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Show II Special to Tho Tribune I " 117 ASHINGTON. April 23. Demo- 1 4' i ll " M CI-ala Kenerally feel quite hope-I hope-I ''j ff ful, but not confident. of. buc- I , , cess this fall with Judge Alton I ' ' 1 33. Parker as their standard bearer. It I V , I is certainly uurprislng how unanlmouB I 1 ! ' seems to be the opinion that Parker 1b 1 ("I to ba nominated and the general oatls- I ' . faction expressed at that outcome. I E,!' Democrats who do not ilka Cleveland 1 J nre rather pleased with the lndorse- I mcnt he has given Parker. It has of- a ! ten been said that there were 100,000 I 1 , voters In New York Slate who would I ,( not voto for any man except Cleveland. P ' This was repeated to a Southorn Demo- i' crat recently and ho added: "Or somo I one that Cleveland tells them to vote , ' for, Tiat Is tho reason- his lndorso- 3 1 ment of Parker Is a good thins for tho , i party." "We may not elect our man," said a I i Democrat to a Republican, "but Parker i , I will hold the party .together and leave ! us in good shapo for the next cam paign. If vou win, you'll have a dls-rupted dls-rupted party inside of four years. ' That remark represents the chief meas ure of enthusiasm that attaches to the ! ' Parker candidacy at this time. I The Fifty-llrst Congress was a falul .one for new Senators. Of the nlneteon J Wn who first began their services In i 5 the Senate during that session, but one, I Warren of Wyoming, is now a mom- i ) her. and his services have not been oon- j ilnuous, as ho was out for two years ' while tho State was represented by one I Senator owing to the failure of tho i I Slate Leglsla-turo to elect. Nearly all f of tho remaining elghteon are still I I living, though, four or live have crossed the divide." Many of theso men bc-1 bc-1 came well known, several were onco re- I elected, but the larger number served ' only one term or even less. The elght- ' . ecn who entered tho Senate during 18S9 and 1S1M) and who are not members of 1 i' the body now, are. Wolcott, Colorado; I Hlgglns, Delaware; McConnell and ; , Shoup, Idaho; Carlisle. Kentucky: Mc Millan, Michigan; Wajihburn, Minne-i Minne-i rt sota; Sanders and Powers, Montana; Pierce and Casey, North Dakota; Dixon. Dix-on. Rhode Island; Moddy and Pcttl-grew. Pcttl-grew. South Dakota; Barbour, Virginia; ' Alien and Squire. Washington, and i Carey, Wyoming. The number of new Senators who entered that Congress Avas due to the fact that six new States 1 were admitted. Twelve of the nineteen 1 were from those States. There are sev- f fcntecn Senators now In the Senate who i were members previous to tho Flfty- first Congress, but two, Gorman of v Maryland, and Mitchell of Oregon, I have not 3orvcd continuously. 1 f "I -will take It into conference," Is a ' j remark which Senator Halo uses In ac- HHI ceptlng tome amendment of doubtful character, but which some Senator is very persistent In urging. The Maine Senator is everywhere acknowledged "t v i. as the man who can work through an j Vr, appropriation bill bettor than any man H In the Senate, not excepting Senator Allison, who Is also an expert. "Tak- PHI i Jng an amendment Into conference" does not mean success. Generally It means that it will be dropped if It meets with any great reslHtancc from ' the House conferees. Tho Maine Sena- tor may be opposed to It himself, but ' pi . he accepts It rather than prolong a I1) j controversy and risk a yea and nay ' vote, which might mean his own defeat on account of Senatorial courtesy or Hl the loss of a quorum if the matter is pressed late in the day. HP . Senator Blackburn was telling a story . about Col. Jack Chinn, who has llg- , ' urcd in the most strenuous politics of t Kentucky in the modern days, Like all Hj Kentucky gentlemen, China had in his Lj, ; time been a loyal Kentucklan nud a I i 1 consumer of tho liquid for which tho Hj ' State is eclobrated. But he swore off. Hl Not knowing this, some friends Invited Hi i ) him into one of the places where rc-Hl rc-Hl freshmcnts are sold over a bar and asked him what he would have. H, 1 jl "I'll take a glass of water," said i if J , Chlnn. j .I , 1 "What's that, Jack?" gasped his I i friend. "Why, what does this mean,?" H 1 ' h "Well," replied Chlnn, "I have been H; ' ' ' t loIng some figuring and I find I am Hll ' 'j h about thirteen years behind on water." Hj1 , i , When the members of the House ' l , , Naval committee were on a cruise up I I "J I the Atlantic coast they reached one H' j I !i, point where an international dinner H'(' v f was given, and men from Canada and . ; 1 ' from this country' vied with each other H, ' in saying things that would promote H'tf i 'I I, i good fellowship and comity between 'I i two peoples living under different flags. H'l , i.hj' Representative Capron of Rhode H''!' N Iffland, who was not of the Naval com- H';!, i ( f L mlttee, however, was there and finally j) I i was called upon for a speech, j i i "I can't say what all these gentlemen , r . J , have said who preceded me," he began. M t, "I have not had much to do In the work ! , , of binding two countries together, but I j ' i M have a deep feeling of gratitude toward (il 1 j i 1 ; Canadians, and especially thoso of the jl (ill! islands, Many years ago thero came to HD'i' V ? i ny home a girl from Prince Edward f i, 1 l,A i Island, and she has ever since remained Hli l ( f t there to brlchten It." M: , !'',; The applause which greeted this bit Hi (S i, f ; oC sentiment shook the rafters. Some llj J i time afterward this episode was retold Hj ft ' s ' ', an(l among those present was a man !i', t! , ! well acquainted with Capron and his jT, I'i il ' 1 family. fic'it "Why, Capron," he said, "your wife j -wasn't from King Edward Island." "I know it," replied Capron. meekly. Hj t M i. "Our cook came from that place." ' 'I ? ' c During the Civil war Senator Bard of . ' . 