The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-06-19
Rivals N THE sEsATE
sea.tor BallesJj and Csdeef-n,E Each
a Strong Man. are ASpiranfs TOT 'hs
Honor OF Minority Leadership

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Washington. D. c. June H-&
election os Senator Zoe" Blackburn
Of Kentucky. TO succeed senate. S"F-
man AZ chairman Of the dSuocratif
caucus which carries with L what Is
known a. democratic leader II the
senate. was done for t~o -ea=ons. farse
as 4 compliment 10 he hentuckian'
who has recently 5sea defeated IL MS
state, but who has PERHAPS. more res
friends and admirers nsse af2s.
any other "a IN the senate But an
other reason for his election Is % pre-
vent a. this critical time u division
among the democrats which misat
haze resulted from , contest loF
position Ar. Blackburn VIII 60 u
of office al the end Of The next scS-
sion of ongress which will be oniy
a three months session, and his aie>-
ton a. democratic leader Is thus OF
course only temporary arrangement
Should : fight for the position hav'
been pulled of" between any two as
piring senators there might have been
some spirited and unfortunate Tits.
for you can get up a row almost any
day among democrats II you only go
at il right. This would have been PAD
just at this time when peace Il mar
mouy' among the democrats OF tHe
land is coming into vogue.
II really matters very little VINO l.
the democratic leader in name. Tier"
is no need for a floor leader in the
| senate as in the house. Senator Cor
man has not been a leader III IN
| sense that John Sharp Williams Is 4
| leader. The senate Is lutte Il Ql!IeE-
| ent sort Of body from the house; II Il
| a sort OF every--an-for-himSelf body,
| and if there are any real leaders III
| it they are leaders by right Of mlSit
! rather than leaders by right OF cleo
| ton. The leader in debate there Is
| Joseph w. Bailey OF Texas, but this
| is not because anybody has designated
| him as leader: il is because he Is I
| man Of such towering strength ana
| because he i always to be seen IN
| the forefront Of battle 50 that men
must follow him. OF course, his dem
| ocratic allies often differ from him
and they often oppose him, but not
when it Ome TO a party question:
And Bailey il was though w0uid sue
coed German. At least he was n ol
two rival candidates. The otner
strange to say, is his colleague, Mi
Culberson, for in the senate e l.
not n Lone star" state; there are TWO
Senator Culberson is an utterly diner
Tent st.Ie of man, o., but just as pow
e-ful, He hasn't the thundeTOus voice
nor the magnificent figure, nor tn
grand manner" but he always knows
what he is talking about, he Is alway:
prepared against any emergency, al
wavs ready. He is 20 Ajax, nor !!
he Hercules, but he is Achilles, tn
swift Of foot, and if vulnerable at al
il is only in his heel; and that n
keeps on the far side Of the enemy
for he doesn't turn his back SOM
one here once Said-it has been at
tributed to President Roosevelt, bn
most likely, as in many other case;
he only appropriated the saying o
somab Fighter man-that Texas is rep
: resented in the senate by Il senate
and one detective. This was APPLY IL
Illustrated the day Mr.. Bailey was max
ing the argument against Mr.. Patto:
son. who kicked out of the Democrat
caucus on the SantO Domingo treat,
matter. Mr.. Bailey said that Mr.. Pat
terson had 0nce been present at a eau
Gus which passed a certain resolution
binding the democratic members. MI
Patterson denied Il. Mr.. Barley, no"
ever powerful in his argument, wa
nevertheless at his rows end in n
face of a fiat denial, for he was speak
ing from memory. His case wou!
have fallen down, but just at Lhi
point Mr.. CulbersOn quietly arose an
held forth the record of the proceed
ing of the meeting referred TO, Whic
showed that Mr.. Patterson had no
only been present a. the meeting, hi
had voted for the resolution. Mr.. Gu.
berson had the goods and Mr.. Bale
:, thereupon paid him a noble tribute {
Draise, declaring that while he had L
, knowledge of his colleagues havl;l
any such timely document as thi
not having conferred with him, ye- h
| might have suspected it because in a
I his experiences with him, during I'll
: | course of many years Of public SCI
vice. he had never seen him enter an
: fight or take part in any anal l.
5 which he was not thoroughly prepare
! There was the senator and the d.
tective.
Yet for all that it is common ia
here that Strained relations eXl!
= between the two great stars from TIE:
as. some even saying that they a
scarcely on speaking terms WI