The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1868-03-27
In Search OF the Clerk ofthe Judiciary

In Search OF the Clerk ofthe Judiciary
Committee.
=. Marx TWAIN" writes from Washington
TO the Chicago Republican,
+ I was standing all By myself, in the com
nDittee room, heading vast laa book and
lSondering what it was about, and whether
lthe paittiff had done so and>so; or whcgh
or it was the defendant; and which OF
them they found guilty and hos the mis-
chief they ever knew ne was guilty when
the words were tangled mp so; and noflng
with qualification the references to Perkins
V. Bangs, Ho. Rep. Iii, &c, whereby it
was apparent that if one did not get mixed
up enough in that book there were Others
that could finish him; and wondering also
at the bewllderlng tautology Of the SAID
aforesaid book aforesaid, when youth TO
fortune and to fame unknown hourished in
in the most frisky way and came to a halt
before me. This young man had nous
tache that dimmed the hghtness Of his
countenance about as your breath dms the
/ brightness OF a razor, and bored down into
it with his fingers snd gave it twist which
was singularly gratifying to him, consider
ing that no effect was produced upon the
moustache By the operation. Then he til
ted his little soup dish to the port side of
his head with his gIoTed hand, and said
Hello ~
said !" Hello"
lie locked surprised. Then he said
DO you belong hefe?"
was just flushing sentence about Per
kins v. Bangs. finished it and observed:
s"fba ueat har ic var,, fira -
lie whisked neryously up and down the
room couple Of turns and then stopped
before me, and said: Are you the clerk OF
the judiciary Committee?''
j said in the urbanest manner:
- In view tho circumstances that on SO
short an acquaintance you betray so much
solicitud6 concerning my business, | will
venture to ask what you may happen to
want with the clerk of the Judiciary Com
mittee
$. That is not answering my question.
Are you the Clerk Of the Judiciary Com
mittee ~
A." La view Of the circumstances that on
so short an acquaintance You betray SC much
soiicitude concerning my business, | viii
venture to inquire what you may happen to
want with the Clerk OF the Judiciary Com
mittee ?"
- That don't concern anybody but me.
What | want to know is, are you, or are
you not tie Clerk Of the Judiciary Com,
mit.ee 2" Is.
In view, as / said before, of the cireum-
stances that on 50 short an acquaintance
you betray SO much so!icitQde concerning
my business, Twill venture to enquire what
you may happen TO want with the Clerk OF
the Judiciary Committee p
He scratched his head in apparent per-
pIexity for a matter Of FIVE seconds, and
then said with deiiberation and impressive
lrneStness:
'::Well, Iii be damned"
81 presume SO. Ihope so. Still, being
a stranger, you cannot expect me to take
more, than a passing interest in your future
plans. %
He looked puzzled and little chaced.
He said: Look here, who are you?'
''ln view Of the circumstance"
con. curse The circumstances -
Amen.
He did not reply. He seemed worried
and annoyed Presently he started out,
and said by George he would 90 after the
Michigan Senators and inquire into this
thing. [ said they were esteemed &C
qualntanceS OF NINE, and asked him To say
that was well. But he refused to do this,
notwithstanding all my politeness, and vas
pro.ane again. | never saw such a fire
brand as he was.
Now what can that young fellow mean
by going around asking respectable people
if they are clerks IN the Senate Commit
tees? If my feelings are to bc outraged III
this way, / cannot stay in Washington.
don like to be called Hello 10y Strangers
with imaginary moustaches, either. This
young party turned out to be an importa-
ton from Kalamazoo. and he wished to
ship as sub-clerl to the Judiciary Com
mittee He is little fresh. j might have
been better if he had staid in the kalama-
geological Gardens until he got his growth,
perhaps. Still, if his friends would like tC
have the opinion Of a stranger, concerning
him, | think he will make success here in
one way or another. He has spirit and
persistence The only trouble he has tol
much hello about him.