The news=record. (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1907-1910, May 08, 1909, Saturday Edition, Image 3

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Newspaper Page TextI A GENTLEMAN FROM MISSISSIPPI By THOMAS A. WISE Novelized From the Play by Frederick R. Toombs I Here is a story of an epoch making battle of right against wrong, of honesty against cor ruption, of simplicity and sin cerity against deceit, bribery and intrigue. It is the story of today in this country. It vitally con cerns every man, woman and child in the United States, so far reaching is its influence. The warfare is now going on thewarfare of honest men against corrupt political machines. The story tells the "inside" of the political maneuvers in Wash ington and of the workings of bosses there and elsewhere how they shape men andwomento their ends, how their cunning intrigues extend into the very social life of the nation's capital. You will find inspiration in the career of the honest old southern planter elected to the United States sen ate and .the young newspaper re porter who becomes his private secretary and political pilot. Your heart will beat in sympathy with the love of the secretary and the senator's youngest daughter. You will read of the lobbyists Mnd find that not all of them are men. You wilt see how avarice causes a daughter to conspire against her other. You will hear the note of a gripping national tragedy in the words of Peabody, the "boss of the senate." But cause for laughter as well will not be found lacking in this truly many sided narrative. CHAPTER L PRACTICAL POLITICS. That tofda biro flout the law he makes; That blda blm make the law he flouts. -Kipling. IN buoyant spirit the Hon. Charles Norton rode up the bridle path leading through the Langdou plan tation to the old antebellum home stead which, on a shaded knoll, over looked the winding waters of the Pearl river. No finer prospect was to be had In all Mississippi than greeted the eye from the wide southwest porch, where on warm evenings the Langdons and their frequent guests gathered to dine r to watch the golden splendor of the dying sun. The Langdon family bad long been power in the south. Its sons fought under Andrew Jackson at New Or leans, under Zachary Taylor in the war with Mexico, and in the civil war men of that name left their blood on the fields of Antletam, Shlloh, the Wilderness and Gettysburg. But this family of fighting men, of. unselfish patriots, had also marked influence in the ways of peace, as real patriots should. Generations of Langdons bad taken deepest pride in developing the hundreds of acres of cotton land, whose thousands of four foot rows Dlanted each April spread open tbo Hon. Charles Norton, if. C. silvery lined bolls In July and August, lid the ripened cotton liber, pure white beneath the sun, gave from a distance the picture of an expanse of driven snow. The Hon. Charles Norton had reason for feeling well pleased with the world as be fastened his bay Virginia hunter to a convenient post and strode up the steps of the mansion, which was a characteristic survivor of the "old south,'' the south of gilded romance and of crlDDlnc tragedy. Now in this .--.ml year of his first term as con gressman and a promising member of the younger set of southern lawyers, be bad Just taken active part In se curing the election of Colonel William H. Lanmlon. present heaa or tne rami- ly. to the United States senste. though the ultimate action of the legislature had been realty brought about by lifelong friend of Colonel Langdon, th COPYRIGHT, 1909. BY THOMAS A. WISE senior senator from the state. James 1 Stevens, who had not hesitated to flat- J , tor Norton and use him as a cat's paw. I This use the Hon. Charles Norton I i seemed to consider an honor of large propositions. Not every first term congressman can hope for intimacy with a senator. Norton believed that bis work for Langdon would win him the family's gratitude and thus further his ambition to marry Carolina, the planter's oldest daughter, whose beau ty made ber the recipient of many at tentions. A complacent gleam shone in Nor ton's eyes as they swept over the fer tile acres of the plantation. He thought of the material interest he might one day have in them if his suit Tor the hand of Carolina progressed fa vorably. Suddenly his reverie was In terrupted by the voice of young Ran dolph Langdon, a spirited lad in bis tarly twenties, who had Just been made plantation manager by bis father. "Well, how is the honorable today?" said Randolph, approaching from the doorway. "I didn't think a congress man could be spared from Washing ton but rarely, especially when the pa pers say the country needs such a lot of saving." "Oh, this 'saving your country' talk goes all right In the story books," re plied Norton, who exercised consid erable influence over the youth through a long a c qualntanceshlp and by frequent ly taking him into bis confi dence, "but this country can