Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-12-14
STORIES OF SENATOR INGALLS,.
Told by Man Who Has Been Senate
EmpIoye for Nearly Fifty Year..

In the room of the Senate committee on
the District OF Columbia, where the
board OF architects and landscape gar
denefs are preparing their report oatlin-
;hg IA plan for 4 new park system for
| " aSn:ngton. there is on duty an official
or the sergeant-arm's Office VINO has been
Ia the continuous employ of the Senate
Tor nearly half a century. His name
| > 1haries >. Draper, and he has known
personally almost every man who has
| been member Of the Senate in all thos..
years. The late John ]. ingalls, of Kan
sas was once chairman of the diS:r:cT
committee, and in recalling "reminiscences
OF MS administration the other day.
Draper told two very good stories. One
of them was this:
When the haze David Davis of Illinois
was president pro ten. of the Senate.
| holding the balance of power as an indie
pendent Democrat and preventing tho
republicans from taking possession o.
the senate patronage, he was presiding
one day at long drawn-out session. and,
becoming very tired and hungry, was anX-
ious 20 have the Senate adjourn. Send
| ing for 4 senator he requested him H.
make certain point of order that would
nave brought about such legislative sit
uaIon that adjournment would necessari-
| ~ have to follow. The senator made his
point, which was very bad one, indeed,
and Mr.. Davis promptly decided that it
was well taken. just as he did so Sena-
Tor ingalls, emerged from the cloak room.
Strutt!n@ down the main aisle, he add
dressed the chair and in his stelnest voice
ana most dramatic manner shouted
Mr.. President, | am amazed"
SO am L." said the presiding officer
promptly, dropping his head on the desk
TO conceal he laughter, and then quickly
entertained motion for adjournment
ana retired to the lunchroom.
On another occasion, toward the ono
OF session lasting far into the summer
the usual proposition was before the Sen.
ate to give everybody on the employees
pay roll an extra months pay. The biz
was about to pass when Senator ingalls,
afouSlng himself, sent to the library for
stack of books and began such n fierct
attack on the measure as quickly.to e.,
me Senate chamber with an audience IT,
listen TO his sarcasm and inYective
There is no precedent for this, Mr.
president" was the burden Of his speech
and over and over again at the end of
each Well-directed attack he would re-
peat: There IS no precedent for this. Mr.
President. At the close of his speech.
rs the senator was passing from tho
Senate chamber to his committee room
Draper, who had been standing with a
group of other employees, anxously
awaiting the result of the onslaught on
their salary grab, stepped out from the
others and said to Mr.. Ingalls,
Senator, that was an able speech
from your standpoint. but why do you
oppose it? We thought that YOU of al
the senator's would be our particular
friend"
With a frown Mr.. Ingalls, turned and
said in his most cutting tones: Draper.
do You mean to tell me that you men
who have so little 10 do ana who are 81
we'll paid desire to draw thirteen months
pay for twelve months service? If Won
are not satisfied why don't you resign
and let someone have your places who
will be satisfied to draw a legitimate sal
ary?"
Why said Draper quickly. uncon-
sciously initiating the voice and manner
of Mr.. ingalls, in his speech: There is
no precedent for this. Mr.. Senator" AMI
ingalls, went off laughing so loud that he
could be heard over at the House of Rep
resentatives.
The next day the bill passed and the
employees got their thirteen months pay
for twelve months of semi-idleness.