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CAPITAL CITY COURIER, SATURDAY, MARCH 22, J890 . 1 1 I' " hi - DUiNlTY OF TilK SKNATK. WALTRR WELLMAN HOLDS IT TO DE A HOLLOW, HOLLOW 8HAM. II m. Ilia lt(tm Tor llin li.llli Tlmt It Wllhlii lllin A llr.tniirniil lluln Tlmt ! Ctmtlminlly llnikrn Tim AiinllliiB ltlumtrr of u (Irrrn Npt Ncimtor. Noolnl (XinroiKHiili'iuv. Wanimnuton, March SO. Wo hoar n grcnt ilea) of Into alioutKonatorlal dignity mid tho protection thereof. A unmt bo rlotiH eoniinlltoo of thladlgnlllod hixly In now nt work trying to iiHccituIn tho nanion of tlio unholy wrotohoH of down pnjHT moil who print facta which tlio nonatorn think ought not to ho printed. "The dignity of the notmto must Ih inulii tallied at all harardrt," nay Uiono at'lido cratnof tlio national leglHlatnio, "oven If vo have to put lit Jit 1 1 tho whole iiowh paper outfit." Ah If tlio dignity of a groat Ixidy llko thin depended upon tlio notion of 11 fow nownpapor wilier, and could ho maintained hy looking thom writers heliiml IronharH for porforniauoo of their duty to their employer and the public. Thoro In nothing now in all till. Ever tdnco it wan liorn tlio United Stated Honato him Ikh'H thriving to Keep up ltrt dignity, It him paid moro attention to dignity than to hrahiM, and in eoiiHoqiienco haa coiiHtautly degenerated. Thoro han not Ik'oii a really hrilllaut hoiiiiIo hIiico tho days of tlio war. TIioho old chap who Hpond half their tluio thinking up now devices for uiaintaluiug their dlgnll n ro as 11 mat tor of fact a commonplace lot. It Ih tlio judgment of ovory cIoho oh lienor In tho national capital that If one wore to HwiMip down on tho house of top rewntatlveH and tako tho lliht eighty men ho ciiiiio upon In would havo a hody of legislators of moro learning, Hlueority and ahlllty than Is contained in tho United States nonato at tlio present mo ment. Tho men of tho house do not (dif fer from tho dry rot of IiizIiiohh and In dlirerenee to tho Hipular opinion iih do their coin pee rn at tho other end of tho Capitol. They remain closer to tho peo ple, 1110 moro auxioUH to plcaxo and ho right and useful. Thcirdignity Inn thin that liothorn them little. What they go In for irt action and accouipllMlimeut. Any Hort of an old ntlek who happens to break or huy his way into tho Hcimtc can maintain a good status in that hody. Thoro in precious littlo hrainx in his old head, and tho manners ho has aro of re cent and forced growth, hut ho in, for sooth, 11 senator, ami that Is everything. Ouo of tlio traditions of this body is that every nonator must help every other senator out in maintaining Ids dignity niul HtatiiH. So tho weak carry tlio strong along with them, and thus help out tho general average and dcludo tho people who look on from a distauco Into hcllov ing that it is tho wisest and most elo quent and most patriotic legislative Ixnly In tho world. It Is quite dltrorent over In tho house. Thoro no nrtlllcial standard la raised, and a man rises or falls by virtue of ills own native force and tho hraius he carries uliout with him. Tlio nincompoop in tho house is quickly dis covered and sized up lie goes to tho foot of the class, lint in that Insly which lias such anxiety uliout Its dignity they decline to havo a foot to tho class. There, In their own traditions, if not in their own belief, they aro all smart Iniys. Unfortunately for Itself tho senate started in on this campaign of eternal dignity tho day it came Into tho world. At first it was going to hold all its ses sions in secret, and actually did so until it discovered that an election to tho senate was llko the burying of a man alive. There were iuwsp;iwrrt In those days and sensible men running them, as now, and the old time nuwspucr men concluded that the dlguitled, secret and stupid honato was not worth lathering with. Tlioy published no reorts, rarely mentioned tho names of senators, ami, after three or four years of that sort of experience, so much of tho dignity of the lody as was embodied in the secret proceedingn was reluctantly abandoned. Early In its career the senate sought to borrow a little dignity from tho olllco of president of tho United States; it con truvil tho constitutional provision con cerning apH)liitiiieiits to mean that tho president must iiersonally confer with tho great senate almut the men whom ho wished to appoint to places in tho gov ernment horvlce. Washington did for a tlmo go to i.lie senate chainlmr for tho purpose of holding