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Show iL SPONDBNCE TRIBUNE. ton. Jan. 7. The- coming: if tho Democratic National In Washington noxt week moro lntorost among Derao-ibcrs Derao-ibcrs of Congress than was ang Republicans when tho ; commltteo was to assem-Republloans assem-Republloans had nothing to a. time and place for holding itlon. With the Democrats int. Tho time and place of o national convention Is a ent compared to the greator I selecting a candidate. Of i commltteo does not mako itlon, but such a, gathering rats of promlnenco cannot without causing a great deal on of Presidential poEalblll-jven poEalblll-jven of Important platform g. It is rather Interesting t only three names are prom-jtloned prom-jtloned Gorman, Parker and mong thoso who talk about sncy Gorman is easily the , but Parker Is considered a getter, because ho has nover j tho Clovcland men, tho in-, in-, and the Mugwumps. On hand, it has been asserted r 1b too closo to Davo Hill er tho Tammany tent. Tho dldacy was for a long tlmo a ns a Joke, but It 1b taken ow, and those who lmagino I not be a great factor In tha will bo mlstukcn. And so has been running around aa proaches for tho meeting of Ion of tho convention- at Chl-L9 Chl-L9 a foregone conclusion, both parties seem to have Ihnt Chicago is the conven-An conven-An attempt has been made w York into the race, but Btreot is removed from that national conventions will eld there. It 19 hard to tell Wall street would do to a but it Is supposed, accord-legends, accord-legends, that the busy bro-irs, bro-irs, and business men would ;o Madison Square Garden ice the. cholco of the dele-ape dele-ape tho platform. How ab-you ab-you como to think of it. If f power" wanted to got in , a convention it would bo as tansas City or Donver as in The "money power" ean cross tho continent when it Incss. The only real objeo-:onventlon objeo-:onventlon in New Yorl: or Eastern city is that it will lelegatea travel too far. Tho population is Just south of w, and It Is really easier to n Chicago than any other ears ago, when tho commlt-locate commlt-locate the convention of 1S92 s wero candidates for tho prolltj of entertaining tho It Avas then a foregone that tho convention would ilcago, but the cities which us to have the convention efore tho committee and sot idvantuges in long and clothes clo-thes filled with statistics and ''HflBThe Arlington hotel had a lot ' m 'Quarters" established in differ-Xljdwjis, differ-Xljdwjis, and there was the usual nr- .tBp'Vtewrs" of the different cities. Vfc' with cheap cigars and the jfeent old man in charge of the .hc contest lasted fur into the IBany ballots were takon. Every i-Kne time or another had a large LUItlBt not enough. It took some-rafffe some-rafffe twenty-live to locate the cori- r.R,anil nineteen was as hizh as .jBtown. received. Thio vote was tsHPly given to Kansas City. rt 'W st' Pau, Des Molncs' MlN i nK.0Ulsv'll0 and possibly tome J fKlce. After two or three bal-. bal-. . was soon ascertained that the I'.IU ice was playing with the con-'candidates, con-'candidates, and the rcpresenta- C these cities received tho ha ha" as each . vote was an-)i an-)i . When the committee had all it could get out of the affair it irfjjj the convention at Chicago and nstruclions by State Lcgisla-: Lcgisla-: United States Senators are not 1, , Dfflcaclous It depends a great the men instructed. So it is -" ithat Instructloni? which South- Matures have been giving to 2 Gators regarding the Panama jg fill not be followed. Within the j fat years some noted Instances of lUJt to obey such Instructions have l?2,) Tne Legislature of Ken- cted Senator Lindsay as to uld vote upon a certain isure. He denied tho right tun? to instruct, and espe-isl. espe-isl. are which had not mator. Senator Pettlgrew :ructionr from the Leglsla-h Leglsla-h Dakota to vote a certain pon llnanclal legislation. 13 not so elaborate and did constitutional questions, 0 to h 1!" was the way :om the West put It, al-Ided al-Ided that as long an he war o he "would do as he d d 'hose who remember him iat he carried out that idea r. Of course, It might be :mber that neither Lindsay tv had any hopes or chances urned to tho Senate from , and this state of affairs a difference with a Senator ido relative to obeying ln-J ln-J been introduced in Con-orlzlng Con-orlzlng tho Secretary of rocuro sultablo medalH for rs and families of such as 1 of the forlorn hope otorm-C otorm-C Port Hudson." It lu not mo thi3 bill has appeared and it is rather surprising not passed, but a recom-Crom recom-Crom tho WRr department of tho facta has been aufll-'P aufll-'P it whonovor presented. :ory. Away back In 1803, mlel Banks was trying to Hudson, La., what Grant U Vicksburg: inventing and apturo the placo. Several 510 made ngalnBt Port Hud-oy Hud-oy nil failed, nnd it finally after Vicksburg foil. :a for 1000 picked men and Woro obtained. Thoy wero 1 dayp expecting to mako an i Would virtually wipe them out: probably few could -oven hop to CBcape. They woro promised medals of honor by Gon. Banks, but tho occasion for their selection never came, as tho surronder made it unnecessary. It 13 claimed, however, that tho promise mado by Gen. .Banks should bo carried out by the Government. But medals of honor, except in rare Instances, havo I been granted only for exceptional gallantry gal-lantry in action, meaning actual battle, and this 1000 volunteers did not come wlthia that law. o a There was a storjning party, however, at Port Hudson, that went into the Jaws of death. Two hundred volunteers, two men from each company, were called for and none but large and strong men were selected. They carrjeel fascines and shovels arid wero sent to fill the moat and shovel down the earthworks so that an attacking party could enter the fort. They were shot down and blown to pieces by such a storm of shot, shell, shrapnel and all the many materials