undecided ques-
ton whether he or some other gentle
man is the fool of the House,
After having made such a debut,
Mr.. Simpson never lacked an audience
bic discussion. Only when he dipped
into finance or tariff, or some other
a~bstruse subject, was there a disin-
clination to lear him. He dared to
thrust any party with the ~shrewdest
on both sides of the center aisle, but
before he took his seat he administer
ed some kind of a drubbing to his op-
ponent that brought out laughter or
applause, the chief signals by which
the House awarded the palm to a sue
cessful combatant.
Senator Long His Old Opponent.
His Congressional district was the
old Kansas Seventh, located in the
Western and southern part of the
state, and being very large of area.
He was first elected to the Fifty-sec-
ond Congress during the landslide in
the middle of Harrison's administra-
ton. He was reelected to the Fifty
third, also a Democratic Congress.
having as his opponent Chester l..
Long, now Senator. The two fought
the district over many times with va
rying fortunes. Long defeated Simp
son for the Fifty-fourth Congress. and
in the Fifty-fifth Simpson beat Long,
but in the Fifty-sixth Congress Long
beat Simpson who retired from public
life for good, The Fifty-ffth was the
first Republican Congress Simpson
had served in, and he had a merrier
time than ever, making trouble for
Republicans and Democrats in turn.
Originally he had been a Republican,
and he did not hesitate to vote with
that party. He emphasized this one
day, during the second session, when
he fell upon bluff i Thad Mahon, of
Pennsylvania and Irishman who strik-
es sledgehammer blows when he is
annoyed. Simpson in that penetrat-
ing ~insinuating voice of his, had aris-
question. The reply was from the