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would get stage fright took new
tack when they heard his first SEN
tenee. We print the entire talented
effort on another page, so that if there
are any Democrats in this country who
are not SO narrow-nlinded that they are
unwilling to see the light when it shines
they can read that speech and come in
out of the wet. When he told of the
shallow promises of the Democrats to
put merit system IN the Governments
departments at Washington and then
how President Harrison had done all
he could but how he was circumTented
by spoilsmen who have been eating at
the Government crib since childhood
and ought to get out according TO the
statute of limitations if for 20 other
reason, the people could hardly wait
for the end of his sentences they We're
so quick with their handclapping.
He then called the attention Of his
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Xxx.

By the tine our little party started
back to Washington we had all regained
our spirits. Come what might, we were
all together, as 1 told the gentle wife.
and no election could ever separate Us.
No one would have suspected. who spied
us out in our drawing room, that we had
been to battle and been utterly routed.
But it was hard to go back to the Of
fee. 1t was not only the raillery of the
clerks that dismayed me- 1t was the I'M
renting grind of it ALL The first day
stopped in the middle of the corridor
and looked about me. There was the
same sawdust-filled spittoon. There
was the same sweep with the same
brush. There were the same gray-
haired men gathering along the same
route, each living a life Of supreme
importance = himself and his family
and supreme indifference to everybody
else. There were. no doubt, the same
tattling, the same petty strivings, the
same puny jealousies behind the same
lattice doors. For the moment / stood
Ike the pendulum in Franklin's fable
L could not do the work of the present
Tor the encouragement of the future.
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The Ashes of Defeat.

land, my boy, his chances of carryin'
his own State OF Indiana amt worth
two whoops in hell
What they don't know about prac-
teal politics would sink a ship. They
talk like the whole dictionary let loose.
but the two of them together amt got
ten votes in their whole damn vocabu-
larry
1t was true all Of it. I had failed, as
was sure to fail. and always would
fail. Not a single town in which we
had spoken had done more than hold its
own, and all but one had lost ground.
And, hard as this was to my pride. it
was nothing compared to the Xix elfhood
that I would lose my place in the de-
partment and be unable to provide for
Annie and or little daughter. 1 would
have given the world to be as free of
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HAS FATHERS TEMPERAMENT.

There is every probability that Miss
Aimee Toureee, only child Of Judge AL
bion W. Tourgee. will follow in the lit
erary footsteps Of her father. She re-
sembles him In poetic temperament and
love Of the artistic. She is an enthus-
iastic horsewoman, and Is known
through the country about the Tourgee
home in Mayville, n. Y, which is two
miles from the summer town Of Chau-
tauqua. When the Chautauqua assem-
bly, was in session a Few years ago she
behind spirited Kentucky bay mare
that passed everything on the road.
Though thoroughly II love with outdoor
life and passfonateiy fond of horses.
with art She took the course in the
Philadelphia School of Design, Is a
member of the Buffalo Society of Art
lists, and was a member of the Art
Students League in this city.
At the time Miss Tourgee was in New
York she was associated closely With
Ruth Johnson, daughter of Richard
Malcolm Johnson, of Baltimore aTto
Louise Cable, a daughter of George w.
Cable, whose delightful stories of Creole
life Will live for many years with tbs
lovers of contemporaneous literature !;
the South. Thus it came about that ss.3
daughters of three prominent and sue
cesSfu noVeliStS were studying to-
gether along the same lines, and with
similar ambitions for artistic careers.
They formed a charming trio. Louise
Cable has given up art since the,. for
wifehood. Miss Tourgee loved to tel,
her friends in Mayville OF the beauty
and captivating charm of Miss John
son. who had the Softest and most en-
trancinS Southern accent. When Miss
Johnson was a student New Yorker
fell in love with her. He received no
encouragement in his suit. but said he
intended TO risk proposal because
even If rejected the no set 10 the
music OF such a voice would be sweet
Miss TourSee was born in Greensboro
N C, where Judge Tourgee Establishes
and edited a paper just after the ciy2
war.-New York Press
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Largest audiences. At Centralia, three
or four drunken train hands conceived
the most marked affection for Colonel
Powell. and while he spoke called to
him repeatedly such greetings as, GO
1t, Gull. We're with yeh!' and LIS
ten to that, now, yu crayfish, and call
y'rselfs Demmocrats!" Merrydale YVES
beautifully decorated, small as it is,
and heard our arguments with more
manifest understanding than any of
the others.
IN Congressman" left usSafter about
the second day. His place was taken
by an Indianapolis lawyer, who was a
member of the State central committee.
He and Colonel Powell seemed to be
old friends, and both laughed heartily
when the newcomer repeated the
Honorable Toms report to headquar-
tiers of the speeches the colonel and I
were making. What they don't know
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about practical politics. said Mr..
Roundtree, would sink a ship. They
talk like the whole dictionary let loose
but the two of them together amt got
ten votes in their whole damn vocabu-
larry" Ny two associates Were soon
plunged deep into an appraisenent of
the general situation. I heard only the
conclusion-that the air was heavy
with surprises, and that no one could
tell which side would win. Whichever
side it was, they said, would win over
whelmingly.
We parted on the morning of election
day. L reached home in time to cast
my second ballot with my father and
Mr. Bell, and then talk the afternoon
away with stories of my tour through
the county.
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XIX.

