The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-04-26

the Forty-ninth Congress" Senator Gal
linger said, while talking about his fir3t
term as a Representative, which began
in December. 1856. John G. Carlisle was
Speaker, Samuel J. Randall was CHAIR
man OF the Committee on Appropriations
and Thomas b. Reed was on the Ways
\ and Means Committee. William McKIn-
ley, William L. Wilson. Nelson Dingley,
jr., and Serene E. Payne afterwards be-
came famous In the authorship Of tariff
| laws. Bland. OF Missouri, was debating
| free silver and laying the foundation for
| the Bryan campaign of 1896. Joseph G.
I Cannon had already served twelve years
! in Congress.
After two terms l went home to prac-
| tice medicine. My political career was
closed. thought. could have remained
in the House. believe. indefinitely but
my family needed the money I could earn
In my profession. My physicians sign
still hung over a door in Concord. But
the natural thing happened. There would
be four patients in my reception room
and eight or ten politicians. The patients
bothered the politicians and the politi-
clans annoyed the patients. Well in 1890
my friends said could be elected to = e
United States Senate. have never seen
or heard Of a man who would refuse to
be a Senator. So I returned to Wash
ington.
The Great senate of 1891.
1T has always been customary to look
back to the good. old times that are
past but history will bear me out in say
ing that the Senate in 1891 was filled
with great men, Hoar. OF Massachusetts.
for instance. and Sherman, of Ohio. and
Vest, OF Missouri and Allison, Frye. Cor
man. Proctor Aldrich. Hale. Morrill,.
White,Sno Chief Justice: Voorhees,. Gull
lom. Gray, Of Delaware: Hill, OF New
York; Gen. Palmer. afterward the can
didate of the Gold Democrats for Presi-
dent: Quay. Platt. of Connecticut; Plumb.
OF Kansas. and Cushman Davis of Min
nesota. / knew them all and all became
my friends. There are no party lines
in friendships, at least there are none in
mine"
And now" I said. tell me how you
became physician?
An uncle of mine who was a profess
sor at the medical college in Cincinnati
advised me to be a doctor. I had never
thought OF the matter but the suggestion
was accepted. Farming hadn't suited me.
up near Cornwall, in Canada where
was born. ! used to think. as | walked
to the log school house a mile and half
from home, where an Irishman taught me
to read. write ard do sums in arithmetic.
that agriculture lacked in personal appeal
80 was lnnentureu 10 the village e0ltOF
when reached the age OF fourteen. There
were twelve children in our family.
May wages the first year were S.
The editor fed me and gave me place
to sleep. His table. l still remember.
was lean and unusually bad. My mother
know supplied me with butter. The
second year received S24 ! have a feel
ing that the sum was less, but ! will give
the editor the benefit of the doubt. Dur
ing the third year Of my apprenticeship
was paid $50. ! was now what is called
a journeyman printer. So / said good
by to the editor.
Set Type for Deacon" smith.
At Ogdensburg. in New York. sixty
miles from Cornwall. l set type until
/ got the advice from my uncle. I had
800 when / arrived in Cincinnati. So
Of which was paid down at once for
medical lectures. Two students and my