these consultations, but his good sense enabled him very quickly to perceive that such methods were beneath tho dignity of his olllce, and he soon discontinued the practice; still, to this very day the bonato keeps In its standing rules tho clause, "When tho president of tho United States shall meet the senate In tho senate chamber for the consideration of oxecutivo busi ness, ho shall have a seat on tho right of the presiding ofllcer." Tho senate had no soonor been called Into exlstenco than it endeavored to lift Itself upon a pedestal abovo the other branch of congress. Tills wiw strikingly shown in tlio elTort which tho first son ate made to comjel the houso of repre sentatives to bow the kueo to senatorial dignity in tho matter of transmitting messages between the two houses. The scnato Insisted tlmt 1U communications to tho houso should bo sent by the hand of 0110 of its employes, tho secretary, who was deemed a person of sulllclent Im portant to wait upon tho common members of congress. When tho house had a communication to make to the august senato, however, a commltteo of members was to tako tho hill or resolu tion in their hands, and with uncovered heads and cautious tread approach the senato door, Thero they were to bo an nounced by tho doorkeeper, and, ua salvo for the wounds caut-ed thoir prido by serving in tho capacity of menials, were to bo received by the 6enato standing. Luckily tho houso had no liking for such distinction between the dignity of the two bodies, ami held its ground In favor of sending communications in both install 'cos by tho hand of employes till the sen ate was forced to yield. To this day tho senate endeavors t palntain an air of superiority to tho houno. This Is shown In Its claiming and taking tho righto precedence on nil cor flinonlnl occasions, in tho conduct of Ron ntorlal coufcrcuoo committees, In tlmlr dealings with similar committees from the houso and In the relationship' which exist Ixitwcon senators and members so cially and otherwise. The theory of tho senato and Its members on all such occa sions Is that tho houso collectively and It inoinliorH Individually aro Inferior and unhnKrtant. Oddly enough, tlio mem bers of tho house who succeed In winning elections to the senato become the most arrant sticklers for senatorial dignity. Sovoral notable examples of this could lo mentioned If It were pleasant or profit able to do so. Hut what is tills senatorial dignity we hear so much of? It is a hollow sham. The scunto at best Is a conglomerate mass of Insincerity, and It is as Insincere and nfTcctcd in Its dignity as in Its patriotism. These old chaps,who aro socager to pun ish other xxplo for violation of rules which thoy aro not sworn to respect, themselves disregard tho rules, which they are under oath to obey, whenever it suits their convenience to do r.o. A week or two ago tho chairman of the vory committee which is trying to run down the manner in which executive session secrets aro given to the public, gave a salmon lunch in tho senato restaurant. The senato was soon deHipulnted. Thero Is a I tlio of the senate which declares that no senator shall leave tho service of the senate without having been excused. On this occasion tho sergeant at-nrms re ported that thero were twenty-two sena tors In tho restaurant, and that when ho Informed them thoy wero wauled up stairs to attend to the public business, said senators coolly told him they wore loo busy to move. Ouo of tho rules of the senate Is that the restaurant must not sell intoxicating IhpiorH, yet seven ctutes of champagne wero opened at this lunch mid several Isittles of brandy and whisky. Hvery day grave and dignllled senators may ho seen drinking whisky in the senate restaurant, tho rule to the contrary notwithstanding; and when thoy want whisky nowadays thoy say whisky, and do not call for cold tea. This is tlio only regular ceremonial In the senato which, so far as I havo ob served, docs not savor of sham and prud ery. Kxoliislvenoss Is one of the lirst ele ments of dignity as defined hy the sena tors. They aro exclusive even in tho violation of their own rules. When thoy go down stairs to drink whisky they llko to do so in private, and so they provide in thoir rules that "the large private room of the restaurant shall he reserved exclusively for senators and their guests," while "the small private room shall bo reserved exclusively for tho use of sena tors and members of the house of repre sentatives, and