The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-06-19

burn. The dependent bill, which sub
seGuentiy became the Act Of June %
1886 la1 been PASSED by both Houses
but vas vetoed by President Cleveland
90. s-atsou, Chairman Of the House
Committee On Invalid Peusions, at
ea " BASS tue uiIl over the 81
dents veto. All Of the veterans among
the Representative stood firmly for
this except foC--Viele. o. New York.
Bragg. o. Wisconsin: A J. Warner. Of
Ohio, and one other. These four made
bitter speeches against the bill and the
voices Of Warner and Bragg We're par
ticulariE raspIng. After they had ended
! Hepburn arose for the other side and
| the Irst notes of his clear. resonant,
| trumpet-iike voice tel gratefully upon
, the ear. He began. The gentlemen
who have preceded me like myself
terminate their political careers March
4 mex. This brought general laugh
from the crowded galleries. and he
continued. Unlike myself. however
they re now haunting the White House
crookins the pregnant hinges OF the
knee. mat thrift may follow fawning."
He then proceeded 20 literally take the
hides of Messrs. Bragg, Warner and
Niele. 81 the great delight Of the friends
Of IT, ...iey enuent pens. on bill
His seat was filed by a Democrat in
the next three Congresses, but by 1853
his District had come TO it's senses
again and Pee Hepburn was reelected.
AMI Us mas been coming ever since. He
has noav nearly 10 years TO ms credit
III the National Halls of legislation, and
unless he is Oslerized out of Office, will
pIobaaiy stay there Till death wants
a shining mark, and where will il find
a brighter?
Col. Hepburn is known as the hard
est nItl-r IN the house-with words,
you know. Really, il might not be
good thing . run up against his fist,
any more than it was. his saber in the
long ago, but ne is not Il man OF
buster He just rams facts down your
throat till you are choked or cry
enough Ike way he sings the solid
words IN the English language is a ter
ror to the de!nasogue. .lnere IS no en-
broidery: you never see frill on any
OF his speeches-but, hold, that is
scarcely true, for no man can better
make mental pictures than he-pictures
rich in paunos, with a word imagery !
that is exquisitely fine even to the
slightest detail; but it is not often that |!
he IS 50 moved to talk When some !.
members of Congress talk you know !
you are going To get whipped syllabub |
and cream. angel food, and ''jelI." But |
when Pete Hepburn talks you kno" :
you are going to get rich, juicy old
roast beef with trimmings all done to /
delicious brown, and something that |
you can feed your soul on, as well as
your mentality. He has a voice mat |
reaches n every /
part of the big House, and his enuncia
ton is perfect. He never clips word, !:
nor a syllable His English is choice,
and he displays wide grasp of all
subjects. While his field of literature
has evidently been planted with the
classics
When he talks the House listens. He
hates hypocrisy and sham; he despises
make-shifts and by-ways in legislation
For Civil Service as it is administered
he has the profoundest contempt, ana
his one stock speech is always made
against Civil Service.
Just now Col. Hepburn stands pre-
eminent in the eyes of the people be-
cause of the great Railroad Kate plll
which in every detail as presented by
nin pleased President Roosevelt
!. ike most Of his kind, Col. Hepburn
s cregarious He loves the company
# whole-souled man; he tells rarely
good story in a dry way. but there Is
Wrinkle in his hazel eyes which shows
hat he appreciates humor- He is not
| society man. While he wears even
ng clothes as though to the manner
BORN. he does not like them lie was
.ed-headed once. and freckled away
,ack there when he was drawing his
+l,,N 1i,,er d.
ne barefoot in the damp lush buffalo
,rass on the prairies, but his hair is
Utmost white now and thinning just
, little where he is going barefoot on
he top Of his head. "Old Pete Hep
,urn' is 73 years young, not Old, ana
owa viii hunt a long time TO find ms t
.on,aI when he goes hence To the
-eterans he has always been tower
# strength. He has believed in the
widest latitude for pensions; his every
mercy has been bent in that direction.