Show I TWO LEADERS IN tN THE AMERICAN A I ICAN SE SENATE ATE I t 1311 since Ih opening of lit tho Fifty ninth congress It had been that ti n t turo when any meas measure r t tire ure of et Importance I I 1 nCI to tor r efficient leadership should illIQuid comb tip lip both hoth parties In Uio tho United Stales 1 l tangO th themselves under tinder l now lenders r The P t moment mI win ox lol d to with the tho cm a flan of vf tho railroad ruto mutter und cud i the two men Illen slated to lend feud Icu tiro tho re f IIvo forces farces were wert l Huh Halo of ot M Maine Ine t for tor the tho majority and Joseph Jo Weldon Malley Y of ot for tor the minority Mr lit 1 limey Hulley declined the th honor hut hilt Ills lus I II Ii I will bo be dominant In lit party coun cOlin councils cOlinI I ens 1 j It was Willi years ago that Eu lu Eugene gene Hulo Hule first appeared In Washington I to lu assist In to the organization of ot tho Iho I 1 11 congress With a u 1 hiatus of ot fi i only two your yeul ho has been a 1 con ons Sus man at ut llio 1110 national capital since sinco 1309 Ho lie has Leon been Hitting Bitting In delibera deliberation tion on eu thu of ut nil alt o of the presidents I i l dents since Grunt Grant and hu ho h began h t I congressional career under that exe exo executive He itu saw the sun sua of or James 0 rise and net Het et Ho Ito wall a n i Y In when Thomas rhomas II n Heed ap up appeared geared tit nt tho Iho national capital AM As n a aI i I representative ho voted with hi Ii party against tho the annotation of ot Santo Hunto Do In Domingo I mingo and as us u a senator he ho supported the tho annexation of ot Porto POtte tiel He help cd ell to 10 reconstruct tho south und ho took part also In III tho ot Robert Hobert E ELee 1 1 Lee loe 4 Only three Ihre e members of the tho two minuses louseS of ot congress antedate Senator Hale In Int t service In the tho legislature r son Ron and Cullom In III h the tho senate I and t t I Ketchum Ketcham In the house hou e Halos total HI ik I j exceeds that of ot all nil of ot them thorn ex rl k copt Ketchum of o tho the Twenty t t f 1 New York district I Is II thu tho only mem meat member H I ber Ier of ot the present hu 1 who wits was there h when Halu arrived The list of ot Halos I Iq q c colleagues In tho the congress seems seem like n a page from trout the remote past pant pantIn pastIn IJ In those days Schenck was waR house leader I and and un 1 l t i Stevenson were his 1119 fellows Allison t 1 and Logan LOI II wore were w re thoro thero also nl o and a n great array of ot Hay ln State notables I Hank n finks huller Duller Ames and Hoar Haar H nr I f Some Santo of the thu Democrats rots were Voorhees I the rho Tall TUII Sycamore of lr the tho rL Fernando Wood food 00 1 Sunset Cox ox 4 Heck and anil the tho Inimitable Proctor Knott j Mr MI Halo was not 1101 a U member of It the tho It congress A Labor reformer named captured prize at that election j s t Eugene Jo Hale was hunt horn at nl Turner Oxford county Mo Lie o Juno 9 I 1896 18 G lie He lieP r P cOllies comes from old F stock which was web transplanted Iran tram from rant to ton Massachusetts n In 1635 When tho the state I of ot Maine emerged from tho Iho t o great Aca Acadian ca dian dint the tho family migrated I I northward und It did Its Ha full tun share haro In Inthe 1 the Iho building of ot the commonwealth Young Halo was Wl a n bright lad Iud In III a n 1 corn com community of keen witted youngsters Ho Ito never naves went to college colic but lie ho WOK was a 1 pu pUI I till nt It ono ot of excellent academies which fashioned so ninny brilliant In Iii Intellect I tell 1110 arv now ally unhappily extinct ho hll was twenty ho hall had l passed the thu necessary examinations and ana Karl had been bl en admitted to tl tint the bar hal 1 Mr Sir limo Halo was seas a 1 successful lawyer from tho the start For l or ten years ha le de dc der voted himself elt strictly to U Iho the building up m of his hili practice t mek t e and lu our 1 lit ut tho thit Ih close n of t that Unit nt n t tho the ago age of or thirty ho made up his mind to go HO Into politics politic As AI a preparatory school he ho served nerved one ono torn torm In III tho the state I und and IIII made such a Impression that he ho was wai elected to congress without any I a n Y special l lu effort n u rt on Oil Ills hla hI H part tut n lien