D He plays failure If the center
OF the stage goes begging This
simple truth is one of the first
lessons in natures primer. But
did not learn II until I reached middle
age. and many men, otherwise perspica-
cious and penetrating, do not learn it at
all.
So there was no philosophic brake on
the chariot of my happiness during that
tventful fortnight. In the focus of the
towns eye, intrusted with a notable re-
sponsibilfty, encouraged by tie sympa-
thy of the finest men l knew, and sus-
tanned by the confidence o, those who
loved me hest. my spirit exulted and
fny ambition tugged at the reins
/ found myself political figure of
seeming importance The morning af-
ter we reached town, a telephone mes
gage came from 20 tfardner, asking me
to meet the chairman OF the county
committee and himself ct the Young
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And the winter passed quickly. aban-
doning us to Inauguration Day before
the Christmas bills were we'll out of the
way. Mr.. Cleveland had announced the
personnel of his new Cabinet as ne
formed It. He had assembled a curious
group, maybe. but his choice for our
office put new hope in the breasts of
all his prospective Republican subordi-
mates; and those in my division looked
on at TIE parade that stormy March 4th
with less trepidation than they endured
the day O'Mara was made chief.
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ii all as the men on my fathers farm
out near Wintergreen creek. I was
probably fit for nothing better.
As reached the gate, my heart heavy
with fear, lifted my head with a jerk
l heard voices as / walked up the path
and the rustic Of a skirt When /
looked up there stood Annie and my
mother.
It's too bad" said my mother, softly.
But Annie, saying nothing, squeezed my
arm as she did that afternoon when we
walked around the square.
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The New Chief.

With new chief to meet in the course
or the next hour, L forced myself to see
NE as brightly as could spoke
cheerfuIly to all the clerks III the di-
vision, especially to Mr. Hutterly, who
would have pitied me If had given him
the chance. and Mrs. Enrol. who sympa
thlzed with me genuinely. 1 was OPEN
ing my mail when the summons came
remember putting down the letters
regretfully. because many OF them We're
personal, and rejecting while I walked
through the two rooms that the only
thing l knew of the new Assistant IN
the Attorney General was his name and
that for the instant had forgotten even
that
MT Chamberlain introduced us. The
new chief was Judge Armstrong of
mississippi, formerly one of the at.or-
neys of the Department of Justice"
was curious to note how the Assistant,
secretary would describe me- This is
Judge Schuyler" he said; "a protege of
Colonel Powelrs and mine, and one of
the few men In the departments who
nave worked their way pp."
However much my new title of
Judge" impressed Mr.. Armstrong. I
locked on him as the original Dr. Fell
flrst, ne was Republican from Mis-
s1ssippi; and that was a bad sign. Sec
ond, he was putting his Southern repu-
tation to office-seeifng use: and that
was more than a bad sight was COM
paratively certain proof that he was
manipulation Of negro votes. Third. he
had fishy eye and wore side-whiskers;
and those two clements never yet came
together i'll mans face with character
behind them. Wherefore. L did not Sor-
row that the new regime would last
only throuRh tina NtntAA
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Colonel PoWelps Tribute

