BY PAUL. DANBY,
PnOBABLY the most striking personal
figure on the floor of tho House of
Representative during the coming
session of Congress "will be Gonera J
Warren Keifer, of Springfield. O.
Tall, but now somewhat stooped under
the burden of years, rather on tho order
of the late President . Garfield in build,
with ruddy complexion, snow-white hair
and full beard, many would turn to gaze
after him. on first meeting Kolfer. even
were thore nothing about him sartorlally
to call for special attention.
But there is, most derldedly. For. at all
hours of the day. and every day. no mat
ter where he is seen, at least in public,
he wears a full evening suit of broad
cloth, low waistcoat exposing a "vast ex
panse" of shirt bosom swallowtail coat
and all.
Crowning his mllk-whlto poll In tho
Summer time, he wear? a golden yellow
straw -hat; in the cold weather, generally,
a derby; the entire combination being
something for men. If not for the gods, to
stop, look, listen and winder at.
Only the other day he put in an appear
ance on Wall street. In New York, where
men garbed as he was haven't been seen
in tho daytime for a couple of genera
tions and whore he naturally attracted
all sorts of attention.
Cannon Served With Itcifer 20
Ycurs Ago or More.
ALTHOUGH Representative Keifer will
be a new figure to tho majority in
"Washington, both in the House and out
of Jt, there are oldtlmers who will remem
ber the days when he was the biggest
figure of all in the House. Uncle Joe
Cannon is one of these. As, standing be
hind the Speaker's desk, he declares the
session begun, and, looking over the Re
publican side of tho House, copies Kelf
cr's snowy head above his Representa
tive's desk. Uncle Joe's mind must surely
revert to "the dav, more than 20 years
ago, when Keifer occupied the Speaker's
desk and he. Cannon, was a comparative
ly young member, though a veteran even
then.
Mr. Keifer is a veteran of the Civil
War. sorvlng with credit in campaigns
fought out in West Virginia. Kentucky.
Tennessee. Alabama and Georgia, with
such credit that when tho war closed,
having risen to the rank of Colonel, he
was brevetted a Brigadier-General. He
began his active career In politics In 1874,
and passed through the Ohio State Sonate
to the 45th Congress as a member of the
House in 1S76. He was hi Congress eight
years, being Speaker in the middle 0s.
His troubles while Speaker, now forgot
ten by pretty nearly everybody, woro so
strenuous as to fill many columns In tho
newspapers. This was partly because
some of his troubles were with the news
paper correspondents. Even the oldtlmers
In the House gallery have forgotten many
of the details, but it is. remembered that
at one time he wanted to close the gallery
because of the things that were printed
about him and also that he made serious
charges against a certain correspondent,
now dead, which only served to make the
situation more strained than ever.
Recalling these charges, an old news
paper man remembers that they wore di
rect, specific and serious, and that If they
had been true the correspondent should
have been punished. An Investigation fol
lowed, the result being a resolution by
tho investigating committee that the
charges were not sustained.
All this happened so long ago that it Is
hardly worth while to go Into details
now. The correspondent was very popu
lar with his fellows, and many bitter
articles were printed about the Speaker
by newspapers of every political persua
sion. General Keifer dropped out of
prominent notice soon afterward. The
feeling remained strongly against him for
several years, so strongly that being chos
en by the Army of the Cumberland to
eulogize President Garfield when a statue
to the dead President was dedicated many
protests found their way into print.
This was in 1SS7. and General Keifer
made little stir in the newspapers, beyond
being mentioned for Governor of Ohio.
In IS94. for 11 years. When in 1S9S. while
the Spanish war was on. President Mc
Kinley nominated him a Major-General
of volunteers, the old sores seemed hoaled
and there was no outcry.
Keifer whs made Speaker through an
arrangement between Don Cameron, of
Pennsylvania, who promised the support
of his delegation to him for the Speaker
ship in return for Ohio's support of Cam
eron's candidate for Speaker's clerk. This
defeated the late Frank Hiscock. of New
York, for the Speakership. What wore
known as the "gag rules" of the 47th Con
gress were applied in the House while
Keifer was Speaker.
At 69 General Keifer Is unusually hale
and hearty for a man of his age.
How Sloat Fut,sett Was Hoodooed
by Ills Lack of a Coat.
IT IS not of record that General Keifer
was ever hoodooed "by his swallow
tall coat, but J. Sloat Fassett, from New
York, who will appear on the floor of the
House as a member for the first time
Curing the comics session, surely, was hoo
dooed by the laok of one, when running
for Governor of New York on the Repub
lican ticket in 1ES1.
