Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-08

they shook him loose. Clinging Grove!
And for twenty years, ladies and gentle
| men, General the Honorable c. H. G. has
| been a worker. He has worked hard. He
| has worked everything. He has worked
| everybody He worked his way into
| the innermost recesses of the executive de-
| partments. He looked around for vacant
| chairs. In every vacant chair he placed a
| constituent, relative or friend. If there
were no vacant chairs he saw to 1t that
new ones were provided. In the new ones
he placed constituents, relatives and
friends. When the chairs ran out he col
| lected ali the stools. On the stools he
placed constituents, relatives and friends.
| When tho stools became scarce he had the
floors swept On the floors he placed con-
sutuents, relatives and friends. Energetic
Grove! That dear old Connecticut! Cute
nutmegs! Sneezy pepper!
And as a result Of this hard work, ladies
and gentlemen, has arisen a situation most
pathetic. List, with 'kerchief near the moist
eye, whilst | unfold the tale. Twas on the
morning after that fatal day when the peo-
pie of the eleventh Ohio district turned
down Poor Old Grove. The general was In
his committee room and his sorrowing eyes
gazed out of the window upon an unsmillng
landscape. Suddenly he showed faint signs
of interest.
''Dan'I" he said to the clerk of the COM
mittee on merchant marine and fisheries,
brother of General, the Honorable c. II.
G., there must be a fire somewhere" And
Daniel likewise gaZed.
The east front of the Capitol was black
with people. 1ney SuFSeu pdck ana
across the plaza They crowded the streets
as far as the eye could reach They
fought for air around the Washington
statue.
"Dan1," said General the Honorable c.
H G., lit must be a riot"
Brother" said Daniel, you are wrong
My old eyes are yet keen. These are some
OF the government clerks who owe their
Jobs to you. They have come to say good
bye"
Out in the eleventh Ohio district, ladies
and gentlemen, they are wondering
whether General the Honorable c. H G.
is really down and out. They are wonder
ing how it was done. They are wondering
why they didn't do 1t before Most of
them won't believe it until after March 4
1907, when somebody else sits in old
Groves place. Some of them won't be-
lfeYe it even then And there are reasons
for this conservatism.
One day after General the Honorable C.
II. @. had served -four feeting years the
leaders in his district came to him. Cen
eral," they said while the ready tears
prepared to flow, you're a grand charac-
| ter. You've done great service for your
district. But were afraid you're working
too hard. We're afraid you're hurting
yourself. We're afraid you're undermin-
| ing your health. We'd hate to see you
| leave us; wed like to have you represent
us In Congress forever. But, general,
won you pieaSe stay hOme!
The general promised. One more term
and he'd shake the dust of the legislative
| halls from his feet. He'd retire in favor
OF somebody else. And the people of the
eleventh Ohio believed him. Oh, simple
souls! Oh trusting innocence. Oh. three
card monte!
And SO ladies and gentlemen, for the last
sixteen years the General the Honorable
c. H. G. has been retiring to private life
after one more term. He has been shak-
Ing legislative dust from his shoes every
two years with commendable regularity.
And every ensuing time the good people
of the eleventh Ohio district have put
their renewed trust in heaven and General
the Honorable c. H. G. Connecticut! Nut
megsi Pepper! Oh. Lord!
Ladies and gentlemen, old Grove, plain
old Grove, whiskered Grove, has long been
the friend of the common people. He has
set up nights looking out for their inter
ests. He has labored from dawn TO dark
and then some more to keep them pleased
with life. And even now, In this, the
| Fifty-ninth Congress, when he is about to
| take 10 the woods he labors on.
Old Grove friend of the common people.
| is opposed to the railway rate bill AT first
blush this seems an odd attitude for the
friend of the common people. But tbs
| easily explained. Old Grove can explain
| It. 1t is easy.