The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-08-12

-, and to inability to get office are compe'ieo
return home. ,, +bo+ former rep
There are plenty of evidences tna' lon once
NJ who have chosen after having on1o
MON dafeated In the home district, u Soy froa
fam tbs native heath, are not altos nor.
,,,ro tba criticisms of the home peop'e' CIV w.,
nan, there is no reason why they snouiu oe oor.
. NOR ubo has spent his entire HE anloNe
ln neonle Is weaned away from tneln O' ~4n,on+
..aa.nno elsewhere It seems that resentmeLs
rrlnps and few denials probably Will cono " oe1.
....as"ont +hot good many Of the former yin
d.,. who stav IN Washington in prelelenc0 ~
4, homo ora not without frequent llitln" -
80. ,,orlo hs ri, in the district regard lh0i 49,
some degree as deserters. law, rule
=, oerr.o thare are exceptions to every iulo
.,5 IN tbe ease Of senators and represeh'"'tttoo
u ,ong sorvice who are poor and perhaps
Al n renav the practise of the law, OF u .aAo
.,n tho,r mercantile business where they uioppo.
q - s0rra tboir constituents, there Is excuse ~.
tbs .ccantance of Office in Washington III oio0'
A.. tho NOV NJ old age may be smoothed'
Thon again there are the cases OF men W. W.
A,,a Seon IN washington so long represenIlns
-. ,ooouoa tboir real home, and here they s'a'
after change or party dulnAh
moved them from representative once. ,ocors
or the men who stayed in Wasn,pe, 49, Gn w mel
the place was like home there snoulu ~ Glow
toned former Senator Stewart oli'ol - -,
art Of Nevada who died recently. lno " .hroro
ted figure on the Washington streeIS Oh 49, Co
his congressional career, and tnrouen Go,
years Of his retirement prior to MS uea'n, sno
arts hair and beard we're as Whlte do 49, IN
on the top of the Nevada mountains aoro,
within few hours of his death ne ""2 ~ ,, :
" as strong as any tree that grows oeA0"
mountain timber line , uonreee
ii Freouently the former senators anu loplo
Wv atives who live in Washington appe", ~ tlno
floor of congress. They have the rle III 'N nv
apnear becanse of their former services -
Is one marked and shining exception, ho"1aU ,
this rule of occasional return TO INC WI
where the legislative service was reho'ieo "
Senator snooner Of Wisconsin LETT conei o'1
1891. to be gone six years, he oee'ai eu 49,
would never appear upon the floor OF 'le 81
while he was out Of Office, nor would De ~ "
esn,tol nn,oss b;s professional business calleu
Ia npactise before the Supreme Court. opo'
kepthis word He always had obJec,e" " 49,. y,
which admitted former senators to the MOOR VI
senate He did not say so, but he li'o"eN .S,,ol
- some few cases the lobbying opportuli,'
VI too strong to be resisted by some Oh 'ne
who we're not above using their persona "so
enee with their former colleagues Oh Oen'
some specific legislation. o.
In the spring of 1907, John c. spoonei ~ rs
from the United States senate. After 'iie a.
Of his absence from congress was eh0eu
been returned again to the upper nou'e' out
spring three years ago he resigned " &C
prictse of law. Since the day that oena'o' y
ef left for this supposedly the last uuo, G
not been seen in the senate of the cElteu -,
nor hss he been seen in the CORRIDORS y. -
itol He is in law practise in New Ao,h a'.
easonally he comes to Washington W.
many other former representatives ne SnO
actual scene of his legislative actlVltiSs
Gen. Charles Grosvenor OF ohlo' WV
the house of representatives for yeaiH' .,
was considered one of its most plctui ese ~,
acters man lively and energetic III u ~,
appealing personal qualities, stays III 'A>