The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-06
WASHINGTON DAY BY DAY.
The Rosy, Rising Sun Not a Book
making Proposition.
lNeW York 100.

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love to see the rosy early morning
sunshine kiss the dome of the capitol.
9alll u golden and make il look glad. %
GIsecIalined Representative Robinson Of In
uidnd, IN the house yesterday
- get you ten You never saw it, broke
a, representative Shattuc of Ohio
by SON. replied Robinson. this is a
P0e'icah not. bOOkmaking proposition
. . 9 .
d. Ilahk said postmaster General
- ne 70 Henry n, Cary, the promoter
OF literature and former citizen of Mil
Waukee, Payne's home. what Is the fun
illeSt 5nlng YOU have heard in a month
veil. said Cary, 'the other morning
sat IN my Office in New York. and an
az using solicitor came in. He wanted
~ tepi esehted. ] was busy. and ] sent
nm 70 the encyclopedia department He
Went down there to get the encyclopedia
man 70 advertise. In half an hour he
Well / said did Won, oct ,-o,,- con
tract?' Oiu ou get Sou' ooii-
No he replied. I'm blamed if 1 did.
ana What do you think happened to mey-
can't imagine
.t,., May ! never draw another breath if
books
representative Rupert is great the
aue-eoer. A night or two ago he went
~ d teh-tWenty-and-thirty house TO see a
western melodrama. He got in at the
END OF the second act.
ne stage was pitch dark when I
louhu my seat says Rupert. "and two
men were lighting a duel. I could hear
me KNIVES clash together and hear the
men stumble around the stage. but
Couiu only fainuy distinguish the forms
OF the actors. After a while there was
hump on the floor. and the villain Kissed.
An, ma! Rudolph Tetherington. I have
you now, and no one nigh to see me do
Then the drummer hit the bass drum
q 6elt and the calcium man turned on the
uSut, ana away up on rocky pass the
heroine was seen standing
coward! she shouted, Ne and heaven
representative Lands of Indiana is one
or the epicures of the house. Recently
ne thought he wanted an extra fine streak
ana with Representative Littlefeld
dropped into Harvey's. When the WAGER
had come up Mr.. Lands began giving
MIN directions as to the kind of steak he
wanted.
1T must be at least two inches thick.
Juicy, tender and cut from the inside Of
the meat, declared Mr.. Landis L
DON'T want any outside beef"
DEED. boss. dey ain no sich steak as
dat in de house" answered the darkey
.dey wus Mr.. harvey would eat it
hisse'f"
Representative Small of North Carolina
called a page, and. after giving him di-
rections 10 bring him a book, asked the
boy if he knew his name.
NO. sir, ! don't replied the young
ster, but I know the state you're from"
Well, what is it,"
"Oh. you're from the state where the
governor said to the governor Of South
Carolina, It's aTiong way to the
creek.
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THE people Of the SOUTH said Repre-
sentative John Sharp Williams Of Missis
sippi today, have different ideas about
money than prevail in many parts of the
north. 1t is scarcer with them.
Il remember in little town where
was i'm Mississippi Of hearing of a bust
ness transaction that was a marvel Of
the place. A man owned a sawmill and
another man came along and paid him $500
in cash for IL. Everybody discussed the
trade IT was a marvel. The general
opinion was summed up by one old fell
low who said I can't for the life of me
make out what a man who has $500 wants
of a sawmill.
That reminds me, said Representative
John Wesley Gaines of Tennessee, of a
story they tell in my state Of "A gathering
at a village store The sitteTs were all in.
One of the regulars was deep in thought.
He had some great, momentous question
in mind. He paid no attention 10 the
discussion Of weighty affairs that was in
progress, and even refused to take
drink of corn whisky. Finally the store
keeper said: 81. what's the matter with
you? lou act as If you are in heap Of
trouble
heavens! how I wish I had S."
Senator Mason. Representative Bar
thOldt and several others were seated in
the house restaurant discussing the rela-
tive value Of drinks.
Lager beer is an excellent tonic, de-
clared Representative Bartholdt
Yes. rather TeutOnic." Senator mason
said as he slipped a Scotch high-ball.
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General Funston. when he first went to
the Philippines. chad great difficulty in
understanding the Spanish dialect. He
and his aides were invited to attend
banquet in the interior OF the Islands.
The presidente Of the town. after an eio-
quent speech, sat down, and II was up
to- General Funston. Not knowing Whf
the presidente had said nor the language
he rose and amid the plaudits OF lhe
people said, "E PluribUs Unum!
Every man rose and drained his glass
and ali left the banquet hall satisfied that
General Funston had paid them a nigh
compliment.
Senator Foraker today worked off a
new Philadelphia story. He was speak
ing against the Chinese exclusion bill,
when Senator Penrose Of Pennsylvania in
terrupted him. calling attention to a case
in Federal Reports 81. Mr.. FORAKER SAID
that ala not constitute a modern instance,
as the supreme court has rendered de-
cisions since that time
This reference to Federal Reports 81
said Senator Foraker. calls my attention
to the story of the man who was busily
engaged in buving an the last years call
endars he could find A surprised friend
asked why he was buying this quantity
of last years calendars The reply OF
the buyer was: 7 am getting them TO sen
in Philadelphia.
scHWAB WAS oBDURATE.