National Republican., 1883-12-20
THE MAN ON THE AVENUE.
Small Talk About Men and measures

Small Talk About Men and Measures.
81 have been unfortunate enough to be on
tho committee of education and labor for six
years" said Congressman Willis, "and know
there was no nccessity for making two COM
mittees out of it,"
"Has it been an overworlSod committee 2'
at has had about enough to do to occupy
half its time. / wonder if they will call ono
of tho now committees tho committee on
labor That name will kill it. There is
hardly q committee in the house whose work
does not in some way touch upon labor There
are just two bills which will require
any consideration from committee on
labor-a bill providing for eight
hours for days work, which can only apply
to government employees, and bill provd-
ing for bureau of statistics Of labor. or
course there will be lot Of bills referred to
it, which have only to be stacked away, being
of such nature that they cannot be acted
upon. There is just one bill which the COM
mittee on education will have to work on
the bill for giving federal aid to the state
public schools. The committee will brood
over that one bill like hen over one chick
for tho entire session. The division of tho
old committee was entirely unnecessary. Tho
house will vote for it, however, for it makes
one more Craftsmanship, and the men who are
afraid that they will not get some other good
place will want to make moro places"
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"The saddest man this day." said the ex-
governor of Maryland, al have found is
a Washington druggist. Last summer he
figured on the probabilities He said to him.
self: There hasn't been any smallpox in the
country for three seasons There's sure to be
smallpox and plenty of it next winter He
had $4,000. He rented farm up here in
Maryland, bought drove of young cattle and
geese, and began raising vaccination virus
and quills. He raised lot of virus. He has
got two car loads of quill points charged with
it, and good many pots of it slowed away
in the loft Of his barn. Now he can't find
any smallpox. He has only got about 800
left of his $4,000, and he's spending that tele-
graphing around the country trying to find
some smallpox. He is q ruined druggist"
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1--WE found out who is to be chairman of
the committee on coinage, weights, and meas
ures," said the ex-governor of Maryland. 81
was III ME. Iarllbleb room laSU nlbnb Wlen
the chairman came in. He said the place be-
longed to him, and he must have it on ac-
count of his name. Carlisle Immediately ap-
pointed him. He is Mr.. Scales, of North
Carolina"
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There is q story that Congressman Willis,
of Kentucky, got his first nomination in his
district in a peculiar way. There were two
prominent candidates for the democratic
nomination, which was equivalent to an
election. Their strength in the nominating
convention was exactly equal. Mr.. Willis
proposed to his competitor that there should
be no quarrel about the matter, and that the
readiest, fairest and most amicNble way to
settle it would be to toss pennies. The COM
petitor agreed, and Mr. Willis won tho toss,
tho nomination, election, and seat in con-
gress. Somebody asked Mr.. Willis tho other
day if the story was true. Certainly" said
hc "but l have not had to toss pennies for
the nomination since then"