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Show 7 M i j 1 1 iff ' ' 1 1 " 1 -- - - - onrR, plotyresnuonos and nl'l- S 11 In congress know no ( II tlona. Northerners, southern-ere, southern-ere, aaalemora nnl westerner J havo thi'lr alrcngths and their weaknesses, their like and their I II I dislike. Ibclr physical manner- VBwSS '""' nl"1 "'"lr ""'n'"1 ,lll""n' W craslo it llkn all thir human f There have been turn In cm grcse who year In nnd year out n every occasion havo kept hewing to Hie line ot one xrlul loglslntlvo endeavor. John T. Morgan, for yrere senator from the aift'o ot Alabama, Ala-bama, worked lor inniilh untold I" eei-un the adoption by tho lulled Sates government of the Nlraruguna route lor tho' gtcul Intons-ciinlc ennui. I la Inst out. hut It Ih probab'o t!i:it tt facte which ho obtaln-d In IiIh rcscarchi were of ronro value lo tile digger of tho cannl than those gathered ty any other ono man. Senator Morgan, wu f'lVV f 'U noted excop-(km excop-(km lo Hie psnlmlst'a ruin for thi limit of Hi" yenra of ninn Sotne, o, the flippant, ami is slbly Hrrd. a- nature ov'clan d that Mr. Morgana rccclii -aero an l r.gi n-h!s Ills. 'If tlx- volra ; of the Alabama nmn Hnl'lii'fii youinif there ! would have bon lew aim py I'lira In the foliate when ho talked - thai In when .ho tnll.od -on-anr o-tK-r t:n)o-t itii-n ih" liilnmi-i iiHl.' cmi il . JThen II waa lo Ii;- l-i'vo tlio Tie., of Ids malofy There wn snlaiiinoc In Hointur M"fi:an'a apicohos, and II. In much onnnot be ilil .'irMha " vocal i.ftorta of rome rl tho lllce-anl ni.d voiniM' T "ties. Tim nc.nl imk'h words n t Into the Congressional Con-gressional IIimohI ninl llluiuliiiitiil i nai'rii Wlirn tin riwi' to Kpi 'ik niafiv of llio mlli ai! h af Mr. Moruan r"tro:rtii1 in thn Vo-taiiiant or tlio elnak rmm. On'y mt .'ly illil Ii" tnko jiij. ir tt tm-Ili tm-Ili a of 111 rrcllillllt rtlarnurtcitt. Olli o, Im-! nr unwlmly, tin ralil with aouutliliiK of aihna In hla von- that lie wltlioil ho culil InlU In llio hinrh room, for tlii'ro lie would, bo . aura of an auriirnro. Mr. Moiran na no Imporlnllnt. Mm had a fiuir In hla heart of the outroino of tho rnllry of ojpnn-alon. ojpnn-alon. and Ilia nuta of warning that armf rrtitn hla llpa na Irriuent nnd lorrolul. Ono diiy, alter autllnlng the poalilon which he brlli'vod hla ronntry ahould tnko, hla tdre riinie hat to Mm. Benatora atartlt g to leave their acata aunk nark and llatened. The worda fairly rang through the chamber. Thla waa what be ai-ld: I "In thla lofty attitude wo can prove the vlr- ' tue of the republic before the eyea of all man-, man-, kind, or we can act Ita light aa a beacon to warn t cowing genaratlona that, even In tha hlchoat I 1 mok of powar and advAiilM. Ilta rPMblla.1". , J hm vynnmwm of alt eyea la arrrrfnd to the core 1 wltb the aln of covetouaneaa, and la aflame with I the conarquent luat of power that la attended . wtlh the naurpatlona, tyrannlea aud opprekalona. I which have matkod tho cnurae of the nllgarchlea and dcapota that have dlagrared the hlatory of ether nntlona." The aenate of the I'nlled Btntna alanda for dig alty. Homctlmea the dignity la overdone, but, on ono occaalon the Hcnu.e waa undignified to the point of etrlklng aevoral older aepatura with B horror. Hamator Tillman of South Carolina waa making mak-ing nothing Icaa than an InipnaHoned apeerh. Iln waa reaching toward tha aklea of orutory, when Kenator Warren left hla aeat, itnncen of Tillman, and took atatlnn behind tho Hutith Carolinian. The apeoker had both hands lilKh over hla head i directing the aourlng of hla thought" and wordi. Warren