He was making his campaign on the
anti-Tammany basis, and was striving
for olection with all the energy he pos
sessed. He was especially anxious to
win a big vote on the Bast' Side in the
city o"f New York, and he made the mis
take of not dressing for the part when
delivering an address in that part of town.
He went further. It was a not night
and, apparently that he might seem "free
and easy" before an audience of work
ingmcn. he pulled off his coat and spoke
In his shirt sleeves. The effect was
exactly contrary to what he expected.
Those in the audience were displeased by
what they thought discourtesy to them
and the opposition set up a great cry that
he had beon extremely impolite to a lot
of honest worklngmen. They thought
they were plenty good enough to be treat
ed to an exhibition of the best manners
the speaker had in stock.
Iater in the same campaign a speaker,
through a slip of the tongue, alluded to
him ,as "Joe Slate" Fassett. instead of J.
Sloat Fassett. and the opposition news
papers, which had often alluded to
him as T. C. Piatt's "slate" candidate,
had plenty 'of fun over the mistake. It
seems strange that such tilings should
make or mar a candidate's future, but be
yond a doubt these two errors contrib
uted heavily to Mr. Fassett's defeat.
He was a member of the New York leg
islature before this, and made a mark
for himself in this capacity. When he
ran for Governor he was known as "young
Mr. Fassett": he is now 'well alpng in
middle life 62 and looks his years. He
has a clean-cut face, with a massive brow,
is a highly effective speaker, and may be
heard from.
It may be said for him that lie Is a
good sport in politics. His defeat in
1S91 for the Governorship was a crush
ing blow, and in 1S94 he got a still greater
setback, if possible, in being defeated for
the Gubernatorial nomination after a des
perate contest for It. but he was never
backward lr. doing all he could for his
party.
Mr. Fassett will be one of the richest
members. He married Miss Jennie Crock
er, niece of the millionaire railroad-builder,
herself a mllllonalre-is. If they choose
the Fassetts are quite able to figure eager
ly in Capital society this Winter.
Some Personal Characteristics of
Jjii Follette, of Wisconsin.
ROBERT MARION LA FOLTJETTE, the
new Senator from "Wisconsin, though
never before a member of the Upper
House, was a Representative for three
terms, beginning in 1SS4 and ending In
1900, with the Democratic landslide of 1XL
He was on the ways and means commit
tee when the McKlnlcy bill whs drawn
and his career as Governor of Wisconsin,
from which xst ho rotlred to make the
Senate; is still fresh in the mind of the
public.
To his friends In the Badger state. la
Follette Is plain "Bob." Whon they wish
to be more formal, they call him "Little
Bob." and now and than seme admirer
with a bit of poetry In his soul makes
a few remarks about the "Little Lion
of Wisconsin."
Laok of Inches has always been a sen
sitive point with the Senator. Ho Is
only S feet 5 or 6 Inches tall and would
like to be a C-footor. His first ambition
was to become an actor of Shakespearean
rolos. but a famous tragedian discour
aged him. "You are too short," he said,
and with a slew La Follette turned his
energies to the law and to politics.
He Is a well-built, athletic, energetic,
good-looking man with a high, broad
forehead, a square Jaw. a pair of keen
brown eyes, and an aggressive, wavy
pompadour. Ho has a ready smile and
a handshake that makes the other follow
lomember the day his fingers get caught
In a door.
Like Blaine, they say he never forgets
a face or the name that goes with it, but
there Is a story to the effect that he has
a card index system containing the name
of everj Wisconsin man he lias ever mot
La Follette is 40 and of Frcnoh Hugue
not extraction. He was born In a leg
cabin. Thus he comes near being of the
old-fashioned type of statesman. He -had
to learn to make his own way when 12,
for then his father died and the boy had
to run the farm and get what education
ho could at district schools.
His strong bent was in the line 'of
declamation, and from early boyhood
he was in demand at spelling schools
and church soolablos. "Spartacus to
the Gladiators" and "Curfew Must Not
Ring Tonight" were favorites Jn those
days, and young La Follette could re
cite them better than any boy in the
country. In 1575 the family moved to
Madison, and three years later ho en
tered the University of WIseonsln. He
worked his way through college, and
at the same time assisted his mother In
supporting the family. One Winter he
earned money by teaching a country
school 10 miles from Madison. Part of
the time he edited the university paper.
