The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-10

There was a story that John Tyler. while
 President wanted 10 find out what the Democratic party was doing in the field of politics. and with that end in view selected two seasoned Virginia topers to interview
 Buchanan. then a Senator in Congress, get
 him drunk and Induce him to talk The parties met at the Astor House in New York, and shortly after midnight Tyler's | emissaries were both under the table and
 old Buck. in full possession of all his fac ulties and President Tyler's political secretA
 trotted off to bed.
 There is a story of the cellar of another Pennsylvania statesman, Simon Cameron It is said that there were several barrels of cherry bounce" in there that had the ef- feet to cause any member of the Pennsyl- vania legislature who drank of 1t to vote for anything General Cameron told him to vote for. General Sheridan told e story of Bismarck and one could see that the little general felt that the treatment ae- corded him by the mighty chancellor was injurious It was late the day of Sedan
 Bismarck and Sheridan had witnessed the battle and the victory, and both put spurs to flank and dashed for Bismarck's quar- ters. Herbert Bismarck was there and his father asked for something to drink. There was just one bottle of brandy on the place.
 a little more than a fifth of a gallon This was uncorked and the chancellor put 1t to his mouth and drank and drank and drank and when he had finished there was not a drop remaining for his guest But what did Bismarck ever see that he coveted that he did not monopolize? :~
 When Stephen A. Douglas appeared at
 Nashville in 1880 he drank two full goblets of fine whiskey just before he began his magnificent speech: "Fellow-citizens, six teen years ago today I was in Nashville | then. as now. battling for the success of the National Democracy and contendng for the correct construction of the National Constitution. Then I advocated the election | to the Presidency an illustrious son of
 Tennessee, and on that same day received | the plaudit and the benedictIon of the sage | of the Hermitage"
 Some forty years ago. perhaps less, a | learned clergyman of Scotland was chosen | the head of one of the leading colleges of
 the United States, The day of his inaugura-
 tion was exceedingly warm. and the rev | er"nd gentleman walked to the chapel where large and selected audience await | ed his appearance. Wiping the perspira- l tion from his brow. the learned doctor ex- plained; The weather Is very hot, and l the whusky'-here look of disgust as broad ar his pronunciation came over his
 rugged features-"and the whusky, 1t was very mean" Perhaps the good old man had
 been given some of the Peoria abomination | and had sailed into 1t as he had been ac- l customed to imblde his native Scotch
 Though this president of a great Presby- terian college would have hIs "whusky, ,'' 1 he made his college the eqt al in standing
 of any other in America, and the youth | into whom Dr. MaoLeash could not implant l some character was hopeless
 l Temperance is an excellent thing It Is
 a pity that in our country drink has been
 assaiied with so much fanaticism and so much cant. We would better fight 1t with
 the loftier and stronger weapon Of reason. And there is some fun in a bottle of | good whiskey-if we would only hroach ~