RETURNOF SPEAKER KIEFER WAS CZAR OF THE HOUSE WHEN PRESENT SPEAKER ‘*‘JOE” CANNON WAS MEMBER 8 O.e of the Three National Speakers Who Have Been Returned to Congress After a Long Laspe of Years. Warren absence The return of General J. Kiefer to Congress after an of years is of more than passing nterest for the reason that he was Ipeaker of the Ilouse which was or fanized in 1881. It was "a famous Jongress and Kiefer's pathway ot one of roses, Ile became red in a controversy with H. V. Boynton, then dean of the Washing. on correspondents, amd the bitter at- acks of Boyuton had mueh to do © pa wis invol with Kiefer's retirement from public | fe altbough he was but 48 when he | NO INSURANCE LEGISLATION, Congressmen Will Talk, But Won't Pass Bill, Legislative experts at Washington do not look for the passage of an insur ance law during this session of Con- gress, Statesmen of all sorts and con- ditions will talk much about it, There will be a great deal of discussion on the floors of both houses. Senators and Representatives alike will vie with each other in denunciation of the meth- wis of the insurance magnates as ex- posed In the legislative which occurred in New York, Already { divers and sundry lawmakers at bola ends of the Capitol have submitted re- rks that have stirred their constit increased admiration of and alertness of the men whom they have had the wisdom and foresight to send to Congress, But in the end nothing will be done—that fis, nothing except a heap of talk, IIx mi uents to loquence No Constitutional Provision. The reason of this is that the Judi Anished his fourth term in the House, | clary Committees, both of the Senate Bince then he has not has been prominent in civil and mili- tary life. id Nathaniel P. A. Grow. They had been J. WARREN KIEFEI many years before and was notable, Each, like for years without prominence fies but both were when me back. General Kiefer now 8 but remarkably hale and hearty. He was always a conspicuous and is the more so now because of hus white hair and beard which were tawny brown in the days of his speakership. He clings to the garb of fhe old time statesman and wears at times an old fashioned swallow fled coat cut much like the dress goats of to-day. General Kiefer ved four terms in Congress, com- g to Washington first for the special pession of 1877, He was chosen Bpeaker of the 47th Congress, Dec, Sth, 1881, serving but the term. fast year he was nominated for Congress and had no very bard time in getting the homor. The district is strongly republican and his majority [as the largest ever given any candi Keifer, lived | in poll older they 18 one General Kiefer has a great war pecord. As a fighter and leader he bad few equals in the Union army. He was practicing law when the first glarm of war was sounded In 1861 and he at once volnoteered as a priv- tte, Before going to the front be was commissioned major and was pro moted very rapidly, rearing in 1865 as brevet major-genernl and as a briga- dier in active At the battle of the wilder: 18:4 he was severely wound would not give gp. He stayed until Lee sur rendered. A born soldier he could pot resist the call to arms when the war with Spain eame and was made a major-genernl of volunteers, Le commanded a brigade under Sher nD In the Virginia battles that led gp to Appomattox. At the battle of Ballor's Creek, General Kiefer had an experience out of the ordinary. Going alone at dusk to observe the dnes of the enemy he found himself suddenly surrounded by a large body » confederates. They could not dis Hnguish his Federal uniform in the Sark and he was equal to the occas ‘on. Wheeling his horse about he tried out in tones of command “Atten- tion, men, right about face, march.” Fhinking It was one of thelr own ficers the confederates followed him nto the Union eamp where to their lisgust they found themselves prison. rs. He returns to congress vigorous mger for active participation In the souncils of the nation. As an ex- Speaker he has been given a chairman- thip and was also allowed the privilege of choosing his old seat without going nto the lottery scramble, Speaker Pannon was in Cougress during gen ral Kiefer's term as Sneaker and hey were Warm friends General ‘ Kiefer represents one of the best fistricts in Ohl. containing big man. sfacturing establishments. He has ound few of his old colleagues In the House. Many are dead and many more long ago retired to private life, Sannon and Bingham, Hitt ond Payne, also Ketcham of New York, are about all who are now In the House who were with Kiefer in the stirring days of his speakership. SE ——— Very Trying. A man who usually grumbled at everything and on every occhslon, was attacked by rheumatism. He was earefully nursed by his wife, who was very devoted to him, in spite of his fanlt-finding disposition, Sometimes the sight of his suffering caused her to burst into tears as she sat at his bedside, One day a friend of the invalld came In, and asked him sympathetically how he was getting on, “Badly, badly!” he exclaimed; “and it's all my wife's fault.” : “Yes. The doctor told me that damp were bad for me; and there my wife sits and cries just to make alr In the room moist.” a The highest mountain in Afriea is Be rvioe, + IN k% u A) t if on, and miles of snow beén idle but Speakers) mended in the their return): nian | s Fi and House, thus early have about con cluded that ,the Constitution of the is recom message, kind of lation which President's legis 2 