The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1905-01-26

was returned and when NJ entered
the room "A number OF his old friends
crowded around him with many evi.
denoes Of good win. and when he
loft the Senate after hts speech they
went TO him again shaking hands
with him aud wishing him well.
Among those were Senators Daniels,
and Teller, aud Others from the west
aud south.
senator Mitchell Il an old man
aud since his severn illness In Wash.
ington winter before last whom 81
was thought he would not live, he
has broken vislbly. When he enter
cd the Senate Tuesday he looked
more than his seventy.four years.
His face was pale and lined with
care and the hand which held the
typewriter sheets OF his Address
shook so that the paper nuttercd.
His handkerchief and n plass of wa
ter were conspicuous ON his desk
and he filed I'm pauses when his
voice was too choked TO be audible,
In making use OF both. His address
took up the history OF the land
fraud case and mis- connection with
1t from the beginning and TO many
OF his colleagues It was n thorough
and convincing vindication OF the
man. Every senator in the city was
present during the reading OF the
statement and the galleries were
filed. The faces of the senators as
they watched their colleague. pain
fully struggling through his affect
ing address. were interesting studies.
Senator Depew, who is usually so
smiling, kept his eyes fixed on the
cover Of a congressional directory
that lay before him. Senator Full
ton, Of Oregon, n big raw boned
man who looks more like n large
'and honest pillow boy than n states
man, sat by senator Mitchell listen
ing intently to every word, his face
earnest with sympathy. Some of
the southern senator's who are by
temperament more administrative
than their brothers from the east
and north were seen to wipe their
eyes when near the conclusion OF his
speech Mr.. Mitchell broke down al
together and was unable for n few
seconds to proceed. Senator W. A.
Clark, who is just back from
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one of the sofas at the back of the
Senate room both hands behind his
ears trying to catch the words
which by reason Of his increasing
deafness since the operation on his
ears, were difficult for him to under
stand. Many Of the younger Sena-
tors listened throughout In respect
tul but frigid silence. At the conclu-
sion Of the statement when the ire
pRessible galleries had been silenced
by the oft repeated threat that they
would be turned out in a body II
they did not IA TO applaud, the
Senators gathered about In little
groups and discussed the statement.
A number OF them with whom your
correspondent talked. werc agreed
that the address had been a dignifed
one I'm spite Of its having violated
EVERY precedent, but there was no
one who did not realize the futillty
of 1t. The Senate cannot take
any action In the matter and
one conservative Democrat remark
ed apropos Of the Senator's intlma-
tlon that he would not resume his
seat, eft every man Of US believed
him as innocent as an unborn babe
1 think he should not return 10 the
Senate until he Is cleared by the
courts. Some who had wiped their
eyes and blown their noses during
the speech, were able TO laugh after
wards, aud one bald headed solon
said, Its always the same old
story, boys. 'Cherchez Ia Femme. "
The woman In this cas- was Mrs.
Watson for whom Puter had enlist
ed the sympathy Of Senator Mitch
ell. aud to whom the senator refer.
rcd several times in his address. =
OF the various ways ia which gov
ernment officials make use OF their
positions 20 save themselves ex-
pense or To supply themselves an
outside revenue, none IL so common
for the latter purpose as the selling
OF government Information 10 per-
ipdicals. by this Is not meant that
class who take questionable means
OF securing Congressional or White
House reports for the purpose of
newspaper scoops That Is a
business all 10 Itself and fortunately
much less rare under pr'sent condl-
lions than formerly, but there II n
class Of government employees who
mike their official uOsftfousn an nnen.