| Show STUDENT LIFE 74 defeat tile conclusion being in al- most every instance that the feud would grow more bitter During the rest of the school year each antagonist kept an eagle eye on the other but no open trouble re- hasulted although the deep-dye- d tred was there June rolled around and with it came that time which a college man never forgets the time when he leaves his alma mater and goes into tbc cold hard world to work out his own “salvation” “Dynamite” and “Brimstone” were among those who awaited Commencement day with pleasure but yet with a tinge of pain for both of them loved “Fair Harvard” When the two reand had ceived their “sheep-skins- ” bowed their heads in the last benediction they went forth to play their biggest game of all — that of Life There was but one week left for the special session of Congress to finish business and adjourn and excitement was at a high pitch On November 16 1901 the dailies were running “head liners” of extraordinary size announcing that probably House Bill No 231 would pass If this bill became a law it meant a victory for the Colorado Texas & Southwestern Railroad a colossal corporation of the middle west House Bill No 231 provided for the opening of the Texarkana Indian Reservation in Oklahoma From the surface the bill appeared harmless but its opponents claimed a “gigantic deal” was on whereby the C T & S W R R would become the bona fide owners of the country thrown open In this particular section of Oklahoma there were known to exist rich sulphur mines and the individuals who secured control of it could become wealthv The opposition to the bill was in the Senate and it was led by Senator Ilarkney of Missouri He had e of “Dynabeen given the mite” Harkney by the local rebecause of his strenporters to the bill uous opposition in had The bill question its earnest friends and supporters and the man who led this faction was Senator Tom Harper from a western state Manv rumors were in the air and the most dangerous one to the bill was that Senator Harper was only a tool in the hands of the railroad company and that the real man who was directing the fight for the passage of the act was President “Brimstone” Varley of the C T & S V R R So prominent had Varley become in Washington politics that an ingenious reporter on the “Star” had given him the forename he now carried It became evident to the supporters of the bill that it would have to be brought to a vote as soon as possible An afternon edition of the Washington papers published on Friday before the adjournment on the following Tuesday announced that the respective forces had gom into private consultations The outcome of the closed meetings was watched with wide interest im-mense- nick-nam- lv |
