Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-05

arrangement between Don Cameron of
Pennsylvania, who promised the support
of his delegation to him for the speaker
ship in return for Ohios support of Cam
eron's candidate for Speakers clerk. This
defeated Representative Frank Hiscock of
known as the gag rules of the Forty
seventh Congress were applied in the House
while keifer was Speaker.
At sixty-nine General Kefer Is unusually
hale and hearty for man of his age.
How Fassett Was Hooded.
1t is not of record that General Keifer
was ever hoodooed by his swalow-taiI coat,
but ]. SIoat Fassett, from New York, who
will appear on the floor of the House as
a member for the first time during the
coming session, surely was hoodooed by
the lack of one when running for governor
of New York on the republican ticket in
1891.
He was making his campaign on the
anti-Tammany basis and was striving for
election with all the energy he possessed.
He was especially anxious to win big
vote on the east side in the city of New
York, and he made the mistake Of not
dressing for the part when delivering an
address in that part of town.
He went further. 1t was hot night
and, apparently that he might seem free
and easy before an audience Of working
men, he pulled off his coat and spoke in his
shirt sleeves. The effect was exactly con-
trary to what he expected Those in the
audience were displeased by what they
thought discourtesy to them, and the oppo-
sition set up a great cry that he had been
extremely impolite to a lot of honest work
ingmen They thought they were plenty
good enough to be treated to an exhibition
of the best manners the speaker had in
stock.
Later in the same campaign a speaker,
through a slip of the tongue, alluded to
IL tzff x,eka r
Sloat Fassett and Che opposition news
papers, which had often alluded to him as
T. c. Platt's slate" candidate, had plenty
of fun over the mistake. 1t seems strange
that such things should make or mar a
candidates future, but beyond a doubt
these two errors contributed heavily to
Mr.. Fassetts defeat.
He was member OF the New York
senate before this, and made a mark for
himself In this capacity When he ran for
governor he was known as young Mr..
Fassett;' he is now well along in middle
looks his years. He has
a clean-cut face, with a massive brow is a
highly effective speaker, and will be heard
from.
It may be said Of him that he Is a good
sport in politics. His defeat in 1891 for the
governorship was a crushing blow, and in
1894 he got a still greater setback II posi-
BILE, in being defeated for the gubernatorial
nomination after a. desperate contest for
1t, but he was never backward in doing all
he could for his party.
Mr.. Fassett will be one of the richest
members. He married Miss Jennie Croker
niece of the millionaire railroad builder,
herself a millionheiress. If they choose,
the Fassetts are quite able to figure largely
in capital society this winter.
Personal Characteristics of La Toilette
Robert Marion La Toilette, the new sena-
tor from Wisconsin, though never before a
member of the upper house. was a repre-
sentative for three terms, beginning in 1884
and ending with the democratic landslide
Of 1900. He was on the ways and means
committee when the Mckinley bill was
drawn, and his career as governor of Wis
consin, from which post he retired to make
the Senate, is still fresh in the mind of the
public.
To his friends In the Badger state La Fol-
lette is plain Bob" When they wish to
be more formal they call him Little Bob -
and now and then some admirer with a bit
of poetry in his soul makes few remarks
about the Little Lion of Wisconsin,
Lack of inches has always been a sensf
tive point with the senator He is only
five feet five or six inches tall, and would
like to be q six-footer His first ambition
was to become an actor of Shakespearean
roles, but q famous tragedian discoura eed
him. You are too short" he said and
with sigh, La Toilette turned his energies
TO the law and to politics.
He Is well-built, athletic. energetic.
sood-Iooking man with high broad fore
head' square jaw, a pair Of keen brown
eyes ana an aggressive. wavy pompadour
lie mas ready smile and a handshake that