Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 64, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 April 1904 — What It Had to Do With It. [ARTICLE]

What It Had to Do With It.

An interesting little story is told khout Senator Baveridge, author n* Tue Russian Advance. Senator Beveridge started out as a poor b -v. One day last winter, while the Statehood debate whs in in the Senate,'Senator Cullom turned to Senator Quay, who eat next to him, "Sena or,’’ said he, “I remember I’ at s veral years ago Senator John E M Donald, of Indiana, wd t me that he had a boy in jbfsofli who he believed would loine d»y be a United States Seoat >r ”

‘I"3, '"t see what that has to do wi'h ..Ua Statehood debate,” replied Quay.iu his usual laconic style. “Oh, nothing," replied Senator Cullom, “only that the fellow who was offioeboy is now 8 na'or Beveridge, who is leading this Stat - iood Butht against you ” Aprop >s of the Senator a bookdealer reports that a customer ap plied to him the other day for a sopy ot “Beverages of China and Japan” and it was some time beiore it whs discovered that what he really wanted was The Russian Advanc-, by Beveridge. The F ret National Bank makes eaana at 5 par oent on farms, terms a* Bonntue and service prompt.