The Washington weekly post., 1900-12-04
CAPITOL CHAT.

CAPITOL CHAT.
Stories Of Senator Woleott's campaign
in Colorado are among the most interest
Ing "reminiscences of the late campaign.
One OF these stories relates 10 the episode
at Victor. where. as everybody remem-
bers. there was a state OF affairs which
II would be complimentary TO call con-
fusion. Before the excitement reached
its height some one In the crowd shouted
'Hurrah for BryanP'
Yes" lmpulslyeIy exclaimed Wolcott.
advancing TO the front OF the PLATFORM,
you can hurrah for Bryan all you IKE.
because you won't have a chance 10 hur-
rah for him after election. Your man Is
beaten now
YOU'RE a llar," came from the Bryan
ite.
"Tll bet you one hundred and sixteen TO
one he is beaten said Wolcott.
The man pushed his way through the
crowd and clambered up on the platform.
"In take that bet" he said.
WELL" replied Wolcott. here IS the
cashier OF our hank. You know him? |
authorize him to pay you sl1s IL Bryan is
The man fumbled in his pocket and
brought out a silver dollar.
kiss it, exclaimed Wolcott. as the
man was about to hand 1t TO the bank
cashier. kiss II, for you will never see
II again.
And Senator wolcott was right.
In his way Senator Hoar is quite a hu-
mOrist. 1t Is a quiet, keen humor in
which he INDUCES; not OF the boisterods
kind. but effective, nevertheless.
In the recent campaign Senator Hoar's $
fidelity to the Republican party. notwith-
standing his position on the Philippines
question, led his anti-imperialist friends
to condemn him in no unsparing terms.
At last he made a speech in which he paid
| his compliments TO them. One of his
critics was Wentworth Higginson.
Il remember" said Mr. HOar. that
! when j was quite young man I heard
Mr.. Higginson deliver a sermon. | re-
member his charm of voice ard manner.
but remember even more distinctly the
text from which he preached Unstable
as water. thou shalt not excel And
| now," continued Mr. Hoar. whenever |
see that text I think OF Mr.. Higginson.
| and whenever / see Mr. Higginson l think
| of the text"
Quite an interesting correspondence be-
tween ex-senator Camden and Senator
Elkins, of West Virginia, deserves to be
chronieled. 1t began years ago. when Mr..
| Elkins, elected to succeed Mr.. Camden.
laughingly telagraphed the latter that he
would be very much pleased IL Mr.. Cam
den would forward him his Senatorial shoes
About two weeks before the election last
month. Mr. Camden wrote TO Mr.. ElkIns
| that he believed he would trouble the
Senator for The return of the shoes.
Il am very sorry" replied Mr.. Elkins,
but l think ] would rather keep them.
They seem to fit me ana / find them very
comfortable"
On the day after election Senator Elk
ins received a laconic telegram. 1t mere
| ly said:
You can keep the shoes. will not need them.
J. n. CAMDEN.
Senator Carter. of Montana, was talk
ing with number Of his friends In his
committee room yesterday, when they
| suddenly arose and in gleeful tones sang
| these words:
| The Irish and the Dutch
They don't amount to much.
| Then hurrsh for the Scandinavian
Senator Carter and his friends then
| laughed in chorus. The music and the
words recalled the campaign trip of Theo-
dore Roosevelt through the Northwest
Senator Carter was in the party, and so
was Senator Nelson. of Minnesota, who is
! a Norwegian by birth. He is a delightful
| a n full Of etc a.
ful and courteous, and became, withal,
such a favorfte on the trip that Senator
Carter was inspired to compose the ex-
| pressive, If not elegant. verse.
| Carter's ancestors were Irish and Roose-
| veit, of course, glories in his Dutch de-
| scent; but according 20 the verse
The Irish and the Dutch
They don't amount to much
And so, all through the Northwestern
| tour. the Roosevelt party hurrahed for
the Scandinavian, with the accent on the
''an." Sometimes the jolly statesmen
would say Scandinavian" but that was
when they felt particularly good after a
hard days work
Some OF these days Senator Carter Is
going to repeat the verse in a speech. so
that it can go in the Congressional Rec
ord He thinks 1t ought to be preserved
for the delight of future generations.
| P.S.
| !, Henry c. Hansbrough, Senator fror, North
Dakota, being duly sworn, do hereby depose thar
Senator Carter Is not the author of the famous
lines beginning:
THE Irish and the Dutch
They don't amount to much"
The verse was repeated to me at town in North
Dakota by Norwegian and can sing II In the
Norsk language IL anybody wants to hear me.
| H. c. HANsBRoUGH.
|
Talking about Senator Hansbroueh. a
good story is told by Senator Heitfeld
| OF Idaho. Heitfeld says that during the
campaign he heard that Hansbroush was
| scheduled TO speak in three little towns
| in Northern Idaho, mostly populated by
Swedes. He wondered why his colleague
had been sent into that particular section
and so he took train and went up e.
hear him speak. The first thing that met
! his eye as he alighted at the depot was
| huge poster with these words:
| SENATOR II. c. HANsBRoUGH
THE ELOQUENT SWEDISH ORATOR,
WILL ADDRESS THE PEOPLE. Sc
Swedish orator." said Heitfeld TO him.
| self. "Hansbrough doesn't know q word
of Swedish. What sort of game is this? p
| Investigation showed that the posters
when originally printed, bore the name q
Senator Knute Nelson. of Minnesota.
| Senator Nelson was taken sick. or foi
some other reason could not keep the ap.
| pcintment, and Mr. Hanshrough was sub
stituted. His name was pasted over Mel
sons, but "the eloquent Swedish orator
! vas allowed to remain.
Everybody In Congress wants TO b.
real sweet and lovely to Representative
! Julius Kahn, the California acto--statcs
! man.
/ AT a recent banquet IN San Francisco
where Mr.. Kahn was the guest Of honor
/ he made speech. Here Is what he ssid
/ | want 10 have a little hesr-t0-heart nIk WilL
YOU. because sou r6pruEslt the business Interest,"
! Of San Francisco In Congress every member 3,
.ux.o=s TO serve his osB constituents. To ssost o.
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