Semi=weekly graphic., 1896-01-18
s2.OOO FOR ONE DRlS
WHAT IT WOULD ceeT coRoas MAN soUTHWlcH bUaiNa is-.s

The Rovish Looking Representative s'-o''a
 the Emplre State Viii Get $ COG sAaaid
 ue Be Able to wishst.-ad Teoi......i''n
 ror Three Hundred and sizty-sis ds5s'
 If Congressman sauthwiek of f.e& York state takes q drink of whisky b2- fore the end of his first year ineo fi1ss, # will cost him $2 G00 and solne odd oents-that is, unless the drink IS a treat when tho odd cents will be knock ed of. but the g, 000 will be the Irlce inst the same. Champagne or brandy, sherry or gin, a cocktail or abslnth or whatever the drink, 1t will come Jtl3f as high. ,,
 if Congressman southwick should forget himself and yield to the tempta- tions of punch this year, 1t Wonld be the most expensive single drink Gn rec ord among congressman.
 On the contrary, if MT. SouthWlek doesn t take that drink antil he has been in congress 366 days, hewill earn @l oo0 thereby
 Congressman Southwick is one of the congressional babes. If he isn'tvmious- v taken fer page, messenger boy or some older members young son IL VIII be q marvel. Flo i5 q nice youn8 man, and his recent experience with congress has made him yearn for whiskers like Peffer's and head as bald as Speaker Reeds.
 Sonthviek insists he is B years old. It is all ho can do HOW to persuade th9 chairman of his committee that he is old enough to vote. Ile is thoroughly sick of being called beardless youth and insists that his residence i'll Albany and his acquaintance with 'Ihe Pub and it's inmates ought to count a3 more ripening experiences than those Of mem- bers from country districts where Al bany and .Ihe Tub were never heard of
 Tho congressman Is not tall, Is solid ly built, las blond hair and eyebrows, is blaso and now tries to Do very digni fled 10 offset his boyishnesa.
 Ho campaigned through his district of course, and campaigning isn't a temper anca job Before ho went to Washing ton a well known millionaire who knows the capital s temptations suggest ed that it was easy to ruin congress sionaI career by strict attention to the deeanter and mono to the house The millionaire wanted to be sure of his boyish friend S sobriety.
 This is how he fixed it. If South wick touches intoxicants before the expiration oH his first year in congress, he forfeits $2,o00. If he doesn't, the millionaire hands over $1, 000 to Southwick south wick told this himself
 If the congressman has an enemy. when he reads this fhe enemy will sci his brains to work tosee that Southwiel gets a $2, 900 glass of whisky. Somt men would be proud to have the reputa tion of having paid that much for 2 drink. It would quite surpass the draft of pearls Shakespeare tells about.
 There are endless temptations il Washington for new members of con greas This will explain Sonthwiek's B re fusal to accept the glasses of fascinating punch alre. ly offered him by pretty girls when ho appears at receptions. 4 temperance society fourishes anonl congressman and senators, but South wick, who has good, firm mouth anu square jaw, has no expectation of join ing 1t to help earn that other $1 1000.
 Congressman Southwick is an old Al bany newspaper man and still ill tn business. He is unmarried and rank with Sulaer aud Rowland Blennerhasse Mahauy as ehgibles in New York's del egatiCn New York World.