such use of the privato rooms shall not ho interfered with." In other words, tho vulgar public must stay out altogether, while the members of tho houso may sit down and drink whisky only In tho outer sanctum. Politeness is another theory of dignity according to thoseuatorial Interpretation. Hut this, also, is a bit of sham and de lusion, Their politeness Is often but a vonoir for malice and sarcasm and irony. For instance, a western senator rises to introduce a hill which a citizen of a stato adjoining his has sent him. "I introduce this hill by request," says tho senator, with solemn iolltonoHs, "and add that I do not indorse the hill, tliuX I do not know the man who sent It to mo, and that I should have preferred to send him tho name of ouo of the senators from his stato." How deferential and Hweet all this appears, hut look for tho sting in the insect's tail. It happens that tho senator in question does not llko either of tho senators from the state he has mentioned, and also that the senators from that state aro not as yet famous men, and honce, "1 should havo preferred sending my correspondent tho name of one of his senators." Ono of the unwritten laws of tho bcii- ate, ouo of the tradition which havo grown out of its efforts to maintain its own dignity, requires the senators in po litical sympathy with u new senator to sit and listen to histlrstormaldciispcoch, no matter how unanimously thoy may afterward absent themselves when ho takes tho floor. A week ago Senator Illgglus inado his maiden effort in tho senato, and only five Republican senators wero in their seats. Under this thin coat of politeness nil sorts of personal enmities and jealousies seethe. The Benato has just one-fourth the number of members contained in tho house, and three times as many cases of personal bad feeling, I suppose that comes from too much dignity, and the cultivation of that quality as some peo ple cultivate mushrooms. The now sonator who presumes to tako advantage of the superficial iiolltencss and "wo-applos-swim" tendency of the august body, will mako n serious mis take. Thero was an instance of this a fow wcoks ago. A now senator from tlio west, who had been but a few weeks in his seat, wanted the senate to go Into executive session, and mado a motion to that effect. This seemed harmless enough, but the older senators wero hor rified. Thoy coughed and hemmed and stared at tho new man till the poor fel low imagined ho had committed tho crime of sedition or arson. The presid ing ofllcer, who chanced to bo one of tho older senators, preserved his presence of mind, and was for the uonco convenient ly deaf. He didu't hear tho motion, and tho senato went on with somu other busi ness. Then two or three of tho old fel lows gathered around the new man and whispered In his ear: "Didn't you know that it Is ono of tho traditions of tho senato that a senator must havo been hero two years leforo ho can movo to go into oxecutivo ses sion?" Ten minutes later n senator who had served tho require d two years made tho executivo session motion, and the gong sounded three times, tho doors wero closed, tho vulgar publio rotired, and tho senate went solomnly Into secrot session, tho old chaps gossiping in tlio cloak rooms about tho young senator's blun der llko a parcel of old maids at a quilt Ing. Dut tho dignity of the honato must bo preserved. Walter Wei.lman. OF FNCLK TOM'S CABIN. CINCINNATI ORIGINALS OF SOME OF ITS CHARACTERS. I'lctiir.'n iif Nntnn nf Hi" Lomlltlci Miuln I'lUiiim hi Mia. NtoM '" Wiitiili't nil llimk. Mi, tun 11I Dm Yiil Wlin riuuri'il '111 err Ill An- Mill I.IvIiik, IHhoIii1 C'orrriKmlt'iKi.J Cincinnati, O., March SO. Last sum mer, during an excursion with u camera, it wan my pleasure, without premedita tion, to coino iimii an old farmhouse alKiiit ten miles from this city that has an Interesting history for being ouo of tho illations 011 the Underground Hail road that passed through Cincinnati, as well as for having once sheltered from her pursuers a girl whoso experience subse quently furnished Mrs. Stowe with many facts for her "Undo Tom's Cabin." ItKHIIlKNCK OV JOHN VAN ZANDT. The house is situated on tin crest of a hill, and from its weatherheateu mid somewhat dilapidated porch ouo can look away southward over ono of tho most charming and fertile valleys in southern Ohio, across which tho rails of tho Mari etta and Cincinnati railroad glisten in parallels with the sluggish waters of the Miami canal, Tho man who selected