The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-06-05
i1INP CLARK STORIES
Gathered In and About tho
Halls of Congress.

..w the Hum0ris . and the a A, re-. &c
'9 T.IIer Diner-IIIustratlon OF the 81,
. .e If a Tariff-A Boy and His
Tls''"'"'s.rs-coIoneI Hepburn's story
wau's lrrcverent Remark-He"-
w. put the House In Good HUI
a Thrilling Toast
" ,c.,rr;cbt. 1901. bye Champ Clark
Ito ,o+ompnt may at first blush ap-
lns orodoxical, bat it is nevertheless
peal tnot there is a vast difference be-
, ,rseu the humorist and the anecdote
we The same man may be both,
''n' Usually he is only the one or the
p 'n,r For instance, know a promi-
v v,,t Missouri statesman who has DO
A'I' aonse of humor than a fencepost,
DIy w rot he is a great success at telling
~. a,dotes in his public speeches. His
nndus operandi is this: He hears some
o.ber speaker relate an anecdote when
nrs down the house. That proves
I him that it is a good one. So he
|+.tps out a small blank book which he
4 ..,os for the purpose, writes it down
.ofullr commits it to memory and
.,nrs If on his audiences till it is
worn threadbare.
"C nao Of the best anecdote tellers in
IA. q
~ house is Hon. w. Jasper Talbert of
C'.th carolina. He is a tall, hand
..mo soIderly looking man, honest as
sSa day is long, plain, blunt of manner.
n. Effect Of the Tariff.
10 illustrate his idea of what the
.,nb protective tariff has done for the
ronth and west he says:
~Down in my county a boy went to
Mil for the first time. He didn't Know
how millers transact business. SO
rhor the miller took out the toll the
1or tbougbt he was stealing it; but, as
: [boro was not much of it, he said moth
n, Int when the miller poured the rest
! tbp corn into the hopper the boy
.bougbt he had stolen that too. So when
M miller threw the sack down on the
aOOr the boy grabbed it. shot out of
tbo door and pulled for home fast as
his legs could carry him. The miller,
tbnkng the boy had gone crazy, ran
sfter him and chased him home. The
hov fell over the yard fence. His ia
,bpr ran out and asked him what was
HE matter. The boy said:
THAT old, fat rascal stole all of my
corp and gave me devil Of race for
The sack
"Tbat," said Talbert, sis the way the
80 eastern tariff barons have treated US
taken our corn and now are after the
sack"
Taherts Anecdote.
70 show his opinion Of certain peo-
pie be Nid: II never see an eastern
Democrat wabbling about on the mon
ey question that | do not think Of an
Incident that happened down in Edge
field county. One morning a woman
was 10 such hurry dressing her boy
That she put bis trousers on wrong side
before. The little fellow started to
school crying as though his heart would
break. gentleman met him and ask
Id
Ny little man, what are you cry
Ing abOut|
The boy blubbered out: The way /
an dressed can't tell to save my life
Whether am going to school or going
pack home again."
FOR Man and Beast.
Colonel William Peters Hepburn of
iowa is an exceedingly able man. Gen
orally be is of the sedate and solemn
arlety In debate he is savage, in the
oaSFoom genial and sparkling. Not
pug since he came up to me and with
very serious countenance said:
10 you suppose it is possible that
VI So-and-sO will be nominated. as