The Washington herald., 1909-02-28

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Among the landmarks OF the House
soon TO be Obnterated more or less per
manently is Marcus Aurelius Smith.
otherwise and widely known as Mark,
internationally Delegate from Arizona.
This sui generis Roman hrst attracted
I national notice as member Of the FIT
| tieth Congress. and has sipce missed
/ only the Fifty-fourth Fifty-sixths and
I Fifty-eighth This rather indicates that
I his luck lies IN odd numbers though he
pulled into the Sixtieth BY a fair ma
! jority. II IS possible that his luck IS
now going over to the even-nunber side,
as he was defeated for the term begin
ming next Thursday
4 His successor for the time being. Dele
! gate-elect Cameron. vas born In the
Pine Tree State, away down IN New Eng
I land, some time after Mark made Gym
I thiana OF the dark and bloody ground
/ forever famous by occurring there, and
has the stuff IN him 70 make a valuable
/ representative Of his constituency. He Is
6 plain Down East Yankee. with distinct
/ Scottish ancestry. and for some time in
/ his younger DAYS was successfully in
{ business IN Boston. Since then he has
acquired a large reputation throughout
/ the West by extensive business opera
tions. and at the same time has made
many friends here and acquired a useful
knowledge Of legislative methods. He IS
t a Republican while his predecessor is a
/ Democrat Of the rare old Southern vint-
/ age.
There is much in a name, after all
There is so much in the name Of Delegate
Jonah Kuhio Kalsnianaole, Of Hawaii
that not a dozen men in or connected
with Congress can calculate IL properly.
I Nearly everybody tries once, and once
only. with fearful and entirely distinct
results. When not present he IS referred
10 as Prince Cupid" a sobriquet relic
of the days Of Hawaiian royalty. He is
short. solidly constructed young man
with decidedly dark complexion and is
/ considered quite innOcu0us and rather
interesting.
The Hon. Tulio LarTinaga. resident
/ commissioner from Porto Rico, IS a IA
( tive OF the island. born in 1877. and with
his slim and trim figure and fun beard
! parted along the equator. is an excellent
( type Of the high-class tropical Spaniard
/ technic Institute at Troy and al the Uni
versity OF Pennsylvania, ana is scholar
and publicist OF rare attachments.
/ Some of the profane and ungodly who
( don't know how his name Is spelled. and
wouldn't know how TO pronounce It If
they did. aliUde 70 il as -Lsryngitis' and
/ let u 20 at that They mean no disre-
/ speCt and are only guilty OF an American
I ism. Certainly there is much in a name.
sometimes too much.
Some time away back In the dim past
/ when the world was less ancient and
/ hades was or its reservation most Of the
time in Kansas and the country circum-
/ ajacent thereto a youth with the fun and
+ trimming name OF Stephen Benton FL
1 kins was very busiIy engaged in Winning
/ the West and his daily rations and more
{ especially in keeping q whole skin This
/ latter task was a grown mans job. and
/ at times it had every appearance Of being
a failure.
/ On one memorable occasion party OF
/ stroIling jokers happened To cross the path
/ reCinch their girths hanged him 10 a handy
/ recinch their girths hanged him 10 a handy
! tree There was no malice in the pro-
]
body Among the jovial aSsemblage was
! another youth, who happened 10 think
that the proceedings would answer all
I the legitimate requirements Of a joke If
the victim vas released before he went
{ for good Therefore, stephen was re
4 leased with a warning and soon there
after was hitting only the most elevated
points toward the big river
The most interested party IN that es-
/ capade OF long ago is now Senator EIkins.
T OF West Virginia, and the youth who
I interceded successfully for his life
I IS Cole Younger, some tine ago par
doned cOuditionally from the Minnesota
( state prison at Saltwater for very obvious
I completely IN the great Mortified bank
I robbery which saw the finish of the
/ James and Younger gang. Cole Younger.
whose name was for years conspicuous
I IN the bad-man annals Of the West, is
now a most harmless-appearing old gen
( tlenaan and, as may be imagined. very
I interesting in conversation He and Sena-
/ tor Elkins are sworn friends for life and
death, as well they may be, and at inter
walls Cole visits the Senator at his home
/ here. He IS always certain OF a warm
/ welcome from the whole family. and the
/ regard in which he Is properly held by
/
I life Of a broken and homeless old man.
/ An effort has been recently made 10
make YOnger's pardon absolute. but il
| is refused for the reason that he techni-
| cally broke the terms Of his parole by
/ exhibiting himself for money in a show
/ last summer.
Here is the latest courtroom story. this
| time involving the big stick and the pre-
mier soon-to-be: Immediately after Knox
dropped the job Of Attorney General he
was asked by the President how he would
view the appointment Of Moody as his
successor. The little giant revoIved the
! proposition in his mind for few mo-
ments and for an answer related this
Dooley and Hennessy story. One morn
ing Hennessy. who presided al the bar.
yelled 10 DOoley. the proprietor. in the
/ back room
rs Flanagan good for a drink
Has he had itT"
He has,
He is"
The conversation then drifted into other