Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-02-05

Washington Gossip
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BY SHELDON S. CLINE
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believe it will not. -*.
It is the purpose of Mr.. Beveridge to
have it made the unfinished business
just as soon as the calendar is cleared
Of Mr.. Gallinger's ship subsidy bill,
and it is, confidently believed that the
supporters of the statehood bill will
be strong enough to hold it in that
position until it is finally disposed of.
Meanwhile, of course, it can be tenn
porari1y displaced by pressing meas
ures that are not particularly antag-
onized. s
A certain member of the house of
representatives from a New England
state has not been at all happy for
some time past. He feels better now,
but the righteous indignation which
wells up within him procludes the
possibility that his existence shall be
filled with peace and calm.
The trouble started one morning
his mail and found postal card on
which was the outline of a black hand,
with a line in script underneath, in
forming him that he had only -four
days more The gentleman in ques-
ton sat up that night wondering how
he had made enemies of the black
hand society and how much it would
cost him to call off the dogs. Two
days later he received another postal
also bearing the black hand stamp
and inscribed, "You have only two
days more" The member did some
more hard thinking, and wondered
whether there hadn't been a previous
communication demanding ransom
that had gone astray.: The next day
there came another postal, identical
with the previous ones, save that it
was inscribed zone day more" The
member didn't sleep at all that night
and spent the hours in mingled prayer
and suspense. He wondered whether
his exit would be by poison or dyna.
mite, and he thought regretfu1ly OF
the things he might have done and
hadn't, and of the things he might
not have done and had.
The next morning he sent for his
mail in fear and trembling and there
was another postal. The black hand
impression was not there, but an in
scription in crimson letters read:
"No more black hands-use Blanks
SOAP
No more interesting and no more
interested visitor than Samuel L..
Clemens has been at the capitol in
many day. Accompanied by Col
George B. Harvey, editor of Harper's
Weekly, he saw both the senate and
house at work, lunched with a party
of senators, and. as he expressed it,
had the time of his life. Col. Harvey
wasn't quite so happy. Someone had
passed the word that he was Mark
TWain's secretary or stenographer Or
something of the sort, and he didn't
receive any very distinguished con-
sheraton. He was good deal hurt
by the apparent indifference on the
part of senators and representatives
to his existence, but he saw the joke
and took it good naturally when the
matter finally was Strengthened out.
After inspecting the senate Mr..
Clemens visited the house, then saw
the newspaper men. eve called on
my old friend the speaker" M
Clemens said. 81 say he is my old
friend because I met him on Saturday
night. Any man who meets another
on Saturday night has right TO refer
to him as. an old friend We got
pretty well acquainted, too. sat
next to Speaker Cannon at the
Gridiron Club dinner, and I think If
the dinner had lasted half an hour
longer would have been calling him
Joe and he would have referred to
me as Sam -
I don't know, politics is a little out
Of my line" Mr. Clemens continued,
tFbut rather think I would like to be
a senator. The title adds such an air
of dignity. Then again when think
it over I think would like to be a
congressman. A congressman ap-
pears to have such a happy care-free
He slaps the speaker on
the back and says Hello Joel how's
things2 That real democracy. but
who ever heard OF a senator shaping
the vice president on the back and
saying, Hello, Charley, how's
things?' He would need step
ladder or have to stand on top OF a
barrel
Senator Stone Of Missouri is riding
a high horse and vowisag Vengence OF