this site must havo had in his constitution more of tho love for the picturesque than Is usually attributed to tho rigid sect to which he belonged. This man was John Van Zaudt, a Quaker, horn in Kentucky, who moved to Ohio long before tho war and settled on a farm north of tho city, near tho present suburb of Ulcnilalc. lie identiiled himself with the Underground Itailroad work, and his services in tlio rescue of tho young girl alluded to Hindu him tho subject of one of Mrs. Stowe's characters in "Uncle Tom's Cabin," where ho llgures as Van Tioinp. At the time Mrs. Stowe wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin" she lived in tlio east, hut tho material was arranged during her residence in Cincinnati, and the houso 011 Walnut Hills in which she lived still stands. While tho facts upon which tho story is built wero gleaned from far and near, the originals of many of tho char acters figured In Mrs. Stowe's every day life. For Instance, her own husband, Professor Stowe, llgures as Senator Bird; tho Simeon Ilallidayof the story was Levi Coflln, who died only a few years ago, and Rachel, his good wife, was nono other than Catherine Cof fin, wife of Levi; Klizn Harris was Eliza Cox, 11 seamstress in .Mrs. Stowe's family; Richard Dillingham was a young Quaker from Morrow county, O., who camu to Cincinnati to teach tho colored people, and whoso enthusiasm led him to Nashville in behalf of a slave, whero ho was arrested and imprisoned and died before Ids release; George Harris now lives at Olierlin, O., whero ho is known as Cleorgo Clarke. Of course all of these characters represent the ad ventures of more than one person, whose Identities havo been lost in thai of the principal person making the character. Tho adventures of Eliza Harris, for In stance, are those of a number of slave FIUKI'LACI". WHf.ltK KI.IZA WAS IIIDDKN. girls, recorded as those of one person, a thing that was necessary to avoid cum bering tho story with a confusion of characters. Tho young girl who furnished tho name of Eliza Harris to the character was a slavo from Kentucky, tho projierty of a man who lived a few miles back from tho Ohio river, below Ripley, O. Her master and mistress were kind to her and alio had a comfortable homo. But financial cmbarasstuont forced tho master to sell his slaves. When Eliza learned that sho and her only 11 viug child were to Ih separated, sho resolved to mako her escape that night. When darkness settlod and the familv had retired, she started with her child in her arms for tho Ohio river, expecting to bo able to cross on tho ice, but when sho reached its banks, at daybreak, she was appalled to find tho ice broken up and drifting in large cakes. She ventured to a house near by, where she was given permission to remain during the day, hoping to find soino way to cross he fore night. But her absence had been quickly noted by hor master, at.d before nightfall pursuers appeared at the house. With tlio courage of desperation she seized her child and darted out through a back door, resolved to cros tho river or perish in the attempt. Tho men fol lowed In closo pursuit, congratulating themselves that tlio chase was nearly ended. Hut they stood appalled when they saw their victim spring upon the ice and mako for the Ohio shore, spring ing from cake to cako with marvelous agility. Sometimes the cake would sink beneath her weight, and she would slide her child on to the next cake and pull herself on with her bands, and thus con tinued her hazardous journey. She Im- came wet to tho waist with ic water and benumlK'd with cold when she reached the Ohio shoro, ami was mi exhausted that she would havo drowned on the Inir der of liberty had not a man who had watched her daring feat ussiated her up 'he hank. Sho was taken to the houso w & v y " - lill of lli. John Runi.ln, u i'lesbyterian minister, whoso family still lives at Rip ley, and cared for. Thence sho was for warded through Cincinnati to the house of Lovl Collin, then living at NovKrt, Ind., just over the Ohio lino, and from thero was sent to Canada. Tho young girl who was icsctied through thodarlngof ProfessorStoweand the sucrill"oof John VnnZandt was Eliza Cox, who also canto from Kentucky, and was for some tlmo in tlio service of Mrs. Stowo as seamstress. Sho came Into Ohio by consent of hermlstress, with tho understanding that her brother was to stand as hostage for her return. Slaves In Kentucky wero treated with much humanity, and visits to friends