take pretty good care of itself. In con gress we repre sentatives put the job of saving it over on the sen ate, and the sen ate hands back the job to us. So "The senate hands back tte Job." what's every body's business Isn't anybody's, a fine scheme so long as we have a president who keeps bis hands oft and doesn't" "But how about the speeches and the bills?" broke in Randolph. "I thought' "Yes, yes; to be sure," the congress man quickly added. "Nearly all of us Introduce these so called reform bills. When they're printed at government expense we send copies, carried free by the postofllce department, to our constituents, and when we allow the bills to die in some committee we can always blame the committee. But if there's a big fight by our constituents over the bill we let it pass the house, but arrange to kill It in the senate, Then we do the same thing for the senators. Like In every other business, my boy," continued Norton as he led the way Into the bouse, "It's a case of 'you tickle me and I'll tickle you' in politics. And don't let any one fool you about the speeches either. Tbey are pretty things' to mall to the voters. but all the wise boys In Washington know they aren't mennt seriously. It's nil play acting, and there are better actors In the senate than Henry Ir ving or Edwin Booth ever were." "I don't think my father looks at things the way you do, Charlie." "No? Well, maybe he doesn't now, but be will later on when be takes bis sent in the senate. If be Isn't wise enough to play around with the rest of the senators he won't get any bills passed, especially any bill carrying an appropriation or of any other particu lar Importance. "What!" ejaculated the planter's son. "Do you mean to say that if father won't do what the other senators want blm to do they will combine against him and destroy bis useful ness, make hlra powerless a failure?" The congressman smiled patroniz ingly on the youth. "Why, of course they will. That's politics, practical politics, the only kind that's known in Washington. Ton see" "But the lenders of the great par ties!" cried the young plantation man nger In amazement "Why don't tbey prevent this?" "Because tbey invented the system and because political party differences don't amount to a whole lot much of the time In Washington. The polltl clans do most of their criticising of the other party away from Washing ton, where the voters can hear them. But when circumstances sometimes force a man to rise to assail the other side in congress be afterward apolo gizes in secret for bis words. Or sometimes be. apologizes beforehand, saying: 'I've got to band out some hot shot to you fellows just to please a crowd of sovereign voters from my district who have come up to Wash ington to see me perform. So, of course, I've got to make a showing, Don't mind what I say. Tou know I don't mean It, but the old fogies will go back home and tell their neighbors what a lip snortln' reformer 1 oe.' "Is that the way you represent your district Norton r asked Planter Lang don, who at this Juncture enteied the room." "Ko. no. Mr. Langdon-I should say senator now, I suppose. 1 was merely telling Randolph how some legislators conduct themselves." The senator elect paused momentari ly, gazing at the congressman, wno, dark visaged, tall, black haired, broad shouldered and athletic, was visibly uneasy at having his conversation with Randolph overheard by tne la ther. "No doubt it won't be all plain sail ing in Washington for an old fash ioned man like me, but 1 believe in the American people and the men they send to congress." slowly spoke the planter. "There's Senator Stevens, for Instance He has always stood for tne rights of the people. I've read all his speeches. Just why be brought about my election It Is bard to tell, ror l ve been a planter all my life except when I fought under Beauregard. I reel that he did it out of friendship, and I simply can't say how much I appre ciate the honor. I am indebted to you, too, congressman." Tactfully disclaiming any credit for his work, only Norton's congressional training In repression enabled him to refrain from smiling at Langdon's. In nocence, bis belief In Stevens' sinceri ty and bis wonder over bis election. Stevens, the keen, cold and resource ful, who forced bis officeholders to yield htm parts of their government salaries; Stevens, who marketed to railway companies his Influence with the department of justice; Stevens, who was a Republican In the commit tee room in Washington and a Demo crat on the platform In Mississippi; Stevens, who bad consummated the deal with Martin Sanders, boss of sev en counties, to elect Langdon because of the planter's trustfulness and sim plicity of character, which should make him easy to influence and to handle in the all Important matter of the gulf naval base project! The entry of Carolina Langdon and her younger sister, Hope Georgia, gave Norton a welcome opportunity to shift the trend of conversation. "Tou ladles