Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-11-24
SENATOR PILES HAS
DIGUITY D
MEMORIES
SENATOR PERKINS ONCE
RAN AWAY TO SEA
While Congressman Needham
Of California Was Born IN an
Immigrant Wagon al Carson
and is Proud Of 1t.

Isp~<s.I CorrssponaeBoe NarniaE JoarnAi
Washington. Nov zI-DlenHned az
most a. the point ~ soleIunity ia
bearing. sober a. 80 oyster and ter
miner judge iu garb. methodicai as q
clock in hie habits. and ehary Il
words a. a miser of his haaru-eucii
Is the junior senator from the far-off
state ~ Washington. samuel IL Piles,
republican. lawyer and ersfWhfle at
tGTuey for biz corporations 0u the
Pacific coast when senator Piles
returned a. the national capital re-
cenfis. he moved Hlth - s~fateiiueea ~
tread that Flsibiy Impressed b lobby
luunRers in the NeE willard hotel An
oid-time drifter who had known
piles In Seattle when the future %
TOR hung out hia modest shlugis as "a
b~riesIess lawyer. engaged the new
r0Ion iu conversation. The talk teer-
81 around 90 fhe DAYS when Piles mad
as "A iaw partner that picturesque. re-
fulReut and ebuilient disciple ~
Blackstone. Jim Ham Lewis. he u
The PINK whiskers. perennial smile
and speaking attire.
sam queried the driner =
sp0se you miss Ham quite o heap
He certainly was q big drawing card
Tor your firm iu the old days hen
keno. rum and volunteer fire c0rnp4-
niea were the chief features ~ Seat
he life.
The senator appeared 90 renee #
moment then said "Of course.
miss Ham, a. you can Mr. Lewis. but
"a ~. ! must confess. much quieter now
In ms home city. Dr. reminds me III
the case o. the woman whose ne'e-
do-weil husband had just passed .
the great beyond. The village parso.f,
HH- 800 1
one. said sister. you must feel
mighty lonesome since your partner
left you. Yes, sighed the widoN
hut. dOminee rs a sorier good, gust
lonesome
When United states Senator George
Clement Perkins was "a t0zzie-headef
bos running about the streets % Ken
nebunkport. Maine. his native f8tu
he was known as Glen He ives
still elem when he ran away TO ses
and shipped before the mast The
sanator j. not aVerse 20 letting hss
friends know something ~ that pdf
81 his life and The incidents that be-
fell him. on one Of hts trips 10 tifi-
aus European ports one or Mr. Per-
kins' shipmates was "a spungstef who
went b. the name Of SANDY and rs
boy Of an thrown together on
III. picard they became fast frieass
aua ''bunkies one day while the
snip vas taking on cargo at Stocs
the capital Of Sweden the fW1
lads were given shore leave Tor q laN
and gladly they sailed forth % see the
After roaming the city streets. .h
said. they finally came ln
Of a magnificent park OF gaf-
den which they claudestlneiv entcrCf
While playing within tho cnclU ule
they came upon "a man 81 middle age.
who addressed them kindly in English
and asked them what they were doc
Ing there. jus 40 his moment ~nme
soldiers rushed up and would have
carried them of had they not been
protected by their uew-faund come
panion They told him Who they were
and acting pom the orders of the
strange man. the two buYs were cone
out 81 the gardens and old
how 20 get back 90 their ship. sub
explanations mad the situn-
lion plain 10 these two Americans 10
ann they could never under
they had got past the guards
and entered the garden attached q
palace 20 King Oscar ~ was the
king whom fhey had come across and
came 10 their relief when his
= 80 49, ANNN CIV HMNHN
IN prison Tor their effroutery.
That WAS iu 1875. aud al the end
OF the voyage Mr. Perkins left The
ship and touk up other pursuits Ia
the state Of California. Affairs pros
pered with him. and from 1873 90
ne was the governor Of his
adopted stale n was while the chief
executive of his stale hat he was in
santa Cruz % went aboard the pri-
Nutc yacht ~ Il millionaire as "a guest
at luncheon A. Mr.. Perkins board
The yacht the sailors were drawn
lV tu de- the governor honor. The /
De stepped 20 the deck one 81
These Erizzled old veterans of tue sea
fhe governor stepped out 81 line
m n startled fashion and calculated
beneath hts breath. but loud enough
Tor the governor aud his host Co hear
Well. hy Jupiter and the great horn
spoon, M that Amt elem Perkins"
enough" said the senator. I
the story There was ms old
shlpWate SANDY and he knew me the
hc clapped his cycsun his old
chum. We had not seen each other
Since the days long years before. when
had separated and he had Eou hls
and I mine.
IN due Time of course. the governor