Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, April 12, 1902, Page 6

% g x3 Rasta % (Copyrixht, 1902, by Daily Story Pub. Co.) SERIES SRESRERE SACS SHES SCSI SK BE SIS SIE SIE SIS SCG SK ES BK SA SR All during the sixty days strenuous; on the list was Anderson, a stalwart efforts had been made on the part of fe majority to elect a senator, but @uring the campaign of the fall before % had been openly stated that the leg- ‘stator of the coming session who did met go home “fixed” for life would be foolish. Both sides were expected to ‘use enormous sums of money, and the q@enatorship was expected to be the pzize of the man who was willing to pey the most for it. This was the entiment of a large number of people @aring the campaign. Zong before the first ballot for the senatorship had been cast on the eecond Tuesday of the session, the feaders of the majority had decided that as they had elected a majority af the members of the body, there would be no necessity for them to buy the votes already theirs. They held that the men could not have the “gall” to go back on the constituents whe had elected them, and besides, a cleam election would give their party @ lerge amount of prestige, as it would @erve to give a knockout blow to the wurmsers of corrupt uses of money in fegfsiative halls, when their party was fm control. be When the first ballot was cast, the votes of the majority were badly scat- tered, but day by day, as the balloting proceeded, and the session came near- ee to an end, it was evident that the wates of the majority were simmering d@ewm to two candidates, but it was aise atident that this state of affairs tate’ result of the clever wire-pull- ¢ b€ the opposition, as the candi- dates were old rivals and one would mover give way to the other. The minority, on the other hand, Rad been hanging closely together, and f was clear that they were being maneuvered by a clever political echemer. During the early part of ‘the session that had cast their 35 votes er former Representative Moore, a man who had borne a spotless reputa- Gon, but on the 45th day of the sit- ‘Gag they switched and cast their vote ‘ealidiy for a man who had the repu- ‘tation of being the smoothest politi- eiem fn the state—John Flaherty= who since his defeat for Congress four years before had held a fat federal po- eftien and had built up a political ma- ahime powerful in its environment. ‘When the minority switched to Flaher- ty the leaders of the other side began @@ took worried, for they knew that the skillful politician would stop at mothing to secure an election. ‘Thus it went on during the remain- img Gays of the session, enough mem- ters to cause a deadlock or elect the exfimority candidate, remaining stub- ern and mean, on account of not re- ceiving the price for their vote. ‘fhe session had just taken a five- minute recess, after a twelve hours’ ateting, and the members were just e@xtting back to their seats from the saison across the street. The floor of the Howse was crowded with lobbyists, fer the minority who had been rought from all parts of the state to fend “moral courage” to the men who ‘were to be purchased, and was imme- Giately whispered around that Flaher- ty had fixed the insurgent members of the majority and that he would be elected on the next ballot. ‘The session was called to order, and am fi quiet seemed to come over the packed throng. “We will now proceed with the two ‘undred and cighteenth ballot for the election of a United States senator to cepresent the state,” began the presi- dent. “E demand a call of the house,” shouted a senator who was seated with the majority. Everyone knew that this was merely a subterfuge to ‘gzin time, for it could be told at a glance that every seat was full. Ev- -eryone wondered what was to be gained by the delay, and as soon as te cali began three leaders of the ma- ferity were seen to approach each other aud hold a hurried consultation. The eferk rushed through the call with gvarveicus rapidity. “The members of the joint assem- ‘ly are all present, Mr. President,” ts ennounced. “fhe sergeant-at-arms will see that each member remains in his seat un- “EK wish to explain my vote.” fees be is addressing the chair,” an- geunced the presiding officer, as the gsemrbers began to stir around, and as tthe three majority leaders took their @espective desks, their faces still tiouded with intense anxiety. This @as the condition on the entire ma- ferity side of the house. On the other side, each member seemed to be strug- @iing with an almost uncontrollable ‘wecitement. _ Zhe rolt-call began. The first name minority man. “Flaherty!” he shouted. “Axtell,” called the clerk, and all eyes were turned on the veteran ma jority senator. Axtell was not a lead er in any sense of the term, but he was the. senior member of the party. and his advice was always listened tc with the greatest respect. He was 4 safe counselor. “I wish to explain my vote,” an nounced the gray-haired lawmaker a: he rose from his chair, and every: body listened as he began to speak. He first referred in touching terms to the strong attachments that had sprung ur between the members during their ser vice in the session, and then expressed his sorrow that the bitter struggle on “A newsboy entered with the Morning Enterprise.” the election of a senator had brought about such hard feelings. He then took up the issue of the campaign and related how the majority had been elected pledged to send a man to the federal senate who was in sympathy with their political ideas. At this the recalcitrant members of the majority began to squirm in their seats, and be- fore he had gone far they were look- ing downcast. “You say that if we select a demo- crat who is suitable to you, you will help elect him,” he cried, turning to them. “Who is this man, I demand? Do you mean this statement, or is it |~ but a miserable