will have a gay time in Washington," he began, after directing a particularly enthusiastic greeting to Carolina. "You will be In great de mand at all the big affairs, and I don't think you will ever want to come back to old Mississippi, forty miles from a railroad, with few chances to wear your New York gowns," Carolina spoke quickly, ber face flushing at the thought of the new vista of life now opening. "Yes, I have always longed to be a part of the real life of this world, the life of constant action meeting new peo ple every day, and prominent people. Balls, re ceptions, teas, theater parties, afternoon drives, plenty of money and plenty of gayety are what want I'm not bit like Hope eorgia, who thinks these ideas are extravagant because she has "I'm not a bit like not seen real life "op Georgia." yet" "Carolina, you must not think me 'only your little sister now. I have seen life. Haven't I spent a' week hi Jackson ?" "That's euougb proof. You know all about life. I'm sure. Miss Hope Georgia," smilingly remarked Norton. Later, rising to join Planter Langdon on the veranda, where he had gone to smoke,' the congressman gazed Intent ly at Carolina. "You will probably forget your old friends when you en ter the dizzy social race in Washing ton." "No, Charlie, 1 couldn't forget you anyhow. You will be there too. I shall depend on you a great deal to take me about, unless you are too busy making speeches and fighting your opponents." Again It was Norton's turn to b inwardly amused at the political Ig norance of the Langdon family, Speeches? The first term congressman doesn't make speeches in Washington because no one cares what he thinks except the lobbyists, whose business It is to provide new members with a complete set of thoughts. Neither does be have opponents he is not consld ered Important enough by the veterans to be opposed. Skillfully approaching the subject which next to Carolina Langdon bad been uppermost in bis mind during bis visit Norton asked the senator elect on jolniug blm If be did not believe that the entire south would benefit If the plan to establish a naval base on the gulf .was successfully carried through. "Most certainly I do, and, as I said during the senatorial flgbt the whole country as well will be the gainer," re sponded Langdon. "Don't you think the people who want Altacoola chosen as the site have the best arguments?" was the visitor's next question, the reply to which be anxiously awaited. iff mm Professional Biiectory of Wallowa County . TH0S. M. DILL f A ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Office first door south of New I Fraternal Bldg, Enterprise, Ore. BURLEIGH & BOYD I ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW f V Practice In all State Courts and I Interior Department. Careful at- teuiion to all business. 4hMkMIhMH4hMShh3H D. W. SHEAHAN I LAWYER ENTERPRISE Practice In State and Federal Courts and Interior Department. C. T. HOCKETT. M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office upstairs in Bank Build ing. Ind. Home phone in office and residence. "Yes, I do, from what I've already heard, but I haven't beard very much of what the folks who advocate other sites have to say. So until I've beard all sides and made my owu examina tion I couldn't give any one my final answer, but Altacoola seems to have the necessary qualifications." "Senator Stevens Is In favor of Alta coola," eagerly suggested Norton. "Yes, and that's a pretty good argu ment in Its favor," responded Lang don. Norton now excused himself, plead ing an appointment with a client at a neighboring village. Waving farewell to Carolina and Hope Georgia, who Stood at a window, be rode away. "The old man is sure to be all right" be muttered. "He leans toward Alta' coola and believes in Stevens. He'll lean some more until be falls over Into the trap. There's a fortune in sight within reach. Langdon has faith in his friends, He won't suspect a thing." Still another thought occurred to the Hon. Charles Norton. "Stevens elect ed Langdon out of friendship," be chuckled gleefully. "That will be well worth telling in Washington." (Continued next week.) Whooping Cough, This is a more dangerous disease than is generally presumed. It will be a surprise to many to learn that more deaths result from it than from scarlet fever. Pneumonia often re sults from It Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has been used in many epi demics of whooping cough, and al ways with the best results. Delbert McKelg of Harlan, Iowa, says of it: My boy took whooping cough wben nine months old. He had It in the winter. I got a bottle of Chamber Iain's Cough Remedy which proved good, I cannot recommend it too highly.'' For sale by Burnaugh & Mayfleld. A man employed by the government In the national forest, killed 23 coy otes and located 27 dens In a month. The quick way of capturing them is by raiding a den of young ones. Lived 152 Years. 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