Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-13
Washington Has Great
est Flower Show Ever
Held i'm America.
MILLIONAIRE SUCCEEDS
POOR SENATOR SPOONER
Latter ceuid No Longer Afford q
Serve sasaon-Mtssassappl Sen.
atorai Race Attracts Wide
Attentien.

Attentien.
Washington. March l3.-Nhat 10
perhaps the greatest "poss sho~
ever held In America, and certainly
the must elaborate floral display
eser seen la the capital city. open.
I'd today under the joint auspices
Ut The American ROsa society ana
the Washington Florists club, Flow.
or growers all over the t'nited
States and Canada have entered ex.
hibits, nearly every state, territory
and province being represented.
The finest specimens VI all kinds
and varieties OF plants and flowers
make up the collection and numer.
GUS valuable prizes viii DO award.
I'd. The present show ~ the first
distInctively national floral exhibit
ton to be held In this country. and
and IL as successful 10 II now prom
ises to be It will be made an an
nual feature. The convention OF
the American Rose society viii be
held In connection with the show.
which will remain open until FRI
day. evening.
Civil Service Examinations.
tivil service examinations OF ap-
plicants for the following positions
we're held today:
Architectural and junior architec-
turai engineers and heating and
ventlIating craftsmen for the office
OF the supervising architect.
General mechanic for the Fort
Peck agency. at a salary Of 5000 q
year,
Junior clerk for the reclamation
service at from $50 10 SIS a month.
Ink chemist aud ink.maker for the
bureau of engraving and printing II
! a salary Ut $500.
} Marine firemen for the four
| steamers Of the quartermasteI's de-
partmenr.
. Millionaire Succeeds Spooner.
The senate will have another
millionaire member when Isaac
Stephenson the lumber magnate OF
Marinette, Wis, Is elected to sue,
coed Senator Spooner two weeks
from today, Spooner gave as n
fact that he was too poor to occupy
a seat In the national "millionaire's
club" hut the new senator. II re"
ports of his great wealth are cor
rect. can well afford the luxury.
Stephenson Is well known In
Washington, having been a number
of years a member OF the house 81
repre- sentatives. and has been an
open and avowed candidate for the
senate ON many occasions. He has
been the leader of the Wisconsin
republican organization ever since
the war and Is one of the principal
hackers of La Toilette. Owing to
his age, he is now about IN years
old, he has promised to be content
ed with filling out the unexpired
term Of Senator Spooner, and will
leave a clear field for the other and
Younger candidates to fight for the
new term In 1909.
Mississippi Senatorial Race.
Considerable interest is nantes
ted In Washington In the senator
ial fight now being waged In Mis-
sissippi for the s~uecesship to Sena
tor H. ID. Money who has announc-
ed that because OF ill-health he will
retire at the end OF his present
term In 1910. Only two candidates
are in the field: Governor Varda'
man and Representative John
Sharp Williams. and. both are re-
lated to Senator Money. Williams
has already taken the stump In his
campaign. and the contest promises
to be the most exciting Of its kind
ever held In the south, both candi
dates being highly popular and hav'
ing large followings. The victor
will be selected by a direct vote Of
the people In the August primaries
and will be ratified by the legisia-
ture when it meets in Jackson next
January.
Governor vardaman is a pictur.
esque Characterization 11llman-
OF whom 1t has been been said that
he rode into the executive man
sion on the back OF a niger" One
Of the leading planks Of his plat