The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-06
STORIES OF HOLMAN.
THE GREAT DIRECTOR WAS ALWAYS
READY TO pEMUR.


The house contains now few member
whose official memory" goes back .
the earlier and more picturesque stage
Of the career Of the late Judge Holman
but these few have been entertaining
the cloakrOom gatherings with remi
niscences during recent days.
ut was almost impossible TO catcf
the great objector mapping, " said one
Of his old associates A Michigan
member-I think il was Horr-tried
for long time to get public building
appropriation for his district increased,
but every time he found his way block
ed by Holman's economical ideas. At
last he saw an opening. If he could get
unanimous consent to call up and pass
a certain bill of insignificant appear
ance, but which carried the appropria-
tion as rider, he would be all right,
but how could he prevent Holman from
spelling the unanimity? He sought the
house barber who was accustomed 10
shave Holman. IF you can keep the
judge in your chair tomorrow morning
an hour longer than usual" he said,
lit means a dollar in your pocket.
The barber worked hard to earn his
money. He shaved his customer at fu-
neral pace. His razors had never needed
so much stropping, his lather never
taken so long to foam. When the shave
was over, he suggested that the judges
hair needed trimming, and without
needing his protests, shipped off large
lock, so that the rest must necessarily
be cut Then he swashed something out
OF bottle upon the judges pate.
What's THAR" cried Holman. "A
shampoo, answered the barber. Il
didn't order shampoo, protested the
judge. The barber apologized, but it |
was too late-the old gentleman's hair
was already white with foam, and he
was in for it. Thus, by one device and
another, three-quaIters of an hour was
Meanwhile Horn had been rushing
his work through to the critical point.
nobody had raised a direct
objection TO the immediate consideration
Of his bill, many members had piled
him with questions, and these aud the
answers together consumed IA good deal
Df time Horn watched the clock anx.
ously, stealing Chances between whites
It the door opening from the barber
shop AT last the requests for eXplana
ions tagged, and Il latecomer rose and
inquired what was the business before
he house. The speaker answered. 1.-The
gentleman from Michigan asks unani-
nous consent for the immediate cousid-
ration of house bill No 9,347. Is there
bJection:' He was just about to add,
The chair hears none, and clinch the
uslness, when Holman appeared at the
DOR OF the barber shop His toilet was
omplete, but his muslin bib was still ,,
his neck, for he had caught the word !
objection" and had sprung from the !
hair Il object" he squeaked forth.
loir sank back in the seat in a state Of
.mlcollapse. The work for which be
ad plotted and tOiled had been all M !
one by that rascally BARRIERS careless.
ess III leaving the door open and lot
gliding the judge down by main falra I
Horr ana Holman had several Tits ! +
orr was witty and usually found Hol- 8
IAN little better than plaything when q
came To passage at words, but he :
as vanquished once. He had tried 10
e Michigan oficeholders salary q
used in an appropriation bill from .
900 year to $1,000, but Holmun's
lJectlon stood in the way. "TLe gen T.
eman $ objection to such trife as r
at, said Horn YEARLY, reminds me /
the saying Of a certain eminent Dem /,
rat OF Indiana, when informed that +
e Republicans had swept the country \
general election, why, I'd have +
ven 20 cents rather than have that
ppenp"
AS this was an allusion to one of the :
1ries ahoat about Holman's own penn :,
BUSINESS the Republicans roared. but II
Q Democrats had their turn when r
1lman suavely replied: =
But the Indiana Democrat would ;,
We paid his debt out of his own poclz- =,
and not, like my more liberal friend =,
I'm Michigan, reached into the treas q
OF the United States for the money"
Holman was known as a foe of sine.
res III the public service and rooted
good many. II once happened that 6,
was walking about the basement Of 7,
capitol and endeavored TO 90 r,
rough a doorway guarded by one =,
,ged veteran. y
can t go through there" said the =,
ardian of the portal. -
am member of congress-. said -
:. Holman quietly. -
don't know as that makes anv =
ference, said the doorkeeper. "un- y
$ you come from district where the -
ople can walk through wood. The =, -
or is screwed up. " y
Then what are you here for?" de. :. :
lnded Holman. q
1 am here for 49, 20 a day. There ia u
fellow from the Sixth Pennsylvania
Ialry watching the other side of it.
mebbe he can tell you more than / A
l." n
'3y circuitous route through a com ~
ttee room Mr.. Holman reached the r.
Ter side OF the door, and there sat an
er doorkeeper, reading newspaper
o acknowledged with equal frankness T
he. A. 4