AT 48 AND A by Senator pre nt life insurance companies, r other financial magn or Dryden, are directly insurance and are pre therefore, to know better than 1 what the exigencies ol the situation demand 3enator Dryden, who studied law in , but who has not practiced much courts, is of the opinion that! nothing in the Constitution pressed or implied, which Con uld regard as an inhibition | But other members of the who have practiced law clare that in thi statesman is In err § ned th , Benerally picked lawyers Congress compose the Commitide on Judiciary in each house, and it can be positively stated that as the case now stands the majority of the members of both commitices are opposed to the general proposition. It 1s, of course, possible that a bill may be framed bringing the subject within the united powers of the Con n, but n¢ of the measures thus far presented meets the objections of most of the wirts in Congress who ! been ited the matter Is a considerable element in the 1s¢ insistiz that tl t Chief tice Marshall blazed the way for just such an emergency as this in his famous d in effect inter pt i ree between Btates, to say nothing of the applica- bility to this case of another allem bracing decision of his concerning the implied powers of the Constitution. BsiGe ite elas Senate years de the © ftutic ne 03 ave consu on isting rea ecision defi ite commerce as Intercou investigation | the | He returns to Congress as | United States does not provide for the ly all the State governments upon their Banks and Galusha | i NotSatisfactory to Lawyers. But broad as these doctrines are, Judiciary. As usual, the Senate has gone more directly at the subject than has the House, At the opening of the session Senator Culberson, of Texas, introduced a resolution calling upon Congress to investigate the matter thoroughly, with the view of determining the dis. puted point as to the authority of the | lawmaking body to deal with the sub Jeet as recommended by President Roosevelt. This resolujlon was re ferred to the Jadiclary Committee. Two or three days before Con gress adjourned for the holiday re they obviously are not satisfactory to| g good sprinter can cover the distance. | the majority of the lawyers who are| Multiplying gears In the windlass in| members of the two committees on the crease the speed, | Mr. Taggart ls the first to apply thls cess the Senate committee briefly con sidered the proposition presented by | Mr. Culberson, and referred his resolu- tion to a subcommittee with instruc tions to report in extenso as soon as practicable after the holiday recess Tha members of this sub-committee, Tessrs, Clark, Bpooner, Knox, Bacon, end Culberson, fre of opinion that there is no warrant In the Constitution | . Dryden, and apparently all of the in Photos by Nur? Molntosd jn Ussnda. On this mountain there i, ] { determined on this point, and Pat finally | yielded to her “last rayquist.” “I'll lave | {her ride be me side,” he promised, weep- | f lint, "twill shy for Congress to assert over insurance |lentless toward the power which the President, Senator | surance magnates appear to think {sting too small a proportion of carbon. inherent in the legislative department. { ate of soda in the water, Churactoriout pases of tho Cusine. Gametions tava {ald at this juncture to the centraliza- | tion movement which is rapidly becom. CHARACTER OF AARON BURR Meanwhile, a great deal of wire-pull- ing is going on in favor of the general proposition. It cannot be asserted that 1 any one of the numerous bills thus Defender of His Fame Was Willing far presented has the approval either but Didn't Know Tricks of Oratory, of President Roosevelt OF Scuator Dry-| The first secret soclety with which | den, though it is presumed that a meas. a Hilieta - ; | ure embodying their exact views will i was Byer alliliated was called the | be submitted within the next few] Omega,” which was two-thirds liter- | weeks, It is known that so anxious are ary and one-third social, said an old the insurance people for some form of eollege man, who has won dis | | legislation taking away from thei y,eiion as a'national orator and cam | States the supervision of insurance companies that they are prepared to Palgn speaker. In our rival soclety, | spend unlimited money in the work of the “Alpha Rho,” this order of things | education, but thus far they have not| was reversed and we prided ourselves been able to make much headway | greatly on the fact that our “feast of | Like all campaigns of education to! reason” outranked the “flow of soul.” | which Washington has become accus-|Qurs was a good deal of a debating { tomed, it is expected "that the usual|society, and though I early gained amount of speculation as to the out. some reputation as a speaker, I was come will be indulged, but this will feither too bashful er too 1gnorant to not effect the judgment or the conduct take part in any of the debates, of those members of Congress who have| One of intimate chums wag the final decision of the question! named Grant, who excelled in that through their influence with the Judiel- | line and although much younger than | ary Committees, the average member, never hesitated to cross swords with the older ones and was pot infrequently the victor. He was very anxious that I should learn to debate, and frequently urged me to at least make a commencement, arguing that after I had gotten over my embarrassment, I would enjoy the fun and excitement, « The subject