Show THE IME FOREIGN C COMMITTEES S There Is Plenty of Work fr Them In Both Houses d SEN COCKRELL OF lo I VMS IU b by 1 a Sixth of f to II lIla t SpecIal Correspondence January 10 0 tere there were tour four commIttees ore cre by the Senate to teal deal wit with th th matei matters pertaining to the islands lately and the tho Hawai HawaiIan In of at Spain tan Ian lUP and on one in hl Ihl the House to deal wIth the same Islands a lumber number ot of hasty hastily that this meant the dismantling ot of the foreign committees s ot of both houses But Dut Buttar tar from I it because the foreign corn com have hae very err much to do of dealing wih wit affairs pertaining to the tho Islands Iia it i true that the foreign committees s heretofore hare handled affairs coming from and Cuba Cuba Previous to the Spanish war we had whatever to do with the Phi Phil Philippines or Porto Ico and relating to those islands Is simplY on an addition to what we hn had h heretofore As a matter ot of fact save the events lend leading In UI to and the actual decar declara declaration ton tion of at WI vai Spain and the Unie United Statts States Cuba WI was really I a very smal small port part of our foreign relations In Inthe Inthe the future the same foreign complications which demand legislative consid tons wi will continue at and theS these Cm corn wi will be tull fully al as Important I as they were previous t to the thu creation ot of the tho new Island m B A OF A VOT VOTE Senator Cockrel Cockrell ot or Missouri II is now his fifth term In the Senate which wi will give him S 30 years ear In that body on nit Starch March 3 1903 IS as long bong as Tom Renton Henton served from the same same State Slate servel Champ Clark of at Misouri Missouri knows the tho history and Industrial condl tons ot of hi his State betor better than nn any oth other other er man I 1 know ant and he li tells much that thatis Is Int interesting concerning Cockrell The u experIence or of Cockrell In Sils Mis lurl sull said Sir Ir Clork has been most Interesting Cockrel was defeated for tor forthe the for tor governor ot of MissourI rl rI by ot of I a vote ote It made him senator during the Cupal campaign n for tor te the nomination frequently made modo the statement that no mater matter who was no mR man coUld throw his hM hat and shout louder for tor the ticket than himself The convention met In Inthe inthe the ball ot of the houle house at the State capi tab The candidateS were In the sea sen senate ate chamber We So have 1 a ay ot of brInging al all Into the Ule on con utter after the nomination defeated as enton well as and al all make speeches speech CARRIED OUT IS IllS PROMISE The candidates were erG waiting as t 1 whIm when n a committee came In and said ld that Cockrel bad been defeated b by of Que vOte V tc and the men W were re into Inlo the thc convention repeated tt that le lie had la made In t tI f f preliminary can canvass vase vass and with th ho took his broad brimmed white slouch hat and threw It clear to the rot roof or of the hal hail at the same time uttering a whoop that shook the building This Incident caused more talk about him than It if he had been named for tor governor and when the legislature met was elect elected elected ed to the senate A peculiarity about it that after atter a man has on onca been made governor he may be re reelected reelected elected but he then retires to private le life I IC Cockrel hal had been elected go gov governo v verno erno that would have been een the end of at him I told him the other day that he ought to hunt up and provIde for tor that man who cast I a sixth ot of a vote against him for tor It made him Senator beyond 11 all queston question A MISSOURI CUSTOM Wi Wilt yoU tel tell me mc asked Senator Tilman Tiliman ot of South Carolina who was In 1511 interested listener how you ou can have bae a sixth of at a vote ote In just this way a r responded Ur Mr Clark There are some very er smal small countes counties II lii Missouri l which ale are allowed only on or two delegates In the con can convention but send trai from six or a dozen men to cast those votes otes each voting as he pleases Thus I it oten often happens that candidates have hae 1 a certain number ot of votes ote and fractions In halves hales thirds fourths and sixths os as the case may be Sonic Some man tram from n a far back county cast calt his sixth of at a a vote ote against Cock Cockrel reli and defeated d hIm It made him rel senator and hel hell remain In the Senate longer than any man who was ever eer evera n a member of that body Then the WAr revenue bi bill was un under tier der consideration Senator Timan ot of South Carolina ofer offered d an amendment putting a dut duty ot of 10 cent cents a pound al on ten tea The Gridiron cub club visited Charles Charleston ton recently and ond Senator Timan was ot of the party part Before Detore you ou people go o home he said L I want you OU to see the theone theone one protected Industry ot of South Caro hina You remember when I got tha that dut duty on ten tea you ou supposed I wanted to raise money for tor the government Wel Well WellI I sn say I wanted to prot protect ct an Infant In Industry ot of South Carolina Ani 5 so on our way hone home we topped stopped at Summer yule le and vilt visited Dr Shepards tea tn farm rn saw time the growing plants plant had the process ot of gathering and curing ex cx explained to us and also sampled for tor time the first time American grown tea For Forten Forten ten years eat Dr Shepard Js has b been en en engage engaged gage In this work work gathering and lP op plying ni all the Information he could ob lain China India and Cey Ceylon lon hen until he ha has become an expert He Ja says s that It fl Is now a success and that his last years cr crp crop amounted to pounds Other sections ma may be adapt ed to tea culture but ho he thinks that there the South ore are great reat for tor I it In Inthe inthe |