Shakespeare was his favorite author,
and he devoted hours to the study of
the characters of Iago and Hamlet. He
took a prominent part in the literary
and debating societies, antl -won tho
oratorical championship of the univer-
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sity Ik 1S7S with an deration on la go.
Using the same declamation, he next
captured the championship of the state,
and lator the Interstate championship.
In which he was pitted against the
premier college orators of Indiana. Il
linois. Iowa. Missouri and Ohio. When
he returned to Madison the students of
the university carried him on tholr
shoulders from the train to the campus.'
lit bonfires in his honor and hired a
band to add to the impresaiveness of
Jhe occasion.
They say La Follette -would rather
fight than oat. and his militant political
career bears out the statement. But
he has a sense of humor, too. His
daughter. Miss Fola, who Is an actress
in Miss Rohan's company, tells this
story about him:
During his Congressional career he
lived In n boarding-house. One day at
dinner he found a carpet tack in his
mince pie.
"Mary," he called, addressing: the
waitress.
"What is It. sorr she asked.
He held up the bit of misplaced hard
ware. "If you'll bring; me a hammer. h6
said gravely, "I'll nail down the lid of
this pic!"
The Making
vlm Y DEAR JOHN: Your letter re
minds me of a German woman
who lived in the little town in
Missouri where I was raised. She was a
cheerful individual, of the Mrs. Wlggs
type, and she had a laugh that would
roll across the village like a peal of
Spring thunder. Its reverberations were
infectious, and no matter how worn and
tired, no matter how troubled my fel-low-dtlzens
would be, they would echo
a smile, and peace and contentment
would settle down upon the whole com
munity. Why, I've scon town meetings
of the most violent character turned Into
love feasts, by the Influence of that laugh
poured through the open windows of the
"City Hall." But that Isn't what I want
ed to toll you about. Mrs. Schroidcr be
lieved In the gospel of work. She was
nevur idle. From sun up to sunset and
after she was busy. Everything about
her llule house shone like new silver
from the repeated scrubbing and polish
ing she'gave It. She assaulted dirt with
the vehemence of an American and the
thoroughness of a Teuton. Rest was a
luxury she disdained, and yet she -was
always healthy and always happy.
"How Is It. Mrs. Schrelder," she was
oftc asked, "that you are so happy all
the timer'
"Ach. Gott!" she would exclaim, with
that Irresistible laugh. "I haf no time
for anytlngs udder.
You say your wife "shall never work
If you can help it," That sounds quite
heroic and looks vory well on paper, hut
it's ridiculous if you -don't mean it. and a
serious mistake If you do. It Isn't orig
inal with you; I have heard it a great
many times In my life. Some of the
men who said It did their best to live up
to It, and some of them succeeded, to the
sorrow of their wi-es, but there were
several who afterward made their wives
work like slaves and occasionally beat
them. Between the pampered and mis
erable doll and the persecuted and equal
ly miserable household slave there is a
happy medium, and It isn't hard to
find it
There Is an old axiom that "there is
no excellence without great labor." and
It Is equally true that there is no happi
ness without occupation. Work of some
description Is as necessary to our men
tal as food to our physical well-being.
We somehow cherish the delusion that
well-financed idleness is the acme of
earthly bliss, and yet when we get a
two weeks vacation, no matter bow well
filled our pockets, we begin to feel weary
of it at the end of the first week and
are impatlont to get back into the har
ness before our time is up. Some can
stand It longer than others, but there are
mighty few who can contentedly do noth
ing for any considerable period of lime.
"Oh. hut you're talking about men." I
hear you nay. "Women are different-"
That's just where you're wrong, my boy.
Women, in this respect, are not different.
They must haw something to do. and
the man who imposes a life of Idleness
upon his wife believing he is thereby con
jiibutlng to her happinc is making a
Shortly after returning to Wisconsin
he began his long struggle against the
Republican state organization. In 1S94
he promised Nils Haugcn. candidate for
Governor, the delegates from Dane
County. Haugcn was not favored by
tho regular organization. The night
the first primaries were held La Fol
lette did not" secure a' single delegate.
To win he must carry every remaining
primary In the county. Ills friends all
threw up the sponge and told him the
fight was absolutely hopeless.
"Boys." cried La Follette, Tm going
to carry every remaining: primary In
Dane County, If I" have to crawl there
on my hands and knees!" He carried
them.
