The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-25
sln# Time Of Stress Would. lll|
Not Reveal a. His / is; den der
@iity and Spare Himself. I !! \ ''l'' i !,
y ENLISTED I'm \ RANKS:
WAS sen III o I PRISON I ! i''l; \.

tive 8Ot oregon III III - ~
grcss- ~ All Others e:
indicted. 35a5II
{F'rom Cur Regular GorresponN N1' ni.. en
WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. 9. .-r-lnl MI MS lt
y cf,rrcspondence syesterdaylY1 I related sew
3R eral 4 current Incidents illustrating 3t that
n the American Congress is mo Ycd . u sen-
ltimental considerations 4 very frc callclnltly
n almost Us frequently as by stern business M
Il motives. Senator Dubois, OF Idaho, re-
4 ID az ,an Instance " eli. VIII lc Illustrating
splendid American Ind cpendence$ and
great personal coura &c, may eventually il1!
~ show that the Congress is ever ready 20 70
.S Yield to sentimental instlnc ts III 4 Ss5
Senator Dubois has got through the ne
Senate q bill pensionin Isussell. Mchln.l Y,
~ ley, a nephew OF I>resld ent M ickinley, at at
The rat Oh 500 d month Mckinley was
NJ d soldier In tho Spanish wa r, serving IN
sS "a a n Idaho reg gment. His athcr is q prom
81 sincnt l:clergyinun OF Boise City Young
Il, Mex inley IS enlisted under an assumed
q name, disliking the Snotorlety which his
Il enlistment would cause him II IT became
d known that his uncle was the President
and 4 commando -ln-chief OF the armies
Il or the United States. .s a ter 4 he we r his
regiment was sta toned #a ts& n Mantanzas.S ian
II Cuba. Young ISinley and N three com.
* panions, wishing to sec Havana, obtained i
n 5pcrmission5t to visit that city. Il They stayed
~ three days longer than they ware per-
4 IN tied BY their rcommanding officer, and
II when they returned to camp they were
nut under arrest, !, Trial followed on the
d charge OF desertlon, and they We're found.
Il guilty. sentenced to dishon orable dis :'.5
& CHARGE and six months a hard labor n
81 i was brought out at the trial hat the
E young fellows had not dissipated while IN
y Hayana. AZ III 4E$
\ fs Went to Prison. III
oung Mckinley never v hilnpere Had
81 lie cared to make his ty; kncwng ne
# could have been 30 rec at once Il but he
n vi ep began Ehtsl
q KERN A month or Two Q fte III beginning M IN
d to serve Ills, sentence, the cor onyicts were
IL engaged y In blasting rock. There was g
8 premature exp ploslon OF one Of the charges
Il and y us i d result t Mckinley was terribly
4 injured about the face. and the sight ofi
Il both eyes was totally q destroyed % He was
Sin the prison hospital until the end 81
#Iis85tcrnl,g Il and then he went ba ok TO-
h Boise. x "a 8 :38 B, ,st
4 senator Dubois had no difficulty In GET
Y ting his bill through the Senate When
< the story became known. He hopes 10,
get etit4throughSthe House a t this session
Vt He does not pretend that the services Of
u Private Mckinley cntltle him to- n PEN
h sion, but he does contend that young
\ man who at the t inc when the weakest.
\ OF pulls were being exerted to the break
ling point to obtain n commiss on. N delt p
eratcly concealed the fact that he had
4 the strongest df nll pulls, and went Into
+ tho ranks, and then would not diyuige}
!, his name and reveal his identity y IN order
Il to escape the sentence of q court-martial5
N for an offensc only technical In nature
4 should receive some recognition at the
hands OF theSrepublic The senator dis
4 claims that heiwants The pension granted
because the man who lis to receive Is
a nephew Of President Mckinley. He
wants him pensioned because ,lln lsh owed
Y tho finest Qualities which Gun be displayed
4 by soldier and perhaps the qualities
% seen most rarely. IA
The Sole Representative.
A. III is probably true that never before.
( In the history o America has 1t fallen to-
thc3lot OF a senator to be the sole repre-
E sentative OF n State III Congress. Thata
3$is the condt tion8in which Senator Fulton,
+ OF Oregon finds himself now. and Sle IS
seen almost MS frequently at the 4 House
Il end Of the Capitol as on the Senate side
II {collengu que, Senator MI tchell, ls Under
Indictment for compliclty8in land frauds
lin oregon. X 81, 5.sIsis .,
Hon. Blngcr8 Hermann, from the First
n District, n Is under indictment for COM
( %plictty An land frauds In Oregon. VI
I y Hon. John Newton w Vllliamson, from
q tho Second sDistrict,s Is under indictment
forScompllcity5 In land frauds In Oregon
Oregon has no moro presentativea
Y In Congress, otherwise the list might be.
a #lengthened. 3ss 5 Y (,
II There is something pathet.c In the case
& Of Senator Mitchell Flo fis q rs Fennsyl-
If ynnlan, which is not the sole, renSon for
sympathy, nor IS 1t the only ground for
4 the presumption OF guilt He entered the
E Senate In 1879, and sery ed until 1878, but
N missed q term, and was re-clected IN Gla8p,
and served until 1891, The Oregon Iegis-
jflature became tied up In the Ia tier year,
( twenty-eght members refusing to take
Y the oath Of office; Senator M itohell Was
Nominated In caucus. but was defeat 60
i In 1901 lle was elected again, IIoj ts sew
enty years OF age, and shows MS years
moro plainlysthan any Of his colleague
who are nearly as old or who Ire older
Ills long white beard and hair, his bent
form, tho haggard features, Impress one
ina way that is far from pleasant. He
y has abstained from presenting himself IN
& the Senate chamber since the Indictment
was returned against him, and has been
\ there only on the day helappeared for the
I purpose OF reading his statement Of de-,
1 3nial Of guilt, AZ That was on Of the most.
painful scenes the Senate has witnessed
y in the years of Its history, and Will not
7 be forgotten by senator and spectators
b in the ga llerles. The old man broke down
several times as he declared hls innors
III 9cence, and frequently had to pause and.
5sWpe tile binding tears from his eyes
EyYhon \ he concluded a. majority Of the
81 spnato ora went to him m-tp slia ake his hand, 4
l,ot,Sas one Of them said II for the, purr
a pose of indicating tha!t their minds were
S made up on. q question hey had not ex-s
y a,nlned --llis gull Il or tnnoce ce--hut be-
n use he was IN old man whose form
& was shaken by deep sorrow. q u Since hat
Is8 day several things tending to show the
guilt Of scnat Tor M ltcbell have deYe \
q and his SO ls lot a 8 st ps .s5
" hen he a ppsaFsd IN the Senate Slops the
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