Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-02-17
BRYAN and DepeW.

| lie Illustrating the kpGEeSt war or VIII,
likewise the old saying, When Greek
meets Greek, then comes the tug Of
war" | saw both those saws verified
not long since at a banquet where the
elite of both political parties sat about
the fcstal board and participated in
the postpra ndial oratory. William Jen-
nings Bryan was the gucS, CT hSn-
or and Senator Chaunccy N. Dcpev
of the company. Judge I.inncys 1ur.
| key remi.liscencc recalls this incident
to my mind. Senator Depew made
brilliant speech. as he always does,
winding up MITCH political and person
al pleasantly by saying. "-as Mr. Bry-
an is to follow me. hope he will ex-
plain what he is in favor Of"
Bryan began by saying: AS a ger
eral thing, it would Lc Il safe rule of
political conduct to oppose anything
advocated by Senator Dcpew and to
advocate anythiE. opposed by him.
Then. after stating as fully as the eti
qurtte Of the situation permitted the
tcncts of his political faith. he contin-
ued: Some time ago Senator Depew
was making ono of his many voyages
| across the ocean one day a cotcrie of
gay and festive gentlemen were on
deck and to while away the lag.ard
| hours agreed that each in turn should
| tell an ::necdote. This they proceeded
| to do. When a certain mans turn
came, lie declared that he could tell no
anec,lotc and inquired If Il coEtlndrum
| IL L. IL, 4
| he inquired. What is the difference be-
| tween Senator DcpcW and a turkey"
| No one hcing able to answer. the man
| said The difference is this-a turkey
is not stuffed with chestnuts till after
| death, but the senator is stuffed with
them while still living"
| Apparently no ono of the company
! Depew himself The chances are de-
cidedly in favor Of the proposition that
sooner or later he will even llp with
William J.
Old as MethueeIah.
Hon. John +. Sllafroth. the capable
and faithful congressman from Den
YER. tells the following anecdotes con
cerning his old Missouri law partner:
"IIon. Samuel G. Major of Fayette,
Mo-, was one Of the brightest lawyers
Missouri ever produced. Though bril-
liant, he was not accurate either in
pronunciation or language AS an il
lustration of his quick wit, remember
an incident in the trial of case which
! provoked great merrimcnt.
| g.,
old client, and the opposing counsel
was Andrew ]. IIcrndon, a very able,
careful. accurate lawyer, n devout
member of the church. Hcrndon's hair
and beard were as white as snow.
I'm the opening speech to the jury
Ma jor referred to his client as being rs
old as 'Metluse um.' IIcrndon, in his
speech. in merrtmcnt and deriSion re-
pcateu the word 'Mcthusclun' a num-
Der OF times and stated that Sam didn't
know any more about law than lie did
about the Bible: that of course he
! meant Mctl.uSelah. Every ono laugh
cd and thought Major was cornercd.
but he had the closing speech to the
| jury. and this is what he aid:
| 'Gcn1lclicn of the jury. when q
man grows ol.l and his hair and beard
grow White he is approaching the
grave. and his mind naturally turns to
the good book. He thinks that every
| reference enc makes is to !: character
| In the H,hk'. Why. gentlemen Of the
| jury. didn't mean McthuSelah of
: Biblical fame. meant old Billy Me
| tlG>c'nl, the S1avcnaker ut Bunker
Hill, iol all know him, gentlemen
! "of course there WaS no such man at
Bunker Hin. Il nei-hhorng village, and
all the jury knew it, but the quick way
III which he GOT ont of the dilemma
without. acknowledging his inaccuracy
was highly appreciated by the jury and
! members OF the bar
! zone day Ma or in his buggy was go
ing to Il neighborinS town to try Il law
suit. He observed Il man lying by rks
side of the road, moaning aud wailiny
IN an agoniznS manner. Major Yot
out of his buggy. went up to the dis
trcssed man and asked him what was
| the matter. The man answered that
his team had run away with him and
had thrown him out of the wagon
against the rail fence, and lie said
; 'oh. sir am going to die. My leg is
broken. my wrist spraincd and my
shoulder u.slocated. don't believe
can ever recover
Ma jor answered: Good God. man,
there is nothing the matter with YOU
From the way YOU were moaning
thought YOU haze the toothachc'"
An Unanswerahle Conundrun1.