One remarkable thing about La Fol
letfe's success is the fact that during
three of the most strenuous and crit
of a Successful
blunder that he will pay well for In after
years. I grant that his Intentions are
good, but they are of the same character
as those used in certain quarters for pav
ing material, and unless the wife L an
invalid or Is exceptionally constituted,
his object, prompted by love as It may
bo. will not be attained, because nature
has implanted in every normal human
mind a strong and overwhelming desire
for action. The world must be kept mov
ing, and It's up to us to turn the crank.
The labor of woman Is as necessary to
progress as is that of man. and It doesn't
matter whether It is your wife or my
wife or the hod carrier's wife, each has
a definite duty to perform and will find
her greatest happiness In Its perform
ance. Now. don't go off half-cocked. I don't
want to see your wife scrubbing the front
steps although in a case of necessity
even that probably would do her no
barm. I wouldn't have her do anything
but that which she Is physically able to
do and wants to do. Mind what I say
now wants to do. The fact that so
many women arc useless dolls Is mainly
due to foolish young husbands like your
self who force their wives to a life of
Inaction. If given their own way they
would choose labor of some character,
and ninety per cent of them, impelled by
a dlvlnely-given instinct, would say
housekeeping.
Among my acquaintances Is a young
man who has that Idea very deeply im
pressed. When he was married three
or four years ago he took his beauti
ful wife to a boarding-house and has
kept her there ever since. She pleaded
for a home, but he would not have her
soil her hands. The Inactivity of a
boarding-house was to her unbearable.
She has a very fine voice and rare dra
matic talent. He reluctantly consented
to allow her to give music lessons.
Now her Income is larger than his own.
a brilliant future is open to her. and
'yet she continues to plead for a home;
Just a little flat where she could do
all the work herself: where he and she
would be all In all to each other. She
Just had to do something; but she
would Infinitely prefer the labors of a
home, with Its cares and Its Joys, to
the triumphs of her profession.
The home is the best place for the
development and exercise of a. woman's
talents for numerous reasons, most of
which arc entirely obvious. Whether
It Is an original gift to the sex or the
result of the training of thousands of
years is Immaterial. The fact remains
that she shines with greatest bril
liancy In the domestic atmosphere, and
here she should be allowed to sparkle
unshadowed. The majority of women
realize their duties and responsibili
ties and desire to 'fulfill them. They
know that they can best be fulfilled in
the home, and If let alone they will
derive the greatest amount of satis
faction and contentment from the per
formance of the tasks which home ser
vice brings to them. I don't believe
that a woman should be a drudge. I
don't bellevo that she should be re
quired or allowed to do more than she
wants to Jo. When her work ceases to
be a pleasure, then It has passed the
limit of expediency and defeats its
most imporUat object, dYfcere the line
ical years of his fight for the Governor
ship he was flat on his back in bed at
least six months of each year. His
malady was a peculiar stomach affec
tion, and physicians seemed unable to
help him. His enemies felt confident
that he was going- to die. Most men
would have been discouraged, but La
Follette pushed his campaign with tire
Husband No. XI
should be drawn depends entirely upon
her temperament and her physical
strength. Sjrae women can do Joyfully
and with benefit to themselves an
amount of labor that would destroy
others. And there are some women,
like some men. whose excess energy
carries them far beyond their physical
powers. Too rduch work Is as bad as
Idleness. There Is a golden mean, and
Instead of trying to prevent Anna May
from doing any work at all, you should
exercise your authority or your In
fluence, whichever you please to call
It, to keep her from doing too much.
I ay this because I've got an Idea
that she's a hustler, and while hustlers
are admirable people, as a rule, they
need a little restraint exercised for
their own good. However, there are
not many women who need a check-rein
In the matter of work. They are a
good deal like us men In that respect.
Most of use believe in temperance
when it comes to labor, and some of us
are total abstainers. But whether men
or women, we are all better off If we
perform a reasonable amount of good,
honest work every day, and fortunate
ly the ones of cither sex who are con
tent to do nothing are comparatively
few.
Your wife must have something to do,
and your silly pride should not stand In
the way of the doing. Idleness provides
more cases for the divorce courts than
any other single agency. It doesn't
usually appear in the evidence under that
name, but it's responsible Just the same.