In addition to work which has been
almost without a flaw and office con-
duct. which has been almost perfect
this clerk has compiled the laws under
which the department Is now operating
"a difficult and exacting task. He is.
In my Judgment one of the most val
liable clerks in the department.
The chief ran Tough the rCfuS,ine
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THE WASHINGTON TINES. SUNDAY, JUNE 49, 1905

count and the other two because there
was no telegraph service.
A messenger came in from Merrydale
at about H. The vote stood q to 80
against us, a clear loss of 49, Delight
and Centralia reported within the next
ten minutes. Both went Democratic
also. contrary to all expectations. Mon
roe did not report until after 1 o'clock.
Like all the rest 1t had gone over TO
the enemy. For the first time since /
became of age our country had gone
against US.
As walked home IN the starlight that
night, with the booming Of Cleveland
cannon echoing in the streets and the
snap of firecrackers sounding from the
square, my mind kept turning over and
over until 1 was sick with the thought
of It all, those two trenchant observa-
tons by the Hon. Tom Roundtree-Al-
ways Regular: -se--a-'
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Aroused Intense Enthusiasm

At independence We held much the
same sort of Il meeting and made much
the same speeches. Monroe and Delight,
being smaller towns, assembled the
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All Republicans Contributed.

The Compiler or tnat evening puDNSu-
ed an extended account of the reception.
AS read it learned that every promi-
nent Republican in town had contributed
to defray the expense and that the after
noon trains had brought hundreds of
people from the neighboring towns to
see the procession. My speech was pub
lished verbatim, the Compiler having
employed one Of the teachers in the high
school to take it down in shorthand. AS
read 1t there. In tv-ne. and noted how
filled 1t was with earnestness and yet
how rounded the sentences were. 1t
seemed to me like the address of another
man and surprisingly good address at
that.
In the rooms Of the Young Mems Re-
publican Club Z found three things that
Interested me greatly One was a letter
from Colonel Powell disclosing that he
was to be one of the speakers on Thurs
day night. Another was a list OF the
meetings at which was to speak. The
third was a life-size portrait of I'm. Con-
gresham" the gift of his chief Iieuten-
ant IN the county, inscribed THE Hon
orable Tom Roundtree-Always Regu-
lar"
Annfe's scrapbook cont aims a crinkled
and yellow clipping on the Thursday
night meeting 1t bears the head line
County Is Clinched'. and reads, with
some omissions:
The largest crowd of the campaign
poured into the city last night for the
long awaited demonstration of loyalty to
political honor and reason at the court
house, where the Hon. Henry w. Powell
Assistant, Attorney General of the
United States; the Hon. Tom Roundtree,
our popular Congressman, and the Hon
Philip Schuyler, our brilliant young
fellow-townsman of several years ago.
but now Of the Government service in
Washington, made stirring addresses.
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WASHINGTON, D. C., April 2s. 1905.

D. c. April 26,
To the Editor of The
pear Twenty Washington
20 civil
Ice abilities
chance OF doing abilities I
hemmed politics
ments and
respect of foryfour life decided failure.
transformation
esy have found change
the other details
believe that the OF today could read
would find against the
dvidua abi for nothing or almost nothing and ambition
understanding
the address inclosed slip
Very
WHEEL
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Mems Republican Club at 2 o'clock.
Gus Sidlers. OF the Compiler, came a
moment later to ask for an interview
on the outlook. Joe Willoughby, now
Judge" to the whole community, came
over to midday dirner to talk politics
and SAY what a fine speech that was
last night" Best OF all. as I walked
about the square that afternoon every
man 1 met spoke to me with cordiality
In his greeting and respect in his man
ner. Annie and Love Altrock We're
walking with me, and the dear wife
squeezed my arm after every meeting
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-04-04
ROOSEVELT OR .osLER7

y special dispatch rrorE Charlton.
IA. t" he Cincinnati Enquirer says
'lra. 4nrad:cy has presented her
husband VIII the eighth pair OF wins.
me moihcr-1s 10 years old, white the
la'her is i',h past IS. The twins are
II boy weighing eight pounds. and a
girl Weighing seven. Both arc wei
developed and HEALTHY.
We don'I know whether The happy
father should first notify President
Roosevelt or DR. Oslcr. |, is by no
means UNLIKELY that both of these
strenuous Americans would he inler.
'S'ea IN III" latest incident having a
practical bcaiine upon opposite iheo.
RES s'renuodsly advncHt cd by hoih.
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BENEeAcToR OF THE RACE

We are lihforhc,l That preparations
are now helng made.in York, Pa. for
INC manufacture of an improvement in
hy paper Winch. IL is thought will fiji
2 ,ons fell want. In this the corners
81 The shcel arc scored so tina. they
may he inicrlooked and In This manner
Pan is ffnshed '&hicli will prevent
ihilch of the mischief which tho old
Hrm oil iypap"r is largely famous for.
or INSTANCE. thr paper blows from
us l.lacc on the table or window le,cc
ana falls On The floor The sticky side
cannot come in conlac, with The CARPET
or furniture on which il may fall
The Society for The Prevention of
masculine Profanity should at once
cal national convention for Tho mr.
peso of heartily. endorsing the in.c
nous cnntrivhmca OF this latest bcnn
Factor OF the human race.
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TRANSPORTATION aurpx.

