The Washington herald., 1907-02-22
CAPITOL GOSSIP.
Played on the Andover Team.

Played on the AndOver Team.
A few weeks ago when the Hon. Philip
b. Stewart. OF Colorado Springs, made his
visit to Washington at the time that
President Roosevelt offered him the pO-
sitiCn Of Land Commissioner in the De-
partment OF the Interior. he had occasion
to go to the State Department. and while
passing down the corridor met the Chi
nese Minister. who was on his way TO see
Secretary Root regarding the Red Cross
distributions in China. The greeting be-
tween these two men was very cordial,
for it appeared that Mr.. Stewart and Sir
Chentung Liang Cheng had been MEM
bers Of the same baseball nine at AndO-
yer. both being of the class Of 50. In
fact, the Hon. Z. 3. Stewart was captain
and Sir Liang played left field IN the an
nuai contest with their great rival school
at Exeter With two men on bases and
the score a tie, Sir LANG knocked out "A
three-base hit which won this memorable
game for Andover. As Exeter had won
the annual game In the two previous
years, Sir Liang's fame as a baseball
player has been handed down at the
school up TO the present time.
Mr.. Stewart went from Andover to Yale,
where has was captain of the Yale var
sity nine. while the imperial government
called the Chinese students home. and
| thus terminated Sir Liaugs American
| baseball career. although rumor has IL
! that even IN China his baseball skill ac-
quired at AndOver was occasionally dem
onstrated. II is interesting TO note that
1 the position Of Land Commissioner was
offered to another And0ver man, Jack
| Greenway. of the class of q. who was d
captain in the Rough Riders, and who,
I like Mr.. Stewart, was catcher on the Yale
| varsity nine during his college course
Two Million Minute-XearIy.
/ At its night session Wednesday the
Senate showed how fast it can work when
] IL wants 10. With only a handful Of
Senators present. the taxes Of the people
/ were disposed for the support OF their
government al the rate Of nearly S2O00000
minute. And the great State Of Maine
! supervised the job, too.
/ 1t 50 happened that on the occasion
| referred to the navy appropriation bill.
| carrying a little over "a hundred million.
and the river and harbor appropriation
I bill. carrying a little over ninety-two mill
hon, We're the only big supply measures
/ ready for final consideration. Senator
/ Hale. as chairman Of the Committee on
/ Naval Affairs had charge Of the navy
| bill, and his colleague, Mr.. Frye as
/ chairman Of the Committee on Commerce,
/ had charge Of the river and harboT bill
+ Exactly hfty-eight minutes were cone
sumed IN the reading and passage OF the
} sHHT.lf
million, and one hour and fifteen minutes
were consumed by the same necessary
/ processes with respect 90 the river and
harbor bill. Thus over two hundred mill
/ lions were disposed OF In an hour and
/ thirty-three minutes or at the rate per
/ minute stated
When the last formal vote on each bill
/ had been taken Names TWO distinguished
! Senators left the chamber, satisfied with
/ their days work for the republic and
! the night session was al an end.
/ The Indians Walk.
An Indian brave. here To see the Great
I White Father and the Little White
/ Father, Commissioner Francis L LeupD.
visited the Capitol yesterday. atured
partly As a noble red man and partly as
I q AtE Iii7f'fl fitLtitlt llle lllGEllAN AEliE
sentative of the original American pa
raded the long hail on the main floor
between the House and Senate many
! times. and was the observed Of all observ-
ers. \ tenderfOot statesman from New
England watched the proud Indians per-
/ ambulations for q long time. and then
/ excitedIy announced the conviction that
the noble red man evidently had been
/ consuming too much fire water "for.
declared the New England statesman
he is drunk He is trying not 20 show
it. but ! can tell he is drunk by the man
ner in which he lifts his feet so high
above the floor every time he takes a
/ step"
Il took but a single glance for Col. J
" Zevely. Of Indian Territory. 20 dis
Germ that the Indian was not drunk. Col
Zevely explained 20 the excited New Eng
lander that ali Indians walk En- the man
ner described. and that the reason they
do 50 is that for untold ages they have
been walking through the grass and ~
order not 20 get their feet entangied thel
lift them high, like a stringhalted horse
1t is the effect of heredity IN the lndiaT
Just as the antics Of a house dog that
invariably goes through the motion OF
Tampling down the grass before lyine
down on a bare floor are the effect OF
heredity.