Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-21

Minor scenes and Incidents sketche'

hour on the Brownsville affair. relates the
Washington Herald. The galleries were
crowded and an unusual number OF senators
were In their seats The Georgia statesman
had been receiving the closest attention In
burst Of eloquence he exclaimed
Il have no race prejudice"
Up bobbed T1llman.
Did | understand the senator from Geor-
gia to say he had no race prejudiceG' he
inquired. menacingly.
THAT is what I said. and that Is what I
repeat" firmly replied Senator Clay.
."If the senator from Georgia means to
say he has no race prejudice" shouted
Senator Tlllman. waving his hands around
in the air then all have to say is that
he"
There was a painful silence in the senate.
Everybody expected something to explode
with a loud pop Senator THllman was still
waving his arms about. His face looked APP
oplectic. Senator Clay stood waiting for
the climax.
mo-! exclaimed the South Carolinlan,
81 won't say what | started to-"
Then he Topped down suddenly In his
seat.
Il thank the senator from South Caro-
lima" calmly said Senator Clay.
burst Of laughter came from the floor
anu the ButleIleS. meSETSs Nldy anu lll-
man Joined in II.
In Washington note the Chicago
Record-Herald says that few nights ago
When miserable weather prevailed sloppy
under foot and a storm of half-sleet pelt-
ing down, a man in evening dress boarded
the Connecticut avenue owl car. He had
come from one of the downtown hotels,
dexterously avoiding the cabbies mar
shaled Mt the entrance. AS he sat in the
crowded and bedraggled car drops of
dampness hanging to the brm OF his silk
tile, wedged in between a white man ana
negro carrying an obtrusive bundle and
CROPPED for his nickel fare, half the pas
sengers snickered and made half-audibla
remarks about some people who could af-
ford cabs. Half way up Connecticut
avenue the passenger who excited 30 much
comment alighted and trugded through tho
storm TO his place OF abode. II was Sem
ator william A. Clark of Montana, one of
the richest men In the country. Few, IL
any. in Washington ever saw this multi
millionaire in a cab, but every day he may
be seen waiting on a corner or chasing
his way through the vehicles of this thor
oughfare to board the economical trolley.
While the prospects at present favor a
fierce struggle in Ohio between Senator
Foraker and Secretary Taft for the cap
ture of the delegation to the republican
national convention of 190S says the Wash
ington Herald, It is not considered prob
able that the cordial relations that have
existed for many years between the two
men and their families will be injuriously
affected. At the inception of his political
On in CaprfppaI Ar Taft faII fot1 Of
Mr. Foraker and for a time their political
Affiliations and interests were antagonistic.
Through social ties OF their families, how!
ever. they were brought together again.
and when Mr. Foraker was governor OF
Ohio he appointed Mr.. Taft judge of the
superior court OF Cincinnati. the first jul
dicial position Taft had held. This oc-
CURED In 1851, and three years later Mr..
Taft came to Washington as solicitor gen
eral of the United States, by appointment
Of President Harrison. After two years he
was promoted from this position by presi-
dent Harrison to the bench of the Sixth
judicial circuit, where he was when Presi-
dent Mckinley sent him over to the Philip
uines as the first American governor gen.
eral, or, rather, as the first president of
the Philippines commission. secretary
Taft always speaks In terms of marked
kindness and respect of Senator Foraker,
and refers with special gratitude to the
fact that 1t was Mr.. Foraker who mag
unanimously opened the way for the judicial
career which the secretary of war had his
ambition set on as a young man. Mr.. For
aker did this. despite the circumstance that
at that time Mr. Taft was identified with
his political enemies in Cincinnati.
n,,l,n bos
keeping house In Washington always have
new cooks. This particular Dubois cook
came claiming that she could do anything
and Mrs. Dubois intimated on the first day
that they would have some macaroni for
dinner.
What's that?" asked the cook
Mrs. Dubois took her to the pantry and
showed her the macaroni. DO you mean
to say you don't know what this is?'' Mrs.
Dubois asked.
"Oh, yes. deed l do, Missus," the cook
replied. "Only in the las place ah worked
they lighted the gas with them things"
Congressman Frank o. Lowden, who sue
ceeds Robert R. Hit. says he is getting
along nicely I'm Washington.
Il can ind my way now he says from
my hotel to the capitol without the aid Of
the building very we'll. I have been told
that about the hardest thing to locate In
Washington is the speakers eye. They tell
me II l can once get line on that rn:' flu
ture will be assured"
Senator Stephen 3. Elklns of West Vlr-
ginia had a distinguished visitor n few days
ago in Washington. The caller was Meh-
me- qua che ma -che-ma-ver, a full-blood Of
the Kickapoo tribe, who ordinarily answers
to the name of John Mines. The chief is a
lingulst Of ability. speaking half dozen
languages huently, among them Spanish. In
which he held a long conversation with the
senator.
| Secretary Of War Taft was discussing the
Jananese situation.
1--WE may have little trouble with the
japanese yet" he said.
yes" answered his listener THAT Is
Senator Beveridge's opinion, too"
"Oh! IS that So" the big secretary said.
"well, I've changed my mind There will
be no trouble at all"
Washington is known as "Plughatville"
among westerners. II has more plug hats
ner canita than my city In the world. Hat
ters estimate thai every third mon owns
end wears a plug hat. The roor as well as