The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1910-08-19

sons ana to inability to get ONCE are compelled to
return home.
There are plenty Of evidences that former rep
rCHcniatiycs who have chosen. after having once
boon defeated In the home district. To stay away
from the native heath. are not altogether free
rrom tho criticisms Of the home people. and per.
naps there Ia no reason why thoy should be. when
a man who has spent his entire lie among Ger.
vAin people Is woaned away from them by short
rcridcnco elsewhere Il seems that resentment
springs. aud few donials probably will come to the
statement that good many OF the former ON
Gals who stay In Washington In preference 10 20
tnE home are not without frequent limitations
Jhni the people iok In the district regard them In
some degree as deserterH
OF course thoro are exceptions To every rule
and IN the case OF senators aud representatives
of hong service. who are poor and perhaps too
old tn renew the practise Of tho law, or TO take up
Sain their mercantile business whore they dropped
q Ia serve their constituents there Is excuse for
che acceptance OF onloo IN Washington In order
that the way Of old age may be- smoothed
Then again there are the cases at men who
have Teen In Washington long representing
thclr states, or their districts. that Washington
mas become their real home and here they stay
after change OF party administration has ro'
moved them from representative once.
OF the men who stayed In Washington because
tho place was like home. there should be men
eioned former Senator Stewart. silver" Stew.
ART of Nevada who died recently. Tie was n no
Scd fsure on tho Washington strents all through
mis- congressional career and through the few
years of HIS retirement prior to his death. stew
arts hair aud beard were white as the snow
On the top OF the Nevada mountains. but until
within a few hours OF his death he waB apparent
ny strong M any tree that grows below the
mountain timber line.
Frequently the former senators and represent
ntivcs who live In Washington appear upon the
aioor of congress They have the right there to
appear because Of their former services There
as one marked and shining exception, however, 10
thH rule of occasional return 10 tho chamber
whore the legislative service was rendered Whom
senator Spounor OF Wisconsin left congress In
1881. to be gone six years, he declared that he
would never appear upon the floor OF the senate
Nhilr ne was out OF office. nor would De go to the
capitol unless his professional bushes U'nlled him
Wo practise before the supreme Court Spoonor
sept his word. lie always had objected 20 the rule
Wh,sh admitted former senators TO the floor Of the
scnats llc did not say so. but he thought that In
aomc lcE eases the lobbying opportunity might be-
100 Firus 40 boz resisted Boy some Of the senators
who were not above using their personal innu
snco with their former colleagues ON behalf OF
=nmc specific legislation
In the sprns of 1907. John e Spoonur resigned
from the United States senate After the six years
of his absence from congress wa ended hp had
bc,r returned again to the upper house, but I'm the
spring three years ago hC resigned e. enter the
prcuso of law, since the day that Senator Spoon
ar ioft for this supposedly the last dime, no has
not been neen IN the senate OF the United states,
nor has be- been seen uu the corridors oi the cap.
Itnl. Ito g. In law prnctso In New York and oc
.radnn8lly he comes 10 Washington, but unlike
MANY other former representatives hc shuns tho
actual scene OF his legislative activities
Gen. Charles GruyouOr of Ohio, who was In
thn house OF representatives for years, and who
EaB considered one of ts most picturesque char
acters. a man lively ana energetic IN debate and
1ppeang personal qualities, stays In the Buck