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Alice, by her very presence, her calm acceptance of life as it shaped itself, soothed Isabelle's restlessness, suggested trust and confidence. "You are a dear," she whispered to her cousin. "I am so glad you are to be near me in St. Louis!" Isabelle saw the fat headlines in the Pittsburg paper that the porter brought her, "Congressman Darnell and his wife killed!"
Congressman Mallard spoke less than an hour, and this time he did not make the speech of his life. Wednesday night thirty policemen were on duty at Madison Square Garden, Acting Captain O'Hara of the West Thirtieth Street Station being in command. Over the telephone to headquarters O'Hara, at eight-thirty, reported that his tally accounted for two hundred and eighty-one persons present.
There is something so restful and easy about public business! It is so simple! Take the average Congressman. The Secretary of the Treasury sends in an elaborate report a budget, in fact involving a complete and harmonious scheme of revenue and expenditure. Must the Congressman read it? No; it is not necessary to do that; he only cares for practical measures. Or a financial bill is brought in.
The assembled two hundred and eighty-one had heard the statement in silence and forthwith had departed in a quiet and orderly manner. O'Hara asked permission to send his men back to the station house. Congressman Mallard returned to Washington on the midnight train, his secretary accompanying him.
His son's here now. Been breaking all records for drinking. Congressman Norton of Mississippi has been down here with him a few times. There young Langdon is now." Haines turned quickly, just in time to bump into a tall, slender young man, who was walking unevenly in the direction of the café. "Well, can't you see what you're doing?" muttered the tall young man thickly. Haines smiled.
"Guess she's more dangerous than Jethro, now that we've clipped his wings a little." The congressman had heard of Bob's infatuation. Isaac D. Worthington, however, was in a good humor this evening and was moved by a certain curiosity to inspect the girl. Though what he had seen and heard of his son's conduct with her had annoyed him, he did not regard it seriously.
And Douglas had Morgan County, his first home in Illinois, back of him; and Sangamon County, his home since he had gone into the legislature and the Land Office. Douglas was nominated. A cry went up. An experienced Congressman, Mr. May, had been ruthlessly put aside for the sake of an ambitious stripling! The Whigs rejoiced and said that no nomination than that of Douglas could suit them better.
Congressman Hobson, of Merrimac fame, and Ex-President Roosevelt are both wonderful illustrations of the point I am endeavoring to impress upon my readers. I heard Hobson when, in Philadelphia, at a public dinner given in his honor, he made his first speech after his return from Cuba.
His father was an English tenant-farmer who moved with his family to the United States. Mr. Hewitt received a liberal education and became a great success both in business and public life. He was much more than a business man, mayor of New York, or a congressman he was public-spirited and a wise reformer. Mr. Hewitt told me two interesting incidents in his career.
"I've got Senator Langdon interested financially interested," he said. His two hearers exchanged a significant glance. "How?" asked Peabody, sharply. Norton smiled shrewdly. "Well, I just let his son invest $50,000 of the Senator's money in Altacoola land. That ought to help some." Stevens stared in amazement at his Congressman, his eyes threatening to bulge out of his head. "What!" he gasped.
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