Making close connection for sill
points South. Trains leave Norfolk:
1906 s.. NJ. Daily: local to Danville and
intermediate stations. Arrive DAN
vile at SIS p. m, connecting with
through Pullman trains to Jackson
VILE. Durham, Atlanta. New Orleans.
Memphis. Knoxville" Ashevills and
intermediate points.
9:05 a. IN. Daily; local to Clarksyille.
Durham and intermediate stations
Arrive Durham 6:35 p. m.
G:25 p. IN. Daily; fast train for all
points South and West, carrying
through Pullman sleeper to Char.
lotte, making close connection with
through Pullman trains for Colum.
bia. Savannah, Augusta, Jackson.
Vile, Atlanta, New Orleans, Birming.
ham, Memphis, Chattanooga, Knox
vile and Asheville.
6:25 p. m. Daily, except Sunday; for
Durham and intermediate points
Trains arrive Norfolk 1886 a. M, IS
p. m.
Southern Railway Dining Car serv.
ice on ell through trains, unrivalled In
every appointment
City Ticket Office, No. 95 CRANKY
street (Monticelio HoteD, Norfolk, Va
c. II. ACKERT, G. NJ.
W. Fl. TAYLOE, G. P. A.,
Washington, D. c.
w. w. CROXTON. Pass. Agent
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OystOn Fishery.

Each week ! shall give one customer
OF the check printing wagon silver
spoon. Uncle Sam prevents my say
ing each week certain check, mum.
her so and so VOL silver spoon. That
would make the fish business Il lot.
terry. while this way it's philanthropy.
Write your name and address on the
hack OF your checks; write plainly.
Puzzle marks don't get spoons.
j. G. ROBINSON.
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These sensitive persons who object
t. Ia" mill ana insipid cri icisn,s of
Journals in HE cifetc East should con
slider this editorial paragraph froni the
i!rfialo Voice. Johnson county. Wyoni
ing There's human insect owe. al
Lander that shcIld he branded with
tie stigma nj traitor. coward and in
"r2Ic taken by The ear and led IN he
outskirts of he city and then kicked
~ high that he would mover again lish;
on Wyoming soil. but. waited by Il
gentle breeze. would finally n,t,:cr
down in ha les where he properly no.
longs Up ia date we have heard Ct
no entorial funeral from the sanctum
q! 1,:r Johnson county contemporary
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AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT.
Four Prominent Pitlsbure Residents
Hurt in Bad Collision.
(ny Associatcd rrcssl

