Show ONce AN ILLINOIS I SENATOR I MrMlr lmlurlar In VVililiston III llml 0 ItlntrlollK Career Washington Star I learned by nee I lent thai one of the street ear undue Ion In Washington wait formerly mown to me as n member of tho slatn senate of Illinois I hunted until I found him and he begged BO turd not I In have the matter made known ns It would Injure him In his old home that I promlted I I and then ho told me tile ex lerlenccs which could bo condo Into a column or more of very Interesting reading He came to Washington soon after Ihe Inauguration of 1reildent Cleveland 1893 Supplied with strong letters ot Indorsement ho first applied for n consulate believing Unit tin would enjoy foreign travel Possessed ot n little money and a eangulne temperament tempera-ment bo Hopped nt n firstdais hotel and made hlmielf popular ns ba believed I be-lieved with everyone supposed to have political Influence It took rcveral months for him to realize that bo was not going to nbtnln a consulate and then he concluded to accept a position I In alit of tho departments The only one obtalnnblo was that of mesienger Hut too many of his 1 old friend lllcd I I Optln 11 IOI Ji the department mid bo reslgned ou talnlng a petition ns street car conduc1 I tar It look several months to learn I flow to save nn thing out of file small wages but now he has nearly enough 10 buy a suit of clothes and return to Illlnoli when he will resign his con ductorshlp and open n law office nt his old home trying to tell no more to his friend than that ho has had a position ticulars In Washington without going Into par I |