Show I I L NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY I ITHE I THE SENATOR WHO OFFERED TO T 0 SELL HIMSELF By So 5 Eo B Edwards Thia daily series sorie ot of anecdotes and Incidents that throw now and frequently dramatic light Ight on tam famous OIlS events and ot of tho past have been hlen collected b by Edwards durin daring g nearly years ot or moro more or loss losa Inti Intimate mate acquaintance wIth many ot of the lenders leaders since tho Civil War Cash anecdote or Incident Is tre h from Mr Ed Edwards notebook and either In or 01 In part It constitutes New News ot of Yesterday garnered from the tho mon men who made the from eq sources As Im Important portent contributions ot of the Human Interest sen sort to American history these articles have a 0 distinctive v value all aJi their own The late IB Isaac aC H Bromley who wan or for many years ot of the c editors of the tho New York Tribune and was ro re regarded n da unsurpassed for tor the brIl haney of his wit and the fine fino quality ot of othis his En II h tyle was also for some somo y s tI officer under the tho federal guy gov ot of tte 10 Union Pacific at the tho time Imo whet when the headquarters of that v r at Boston Doston A year or orto two to after Ir dr association the tho Union Pacific WI was ended b brea by rea reason on of oC the tho purchase of the property by Ja Jay Gou ho told to me some ot of othis his ti Int interesting experiences while In that railway service Benleo But I think the most sensational certainly tho most startling experience I had said Mr was one I if told to me as being the ox e ot Of another I should be In Inclined dIned to doubt For Involved it a great hock hoek and taught mo me that long as wo we live wo we are constantly discoverIng new features ot of human nature There Thero WI was a meeting ot of the tho board one da day and In the tho course or of It t o s brought In that there was In the anteroom a gentleman wl who o do de sired to appear the tho board and make n a statement It was an unusual request but In view ot of tho national reputation that this roan man had we were bound to hear what he had to sa say He was n ft United States senator H HIns was Ins idolized b by the people of oC his tato He was wag especially regarded as the tho true trite frIend ot of the plain people and he cul cultivated to the utmost a 0 sort or of rough and ready manner and personal ap appearance ce In due time he was admitted to the tho room I knew him b by sight and had often octen seen him In his place In the senate enate Ot Of course courso wo vero all curious to know why ho should have appeared before us at that time He began n by saying that ho was a practical man and an In the tho habit ot of corn coin coining cornIng Ing right to tho point and It at once backed up his statement by declaring that M he wanted very ery much to be re M ai special counsel for tor the rail railroad road company without public nn an announcement of oC the ilie fact He was sure he said that ho he could l be ot of great gr at ice Ico to us and could always be relied upon to answer any Iny call for services At his one or of the tOIl the senator what ho hn had In mind as a retainer fee Cee He replied that ho he thought a 0 year was the tho prop er Cr sum I um Well Vell that was not an excessive re tamer In case Ito he rendered 0 Jar In the tho way ot of service w ire had paUl larger counsel fins Cees than that In a single case But wo we wanted to know what kInd of services the tho Senator 1 pro proposed 10 posed to rendel I shall never nover for tor forget get the tho slowly Increasing look or of amazement with which we vo heard him specify the sort of oC services hO he had In mind Tout company compan he said Mid js is con In proposed federal legislation You are arc anxious either to procure favorable or to pro vent ent hostile enactment Now I can call cannot not promise YOU that I can secure ra a action on an any measure you want passed but I can assure you that I can prevent the pass Passage c of oC any an legislation through the tho senate ronato that you blocked How can you ou do that he w wan asked Well Veil there are arc good many was WIlS the tho reply You know knew wo we dont have an any In the Then each senator Is supposed to do a favor It if ho he can for tor an any other senator and besides there aro other oilier waye ot of action netlon Then wo we are arc to understand queried a director that for a retainer of oC a 0 year you agree to prevent the adoption by the tito senate ot of an any Ie leg which wo we oppose That iS n Just my proposition an answered tho senator calmly and with Ill as great freedom from shame as he would havo shown if IC we had hod offered him a 0 re tamer to a 1 case caso for us before tie Ule court Not a word was wai spoken for a few minutes The senator standing there thoro must havo read our answer In our faces aces At last the tho president ot of the tho board Charles Francis Adams turned to the tho attendant Kindly open the door for the tho gentleman ho he said Without n a word the tho senator went out and after aCtor ho was gono wo we sat In dumb amaze amazement ment for a 0 tew fw moments Nor waS the matter ever referred to It was vas passed over In humiliating silence |