across tho river wero frequent indul gences. Mrs. Stowo met the young girl and her sympathies wero excited. Hav ing come into tho state hy consent of her mistress sho was, by the laws of Ohio, entitled to her freedom, and she resolved not to return to slavery, a resolution in which she was encouraged hy Mrs. Stowo. Professor Stowo went before tho projter authorities, secured papers attest ing her freedom, nud all danger of pur suit was supposed to he over. Hut after soino tlmo word was sent to Professor Stowo from vaiious sources that tho glrl'H master was in Cincinnati looking for her. Under tho laws she was secure, hut thero wero in tho city some justices of tlio peace who would issue a warrant for tho nrrestof any colored per son designated, and with this proccps the object of their search could be arrested and taken across the river before any thing could ho done in her behalf. Onco hi Kentucky tho master was ensj victor. Professor Stowo determined to carry the girl to some place of security till tho inquiry for her was over. At night Professor Stowe secured a horse and wagon and performed thepait of Sena tor Hird. Aftera drive of ten miles fioin tlio Walnut Hills residence, along a soli tary road, and crossing a creek at a very dangerous fording, thoy arrived at the home of John Van Zandt. After some r - V r v.x 7 L& 7t vN ''Wwgyf' I.r.WI8 O. CI.AHK. rapping Van Zandt appeared, candle In hand, and. as has been narrated, the fol lowing conversation took place: "Are you tho mini that would savo a poor colored girl from kidnapers?" "Guess I am; where is she?" "She is in tlio wagon." "Hut what way did you come?" "Wo crossed tho creek." "Why, tho Lord surely helped you. I shouldn't dare cross it myself in tho night. A man, his wifo and five chil dren wero drowned thero a littlo while bro," Eliza Cox wiiHiiover recaptured, though the house was searched once during her stay there, and thotlreplaco is still shown in which she was secreted behind u pile of wood arranged as for burning. This fireplace, which I photographed, is at least three feet deep and six wldo, and afforded ample room for hiding. Subse quently Eliz'i returned to Mrs. Stowo, and afterward married and lived in Cin cinnati and raised n family. For many years John Van Zandt con tinued his services for the fugitive slaves, and then laid down the burden of life, lie was buried ill a country graveyard in the valley, ami from the old houso in which In lived so long one can see the glistening stone that marks the spot whero the body of Van Trouip mol- dered back to dust. Only one grave now remains of the hundreds onco there. Tho greeil of the hiihbaudman has en croached upon tho territory of tho dead. The place is abandoned, and the graves of those whose ashes have not lccn re moved aro leveled by tho plow, except this one, and that will soon follow, for those ashes are to bo removed. Lovl Coflln, in whoso houso at Now port, Ky., so many slaves found refuge, moved to Cincinnati soon after the rescue of Eliza Harris. Hero ho continued his service, and died a fow years ago at a vcnerablo age. He and his wife Itoth exemplified in their lives the characters attributed to thorn hy Mrs. Stowo under the names of Simeon and Rachael Halli day. Levi Coflln was for thirty years I.KVI COFFIN. MItS. COFFIN. prciddcntof the Underground Railroad ill Cincinnati, and presided at the last meet ing -.'ver held, soon after the ratification of the Fifteenth amendment, when it was resolved that tho object for which the organization had been effected had been accomplished. Mr. Coflln was a native of North Carolina. Piofessor Stowo was one of tin in structors in Initio seminary, and one of tho ablest ministers of the Presbyterian church. His earnest labors in behalf of tho slaves wero far beyond what Is cred ited to the character of Senator Hird. Gi:onan 8. McDowell. Stunm and Hot Water Hunting. F. A. Telephone B' tl i 'M sJ!r Most Popular Resort in the City. ODELL'S - DINING - HALL MONTGOMERY HLOCK, -o ti'9, 1 121 and 1123 N Street. o Meals 25 els. $4.50 per Week. T? M Stylish Carriages and Buggies, At all Hours Day or Night. 15?" Horses Hoarded and heit of care taken of all Stock entrusted to us. Jg PRICKS RKASONAHLE. BILLMEYER & CO.,, Proprietors. Call and Soo Us. Tolophono 435 "Hlmll I nut taWe mine ciimj In mine Inn?" "Speed, say you? Aye, In motion of no lens celerity than tlmt of tlionuht." "In truth, a nolilu company. 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