Evening journal., 1910-08-16
NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY
A Story of Two Famous
Democrats
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By "HOnand."

The recent death of John G. Car
Isle. one Of the great Democrats of
the latter half of the nineteenth CEN
tury whose nam ewill 20 down in the
political history of the country in as
ISOLATION with Grover Cleveland's re-
calls to my mind an incident that
took place in the lobby of the old
Riggs House, in Washington, early
one morning in the late winter Of
1882 / had been called there on
business. and seated on sofa be-
held Colonel William r. Morrison,
member of Congress from Illinois
II seemed a little strange that he
should be at the hotel so early I'm the
day, especially as he lived at the
other end of the capital. so I ven-
tured to say:
Colonel, you have come to the
White House end of Pennsylvania
avenue very early to-day"
The man who was destined two
years later to become nationally fa-
nous as the originator of the hori-
zontal tariff bill. smiled. well, 7
am usually an early riser, but |
must confess that it is some time
since / have been in front of the
o'clock in the morning.
You see," he confded, as he looked
carefully at every person who passed
through the lobby, and particularly
at every one who got out of the ele-
vators, II am waiting for Carlisle. He
has a little suite on the top floor Of
the hotel at the rear. where he can
be very quiet. In there he has been
al work for two or three weeks upon
a speech which he is going to deliver
I'm the House in a few days. and in
which he will attack the Republican
policy OF protection and defend the
principle of tariff for revenue only.
IL is a speech that. ! am sure, will
make him Speaker of the House, If
the Democracy carries II, and It
ought to make him President"
For a moment Colonel Morrison
| peered sharply I'm the direction of the
elevators, and then continued
"Have you ever seen Carlisle al
work on a speech? He is not a brill
liant man, in the ordinary meaning OF
the term. but think his industry and
his capacity for prolonged labor are
unsurpassed by any man I'm Congress
He has a very clear mind. His logi-
cal faculties are unusually strong. He
can get at the real meaning of fig
ures and assimilate a mass of sta
tistics that would sorely puzzle the
! average man. This capacity COM
bined with his industry, explains his
| genius.
But there Is a peculiar thing about
| his work. Once he has got through
with a prolonged mental task he is
almost Immediately seized with queer
numbness or vacuity of mind; I sup
pose Il is a sort OF violent reaction.
With most men recuperation from a
severe mental strain comes by means
of sleep, but IL is not so with Car
Isle. ! have discovered that at such
times he needs diversion and friendly
cOmpanionship for a few hours, then
his mind becomes normal once more,
Richard Is himself again"
Some time early this morning Cav
Isle finished his speech. | was with
him till midnight, still work
ing then,-and | got up at o'clock
this morning so that ! might be here
by 6. I am going to have him under
my wing to-day. I am going to di-
vert his mind as far as possible,-I
7 know how to do II, for I have done
so before and l am satisfied that by
y
restored to mental vigor and will be
able to go to his bed early and sleep
/ the sleep of the just Then"
But Just then the door Of an ele-
vator banged open and out stepped
John q. Carlisle. Colonel Morrison
Walked quickly over to him. too his
arm, led him from the hotel into
Pennsylvania avenue and in the di-
rection OF the White House lot. and
later in the day accompanied him
to the House. where the watch
over him with the solicitude Of 4
parent. And It was as Colonel Nor
rison had predicted in two matters
that night Carlisle was himself again
and within few days thereafter his
tariff speech, delivered, had marked
him as the new Democratic leader IN
the House, a distinction that gained
for him the speakership the following
year.
Copyright. 1910. by F. J. Edwards
All rights reserved)
Tomorrow Mr.. Edwards will tel