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The Washington times., 1908-09-06
4 Deliberate Body.

The Old Senate" was. indeed. a de
Lucrative body II was a body much
given to discussion and general debate
Those We're the DAYS of set speeches; (;
prepared addresses; forensic eIo-
quence
When the Senate chamber was prac-
tically empty, and the press gallery
absolutely deserted, word would pass
around the Capitol from mouth to
mOuth-there were no teIephones-.'In-
gals is spaakingt-'
What a rushing and scurrying OF
newspaper men to their places in the
gallery Little. chunky. fat. easv-go-
ing z r. Wight would run like a bow
90 get mis- place. w. b. shaw. young
twenty or thirty years ago as he is
now. would do a neel-and-toe move
Iaent that would rival Weston
Charlie Toole would get there" like
a slender deer Even Major Carson
mas been known to step lively on
such an occasion. George Harries was
one of the first to reach the gallery
He scorned waiting for the elevator
John p Miller would chase his in
stinctive nose for news" like a scared
IA hbit
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Among Them We're:

Senators Vance and Ransom OF
North Carolina departed Next Hamp-
ton and Butler of South Carolina.
Brown and Gordon Of Georgia, Pugh
and Morgan Of Alabama. Beck of Ken
lucky. WalthaE and George of Mis-
sissippi Coke and Reagan of Texas.
Berry and Jones Of Arkansas. Harris
Of Tennessee, Vest and CockreH Of
Missouri; Voorhees, and Turpie f
Indiana. Sherman of Ohio. Palmer OF
Illinois, Quay and Cameron of Penn
sylvania, ConkIing and Evarts Of New
York BIodgett and Sewan of New
Jersey, Platt and Hawley of Con
necticut, Dawes and Hoar of Massa-
chusetts. Blair of. New HamDsbire
Morrill, Of Vermont, Mcmillan and
Stockbridge OF Michigan, Sawyer and
Spooner of Wisconsin, Henderson and
Paddock Of Nebraska, Plumb and In
gals of Kansas, Jones and Stewart OF
Nevada, Stanford and Hearst Of Cali
fornia. Mitchell and Dolph or Oregon.
German Of Maryland. Great galaxy.
that!
Allison was chairman of the Com
mittee on Appropriations; ingalls,. Dis
trict of Columbia: Plumb Public
Lands; Hoar. judiciary; Sawyer. Pen
siOns; Dawes, Indian Affairs: Haw-
ley, Military Affairs; Platt, Terri
tories; sherman. Foreign Relations:
SpoOner. Claims; Quay. Public Build
ings and Grounds. All are gonel As
Mark Twain says: 1T is the same old
story: Death" All of them are po-
litically dead; and we'll nigh all OF
them are beneath the sod
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Their Wit and Humor.

There was wit and humOr in the Sen
ate. as well as statesmanship. One
example will suffice. Senator Richard
Coke, or Texas. was one of the big
gest men. physically. mat ever came
to the Senate. He was well proper
toned and fully hfty pounds heavier
than pugilist JeffTies His voice was
tremendous; louder than a fog-horn, II
not 30 meI0diOus. He was speaking
one af ernoon and making the solid
walls fairly tremole with his loud Ut
terances. and Senator ingalls, arose
and asked him to repeat his last SEN
tence. He did so, in even louder
voice: as he glared at ingalls,. ex-
pecting a debate. ingalls, quietly
thanked him: and sat down
In n few minutes ingalls, again re-
quested Coke 10 repeat his statement
He fairly yelled Il back dehantIy.
Again ingalls, quietly thanked him.
and sat down A third time Ingalls,
repeated his inquiry; and Coke's voice
almost ratified the dome, Is he shouted
his reply. The Senate Chamber was
unusually quiet, when ingalls, then ad-
dressed the Vice President, and said
Mr.. President: I must insist upon
order IN the Senate. in order that /
may hear the remarks Of the Senator
from Texas"
Everybody laughed uproariously:
and Coke said;
Il am suffering with a cold. tut am
trying to make myself heard"
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WM B.ALLI.SON
of ] OWa.

amendment To bills adopted by the
House ard the new Senate follows
the example. The cid body tore and
ripped and cut. and siashed what
Senator Hill called The Wilson, Cor
man. Smith & Co" tariff bill: and
made an entirely new revenue meas
ure. albeit the Constitution expressly
provides that all such legislation shall
originate IN the House OF Representa-
lives. 1t shattered numerous parlia-
lleutary precedents; and Il formed en-
,irely new precedents IN many things.
Whenever reformers talked Of "eleot-
spg Senators by direct vote or the peO-
pie and disseminated their doctrines.
The Old Senate" as a body, grimly
held its peace; and the present body
does likewise, for the Senate has the
last say on that subject Indeed. st
seems to have the last word on all
subjects.
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"TOms Reed Hated.