Mr Ir Halo went Into tho the lower lowerhouse house James Jumes G 0 HUH It as ker From the tho first ho he took n lively Interest In his hla young c and ryas never chary of ot the favors which the speaker has hlll It In III his hili power to bestow be It II was S duo partly to this that hold became one of ot the tho most conspicuous mOil In hi Wash lash lashIngton Washington ington In an all Incredibly short time Hn Un lies UnI on oil his dx I pmt part was s alert and unit a n worker Ho lie was always alway ready to take a hand hnud handIn halldIn In debate and when ho spoke ho found round attentive hearers for tor It soon Boon became apparent that tho the new member from tho the Ina Tree Tren State had something to say aur Hu lie became an nn active participant I In the tho detail business of ot legislation and the tho came speedily I when ho could I manage nn nil appropriation bill with the thu I dexterity of ot an nn old timer The Tho ship shipping I Iping ping cud and industries were wern prominent among his constituency r and he saw to 1 It that tide their Interests were not n ot molested r If It one of ot tho the i iIII I Ing III centers In lit his district nee needed Jed a IL j subsidy hh Mr Ir Hulo hid had hu no nu difficulty in III i I authority for tor the tho grant In the mho constitution and elsewhere el Long Iong be bo before botOle before fore tOle he left lert the thu lower house the tho state of ot Maine llIllIe was convinced that Its Wash Washington ington agent was too loo valuable a 11 nun man manto to lose lOMe There Is Ix a popular notion that the tho United Stales Shies senate Is III n a 1 restful spot and that the atmosphere phero Is III markedly ly somnolent t It 1 Is Iii true nevertheless that It Is In tho the last place Ilia co In tho the world for tor n a 1 alazy lazy man roan no matter how haw hll brilliant ho homay may bo lit Every senator who has hns made mado madea a 1 great name mono for fur himself owes owell It as ns much to his Industry ns nil to his talent There Thero Is In no that I Halo hale has haH over eer t permitted ia r lethargy Y to overtake him There Is hi also an nn absolute certainty that tho the railroad rate rato tilt discussion will bo be the occasion of his hili effort Although Senator turned a u adent dent deut ear eliI to the Importunities n of ot his colleagues to servo thorn them In the limo emer emergency gency nene with the facetious plea that ho lucked lacked Urn the necessary amiability tho the r r r 1 m IA S 1 t ry f J r ef f F B e K t I d I j jr F S SS r Fr Frt t w h s to ti t t r x p r rr Y M r t r t r r t l E y 1 y ra r 1 ter y rr y f l tSi f t r 2 lr n I a tg a y 1 r 1 I F JOSEPH WELDON WELBON BAILEY EUGENE HALE I minority did dill tint not for Cor n a moment doubt that his hist Influence would bo he all nil power powerful fun ful In shaping the tho course to 10 bo be pursued Political events have so arranged themselves that such lIuch a n 1 remit was as In No matter who It Is that retains tho the shell of leadership what whal whatever whatever ever substance there Is III III In It II falls tails nat naturally naty orally mind logically to the man from Texas Joseph Weldon Bailey Is a politician of ot n II decidedly unusual type One fine won wonders dens ders sometimes whether or 01 not he falls tulls within the definition of nr n a politician at all Ho lIe ie III Is never 1101 cr tricky and ho by Is hotly Intolerant of oC those who are arc He Ile does docs I not oven evell maneuver for tor party advantage und and goes nil all ul to trl pieces lleces when ho he discovers ers that some ono one hits has been trying to todo toIl do Il d 0 so nt nt at his hll expanse That was hlll hid only on IS excuse fur for an nn Inkstand at tho the head of u It fellow tellow senator on all a IL certain never lover to tn he Ie forgotten occasion greatly to the tho detriment of ot l his hili iti own reputation both hoth us its a It marksman mind and as its a man Inan of or oven onn nt It has long been kno knotul n 1 JY y his hili friends that his weak point as a leader IB is his hili disposition to Ignite too quickly and amt to burn hurn too fiercely Ho Ito pulls no wires s and has hus no nn patience with political log rolling Ho hit could coul never become tho exponent of oC any nil po political political machine He lIe Is far Car too loo Impulsive sive alo and too loo outspoken