The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-05-13
From the Washington Times.
Ames After Lodge.

Representative Butler Ames, of
Massachusetts, according TO reports
from the Bay State, has taken to the
trail in pursuit OF Senator Henry Ca
bot Lodge. Mr.. Ames is u soft voiced
young man h a tremendously
fooled a lot Of people in the IS years
OF his life, who got the notion that
out much initiative, and nothing but
money to back his ambition for dis
tinction.
Mr.. Ames. in fact, has made it I'M
derstood In MASSACHUSETTS that he Is an
accomplished politician, who has an
iron HAND inside his velvet glove, is
extremely tenacious OF purpose, a de-
vout fighter, a great Halter, and an In
dian all the way through. He is cred
tied with having a congressional dis
trict so solidly behind him that nobody
can touch 1t, and with being an adept
at setting up the political pins. He will
be remembered to fame as the young
person who got on a sleeping car one
night az spring and went down TO
Florida for the sake of the climate. and
who later turned up in control OF the
allied" republican state convention OF
h a state. Mr.. Ames had seen some
folks and set up a convention that pro-
duced a first class riot.
Ames is a grandson OF Ben Butler,
and has some millions OF money. 1t Is
chiefly invested IN textile mills. His
congressional district is n OF the
strongest labor districts in the
try. and Ames is the idol Of the work
ing people, with whom he has always
entertained the most amiable relations
both as an employer and as a politician.
They say that when young Mr.. Ames
turns out in politics, organized n I'M
organized labor In MASSACHUSETTS throw
up their hats and get into the fight
'Ss. hi" without delay or question
Point and a skilled civil engineer. He
doesn't like Senator Lodge n is not
or good terms with the White House.
Everybody wonder where Senator
unseat Lodge, with whom it is UNDER
stood Crane has not been on the best
OF terms for a considerable time.
On the side. Mr.. Ames has a fight
against the established street car in
terests of Massachusetts. He wants to
build a direct line from Boston to
Lowell, and is confronted with a fight
for every Zoe of the distance. the
present companies pelng desperately
opposed to the project. But the young
man feels able to take or another fight
and Is making arrangements accord
ingly.
Hale Doesn't Smoke.
SllCo ScIldlOI l1dlo OeCdIlG lIle
father Of the Senate-the position TO
which he succeeded IN the death of Mr..
Allison-the rules about smoking in the
Senate wing Of the capitol are rigidly
enforced.
Senator Hale is one of the few
statesmen who do not smoke. He never
had the habit. Not only does he re-
fuse to smoke. out he has a great and
positive distaste for tobacco in any
torn. The odor is offensive to him,
and out Of Difference to him, senators
who have been in service long enough
to know his aversion. do not smoke
In committee meetings he attends.
This has long been a rule. better
recognized in the breach than in the
observance, that no smoking was al
lowed in elevators and corridors of
the Senate wing. Senator Allison was
q great smoker. and nobody TOOK the
rule seriously while he was the head
Of the scheme of things. But when
Hale succeeded him, the senatorial
help, without the need Of being told,
began to enforce the rules. They knew
the Maine mans attitude of mind about
smoking, and nowadays the luckless
person who strolls through a corridor
smoking, or p%erchance softly whistling,
Is pretty likely to be stopped by an