took a atop Airward. Hla hand alnln to Tllltnon'a aide, slipped Into hla pocket, nnd I name out again hoidli g In Ita clutch a b g black kotde. i All unconKclmia Tillman went on w ith hla word of lire. '.Vurren held hla find nlort In full view af the prealdlng officer, of his colleagues and the rrnwded galleries. There waa n gasp, then a mothered nnd almullaiuoua gtirgle of horror from a hundred thronta, and then ronrlng luugh-ter luugh-ter ttrii IterUalilo. TIIIninH turned nnd knnwledgn of the nwfulnen of hla situation came to hlui. For ont o, possibly for the first time In hla life, he una atar.Rered to apeechleavness. Ila strove for words, but they fame not nt his ..bidding. Ills tnco first black with anmclhmg like unger. Then tho cloud clcur-rd clcur-rd ii ml n smile hrokn llirutigll. Him cch returned, and two words came: "IJornele ncld." It was borrirtc ncld, but uiiforttinatcV for Mr. Tillman, It had been pill Into a black nnd susph rlnus bottle. A aoro llironl waa the retson for Its earrylntf. nnd wlillo the Hoinh Carolinian la a man of known t rut la. he would not let llio matter loss until be had passed lite bottle and bid forced hliu romrudcg lo smell lliu atuff and make clear hla temK iance recoid. Neither aenato nor liouso mnkea light of pen- etnn pleas In the presence of the gnllurlea, but some of (he would bo pensbmera play cumlc role In the committee mom and corridor. Claim, nnta who can prove things nrc treated na old sol-dlera sol-dlera nnd old aoldlera' w idow ought lo be treated -decintly nnd reverently. (;nnresa In Ita weakness i.ra voted (tension on many an occaalon, though doubles knowing know-ing that the pensions were unearned and undeserved, unde-served, but the day nf that sort of thing Is pnsa-trig. pnsa-trig. If It ha nut altogether gone. One member as asked to use bin Inllueiice lo ac.-ure an iu- reaaa of penalon '"f thwldow -of a aoldlar. , , rif wm aiaiij umKea1 f m wkioa ara . on the paae, aud these he turned over to the ' committee od (lenalona after hi bill had boan Introduced. " The widow did not get her money, and It waa not long before tho whole bouao knew why. The tnemlter who had espoused tho wldow'e cause had been In congresa for ycaia. and the Joko at hla ei pernio waa too good to keop, and one after another nf hla colleaguea walked up to hla desk and eniigrniulnted him on the wisdom shown In tho pica which wa In written form, he had turned In to tha committee to win tha wldow'e It la peihnpa needless to ray that the member mem-ber had never road tho plea. It aet forth the fact Hint while the amount nf pension Incrense tho wlduw of thu soldier hero asked tor wit large. It must be understood "that she came, of . good family, moved In tho bust social circles, and was In need of a large cum of money lo keep up nppcainnces." I'pon occnslon senator and representatives permit per-mit their constituents to do their Inlklug for them In congress. Petitions coino In flood at times, with llio object uf securing legislation by cxiernal pressure. In tno Hmoot ensu, and In llio. punt food und urmy canteen matters the plena of tho peoplo ciime In by the tena of Ihomnnd. The member of both houses present these lei-Irru, lei-Irru, call attention 10 their Import and then allow tho petition lo do tho rest If they uiu potent enough. Hi nator I Jit 1 nicr of South Carolina once Intrih duced n tt'Kid riuiiH bill calling for Ilia expenditure expendi-ture ol government millions for the Improvement of th) liluhways. The nutoiiiobillida nil over the country licean sending letter of approval. They prei'sed Ihelr frienda Into Ihn wilting