subterfuge, by which you expect to wait until the last mo- ment and then betray our party? This is your echeme, so it has been openly stated in these halls, and you have not had the courage to deny it. Do you think, men, that you are nervy enough to go back to your democratic con- stituents, after having helped elect Flaherty to the federal senate? “You say that if we select a man who is suitable to you he will be elected. You know that the man you are supporting can never be elected, and I do not believe that the man for whom I have been casting my ballot can at this late hour be successful. Now is your opportunity to prove whether you are men or are cattle, to be bought by the highest bidder. Name some man, I say, and prove your asser- tions. Who is he?” Everybody listened as if expecting an answer, but none came, the mem- bers to whom these burning remarks had been addressed continued to car- ry their half-ashamed, half-defiant look. “Who is he?” repeated the speaker. The silence became painful, but still no reply was forthcoming. Just as the awful quiet seemed to reach the point where it was unbearable, a shrill, sharp voice was heard. “Why don’t you elect Hines?” This seemed to strike the popular chord, and a great hurrah for the old- time ex-governor went up from the majority side. The members who were supposed to have been purchased looked upon that ery as their salva- tion, and they, too, took it up. When the din had, subsided, Axtell raised his voice to its highest pitch and yelled to the clerk: “Record my vote for Hines.” The excitement quieted a bit and the vote proceeded. Every man who had been elected with the majority cast his vote for the big-hearted ex- governor. At its conclusion, amid a deafening roar, the clerk announced the result: Hines, 48; Flaherty, 35. With a shout the president an- nounced the election of Hines, and then gave two sharp raps with his ma- hogany gavel. “The hour of midnight having ar- rived, I now declare this. session ad- journed sine die,” he said. see An hour later, the house was prac- tically deserted. All had gone except two or three members, who were still packing their belongings. A newsboy entered with the morning “Enter- prise,” telling all about the election of the senator. Each member remain- ing bought a copy, and the boy lin- gered a minute as he watched them tie up a number of large bundles of pa- r. “Aint it funny that you fellers ney- er thought about electing Hines until i hollered it out from the back corner of the lobby,” he said. The lawmakers looked at the ragged boy, but said nothing. Ancient Exvptisn Kinzs. as Recent explorations in Egypt have unearthed the consecutive order of 17 kings, thus establishing a firm founda- tion for the investigation of Egyptian history. i aieleseatalyileiclabiceneleiinaiiaiad IN ANCIENT ENT STREETS. POLITICS AT M AT MANDALE. By W. H. W. H. DUFFY. THOROUGHFARES OF THE GREAT CITY OF BABYLON EXPLORED. Paving Done in Style Which Would Pat \ to Shame the Contractors of To-day Excavations tu the Grand Palace of Bc Ushazzar. ‘ here are many Grand streets in the cities of the United States and it is quite possible that the future founders of great centers of population will christen streets yet to come | as “Grand.” Celebrated highways do not, however, always keep up their dignity. Decay comes to them as to mortals and often fortune intervents and racks and ruins a great and famous street. In the long past there was a Grand street in Babylon and of late Dr. Rob- ert Koldowey, with a staff of learned Assyriologists, has come across the great thoroughfare of Babylon. What of your Belgian blocks or your as- phalt?. Common stone was not good enough for the paving of this street. The Babylonians drove their chariots or walked over a pavement made of blocks of ruddy breccia and these were placed with certain respect for de- sign. There were crossings of solid limestone and, what shows that dura- bility was looked for, the superstruc- ture was set on a foundation of brick and held in position by means of a bitumen cement. There was no frost in Babylon and so that pavement might have with- stood the erosive tooth of time, only that when Babylon was no more and a mound all that was left the people in the neighborhood of that tumulus which had for a name Ksar, carried off the stones and brick and built their insignificant hovels with the remains of the noble street. According to recent researches, tne streets of Babylon were named after the temples to which they led. There were, however, streets christened in our ordinary, commonplace way, as Broad street, Water sireet, River street, King street, and there was even —think of it!—a New street. When did the Babylonian contract- ors put in their bids for the making of the streets? Possibly as far back as 600 B. C. We cannot give precisely the date. It might have been some few years later. This Grand street of Babylon, the processional, what did 1t lead up to? To the grand palace, the one Nebuchadnezzar built. That pal- ace is now being dug into. We dc not care a fig to-day for the anathemas of the’ Assyrian gods. With shovel and pick we are getting glimpses of what were the splendors of the past. A vast and superb chamber har come to light, some 120 feet long by 60 broad. And that is a fine propor- tion. As far as can be made out, this chamber, decorated with painted stucco, is the precise room described by the Prophet Hzekiel. Their royal highnesses of Babylon, if the scandal of the times is to be believed, were much given to the use and abuse of strong wine, and this chamber must have been the scene of many orgies. There is an alcove in the room, where the great lord probably sat, and so overlooked the merrymaking. Might it not have been in this very banquetting room that Alexander, having no other worlds to conquer, was worsted by wine and taken ill from a malady which eventually