(l'y Associated Prcss)
Plill-AnElPiIlA, PA. April 8 In
an automobile accident here today
three prominent residents OF pi,;s.
burg were severely cut and bruised and
we'll known manufacturer Of th:s
city was daI s"rOu.;y hurt. The party
consisted Of Charles s. Frishmuii.
president of the Homer B:ass Com.
pany of this city Archibald y Me
Cr"a, president cf the Union Spring
Manufacturing Company, OF Pitisbnrs,
AMI son Of James McCrea. vice Drcsi.
dent OF the Pcnns ylvania ccmnany. w.
~. Schcrn. Of the Schocn Steel Wheel
Company. of Pittsburg and l.. C. Wood.
manager Of The banking firm of Mel
lon Il CO. nj ri,tshurg.
The fear men are in ST, Agnes hes
piial Mr. Frismuth was injured in.
'crnally and sustained IL serious con
cuasion OF the brain. He was nncun.
scio"s for several hours. MIR. McCrea
has deep wound in The scalp MIR.
Schocn was ':;it and bruised about The
head and MIR Wcod was bruised The
chauffeur escaped uninired. The
heavy automobile collided with me
rear end OF Il trolley car. The occu,
pants OF the automobile were thrown
to The pavement with great force. Mr..
Fiismuth SIT liking his head. The anio
car was wrecked and a police patrol
wagon was summoned TO convey tie
injured men 10 the hospital
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N ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Schedule In Effect Nov. 27. 1904.
TAO II. m.-Chicago Express for The
West daily. BUFFET Paclor Car Norfolk
TO l.ynchburg and Soapoke Pullman
Sleeper 10 Cciumbn nnh Cincinnati.
9:2o n. m.-..Ocean Shore Limited"
daily for Richmond, and daily except
Sunday for Washington Stops only
at Suffolk. Waverly. Petersburg Con-
meets with Roanoke express leaving
Petersburg 1:45 p. N. for Lynchburg,
Roanoke and intermediate stations.
1870 p. m.-Richmond Limited for
Richmond and Washington. Stops
only ut Suffolk, Waverly and Peters
burg.
TAO p. m.-New Orleans Short Line.
for Petersburg. Lynchbdrg and South
west. Sleeper Norfolk to Pulaski and
I.ynchburg 10 Memphis and New Or.
leans. Cafe cars. 4-
Pullman sleeper Roanoke To Colum.
bus. Cafe cars. 3ts
Trains arrive at Norfolk daily $40
a. H.. 30 a. m. and 500 D. M. and
10:30 p. IN.
Tickets and all information at CITY
ONCE, III Maiu street. next to U. q.
Custom iTOuse, AMI at Station.
w. e. I1AHLEWOOD,
Pass. Agt., Norfolk, va.
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CONSUMPTION
Mainly Caused by Chronic Colds and
Haneing.on Coughs.

Mr.. Congdon. of Congdon's Ideal
Pharmacy. has bivcn a good deal of
time to the study OF consumption, and
finds that comparatively few cases
are hereditary
coughs and colds, which gradually
weaken the whole pulmonary system,
and before people realize ii there is a
diseased spot in one lung; splitting
blood soon follows and eventually a
collapse
Such an unnecessary end. such a
PITY, ior all could have been so diff
ferent. We know of hundreds of cases
where our wonderful cod liver oil pre-.
paraiion. Finol has saved a young and
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Them.
Vinol is able to cure hanging.on
coiuS and stubborn coughs. because il
- me most perfect preparation of cor,
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no OH or grease TO upset the delicate
stomach. yet It does contain every one
OF me fifty odd medicinal curative
clements actually taken from fresh
cods iivers. and we freely and publicly
STATE that We will supply all the Yin0l
we mink necessary to cure any case OF
chronic coughs, banging.on colds OF
weak and debilitated conditions OF
NEWPORT News people, ana pay for tho
medicine ourselves II IL fails to ekr
satisfactory results.
now can We express orr faith IN
E,nni more emphatically? Cong.lon's
Ideal Pharmacy. -
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Entered at the Newport News. Va
POstotiice. as second-ciaas matter
TUESDAY. ApRlL. 4 1905.
GENERAL LEE HIGHLY ELArEo.

Saturdays Washington .PGat brings
The intcrosiin" and ENCOURAGING iutDr.
nation that General. t'i,zhugh Lee is
In the highest spirits Ovcrrlhe certain
~ OF the 500 0hn' appropriation by The
State cf PENNSYLVANIA for n suitable
rcprc'cn, .itiO,I M tho jamestown EX-
position OF 1907. General Lee made Il
speech before The Legislature al Ilar-
rishrrg. which WAS we'll received. as
WAS Il talk liz r:nvcfnrr p"rnyracknr.
VINO warmly Advocated tho proposed
appropriation II is no, likely thai
There will he the slightest light made
upon IL In either branch Of Tho I.c.is-
latnrc. 81 fan General .cc has me;
Win trati!yinS success in getting The
various States tn concur in the nlan of
aiding the celebration IT jamestown.
which fer historic reasons will bc the
most thoroughly naliona! rXpnsilion
ever held in .tnitqtoa .s4- s-te 80
There seems IL re no no donb: that
Vir;lnia's sister States will generous.
~ aid IN making The lcn. exposition
Il n'icrine success. I'll" interest
manifested in other sections should en-.
r"'iiasc Tie Tidewa'rr people TO lake
ip lie prnjcct.wi rcnewc,! energy.
II The cnicrpiiso1jS failure il will nh,
'' ''''iicn!i H. trace The responsibility
Ter snci. calamity 10 its proper source.
Thuh far The exposition movement ias
li:n'"pl"d "Tcr all obstacles until 20
''aE II" prospects arc brilliantly prom
Using