The Old Senate" handled great
problems. 1t was staid and steady
and dignified. Speaker Reed. who held
the House in the hollow of his hand.
and who compelled such legislation
as he desired. hated that old Senate.
most cordially. II was the butt OF
some OF his most virulent diatribes
and sarcastic quips: but not IN pub
lie speech. His adherents shared with
him. cordial dislike OF the CO
ordira"e branch of the Congress
which stolidly pursued its dilatory
ways: scorning public clamor and pri-
vate Importantly. THE Old Senate"
left an example, which is being fol-
lowed inexorably, defying Presidential
appeals to the people in the form OF
official messages to the Congress and
stubbornly taking its time for the
consideration Of all public questions.
1.-The Old Senate did not hesitate
to initiate legislation in the form OF
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n. .SA QUAY Of Penna.
OF WIS con sin .

run 10 the Senate like a quarter horse.
Major Clarke would chase his big body
and bigger brain with his short legs.
Even Seckendorhf would be more or
less interested. Walter Stevens ana
O'Brien Moore were side by side in
rivalry. Billy MaeBride never got lert.
William Eleroy Curtis would have
come from Ireland TO attend the ses-
sion. Charlie Pepper was on the
scene.
The boys OF the gallery not only
heard things in those days; but they
saw, also. They observed the floor OF
the Senate. Not a seat was vacant.
They saw the backs of bald heads and
venerable shoulders, for every Senator
faced the speaking Senator. greedily
drinking IN every word, and applaud
ing with their mods of approval
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DIFFERENT WAYS
IN MEETING DEATH

Students Of human nature will find in
the spectacle of the crew Of the GlaGia-
tor going 10 their deaths with a song
or their lips another proof of the fact
that singing is the best outlet for hu-
man emotions in the time of great stress
and fear. Hero were over 100 men face
20 face with death. land was within 80
yards of them and they might have
been excused had they broken ranks
and dived INTO the sea. Instead of that,
however, thev stocG shoulder TO shoul-
der. singing the well-known song.
Sons of the Sea" OF course, the rea-
son why human beings sing al such a
Iu0mcnt as this is because Il ste3dies
the brain and prevents dangerous think
ing- Many time song mas slved
hundreds Of .tves when nothing else
could have done anything.
The Gladiator incident recalls in some
features the great disaster Of 1852. when
the troopship Birkenhead foundered in
81. Simon's bay. near Cape Town, says
London Clat There were 655 persons
Oh board. including the crew, several
detachmrnts of soldiers and women and
children. Although it was quickly seen
that the vast majority of those on
board must perish, there was never the
slightest approach to panic. At a word
from their officers the troops assembled
on deck as if on parade. and when the
command was given TO lower the boats
for the women ana children the sol
diers sang God Save the Queen" not
with the object of staying their own
fears. but merely 10 cheer up the pas
sengers as thcv descended into the
boats. Probably the world has never
witnessed a more heroic episode than
Ihis-the passing of more than 500 heroes
TO a grave in the sea. shortly after the
boats got away from the doomed ship
she sank. and out Of a total 6,S lives
only Isl We're saved. England may We'll
be proud when she can produce such
. men as these. They made the annals
Of their country richer by a story of al
most supCThUn,an courage.
few years later discipline Of the
BirEeuIead sort saved over 200 lives
The ship was the Sarah Sands and
she set sail from Portsmouth with 500
soldiers and large crew. Suddenly
the cargo. part OF which was ammu-
milton, took fire, and IL seemed i'm
possible TO overcome IL. The officers,
however resolved to sight the flame
ana There was no attempt to desert
the shin The troops We're assembled
on deck. and from time to time de-
tacnments were called upon 10 helm I'm
the work But 10 was long DatJie.
A barrel OF gunpoWder exploded and
no sooner were the flames beginning
TO tire than the ship experienced a ter.
rife gale Despite all this the shin
reached the MaUTitiuS without having
lost single life. the imperturha bilftv
and stoIiditv of the troops having sav-
ed the vessel when the slightest #
panic would have destroyed an chance
OF life
The recent wreck OF the Berlin provfd-
ed another instance Of the power Of
human voice All through the long
night, when the Nl-clad passengers
the extreme cold. a lady who had inst
fulfUed an engagement az the Covent
Garden uuer5 house sang AT intervals
all the sweetest songs IN her roper
toire
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GREAT ATHLETES AGE FAST

