Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-05
SPECIAL BARGAINS IN LINENS

Soon after Thaddeus Stevens died, Mr.
Blaine was talking one day in the capitol
rotunda with a friend and said: The
death of Stevens is an emancipation for
the republican party. He kept the party
under his heel His friend replied: Whom
have you got for leaders left?" Blaine
said: There are three young men coming
forward There is a young man to be
heard from" He pointed to Allison who
happened to be approaching. james A
Garfield is another" A pause followed and
Baine's friend asked: well, who is the
thfrd?" Blaine gazed straight up into the
dome and said: II don't see the third"
Mr.. Hoar tells this story in his auto
biography.
The Iowan was a man Of great influence
during his service in the house, but his
fame has been gained in his thirty-three
years continuous service in the senate. He
served in the Thirty-eighth, Thirty-ninth,
Fortieth and Forty-frst congresses, but
was out of public life two years before his
election to the senate. He has been a mem
Der of the senate appropriations committee
for over thirty years, most OF the time as
chairman, and for nearly thirty years a
member OF the committee of finance. Mr..
Hoar, who admired him greatly, has said:
He has controlled more than any other
man, indeed more than any other ten men,
the fast and constantly increasing public
expenditure, amounting now 10 q thousand
millions annually. He has been compelled
in the discharge OF his duty TO understand
the complications and mechanism of pub
lie administration, and public expenditure.
This is a knowledge in which nobody else
I'm the senate except Senator Hale of Maine
and Senator Cockrel of Missouri can COM
pare with him. He has by his wise and
moderate counsel drawn the fire from many
a wild and dangerous scheme which me-
naced the public peace and safety"
Never Avoids Voting.
Familiarly and commonly known as I'm
Gle Billy" no one would any more dare TO
use that term in speaking to him than Ed
mund Burke's contemporaries would have
thought Of calling the great orator Eddy
He is always in his seat and he never avoids
voting Ever since he has been a senator
his name has been first or second on the
roll of the senate, and on every important
/ question he is on record. His seat is sec
ond from the aisle in the third row on the
republican side. He is usually in It unless
engaged in his committee room. The drear-
| lest of debates cannot drive him from his
station when he has nothing else TO do He
/ sits all day Win MS nedu uIopptu ibi"aio
on HIS chest. sometimes not moving for
hours at a time He might be thought
asleep, but for the twinkling eyes under his
bushy brows.
| Hundreds Of stories are told illustrating
his caution He will never vote, for ex-
ample for an appropriation to remove the
snow from the streets OF Washington,
J How do we know" he argues, that II will
I snow next winter" That II has showed
/ practically every winter for the last thirty
years is no argument TO Mr.. Allison's mind
that It will snow the coming winter. His
attitude has prevailed, and when the snow
| falls in Washington il stays until melted
by the sun He has been three times voted
| for for president. in republican national
| conventions.
Old Senator Gear Of Iowa is reported 70
have said 10 him once, ALLISON. II you had
ever kicked anybody down stairs or had a
great quarrel with any man. or msde LOT
OF enemies you would have been presi-
dent"
| Everybody has heard the Allison sheer
story. II is one OF the iXed stars among
Washington anecdotes. Mr.. Allison and a
friend were sitting at a window when q
drove OF sheep came along the road. They
had been freshly sheared Mr., Allison
friend said: Senator they have cut thu
wool pretty close on those sheep, haven
lth.vysi asnator Allison REGARDED the pass