The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-22
Complete Winter Outfits.
The Great Plymouth Clothing House.
THRIFTY, TARBELL
REAPS ON REBATE
Continued from First Page.

to confront the cold, minatory counte-
nance of Mr.. Hughes, his interrogation
1t was the senior senator Of the
greatest state in the union, inspired
in his 72d year to attempt to regain
his lost political leadership and to smite
nSo1} ms 1R}urly young successor Ex-Governor
Shaft Left by oden.
Mr.. Odell had sworn that the con-
trlbutlons of insurance companies to the
republican state campaign fund were
And he left that shaft sticking in the
breast of his old chieftain without word
of pity or extenuation.'
The. crowd looked to: see the ancient
llghtnings blaze in those dull eyes and
to hear that practiced tongue utter
blasting scorn::, Senator Platt had
never before failed to- revenge himself
upon an enemy, to give blow for blow.
That was the thought which piqued the
senses of the audience, jaded by months
of celebrities and -sensa ations. =.
But there was no fire in the leaden
eyes, no strength in the long withered,
dropping figure, no battle in the pale,
narrow, lymphatic face.
Weakness and ,senility.
1t is difficult to: describe the scene
Of weakness and senility expressed in
the shrunken, angular body. and hag-
gard visage of the man who, for nearly
quarter of a century, had been the
protagonist of republican politics in
New York state, the supreme master
and unmaker of its political. honors and
sentative in the United States senate.
The gentleness Of this shepherd of
men was the gentleness. Of old age and
expiring strength. The fierce passions
Of other days had left their marks upon
his face. but there was no remaining
vitality to sustain the. spirit Of strife
or inspire victorious intrigues. Phocion,
dead and flung beyond the borders of
Athens. was not more pitiful.
Picture of Platt.
His narrow head, partly covered with
thin, white hair, is fiat and portrudes
backward. His forehead is low anc
slanting. His neck is thin and wrinkled
His temples are sunken and heavily
veined.
The face is long and bonv.: The thin
straight jaws are covered with a cropped
white beard, the spare rounded point OF
which hides the aggressive, projecting
chin.
The lips are thin and. bloodless, the
cheeks hollow and the lines about the
mouth characterless beyond telling.
There is curious fixed look about the
eyes, which are of drab-gray blue ant
surrounded by crowsnests and dark cir
| cles that lend controlling air o.
melancholy, almost cf despair, to tht
features. . ~ -.-
AS the senator dropped into his chair
his lawyer handed him Malacca walk
ing stick, with engraved gold handle
on which he clasped his shrivelled hand
and leaned lightly. - 81
Smartly Attired. -. : ~.
In spite of his age and feeblenes
there was no sign Of carelessness in hi
attire. His black frock coat was smart
ly cut, his dark trousers well creased
his brown cravat, with it's red spots
carefully tied and fastened with a mod
est crystal-set pin. On either hand h
wore a seal ring. It was plain to b.
seen that he had clothed himself care
fully for his ordeal. 80
The moral apathy which had distin
guished Senator Platt 8 political lead
ership was shown in his manner whel
he made his final confession. The extra
ordinary thing about it was that h
seemed to be absolutely unconseiou
either of wrongdoing or even of inde]
| icacy. --. Ill.,. sv. -.
Not once did he show any evidence o
emotion, not even when he confesse
that the three great insurance com
panies contributed to the republica
state campaign fund in the belief tha
The, thru his connection with the stat
committee, would support their interest
and defend them against hostile legis
lation.