for tor machine methods Although he ho has haR been In po political political life lito so many years ho has hus trade made maden n a point of ot steering clear of ot the ways WIl S of ot the veteran politician He lie Is still young very cr young for Cor u n senator and ami fora for Cor n 1 man Inan manof I IJ of n J f his hiM In experience z It tn may t Y almost mano bo b o I vald of ut him that hu Iro began b g nn his public I career us liS n a boy ho ills His character r has baa developed and shaped Itself In n tho ho full Cult glare Inre of ot public life Moat bloat men uen of his hili fortunes have havo through yetis years of ot rerat f end uro lire rolls fully developed 1 lot e to nd 0 and seasoned Reasoned onell by the iho time th they y attract at nt attentIon tent Ion had to make hits his mis mistakes mistakes takes and 1111 bo be taught his hili lesions utter niter he had become a 1 In lit national poll 1011 ties tics Horn Born In l county Miss In 1163 the tho senators early life WOlf was pulsed passed cl In Inn h hn n 1 rough and rather lawless hatless In environ environment ment The Thu atmosphere of oC his child childhood hood was not conducive to le the time develop of character since I ho was In n a country tavern taverna a tearful fearful school for tor n boy hoy so BO keenly ai at aiwas n was Joseph Jo Weldon l Ills hits com cont companions l were wild anil reckless s spirits and about the tho only oue of or the un unsavory savory company that dill did not net refit fall n a Vic vie Victim tin tim to his surroundings I MI Writ the th future futuro senator Ho Ito himself for tor nd nel mission to the tho bar tor and begun thu tho ho practice ice tice of ot tho the law when ho Ito was twenty All the lie time into ho loo never reused censed to 10 long for tor better things but he ho could COli not find them In county Finally an nn uncle who lived In made mailo up his hili mind to do ilo something for tur hl bright nephew and guve him hint money mono to emigrate to Texas At that time Into he was Willi a curiosity even aven In Gainesville tho the Texas town In which ho hi hung out his shingle 1 r le Ho wore long hair end and an a n slouch hat lint and coat clat of or a II pattern peculiar liar to county coun but bul he was so 51 abnormally bright that he could not re 10 remain remain main undiscovered Haw Ilaw boy 10 that ho lie was wa no one ono laughed long at Ho lie sprang Into prominence anti lead leall leadership cl at ul once Ho was sent Bent ns n n dole dele delegates gates gate to 10 a II deadlocked congressional con convention Some Home one ono proposed to 10 break brak the iho deadlock by br nominating II 1 The rho suggestion took look like nut and It was erns galleys own doings that ho he was not nol nominated Ho lie was WIlM as pledged to another r candidate and It II was a nut not In ht him to take tako advantage tage lago of ot tho opportunity thul offered lIe He declared that he was not n a candi candidate date dale but all ull In vain min Ills His protests were disregarded until finally ho mounted a 11 chair and announced that lint linthe he was under and could nn no serve That Thal of ot course settled It but bUI buthe he Ito hUll hud neglected to state that tic h would reach the II prescribed ago age before beCore the tho time for tor beginning the term limn Two years later latel he lie became a n candidate can and 1111 won iron easily That was fifteen years Carlf ago and the tho tall lall lanky youth has developed Into lino Inton linoa a n handsome and amid stately ely figure moving among the Iho nations solons with an nu easy majesty and aliI commanding their lieu r strain strained ed cd attention when hits his sonorous voice begins to roll across the limo s chant chan chamber her ber Mr Bailey Malley does not mint speak often In tho the senile senate When ho he does line there Is IH an ac lic accent accent cent of ot finality bout his hl 4 speech When ho he Is III done there thero Is nothing more to bo be salt said on an his side of or the question IIIi argument goes directly to tel the bottom holtom of ot tho the matter with a 1 crash Every Iver sentence Is compact and aid full Cull of ot meat It His Is very seldom Indeed that any mem member member ber bel of ot his hll party finds It necessary to II supplement ono one of ot Senator 1111 11 speeches with remarks of ot his own E L |