Evening journal., 1913-01-01
NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY
A Scene Worthy Of Repro
duCtiOn on Canvas
BY Hoasnd

One evening in the late winter OF
1881 spent an hour or two with
Samuel j. Randall, then Speaker OF
the lower House of Congress Mr.
Randall knew that he would not be
Speaker of the next House. for the
Republicans in the November cleo
tion of the previous year had recap
tured the House of Representatives
Therefore, the next Speaker would be
a Republican. l inferred from one or
two things that Mr. Randall said that
he was convinced that at the next
election Of Congressman the Demo-
cracy would again secure control,
and ] had no doubt from his manner
that he was assured of reelection as
Speaker
/ have had a little friction he
said, with one or two of the Rep
resentatives from the South since
have been Speaker. and / presume
they do not feel very friendly toward
me. | have also incurred certain emf
mites among the Representatives from
the North, although ] do not think
lndl lneSe Will ue ldhilnE.
"One thing / take pride in, and that
is that since | have been Speaker
have done everything that lay in my
power to stimulate a spirit of perfect
reconciliation between the North and
the South There must be such re-
conciliation before the prosperity of
the country can be assured
"The other day" continued Speak
nfa ~
House of Representatives living
picture-which | feverently wished
could be reproduced upon canvas and
then in engraving or prints that
would be inexpensive and that could
be distributed throughout the ent re
country For to me that living pic
ture typifed the perfect spirit OF
reconciliation.
you know that General Sherman
has the privileges of the floor of the
House now. He frequently drops in
and spends an hour or two greeting
old friends. You must have observed
also, from your seat in the CORE.
spondence gallery, that General Jos.
eph r. Johnston. who represents q
Richmond district in the House, has
q seat I'm the rear row on the Demo.
cratic side, close by the great doors
/ Sherman and General Johnston sit
ting side by side chatting pleasantly
but what saw the other day was
something more than a suggestion o.
! pleasant acquaintance
General Johnston was sitting II
the end seat of the rear row Th'
next seat 10 him was vacant Th'
door opened and looking up over hil
shoulder he saw General Sherman
enter. I could see the smile OF
Johnston's face. He moved to the va
cant seat. He mOtoned Sherman &
take the seat he-Johnston-had jus
occupied When Sherman sat down
these two veteran warriors, who ha'
been face TO face from the beginning
of Sherman's march to the set unit
the surrender of Johnston's army a
I Durham, North Carolina, shook hands
cordially. / saw Johnston lean Owe
and sherman, who was somewha
taller. bent his ear over that he nigh
catch what his old antagonist had {
say Whatever IL was, il please'
Sherman. In a moment he put hii
lips close to Johnston's face. AS
saw from my place at the Speaker
desk. these two grizzled veteran
seemed almost to be In an affection
ate embrace.
After while SHERMAN threw hi
arm around the chair which Johnston
occupied. 10 was IKE the embrace o
those whose friendship has becom
affection. In that position the tw
men sat. should think, for fifteen o
twenty minutes and II was then tina
7 said TO myself. "lf this scene coul
be pictured upon canvas and then re
productions distributed throughou
the country I am sure that the peo
pie would say If these two men VIII
had been. each on his side the hea
of the enemy. could linaer in frater
nal embrace as they did. then ther
Is no reason why the rest OF the peo
pie Of the country, North and Souu
could not speedily initiate their eN
ample
Copyright. 1918. by E. j Edwards
All rights reservd)
Tomorrow Mr. Edwards will tell q
"A NeVsDaDer CORRESPONDENT