The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-11
EXECUTIVE SESSIONS.
.s.,. the Senators Relax Their
Dignity.
ur.srrR AND oHoATE's TIME

,.,. Private secret@ry-'h"rper'
SeA ~. putty His Lamentaoie ran
Ids' private secretary Needs
''' .,,ter. Qualifications
u,,uyeroy FEB Il Special The
va. row holding some very interest
sra'e soe.,ons Tor consideration Of the
rs *'' arh,tra,.on treaty As rue me
gene'' correspondents manage 10 &c
re"spap, accurate report Of the debate
y, they do rot gather any aesu.p',o a-s,o~
r'' ' cone. ws.cn every executive sess.oH
'N an,. AID Ole senator tells ne so'He ex
pS''"s, oooc gossip abous the secret ses
ceeO'"s" 1,s, a. sooc a. the aoors are
soh' ava every :I.ar who smokes
'U ~. ort a cigar aaa lights i Iais IS tA=
f- y. evidence wa!ch chance observer
A '"M have of the ae!:ghtfI' .nfoTna.:V
"'u'S orts our executive sessions Bat
Np''' "A MT have iorg % wait tor otter
WIZ We .eel as Tree and easy n
eViuIo.,,ors ne men do sitting about IL
'nese rerhaps IL is more ike the meet
eiup' y. board of directors where the mem
Ing " an old friends. Everything Is done
y. w. ,he most informal way Otten three or
, ~ "" men will DO talking at once III
iOu is making speech and some one
@ us 10 ask him a question, ne simply
VII n ont OF course there Is the presto
w. officer. and some little attention is paia
we .to miles and decorum OF debate but
not very mucn'
Like schoolboys.
orho truth is" continued the senator,
,,,hat we are more like lot of schoolboys.
W, .,' os coon as the restraint of publicity is
.omoypd by the closing OF the doors we all
tSol like boys who have been let out OF the
.,s.sroom. or like the pupils in the room
when the teacher is suddenly called away:
W. too like cutting up and having a good
time have heard some pretty lively sto'
rios told in these executive sessions.
"Arexecutive session is more like club
than ANYTHING else, though we do not
Srirt on the floor There Is tradition,
Sorover that in the old days our forefa-
Tiers used TO pull out bottles and jugs and
noss them around during the secret SEES
SONS If you were to gain access to one
~ our secret sessions of these days you
would see a lot of men usually very digni'
eed and careful in their department. loung'
inc about in any convenient or comforta'
Me war-some with their arms around the
shoulders of others, some with their feet
unon their desks, some sitting on the Sec
retarys table and dangling their feet ABOUT
like boys There Is nothing really bad OF
improper about it all. except that 1t looks
deCiously naughty, in contrast with the
soemnty of the public sessions.
The senator's reference to the old times
reminds me of story of Daniel Webster
and Rufus Choate which heard the other
dayand which think is new to the prints.
Webster and Choate were usually hard
pressed for cash. and, being fast friends,
they borrowed of one another whenever
either CHANGED to be in funds. One day
Choate hunted up Webster and said to him
Daniel l must have a couple hundred
dollars Can't you help me out In some
wayT'
lam in just the same prcdicament my
self, responded Webster. II don't know
where on earth could turn to get tina
much money. But stay have an idea
ndorse it, and well go down and see
Mr. Corcoran is in good humor today
Maybe he will let us have the money, an
then we shall both be happy. "
Mr. Choate made out his note, Webste
indorsed it, and the two great men wake
down to Mr. Corcoran's bank. AS 1t hal
pened the eminent banker was not in. In
cashier to whom the promissory note wa
presented was quite overcome by the name
and the presence of two such distinguish
statesmen, and he promptly and with a
proper politencss exclaimed through h
little window.
Certainly, Mr. Webster. How will 20
have it-gold or notesY'
A Promissory Note.
Mr. Webster was so overcome that for
moment he did not know what to sa
But Mr. Choate. who was standing rig
behind him. gave him nudge.
by the way, Mr. Choate. said M
Webster in his grandest air. do you thir
NOO will be enough for youf You may
well have plenty while you are at 1t. gu
pose We make it
A thousand" said Mr. Choate
mo, l think you will need still mo
than that Make it 81 .500-$l 500. II y
please, Mr. Cashier"
The young man changed the figures
the note and handed out the money. i
minutes later Webster and Choate divid
Their swag with many chuckles as to hi
they had got ahead of their friend the Ell
my, Banker Corcoran, who had time o
again refused to extend either their in'
Ndual or collective credit. When MIR u
eoran reached his bank and found
promissory note, he held it up before
eyes OF the astonished cashier, new III
al The window, tore 1t into fragments
said.
Young man, experience Is &C
Nnool, though a costly one. Don ever
anything like that again -
LamentabIe Failure.
All accounts agree that in j. Add.
rorter the Hartford editor, Major Nick
icy mas secured the services of first cl
man Tor his private secretary. Mr. Por
SAID to be affable, tactful, n student
aulnan nature, sharp, shrewd man OF
ia'rs and good fellow Mr. Thurber
sood fellow all right enough, but he
oeeh lamentable failure as private see
c,y SO far as the public is concerned.
cleveland vs. said to be very well salts
WIN MIN, and Mr. Thurber has often :