used in defenso in- thoso days, that they never reached the moaL The two hundred hun-dred started In tho morning and tho few wounded survivors lay in the sun all day and crawled back into camp at night. This was a real "forlorn hojie " Senator Worrem of Wyoming, then a boy of 19 years, a corporal in the Forty-ninth Forty-ninth Massachusetts infantry, was one of that 200 men, and he wears a medal of honor ns a result of that day's work. His regiment had marched many miles to reach Port Hudson, andj In doing so had discarded all kinds of accoutrements accoutre-ments and baggage, as had othcYs of the army. Thy had no change of clothing, no chanco for a bath, and were in a condition that was seriously thinning tho ranks by death and disease. Warren, with his regiment, participated partici-pated in another attack upon Port Hudson, Hud-son, in which that impregnable fortress beat them back, but In this case they were seriously handicapped by a fire in the rear from a regiment which had been recruited from the Jails and. which were too drunk or too excited to know what they wero doing. Another Senator participated in the campaign against Port Hudson. Senator Sena-tor Kelson was a soldier in the Fourth Wisconsin Infantry and was 20 years old. He participated In an attack against the place and was wounded and taken prisoner. Inside Port Hudson was Stephen Douglae White, now Associate Justice of the Supreme court, who was a Confederate Con-federate soldier at that time. Warren and White met in the Senate and compared com-pared notes on their experiences. Both were soldiers In the ranks, bat they were observing young men, and they fouT.d their Ideas of the conditions existing, exist-ing, tlie strategic points, the chance for the capture of the place, and the manner man-ner of its defense, agreed in nearly every particular. "I want to congratulate you on your speech," remarked Senator Newlands to Senator Fulton in the Senate restaurant. restau-rant. "You may think it is a little late, and I should Jiavo mentioned.it at tho time," lie added. "That speech ought to carrry the appropriation for thb Lewis and Clark centennial." "Thank you, thank you," said the Oregon Ore-gon Senator. "You are a little late. I expected you to present your bouquet as eoon as I concluded! but I feel flattered that it Is still remembered." Both Newlands and Fulton have made speeches in the Senate, before the elapse of time that tradition has vet apart for I new Senators to be hoard. But both had I ample reason. Rowlands defended, his resolution to. annex Cuba, whilo' Fulton 1 Bpokc on a bin of. vital Importance to his j State. Senatorial tradition does not disapprove dis-approve In such cases. You will not bo able to find verification verifica-tion of this -story In' the' permanent Congressional Con-gressional Record because there was a resolution which expunged the matter. Years ago, the rule as' now, prevented i.iuhi"i"'t'n kil uiu iiuum; iiumi employing em-ploying a substitute, and one of the men who reported the debates had one of those unfortunate, not to say disqualifying disquali-fying jags, but as he could get no ono to .take-his place ho went in and did his "turn." Quito a distinguished man, afterward af-terward a. Senntor, took the floor and 'made a very good speech. The stenographer stenog-rapher continued to write, as though getting-every word' of it. The next morning When the Record was published it was found that the stenographer, instead in-stead of following the speech, hnd simply sim-ply written an able and elaborate dis-qulrftlon dis-qulrftlon about the various kinds of whlskios then on the market Of course, the member was furious. H stormed and said things, and tho Speaker ordered or-dered the objectionable matter expunged. ex-punged. That is why you cannot And in tho Record one of the best off-hand descriptions de-scriptions of the different .brands of whisky of a quarter of a century ago that was ever written. f o One would think that Senator Elkins would get dizzy with all the husiness that crowds upon him. He is busy all the time, very seldorii having a spare m6ment. Before he comes to the'Senate in the morning he transacts enough business bus-iness for one ordinary man In a day, but that is not the end. From his com-mlttec-room he is doing business over flic long-distance 'phone, and then he Is down in the Senate engaged in earnest conversation, first with one nnd then with nnother Senator. Soon he will be over on the House sldo discussing .a river and harbor bill with Chairman Burton, or looking up legislation that he 13 trying to got through. He goes, not like a steam engine, because that machine ma-chine is regular, while Elkins is on a dozen. different courses in an hour. Going, Go-ing, going, nil the time, and with a multitude mul-titude of affairs of great magnitude engrossing en-grossing his attention It seema strange that he over rind time to attend to the details. It would he a remarkable event in tho Senate to see Elkins loll back in hie chair and remain there for a whole day. It-would b Something like a late miracle. ' "Is John Sparks coming down here?" asked Senator Warren'of Senator Mew-'lands. Mew-'lands. ' . "Well, I can't say," 'replied Newlands. "Do you mean on a visit or as a Senator?" Sena-tor?" "I hear they are talking about him for Senator':"' responded Warren. "I think he can come if he wants to and tho Democrats control the Nevada Legislature." said Newlantls. "Being a Democrat, I do not express any doubt on that point," he added. "Sparkfl Is one of the most popular men in tho State, and ho would have strong support If lie Is a candidate." "Sparks," continued Warren, "Is a native na-tive of Texas, but gained his business experience In Wyoming. I bought the llrst drove of cattle I ever purchased from him. Ho a a striking figure, standing six feet, three, thin and wiry." . ARTHUR W. DUNN. - : : : : : - . j |