Olympic giants with the majority OF
men who have never been through a
course Of hard training, and whose
greatest physical exertion, perhs ps,
from one years end to another is q
short sprint in the morning 20 catch
the suburban train to the Office which
class stands the best chance OF gettinF
through the average normal life which
is the lot of the ordinary normal citi-
zen?
The great athlete at a varying num-
ber of times in his career leaves the
normal and gets himself into a physical
condition which his less gifted brother
never approaches. The importan, ques-
ton IL. which will be the better man
when middle and old age. with their in
exorabls demands on the body. ars
reached7
Apart from the benefit which the mind
and character must receive in all COM
petitions where fair pay is the first
essential. the body receives great bene-
mt from the increased fun ctlonal activ-
ity which active muscular exercise en-
tails. Many Of the internal complaints
common 10 man are brought on through
lack Of strength in the dny muscle
fibers which are present in nearly Gli
the important internal organs. The ex-
ercise which during a course of train
ing will give the greatest power and
strength TO the muscles Of an athletes
limbs Will at the same time increase
the efficiency Of those myriads OF min
ute strains Of muscle fibers throughout
the body whose importance We do not
realize until. through one cause or an
other, they lose their strength and
tone, with grave results
Granting, then, that the competitor
at the Stadium has a greater immediate
sum total of health than the Onlooker
OF the same age, will he keep I'D tsiis
physical superiority through the rest Of
his life? The majority Of medical opiT-
ion undoubted seems 70 be that the
athlete, II he has been sensibly trained
and has not noticeably Overstrained his
powers in his youth. has the best
chance Of a healthy and active OLD age.
Exchange.
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And Vest is Speaking.

"Vest is speaking" How they did
crowd the floor and gallery to hear
that marvelously eloquent little giant
from Missouri! Big men came from
the House of Representatives. Car
Isle Cannon. Randall. Reed. Crisp,
Henderson, Keifer. Bragg. PetubOne,
Outhwaite Butterworth. Lodge His
cock, Bingham, Bland. II would take
a volume even to make mention OF tae
names of the men of note who always
sought The Old Senate" in the days
Cf its might
German is speakng. Louis
Garthe and John Schriver were first
on the spot. The great Democratic
leader spoke but seldom; but he was
always given a hearing and an ova-
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tIon, for ne was known to be strong
and powerful OF utterance. His at
tack on President Cleveland was an
unusual performance. and Il is we'll
that all OF his remarks were not
printed in the permanent Record. He
said that some Of the deeds OF the in
cumbent of the White House. were
infamous. But It was in the heat OF
debate. Calm reflection caused those
and many other strenuous statements
to be omitted from the final report OF
the speech But. my. what a crowd
there was present on that occasion
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GEORGE F.HOAP
Of naSS7G Ghu,S els
CARNIVAL OF CRIME RENEWED

seating himself in the chair sent his
hired protector for a copy of the over
night entries for the next days races
ct Ingleside. The guard had hardly
left the place when Little Pete" was
riddled with bullets. Linn Shear. who
was suspected Of the crime. was never
caught.
Tom Yick died because he gave in
formation concerning the gambling
houses of Chinatown to Mayor
Schmitz. Of san Francisco. His mur-
derer is now serving a life sentence IN
the state penitentiary.
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JOHN C-SPQONEP
OFLTSroD sin

Senate October 81. 1891; and that date
marks the beginning of the end Of
The Old Senate" The previous de
par-ure Of Senator Thurman had made
a vacancy which had been felt; but
the resignation OF Senator EdmuUIs
caused a sensation. There was genera.
regret when he voluntarily passed ont
of the life OF the Senate. and the
others gradually followed. one by one.
until finally Senator Allison. long
connecting link between the old Senate
and the new, was called hence by the
relentless Reaper.
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Formerly Fought With Hatehets