service, but that they did not uhvny pat-a upon the persuasive merits of the frit nils' productions Is shown fairly fair-ly well by one let'er on tho good roads' subject received by Heiialor Cnllom. II read llko this: Dear Mr. ('ulloui: l'leasti vote for Hits (I -d bill, and you will oblige a fool friend of mine, who rune nu nulornnlulo. Your more or less sincerely. " It waa a Chicago man who wrote thla appeal. There wcro others llko unto It. Tho good'roads hill still aleepa. In the older day the school renders contained thu Bloiy of "111 Try Sir Miller." I'robably everybody know who "I'll Try Hlr Miller," was. Certainly evcybody ought to know, tli n. .lames Miller then n captain, was tho I ero of l.undy' Ijine. lie said ho would try to do the thing nei cdsury for thu Hiiashli.g of the enemy, nnd he did It, and "I'll Try Kir," took thu place of his Christian iiutuo James. Vox variyveral pepreaentatlvea In eongreaa ,T".ad ia cu reeiitaa 10 be uked lor tho bulkllua of a nionumeut to Oeueral Miller at Peterhdro, N. 1I nenr which town "I'll Try Hlr" lived on a farm before the war of 1811, and for yenra aftar lla cloae. The rrpireciitntlvee who had the matter of pushing the bill In hand used tho words of Captain -Miller nt laindy'a I .sue to expres tlnlr own determination to secure victory. vic-tory. Tltry certainly did try, nnd the epcechea that were made before the library committee of congress bold patriotic appeals In every sentence. Apparently, however. It waa eaaler for Miller to rupture a battery against odus than It ae for members of congresa to capture the dollars necessary neces-sary to build a monument of enduring atone to hla memory. It was a case of try and try again. While Ibe catiso of Miller, whose heroism wa worth a doien iimnomcnta, waa being pleaded, rongrex voted money for memorials to other men lot-s do-sotting do-sotting finally, however, a New llainpsblie member v ho had been digging Into hlrtory found out something about "I'll Try Sir s'' career which was not generally known. Coni:res bud been told t lire and ogtiln (hat Ciiptalti Miller not only bud shown conspicuous gallantry nl l.undv Iinu. but that prior to that fight he had tlinolod a superior lorre of llrlllsh nnd Indians nl Managua. Com-tca had nleo been told that Miller hail com-iniiti'lcil com-iniiti'lcil the center column of (ieu-ral Itrowns artiy. allien routed what was apparently nn mei h. linliigly greater forco of the II1I1I1-I1 at I'm.- I i 1 -. 'I he e thing dltln't make nn Impression. Con-grevt Con-grevt ' emed to Ihlnk that Inar mm b hh Miller was 11 m Idler that It was his busttiesa to defeat suei!or force of 1 tin enemy ivny day In tie week without Imposing uny uummm lit raltit'i: duly 011 lotiterlly. The New llaiiipshlie meinlier. houeier, found out that after the war of 1-13 MIHir will buck to hla farm near IVd-hoio. .oel llflds. chopped woo.1 nnd milked the cons Instead of going to Washington to n iK the gov eminent lo do something for hlui nu iiceount of Ills re. Old. Miller s popularity was such nfter the treaty of pence that the government probably would ban) been gh.d to give hi 111 anything Hint It bad to glvo. When "III Try Sir" was nkod why he In Washington, he replied; "When men begin leaving ibo furma for thu 1 Itle the nation will begin to decay." Cmigies waa told of this saying of Miller's, and either admiration for his choice of a farm er life or ela belief that ho was a prophet who betore long might have the iruth of his prophecy proved, brought a favorable i.-port from the committee on library In the mutter of the monument ut lvtersboro. |