of debate one evening was to be, “Was the influence of Aaron Burr, upon the time in which | he lived, good or bad?” Grant knew {that I was quite an admirer of Burr, had read quite extensively about him, both in history and fiction, and said | to mé that this would be an excellent opportunity for me to make my deo | but. In Delaware, Ohlo, an {ingenious cil. Grant himself gen by the name of Taggart lives on a} 4, bigh hill some little distance off the! main road. The hill Is of loose gravel and at its foot Is a small creek, ano cent and ordinary weather, but swelling r i with heavy r . The rural carrier, hose ite extended to Mr, Taggart's nnd requent high wa hilly road such a neonvenience that a for bis wnt ordered the route | during the YOY ced and Mr. Taggart was directed | must not allow m ys« ce hig box on the main road, Mr, | riled or excited, that ggart protested, declaring that ho ally refer to my 1 Jd not walk that distance, Then | 8nd act just as If | uventive brain conceived the trol-l lng with one ¢ r aerial mall box. At a convenient | mates er of his porch he placed 8 wind-| During the day 1 thought much with a small steel cable extending | the important part I was to play in th l there s« ed no | since my States Insist on Rights, A factoreof no Inconsiderable weight in the matter is the insistence of near. rights in the premises, and as Congress does not seem to care to lend further ing an acute Issue in State polities, it is regarded as altogether likely that the Federalization of insurance will at be held in abeyance for some time yet. + fb — Aerial Mail Box. + an Hq looking easily forded ny pr {8, | drunkard nor | assert, and Washington rm On : fur | 4 fact talk argue school | 11d occa id in two of my ley Cort ass, down to the box-post on the main road, coming drama, as around a deeply-grooved wheel on the no reason why post, and back to the porch. As complete suc shown, the box 18 connected In this! the meeting cable, forming the link for the broken seemed to ends. box i The Is fitted with top and by the wheels, which run ont a fixed cable, th 4 stretelied tight from the porch to the and I co post, { Burr =» When the mall carrier reaches the| T box-post (which 1s visible from the sho: ly porch), be puts in the mall and raises | erything that was vil 8 signal. Bome one at the house takes | should have been tris ii ] : Ara mem : K 841 i Italian or a Chinamaz | $ n ] man who oper , ved plainly that he | wsion- | | IVIORPHINE Free Treatment Cured Dr. Waterman, ~ WIN Are Sold Direct From Fact YOU SAVE FROM $75 to $200 When you buy a Wing Plar gale. You l cos only our wl | @ piano, as many still retall dealer's sic | You pay his of the ager lon top of wha {| the manufactur | 1s from $75 10 ” Hon a plano worth saving? SENT ON TRIAL ANYWHERE « WE PAY FREIGHT. . . . 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City, the handle of the windlass and turns |as a traitor, and I found myself wor | it rapidly, and the box, with Its burden | dering how Grant could bly an-| of mall, comes salling up the wire. |swer all these 1 ! The m~il Is then removed and the box) his defense was splendid. Po err Lo THE INGENIOUS MAIL BOX. coasts back to its post. The distance | his usual flery manner and all my for of one hundred yards is covered In| mer admiration for Burr returned and about tea seconds, which 18 as fast asi; 1.0 eager to help defend him. The debater who | was to answer So far as is known, was a slow, earnest speaking fellow; not very bright but accustomed to ar gument and fond of statistics, and evey before he had finished I had again veered around and found I was lowing my faith in my side of the question. When my name was called, I rose as if In a dream, and for about, 1 pre sumed, ten minutes, talked the veriest lot of nonsense that was ever heard in a debating club, If I looked at my {motes | found that I had sald every. di and | | thing about the subject that I could Tv “ idea to a rural mall-box. BR Would Spoil His Pleasure. A certain Irishwoman, on her death bed, called her husband to her side. “Pat- rick.” she said, “I've a last rayquist to make of “1 couldn't rayfuse ye anything, Mary, darlint,” responded the Serrowint husband “Patrick,” § hiaty, $0 emily, I want re vi lave | think of, and If I tried to extomporize, mother ride in the carnage beside ye 10/1 repeated the former things over and me funeril Tis too much ye're askin’ | of me, Mary 1" cried Pat, springing to his over. The ordeal was finally passed feet in desteration Mary however was | 80d 88 I took my seat there was a lit. : fh rnd ' Jn. | tle perfunctogy applause, and then the | president promptly decided the case | against Burr, " n A | Grant was sitting quietly and look- hist, Stic nd Hays, Sar | Ing straight ahead into vacancy and | b, that & wikl® = a noticed he bad made no demonstration Tr uh in my favor, Leaning toward him, I timidly touched him on the shoulder authorities are so re | and said, “Well, old fellow, did I make the adulteration of |a complete failure” “No” he ane food and drugs that recently a soda: | pwered slowly, “You did pretty well fOr water manufacturer was fined for put-|a first attempt, but the devil himself couldn't have made out on which side you were debating.” ve ing bitterly, le The English - pe te tt swims “SUNSHINE AND SHOWERS" P. Wilder, who styles himself “The Prince of Entertainers and the Entertainer on Princes.” : . 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