IL Is only within the last twelve
years thaJ the tong warriors have
used reVOlveTs. Previous 10 the muir
der Of Fung Ching. more familiarly
known in California as Little Pete,
eleven years ago the hghting men
Of the tongs were known as hatchet
men. Every murder was committed
either with a hatcheJ or with a clever
This made the action Of the wars
slower. but al that time the police
probably because of the awful imple-
ments Of death used, feared the Chi
nese highbiuders. It Was in the fight
that terminated in the killing OF Lit
tie Pete" that one man braved the
dark alleys and the lurking assassins
that erept softly about in the shadows
and sent the fear Of the white man
deep into the celestiaTs heart. This
man is Sergt- Jesse Cook. now in
charge Of the Identification Bureau OF
the san Francisco police department.
His fearlessness. determination. and
the force he used in curbing the Chi
namen earned for him the title OF the
"Chinamsn's White DevlI." and today
he is the only white. man In San
Francisco whom the Chinese absolute
" respect
The two most notable murders in the
years Of the Chinese tong wars were
those OF Tom Yick. a highly educated
and respected non-tong man. and Lit
tie Pete" the politician. gambler. and
capitalist The latter had been marked
for participation in the theft OF slave
girls and many men had been set
after him A white bOdyguard was
always with him. One day he went
downstairs from his room to barber
shop on Washington street in the Chi-
ueEa quarter OF San Francisco and
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- HEN after a lapse OF q couple OF
years an omnibus bilI' was en-
acted, admitting four new States
North Dakota. South Dakota,
Montana. and Washington Those
new Commouve@!:hs sent TO the Sen
ate eight comparatively young men.
and The old Senate" looked upon
them not only as young men, but as
fresh young men." They pervaded
the sedate old Senate chamber. and
Senator Edmuuds, more than all Of
the others. felt their presence. They
brought 10 the Senate an unexpected
burden of Western breezinessi and
Senator Pettigrew Of South Dakota
was foremost in making himself per
fecIIy al home without delay.
Senator Edmunds resigned from the
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When ConkIing Spoke.

-Conkling has the floor" How that
would make the sgstherers hustIel
Dave Barry would throw A nj If he
didn't ny across the Capitol from the
House 20 Senate. Frank Dupuy would
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Continued from Second Page)

killed. Consequently this Free sIaso
director has been marked, anT on his
head is a price Of 5000.
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quite a number of years. They
might he termed "Old Senators; ;"
and vet. what has been known as
"The Old Senate" d" has passed
away with the passing of Senator
Allison of Iowa.
Without intent or purpose to
make mdividiouS comparisons, it
may be truthfully stated that The
Old Senate" " which was entered by
young Mr. Allison March 4, 1873,
was a body composed of states
men of ability experience, note,
and fame.
That body began to gradually
fade away from the stage of poll
tics and Statecraft when Ohio failed
to re-elect The Old Roman, " the
distinguished and able Senator
l uul HAL.
There vas one Senator who par
ucularly missed Senator Thurman,
and that was his great political an
tagonist and warm personal friend,
Senator George F. Edmunds Of
Vermont Those forceful and able
statesmen were "old cronieS in the
best meaning of that expression
They were superior in natural abil-
lty and in educational acquire
ments. They deeply and intensely
appreciated each other. Senator
Edmunds was not dissatisfied; but
unsatisfed with the Senate. after
Senator Thurman departed.
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NORTH topeka NEWS

Items for the North Topeka column may
be left at A. M Petro's drug store, $50
Side reporter at her home. Ind. phone
2SS1 black.1
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TO GIVE TWO PRIZES.
Promoters of Oakland Fair Will Pre-
sent Them Friday Night.

