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Show (Special lo The Tribune. WASHINGTON, April 1G. Senator Jkl Scott of "West Virginia has hud Jb,Y a gTeat many experiences in the yQi West, where he lived for a num-vir num-vir of years, and ho told of one that kppened to him when he was travel-through travel-through Iowa that especially muscd those who knew something of ie prohibition conditions In that State, ftnie years ago Scott and a friend wnd themselves in Ottumwa, Iowa, Suiting or a train. They decided to fok around and see if there was any--Uffhs- to slake a traveler's thirst, and S?re directed by an obliging Individual place where there was the following 2jf PLACE FOR NOSE PAINT. jfcA. hand pointed down the stairway iSJad Scott and his friend descended, and i$ew steps further on they saw another l$;fn: THIS IS THE ROAD TO HELL. IjpTolhlng daunted, the West Virginia in and his friend continued on tho Inviting road, and entered a barroom lipped apparently as all other bar-11,1 bar-11,1 Shis ere with all the paraphernalia XI ibervlng all kinds of cheering and ln-1 ln-1 Lllatlng drinks. A very good-look-"Si f man came forward behind the bar, bowing, asked: Wh3entlemou, what will you have?" l.Woth Scott and his friend hesitated a piute, and to break the awkward llELse that followed the question, as tho were still in doubt as to what was Msale. Scott said: 5;ril take the best you've got." t "OKI 11 take the same," answered his Ppanion. ie "bar-keep," for It was no other, two large glasses on the bar, and 1 them with water. Without ask-a. ask-a. question, but looking furtively at imc another, Scott laid down a quarter, afiiich the man behind the bar covered :ti6 the till. i5K0h, hold on now, Scotty," lnter-sjTpted lnter-sjTpted Senator Dolliver at this point, iwpu can make mc believe all you havo iiii nereiuiui e, ueniuae j. juiu iwi-IpTce iwi-IpTce and know the man, but that you ijipd a quarter for two drinks of water ttlttd drank the water well, that Is go-IwSf go-IwSf too far " r"ji$We were surprised into it," replied ftott, and when the laughter caused by lllver's jeering remarks had sub-ja'Jed. sub-ja'Jed. he continued his story. iSWhat do you mean by those signs Outside?" asked Scott, jjjjhwhat they say." replied the man bc-)jtfu bc-)jtfu the bar ' If you drink whisky it 1(3il paint your nose. Whisky is tho road jjjTinell, if you drink enough of It." '"jRWc made inquiries concerning1 the gin," concluded Senator Scott, "and fi earned that he was really a charit-1 charit-1 le and philanthropic man." i. 'He could afford to be," remarked a -'1 Tator in the party, "if he sold two 9 nks of water for a quarter and JL ire were suckers enough going t- ;buErh the) country." wi Jl'he man was 'Stormy Gordon " w?i pttuxnwa. He lost a fortune llght-Jrjthe llght-Jrjthe Iowa prohibition law." 'Someone was telling a story about the k of information that is sometimes iyeyed in replies to questions, which Blied Representative Cushman of .Eshington, to tell a story apropos of . subject. At one time, during a jhewhat critical stage of his career, of Cushman's opponents in his own Mjftywanted to get a line on Cush-Rh's Cush-Rh's programme, and wired him for Kpflnatc statement. "What are you ABng for and what do you want'" telegram rather peremptorily dc-Hded. dc-Hded. To which Cushman replied: V ,don't want anything that Is un- -onable, and I won't ask for any- e I don't want. You are perfectly some to this information." , i . it In California there is an organi-1 organi-1 " 3n called the "Native Sons of Cal- jAk' la." It was purely social at first. rn, ,Jt begins to figure in politics to ?M ib extent. During the last campaign, fesentatlve Needham found that society was cutting some figuro In I la district as his opponent was a S : c of the State and claimed that he it to be elected on that account lharn, who is sometimes called the tfQuay of California, saw the ne- Ii ly for prompt action and he began .., pcplainlng to his audiences that It f ' lils greatest regret that he was not '.' lin the State. He went on to say '. :he missed being a native of Cali-fy Cali-fy d a because the horses broke down i ( crossing the desert and his birth-jgOplt birth-jgOplt j,was in a covered wagon, common- ailed "prairie schooner," while 'j fronts were going through Nevada. idham went further and explained T)''t ne cC tne lcatler8 o t5ie four-S four-S Llj Jteam that pulled the wagon was h-njfcnont mare called Jenny Llnd. and "w!fche was the grandmother of the 0- fljpr, Steve Whipple, which mado a if!rnla vecor1 of 2-12 Tlie "Native 1nrjtcould not overcome the story. 