The times., 1901-05-19
WHY A SENATOR WAS LATE,
His Tnrdiness Graphically Explain
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bellboy at the Aud which in bell
boy language means Auditorium. has
solved sort of mild mystery by confess
ing his participation in little adventure
that happened during the national cam
paign last fall. One night Senator Dolli-
yer was billed to speak for the Republican
candidate for President and 5000 people
had crowded into the big theatre to list
en- to him. The reception committee wait
ed on him in his apartments in the Audi
! torium Annex and offered to escort him
to the platform, but he asked them to go
ahead and said he would follow in a few
moments
The few moments heightened into min
uteS however. and the minutes into twen-
ty before the Senator made his appear
ance, looking hot flushed. and very tired
| The long-continued applause and the in
time to recover himself, and when he rose
to begin his address he appeared as calm
and self possessed as usual.
The members of the reception commit
tee wondered in a placid kind of way
what had happened to cause the twenty
minutes delay; none of them imagined
that the speaker of the evening was with
in few feet of them for most of that
time doing an act that the vaudeville
managers would have featured as the fun
niest of the year.
This here's the whole thing" said the
bellboy the other day, from A to lizard.
The big guy" (meaning the distinguished
statesman sent down a call just after
the reception comfy went away over to
get all crushed up in the push round the
doors, and asked me to put him onter an
easy way troo to the stage. They was
dollar in 1t for me, so | led the process
sion and we started down the tunnel
acrosr to the Aud. and | slipped him in
the wagon alley back of the stage door.
well, when we got that far / says to
him that if he didn't want to crost the
open stage to get to the right side we
would have to go underneath by the ma
chinery an come up that way. He says
ct2
not on var life. sonny | begun to walk
down the stairs, with him ahead, ard We
got about halfway over when he says.
Great Caesars goat, wOtS this?' 1t was
a tub of red paint sittin' on the concrete |
floor, an his nibs had run right into
it. both his legs, patent feathers an black
dress pants
THE Senator sr-ore considerable an
said a lot of nice things to me, but he
I'm lily got q move on an told me not to
stand laughin' there like an idiot, but to
so and unstTap his yalises and bring
down a pair of pants. shoes, and socks.
When gets back with the goods there
was his whiskers standin' by the light of
little electric globe waitin fer me. We
could hear the mob up above stampin' an
whistlin' and the big organ poundin' out
to fill in the wait The Senator done a
lightnin change turn tina. night for his
life. He whipped off his swallertail an
sat on the concrete while ! handed him
the things as he wanted them. Just as
he got the first boot on there was extra
atOr says somethin' under his breath
about ii bein enough to make Rome howl
and the reception guys thinkin him
blankety blank fool He struggled with
the other boot about four minutes. and
then he remembered he had a pretty size
able foot. and had to take both his shoes
off while he pulled on his pants While
he was doin this turn he said some more
strong things.
AT last he got everything on ali right.
Then he says TO me, Pick up all that stuff
and take it to my room See me in the
morning and I'll give yer another dollar.
but if you ever talk about this affair to
anyone I'll break yer neck. / showed
him the way up the other side to the
stage, and as soon as l heard. by the
yawp. that he had got into the ring /
bundled up the clothes so as none of the
paint drips would git on me and made
tracks for his rooms.
"Well, he was he main squeeze that
night an the paDers said next morning
that he cut the mustard in great shape
| guess his head was so swelled by 1t that
he forgot that other dollar he promised
me. Anyway, l never got it, and so the
story's out"