How are you feelin' this morning? ''
sad an Oakland lad to his pretty Oak
land lass over the phone.
Just like the Oakland exposition -
replied the pretty maid.
And how is that?'' anxiousIy in
quired her lover.
'Oh, just fair giggled the girl and
she rang off in glee.
The Oakland exposition Is directly
responsible for the condition of the
weather today. But from the nature
and size of the crowds that have been
attending the popular little fair in To-
peka's neighbor on the east it looks as
though the weather would have little
to do with blocking the success of the
fair.
Last night was the first electric light
part of the exposition and the spacious
lodge hall of the FraternaI Brother
hood at the corner of Thomas street and
Wabash avenue was filled from dark
until midnight The crowds came and
went during the whole evening and
nothing accidental or detrimental hap
pened during the second nights session
of the fair. The crowd was good ma
tured IN every respect and it is planned
to nave an old-fashioned corn carnival
on the last night of the exposition.
The fair is open to the public in the
afternoons and In spite of the nasty
weather there are big crowds around
the show room this afternoon. In the
evenings an admission of Is cents is
charged to cover the minor expenses of
the lodge.
Last night the exhibitions given by
many of the Topeka business houses
made the most prominent attraction.
The Palace Clothing company is giving
away a SIS pair of shoes to the most
popular young lady of Oakland and the
contest is raging fiercely with several
young ladies running a tight race for
first place. These popular young lady
contests have been conducted in Oak
land before and they never pass with
out a close race. In fact there are
so many popular young ladies in the
little city that one who undertakes to
make a choice meets with a Stupendous
task.
Another Topeka concern that is TAX
ing a prominent part in the exposition
is the, Bell Plano company of Topeka.
This firm has a mammoth booth at the
keep a number of their pianos going
continually. They have numerous
Samples of the pianos they sell and
there are exhibitions on all of them.
The Oakland business houses are Wels
represented. Probably the neatest booth
is the one conducted by DR.. G. H.
Ensing, the druggist of that city.
The FraternaI Brotherhood is con-
Quoting a large prettily decorated booth
are holding on exhibition two large
Morris chairs which Will be given away
Friday night to the most popular
young lady and young man in Oakland.
Some hint that an engagement will be
announced between the winners of the
first prizes the night of the presenting
of the prizes. In this case it will mean
a good addition to their future home.
However, the matter is not 'cut and
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dried and probably an engagement will
be worked up at the last minute to
take advantage of the double offer
All of the contests of the exposition
close on Friday nightFwhen the fair it
self closes.
Professor Saylor's orchestra and the
Oakland band furnish music for the af-
ternoon and evening. The orchestra
furnished the music last night and viii
repeat the performance tonight Many
Topeka people have been attending the
fair and the street car company may
find it necessary to run extra cars dur
ing the evenings of the fair. Last night
all the cars were crowded both going
and coming.
Guy c. Harper and Fred Wilson, two
professional actors and theater man
ayers are coaching up a number of
playlets presented at the fair by young
people of Oakland. The first play,
MIXED Pickles." was presented Tues
day night by a number 'of the young
people. Last night, "Wanted-A Wife, -
was given by practically the same cast.
The cast follows:
Don Gillespie" who wants a wife
Guy H. Harper.
'Jorkins Jobson," who wants a new
hoe-Clarence Hooper.
Deacon Smith," who wants the truth
Fred Wilson.
''Sallie,'' who wants the thousand
Miss Virginia Morse.
Miss Comson." who wants to marry
Miss Ella Stockham.
Louisiana" who wants her baby
Ted Morse.
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SEAT SALE is GOOD.
Majority of Seats Already Sold for
Merry Widow

The seat sale for ''The Merry Wild
ow" opened Wednesday morning and
already the majority of the seats have
been sold. over half the house had
been disposed OF by press time today.
Indications point to one of the biggest
houses of the season at the first per-
Torrance of this great musical drama:
in Topeka. One unique feature of the
seat sale is the fact that all of the
higher price seats are going first. This
would indicate that the interest in the
production here is at fever heat This
is the first season 1.-THE Merry Widow"
has been on the road. AS there are six
days remaining until the production
appears at the Grand next Wednes-
day. the seats will undoubtedly all be
sold, and the picking left for the night
sale at the box office won't be very
choice. Every effort is being made to
prevent jobbing over the seats and not
more than ten are being sold to any
one person.
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North Kansas avenue. or call the North
Side reporter at her home. Ind. phone
2SS1 black.1
Good shoes, prices lowest, Joseph's.
S36 Kansas avenue. North Topeka.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Anderson spent
Wednesday evening with friends on the
East side.
b. D. c. Neiswender and daughter, Mrs.
Graft, of Kiro, spent the day here to-
day on a shopping tour.
Miss Blanche Woodward of Kansas
City spent the day here today with
friends and relatives while on her way
to Los Angeles, Cal, where she will
spend the winter visiting her parents
and other relatives.
Miss Martha White of Smith Center
Kansas, came here today to spend two
weeks visiting Miss Florence VettNeff
Mr.. Harry Johnson of Kansas City
came here today to spend few days
on a business trip, looking after his
property interests here before he leaves
for Oberlin, Kansas, where he will
make his future home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Anderson and
little daughter Marjorie came here to-
day from Manhattan to remain until
after the holidays visiting relatives and
friends.
Mrs. J. Peterson and little son Floyd
went to Auburn, Kansas, today to re-
main until after Sunday the guests of
her mother.
Miss Blanche Garter is able to be up
and around again after several days
illness. She has been i'll with an at
tack of tonsilitis.
Miss Hazel Miller went to Abilene.