1 1 California, was a railroad man in , Maryland connected with the Cumber- ; I land "Valley road, now a part of the Ht J 4 ' Pennsylvania system. He had many HH 'j ' ' exciting experiences, and was frequent- Hi'i I' I ly forced out of the towns where he was H , ' ,1 : stationed by the advance of the Confed- H' ' M Hi 1 1 eratcs. At such times he and one of Hj i i ' ' ! . Thomas Scott's trusty telegraph men H 1 would mount a hand car and get out i in the country, where a wire would be , tapped and communication established V ( with Washington for the purpose of H' . ' ' 1 1 forwarding Information. On one occa- ' i A. f ' slonsion they established an ofTice In a H' Ml M small farm building and supposed they i f 'i 1 1 were safe, but were surprised by a I . , small detachment of Confederate cav- , I , airy. Bard was outside and the opera- ' i ' ' tor Inside. The cavalry come upon the t ' .,f ; ! place so suddenly that Bard had no op- H1 portunlty to warn the operator, and ! f ' Yil ' proceeded to put up the beat bluff ho 3 il jf'-i' could. To many inquiries he gave an- Hf i 1' frrrfc' swers which seemed to justify the ofil- cer In charge, but just at? the cavalry were about to ride away, the click-click of the telegraph Instruments was heard. "What's that telegraph doing lu thero?" was the demand. "I'll go and see," replied Bard, and darting In the door, he slammed It shut, at the same time shouting an alarm to the operator. Together they broke through the back door, over a fence and Into the woods followed by the horsemen and a shower of bullets. They finally eluded their pursuers and then tramped to the nearest Union post. They lost their wire tapping- outfit, and In future expeditions they had to exercise exer-cise more caution. . i Representative Hardwlck of Georgia Is a young-lookitur man looks like a boy, in fact but he is old enough to have served two terms in tho Georgia State Senate. He has a history about an experience one of IiIh college chums had who was also elected to the Senate. The young man had been there some time and did not seem to make much of an impression. Finally, he determined deter-mined to make a speech, "a big, big, speech," he called it. Soon after an occasion offered and the young man began. Hardwlck acknowlodgoa that there was more oratorlal effect than anything else In the speech, but the youngster labored on. At last, one of the older members asked If he might Interrupt. In-terrupt. Delighted was the orator, for he felt that he was making an Impression. Impres-sion. "With pleasure, air," he roplied, making ma-king a graceful bow. , "Say, young man," asked the old member. "Ain't you talked about long enough V" Some years ago, before Virginia sent John W. Daniel to the Senate, he wrote a law book which Is now considered necessary in every law library. He wrote it because a would-be client entered en-tered his ortlce and asked him a question ques-tion he could not answer. In looking up the matter he found there was no compilation of laws and decisions on the Bubject, and he gathered all the Information In-formation necessary to make a book, which he published. It has proven a very good thing for the publishers and for the Senator. "How did It happen," naked one of the publishing firm, "that you, a lawyer law-yer in a small town, should write a book Hlce this? If you had been In New f York, where there was a demand for such a book, I could understand St." "If I had been In New York," replied the Senator, "I wouldn't have written it. To prepare such a book a man must have time to meditate and study, and that would not have been possible in New York." "Perhaps," said the Senator, when re-, re-, latlng the story, "if I had been In New York I would have been a rich lawyer for some ot the business that has made rich lawyers Is Jusrt In my line." "Yet', but you would not have been a Virginia Senator." "That is very true." he replied, "and a man can be but one tiling. He must choose his path and stick to IL What is more, in this age he must be a specialist spe-cialist In the law, In medicine, and other professions and bujjlnoss. There is no place for the man who attempts everything." every-thing." Senator Dollivcr of Iowa and John L,. Steel, clerk of the Senate Committee on .Mines and Mining, were born in Virginia, Vir-ginia, or what la now a portion of West Virginia, and went to school together In the latter State after the war. They i were the sons of ministers of the gospel, gos-pel, and perhaps that was a sort of common tie. for they have ever been good friands. "Dollivcr was born talking," talk-ing," remarked Steel, "at least he was talking when I first knew him, and throughout our school days It was always al-ways easy for him to get up and make a speech. At 17 he was an orator and could talk on almost any subject for an hour or more without apparent effort or preparation." Tho Iowa Senator is still an orator the boy was father of the man. ARTHUR M. DUNN |