Most frequently it Is disguised as Incom
patibility of temperament, which means
that Mrs. Jones has sat In an easy chair
and lolled away her happiness. Discon
tent Invariably accompanies inaction and
In its train arc the other mental and
physical ills which make life unbear
able to herself and bring misery to her
mate. Yet if that same woman were
given something to do. something that
she felt compelled to do, either by duty
or from the sheer love of it. the mere
occupation would remove the shadows
from her mind, bring the blood coursing
through her veins, redden her cheeks and
brighten her eyes, substitute a smile for
a frown and give that zest to life and
love which is the mainspring of happi
ness. No, my boy, let Anna May do
whatever she wants to do within the
bounds of her capacity. If she takes
pleasure in housework, don't hinder her.
There is nothing degrading about It. On
the contrary, there is no more honorable
employment for a wife, and there Is none
by which she can add so much to the
peace and contentment of the home, and
to the happiness of her husband, her
children and herself. Talk as the "ad
vanced woman" may about the enlarge
ment of woman's sphere, she cannot get
away from the fact that Nature's inex
orable laws have given her a field pecu
liarly her own. a field In which she has
no rival. In which she can and docs do
her greatest work for humanity, and that
field is bounded by the four walls of the
home. It Is true that housework has Its
cares, its myriad annoyances that often
bring tears of vexation or discourage
ment, but no method of life has been
yet discovered that does not have a few
kinks in it, and there never will be. It
would be a doggoned monotonous exist
ence anyhow. It's the kinks In life that
.make existence really , worth. whlle4 3flX
less persistence, cured his stomach
trouble by a regular daily routine of
exercises, and won the coveted Gover
norship. La Follette was the first native-born
Governor Wisconsin ever had. He will
be watched with peculiar Interest be
cause of his well-known views on rail
road. rate legislation.
Women Should Work: There Is No Happiness
Without an Occupation.
they are as necessary to the making of a
woman's character as of a man's, pro
vided, of course, there are not too many
of them. When you ntart out for a drive
you don't care for a straight road unless
your only object Is the exhilaration of
motion. If you want to get the greatest
possible enjoyment you choose a winding
road, where curves bring new vistas Into
view at every turn, and so in life but
here. If I keep on in this strain I'll be
writing poetry in a minute, and of 'all
things on earth deliver me from ama
teur poetry, particularly when It's maud
lin. As I was saying, the housewife has her
troubles, great bunches of 'em, but the
woman who pounds a typewriter, or who
stands up behind a counter and nur
murs ''cash." can never know the Joys
that mingle with and overlap the cares
of the wife who looks after her own
household. AVhy. my boy. there never was
a happier woman than your mother, and
she has worked, worked bard, all her
married life not because she had to, for
I've always made enough to take care of
her without It, but because she wanted
to. because she would have been unhappy
otherwise, and I dare you to say, young
man, that Anna May Is any better than
my wife. I Just dare you. No. John. let
her work; let her do Just as much as
she pleases to do. in reason. It won't
hurt her there Is no better exercise in
the world that! housework and it will
make her a better wife and. please God,
a better mother when the time comes.
It is true there are some women, and
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OTBWORTHY In his own state of
Massachusetts because of his own
personality, and sure to be regarded
with expectation the country over be
cause of his antecedents. Is General
Rockwood Hoar, who will take his seat
in the House of Representatives for the
first time next week.
General Hoar Is the son of the la
mented Senator George Frlsble Hoar,
and Is descended from a long- line of
colonial strong men. There Is some
thing In his face that shows kinship
with the Sherman family of Ohio,
which gave the country two remark
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Tecumseh, was one of the greatest
Generals In the Civil War, and the oth
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Rockwood Hoar was named for hi3
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He was a member of the House 30
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If the present Rockwood Hoar lives
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It pains me to see the number growing
larger all the time, who have a strong
aversion to domestic labor. I don't be
lieve Anna May is one of them, but if
she Is, let her follow her bent If it doc?
not destroy your domestic relations. There
Is no more pitiable object on earth thai
a woman of energy and talent compelle I
to live a life of inaction, because her lit
tle tin god of a husband would consider
himself disgraced if she were to do a lit
tle honorable work on her own account.
Don't be that kind of a chump! It'.3 pure
and unadulterated selfishness. That's all
there is to It. If you love your wife give
her freedom; let heir do the work that
pleases her best, for therein lies her
greatest happiness; but keep her at home,
keep her at home. I draw the line there.
If her ambition takes her beyond the por
tals for her labor, employ a housekeeper,
but preserve the home. It Is her haven
and yours. There is no satisfactory sub
stitute for It It attains Its highest glory
when the wife is Its head and directing
force, when her life is mainly devoted to
its welfare, but whether or no. It is home
and nothing else will serve. Your affec
tionate dad, JOHN SNEED.
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