ended his days? Anyhow, it seems probable that Alexander died in the palace, 323 B. C. Then, too, there come the reminiscences of Belshazzar. How he must have shivered when the Persians marched into this palace and his end had come! Notable French Giant. In the latter half of the year 1860, died, near Rouen, at the age of 71, the tallest man in France, Charles Gruel d@iIndrevilie of Nesle in Normandy, who founded, and for many years car- ried on, very extensive glass works at that place, His staturé was nearly seven feet six inches English measure, and his body was stout in proportion. In early life he entered the imperial army as a private soldier, but he soon gained the rank of sub-lieutenant, He was present at the battles of Wasram and Moscow. At one time he was a prisoner of war, and, having fallen ill, he was sent to the hospital of Konigs- berg. This building was sacked by the Russians, and D'Indreville was thrown out into the street, and he passed a whole night in the snow With only a slight covering. He, however, recov- ered, and returned to France, where he set up his glass works, which were of such importance that King Louis Phil- ippe several times visited them. This giant was a member of the Legion of Honor, and filled several local munici- pal offices. The Johu Brown Fort. A decree has been entered by the circuit court for Jefferson county, W. Va., in the case of Alexander Murphy against the administrator of the estate of Miss ‘Kate Field for the sale of a tract of five acres of land, on which she had located the John Brown fort, says the Baltimore Sun. The sale is ordered to be made by special com- missioners of the court to satisfy a debt of $1,116, which Miss Field owed Murphy for the purchase of the land and money loaned. This is tke origi- nal John Brown fort, with authenti¢ record. it is the same building that was on the government property at Harper’s Ferry at the time Brown made his raid, and was tke engine house in which he was captured. It was removed to Chicago during the World’s Fair and exhibited at that ex- position. After the fair Miss Field purchased it and removed it to this tract of land about one mile south of Harper’s Ferry. She was never able to pay all the expenses and her death ‘has caused” 44 aid SOME WONDERFUL CROPS IN WESTERN CANADA. Territorial Governmont. Reports ® Show Results Beyond Bellet. Regina, Assiniboia, Canada, January 10th—At the Agricultural Statistics Branch of the Department of Agricul- ture for tne Territories, reports ‘are now being received from grain thresh- ers throughout the Territories, for Statistical purposes. The reports are somewhat delayed this year, owing to the extensive crop and the delay in getting it threshed. The Department of Agriculture is leading the way in a new departure, with regard to the collection of crop ‘statistics. Im the older provinces, crop estimates are based entirely on the opinion of per- sons interested in the grain business who ought to be, and no doubt are, well posted upon the probable yields. Stili the reports are simply a matter of opinion, in which a mistake may easily be madeg The Territorial De- partment, however, has acopted the system of returns of crops actually threshed, upon which to base their reports. The accuracy of the reports cannot, therefore, be gainsaid, for they represent a compilation of actual threshing results. In this connection, it might be mentioned that the De- partment is organizing a system of growing crop returns, which will be in operation next summer. The infor- mation thus obtained, with estimated acreage, will be available for business men, banks, railway companies, and other interests which have to discount the future in making provision for the conduct of their business. The crop reports already to hand show some remarkable cases of ab- normal development.. In the Regina district, many returns are given of crops of wheat running from 40 to 45 bushels to the acre. J. A. Snell, of Yorkton, threshed 28,000 bushels of bats from 450 acres, an average of 63 bushels per acre for a large acreage. W. R. ltotherwell, of Abernethy, threshed 2,650 bushels of wheat from a 50-acre field, an average of 53 bush- els per acre. In the Edmonton district, T. T. Hutchings threshed 728 bushels of wheat from a ten-acre plot, a1 average of nearly 73 bushels per acre. S. Norman threshed 6,950 bushels of oats from ‘60 acres of land, an average of 116 bushels per acre. The publication of the actual yields or grain threshed will likely open the eyes of the people to the great capabil- ities of the Western Canadian prairies. Stage Divinities on China Plates. China is being brought up to date in an interesting fashion on modern Paris- ian dinner atbles. The China service has twelve covers, which have a por- trait of a different feminine celebrity of the Parisian stage on each plate or dish. Sarah is displayed in the gor- geous imperial vestments of Theodora, Rejane as a fairy, Cleo de Merode as dancing an eighteenth century step, and Bartet in the part of the patient Grisel- da.—New York Herald. In the Wild West. Everybody seemed to avoid the man. “What's the , matter?” asked the stranger from the East. “He is lacking in public spirit,” was the scornful reply. “How is that?” asked the stranger. “Oh, he doesn’t care anything for the general welfare or the enjoyment of the community. Only a mean man would spoil a lynching after a dull sea- son when the boys were just dying for a bit of sport. “Did he do that?” “Sure! Everything was all framed up right, and we had the rope on him, when the darned mean critter up and proved that he wasn't the man we wanted, and we had to let him go. The boys’ll never forgive him for that.”— Elliott Fowler, in the Brooklyn Eagle. Threw His Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.. April 7th— Mr C. L. 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