The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-26
STORIES OF CLOAK-R0OM
 AS TOLD BY CHAMP CLARK
Bright Things That Enliven Congressional Lhc-A Good One Contributed by Late Marriatt
 BrociuS of Pennsylvania.

much frightened by being dragge0 Ueo, court. All the defendants were tbD' children of good families. and it wes their first offense. They candidly ad> mitted they laughed out in church. and the state insisted that by their esRu mouths they were condemned. Br0the CT Tice Spears, a righteous man o1 puritanical type, was the main prose- cutting witness. He had conducted tho services. and he testified that his peace was sadly disturbed by the unseemlx behavior of the rioters After he told his story in chief he sat with claspe4 hands waiting for the defendant94 have long to wait. The examinati0u began like this: <.
 Brother Spears, you led the meet< ing that night?
 "I did air
 /" You prayedT
 .-," I did sir
 And preachedT !" I tried to- rr @ 'f t'f } And sung?
 " I sung .g f" What did you sing?'
 There Is a Fountain Filled With Blood" sir.' ..-,i. .s7 s-,ilsl hi-sss ~
 Here Sam pulled a hymnbook out of his pocket and handed it to the wit< ness, with the remark:
 "Please turn to that song. Brotne1 Spears
 "The witness did so. ' That's what you sang that night7s {. ",Tt is, sir
 t"'welI stand up and sing it now. q you please.'
 tSiag it here in the courtroomT
 "'You heard what said. Brother Spears
 "sBut can't sing before this sort of crowd
 Brother Spears with much appar- ent indignation. do I understand that you refuse to furnish legitimate evi- dence to this jury?
 No, no-o: but. you see'--
 "'Your honor. said Dysart. turning to the court, I insist that the witness shall sing the song referred to just as he did on the, night of the alleged dis- turtance. It is a part of our evidence and very important. The reason fox 1t vii! be disclosed later on.'
 There was long jangle between the lawyers, and the court finally or- dered the witness to get up and sing.
 And, mind you, Brother Snearg.s said Dysart seriously. you must sins it just as yeu did thst night. If. you change a note, you will have to g0shaclE and do it all over again.
 The witness got up and openef tha book. There is a difference between singing to a congregation in sympafhH with you and a crowd of cour6k60x11 habitues. Brother Spears was pains fully conscious of the fact. You know how those old time hymns are sung In the backwoods settlements. Y0utpAegin in the basement and work up Co tho roof and then leap off from the d2zxy height and finish the line in the base- ment. That's the way the witness did. He had good voice-that is. it was strong. If Gabrieps trumpet ever gets out of whack, he could utilize thae voice and wake the dead just as DeAd- fly. It seemed to threaten .ss V =.-;.ss lights. That crowd didn't spnliec Ia just yelled with laughter. Tlie 1Ary- from their seats. The court bit hi@fceb pipe harded and looked solemn. It wasn't any use. There were only. two straight faces in the house. and one belonged to a deaf man and the other to Sam Dysart. The singer finished and sat down. He looked tired. Sam excused him. When. the time for speechmaking came, Sam remarked to the jury. If you gentlemen think you could go to one of Brother spears's meetings and behave better than you have here. why. you may be Justified in convicting these boys and girls That was all he said, but it gave the jury lots to think about. They brought in verdict of not guilty, with the re- quest that Brother Spears sing anoth- CT song, But the gentleman had gone home. and the court adjourned"
 A Good One on Judge Robinson.
 Bob Railey ,the genial attorney for Mi9cnIIri lnfr and tells the following on his colleague, Judge Elijah Robinson of Kansas City, who Is also attorney fos the Pacific: Recently Mir. Railey met Judge Robin son at Jefferson City, where he had gone to argue an important case for his road before the Supreme Court. He told Mir. Railey that he had been in the company of some convivial friends the night before and on account of his late hours wGs feeling rather dull and was suffering from a headache. Mir. Railey is also subject to headaches and always carries a certain kind of headache cure put up in capsules. He gave one of them to Judge Robinson and told him it was a sure cure and would make his head as clear as a bell. The judge took it, put it in his vest pocket and said he would try 1t. Later in the day he again met Mir. Railey in the court library and told him that the headache medicine he had given him was the finest thing he had ever tried. that he felt that he had made the best argument before the court he had ever made and that he would like to get more of it to carry with him.
 They sat there chatting for some time, when suddenly Judge Robinson, who had been fumbling in his vest booked. stopped talking and pulled out the headache capsule that MT. Railey had given him. He looked at it in mute surprise. Great Caesary' ex- claimed the sedate judge. '"I took the rubber tip of my pencil instead of that internal capsule" Champ Clark.
 Bird Dealer-What do you mean by re- tnrnlnar that after kaarirae. Mir, R.