'jSjv did you prove It7" asked a it flfll 'er oC t1lc HoU5G v,'i heard the dv I mean about your birthplace?" ufl 2$ n0 Concessional Directory," an-VVVr an-VVVr , a Needham. "It's in my blogra- a iltten by himself," put In another ier. onc- j 4 A le sitting recently in the Senate ACittee on Education and Labor, A AV1 Dolliver a:id Daniel discussed eht-hour bill before listening to lwthe persons who had expressed a MlKtQ he heard. Dolliver contended HI H fln inhcrant right of citizens Hf'fhcard before Congressional com-V com-V f8 while Daniel declared that it W jtsary to make refusals every day. ttMfV''" ald Daniel, "if it were you Lere to antl yur argument In the right side. I would listen wp& Bcaaure as long as you wanted to HP JLt it makes me tired to hear your I am to assume it Is the ideas and not the manner in which liDoin1' that makes you tir(?d?" ,A ill) uOU-,r, 0rat01'' 1 nave o fault u 'Uf the Virginia Senator responded, e fclaughed as the eloquent Senator 1 :1 ,;csPnued that he did not ,iK sound Republican principles to Ilk r f thc VIrfiIn,a nA TJtvkz T,,0,naf, Xcarns of Utah is f10 ll?-f su,nn.' dlsP.oaltlon. which has JKL C clueC characteristics ilKVPUre career. Hc Js n man -aKiir en,thr0UBh the UPS and iif-J life, who has often been with-fljifeach with-fljifeach of a great success and sppn iWrom nIni leaving htm stranded "ynountnins with nothing but a 1 stronger determination to conquer standing between him and ruin. With his Irish parentage and with the many traits of the Irish race In his nature, It Is rather surprising that he did not at times give way to despondency and lose heart. But In such times he took his pick on his shoulder and went forth with a song on his lips and hope in his heart. He is one of the men who delved In the rocks for years looking for "pay dirt," and who encountered many disappointments dis-appointments before success crowned his efforts. Kermis is a man who does not know what depression means and his nature was not Bourcd by early reverses, re-verses, nor lias he been un"duly elated by the success that has come to him through toll and strenuous effort, o Representative Adamson of Georgia recently told a story which illustrated true good-fellowship. Ho had been campaigning cam-paigning in Georgia on foot and was twenty-five miles from home. It became necessary for him to so home and he tried to secure a conveyance, but all the teams were busy on the farms. Finally he went to a man whom hc knew well and said: "Bill, I have to get home and I want a rig to take me. You've got to get me one " "Adamson," he replied, "we are five months behind with our work here and it Is next to Impossible to get a horse that can be spared, but there isn't anything any-thing I won't do for you. I'll tell you what I'll do. I'll walk home with you." There was a time when one or two colored men were permitted on the floor of the House during the session, as they were contesting seats of Southern members. mem-bers. They did not exactly know what to do with themselves and usually dropped into unoccupied seats in back rows. One day one of, them was in the seat occupied by Representative Cushman Cush-man of Washington, and the latter being be-ing a good-natured man. did not disturb dis-turb him. It was on this day that the House was all lorn up over the Bristow report of "charges against members of Congress." During tho discussion, a group of members said something about Cushman Then they turned toward the Wash ington member's seat and saw the black man in it, and one man dramatically remarked: "Well, I'll be d d if this thing has not made Cushman black In the face." o One of the results of the long-drawn-out light over the Iowa Judgeship, which lasted several months, is the contest for Congress in the Eleventh Congreslonal district to name a man to succeed Lot Thomas. There are eleven counties in the district and there Is a candidate for Congressional nomination in ten of them. These ten candidates are making things very lively and no one can tell who will come In under the wire first. Among the candidates Is Isaac S. Struble, of Le Mars. Hc was a member of the fifty-first Congress and became prominent In one particular incident. in-cident. It was after Tom Keed had counted a quorum and the Democrats, to prevent one of their number from being turned out, had deserted the chamber, leaving O'Farrell of Virginia alone in the House to make the necessary neces-sary parliamentary motions. The Republicans Re-publicans had only a majority of eight to begin with, and with sickness and some absentees, It was Impossible to secure a quorum. One man was carried car-ried in on a cot, and there was still a vote short. Struble had been out looking look-ing after his renominatlon and was telegraphed tel-egraphed to be on hand on a certain day, and wired that he would be there. But hi3 train was delayed. The business busi-ness of the House was suspended. Struble wired from up the road that he was coming-. The suspenso became great. Reed held tho House, waiting for that one vote. Finally the doors at the main entrance swung open and the perspiring countenance and long, fiery red beard of Struble were seen. "The gentleman from Iowa," remarked re-marked Reed; "a quorum Is present, the motion prevails." Then the machinery began to move. Two Democrats were unseated and two colored men from the South sworn in. There were times afterward when tho quorum disappeared, but never was It more dramatically reinforced than when the "red-plumed" Struble came to the rescue. ARTHUR W. DUNN. |