The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1909-05-29
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with horror
Senator Tillman of South Carolina
was making nothing less than an i'm
FASHIONED speech. He was reaching
toward the skies of oratory, when
Senator Warren left his seat unseen
Dy Tillman, and took station behind
the South Caroinian. The speaker III
had both hands high over his head di. MI
recting the soaring of his thoughts MI
and words. Warren took step for
ward His hand stole TO Tillmans
side. slipped into his pocket and came
out again holding in its clutch big
black bottle M
All unconscious. TiiIman went on ~
with his words of fire. Warren held q
his find aloft in full view of the pre-. IA
siding officer, of his colleagues and
OF the crowded galleries There was
gasp, then smothered and stimuli
taneous gurgle of horror from hun
dred Threats, and then roaring
laughter
Tillman turned and knowledge OF
the awfulness of the situation came
to him. For once. possibly for the ..
first time in his life. he was stag. &c.
gered to speochlessness He strove 90
for words but they would not come. III
His face was black with something 49,
much like anger, Then the cloud
cleared and a smile broke through.
Speech returned, and two words
came: "Boracic acid"
II was boracic acid, but unfortu. Il
nately for Senator Tillman, II had been
put into black and suspicious bottle. IN
A sore throat was the reason for its F>
carrying, and while the South Caro-
linian is man of truth he would
not let the matter pass until he had
passed the bottle and had forced his
comrades to smell the stuff and make
clean his temperance record
Senator Burrows of Michigan, by a 4
graphic presentation of the case OF
Maj. Seymour Howell an army pay.
master secured an order on the treas
ury of the United States for s2.Ooo
to reimburse the officer for that
amount which disappeared in the
Philippine islands. The story as told
by Senator Burrows to his colleagues
had all the interest of Sherlock
Holmes tale, save that for the mys.
terry involved there was no solution
To this day there has been no soh,.
ton. 1t Is known definitely however
that the paymaster was i'm no wise
to blame for the disappearance of the mon,
Maj Howell, paymaster was traveli
through the Philippines with an armed gual
He had with him a chest containing a lar
sum OF money with which to pay the troo
at the different camps. The chest was dout
locked at all times, and night and day Sc
tinel stood by 1t with a loaded rife in
hands No one had keys to the chest sa
| Maj. Howell and he kept them fastened to
| person.
II one of the sentnels had been dishonest
inclined he could not have opened the CHI,
| without duplicate keys. and the originals we
| OF kind difficult in the extreme to count
felt. The guard was composed of men pick
| for the pay journey at the last moment. T
| trip was rapid one and no possible chan
| was offered for the making of keys
Money to the amount of $4,000 disappear
| from the chest at some time while It W
| under the watch and ward of a sentinel star
ing so close to It that he could reach it w
his rifle. Search failed to reveal cent
the money. Maj Howell at once made
loss good by personal check drawn on
| own bank account The case Is one of I
| army mysteries to this day, and the recital
| the story gave congress an interesting quar-
| of an hour.
| Neither senate nor house makes light OF D,
| sion pleas in the presence of the galleri
| but some of the would-be pensioners pl
comic roles in the committee rooms and C
ridors. Claimants who can prove things 6
| treated as old soldiers and old soldiers W
ows ought to be treated--decently and rev
emily
Congress in its weakness has voted pensio
on many an occasion, though doubtless kno
| ing that pensions were unearned and un
| served, but the day of that sort of thing
| passing, II 1t has not altogether gone. O
member was asked to use his influence to
cure an increase of pension for the widow
a soldier. There were papers forwarded
him which bore on the case, and these
turned over to the committee on pensions
err his bill had been introduced.
The widow did not get her money, and
was not long before the whole house knew
The member who had espoused the wido'
cause had been in congress for years, and
| Joke at his expense was too good to keep, a
one after another of his colleagues wall
| ND to his desk and congratulated him on
wisdom shown in the plea which in writ
| form he had turned in to the committee to v
the Widows case.
II is perhaps needless to say that the me
Der had never read the plea II set TO
| the fact that while the amount of pension
crease that the widow of the soldier h,
asked for was large, 1t must be understC
that she came of good family moved In
hest social circles and was in need of a la
sum of money to keep up appearances.
Upon occasions senators and representa-
hermit their constituents to do their talk
for them in congress. Petitions come In fio
at times, with the object of securing legi
ton by external pressure. In the Smoot C
and in the pure food and canteen matters
pleas OF the people came In by the tens