The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-31

all you fellows beaten block" he said to
words. Lawrenceburg, Dearborn county,
TO Senator O'Brien's vocabulary.
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There is no more genial soul in the whole
United States than Eban II. Wolcott. OF
Wolcott. But he hath a ca1stic wit hath
this gentleman, which he knows well now
to use. Coming he does from one of the
Oldest families in Indiana the senator has
none of the affectatons of the pseudo aris-
tocrat, the mannerisms of the nodveau
richie, and while being most tolerant OF all
men and all ways of looking at things he
once had occasion TO effectually crush an
individuality whose gentility was merely
plate metal.
This person was a Hebrew who had
forced himself upon Mr.. Wolcotts &C
quaintance in the lobby of the AUDITORIUM
Hotel in Chicago. The senator endured ,ns
gabby conversation of the fellow. who had
seated himself in chair near by, ana VINO
had started in upon l3ng.wi naae b har tbe
forelock and had made an immense 1or,
tune. After setting forth in dollars ana
cents how much money he had to his credit
in various enterprises he began TO lament
the boredom of social life.
II went to a dinner dance the oLner
night" he remarked in blase manner. But
1 became wearied, excessively wearled;
Didn't you enjoy it?' asked Mr.. VOL
colt, politely.
"Oh, yes" came the reply, but the COM
pany was so mixed"
be Jews said the senator, as he bowed
and left.
Booth Harrington, The Gentleman from
Indiana-a man OF parts and deep penetra-
ton, literary luminary whose enulsehce
casts reflected glory on every citizen OF our
great commonwealth"
How's that for toast? member or the
Legislature from one of the country dis
tricts evolved it the other night at dinner
| in celebration of How We Did 1t, when
he was called upon to toast the host. Inc
party had spent several hours around the
| festal board, and the member in question
! had called at frequent and sun more ire
| quent intervals for some more or tnat
the health of the man who had been very
instrumental in doing 1t" His response
surprised even his best friends. who didn
| think it was in him, and was striking
| testimonial to his own ability and 10 the
efficacy of the wine which with refreshing
artlessness he had characterized as that
white stuff"
| That wasn't the only good thing that the
member gave utterance to in the course or
his speech, which was somewhat prolonged,
owing to the numerous encores. put that
1
| He was at his best and he went at pace
| that would have opened the eyes of many
! of his unsophisticated constituents down
| in-well. 1t doesn't matter just what county.
| Harrington, as the host, was naturally
| somewhat embarrassed and almost over
| come at the fulsome flattery, but he learned
| one thing from it-where to go for press
| agent when he needs one.
| Some legislators were discussing, yester-
day, the number of bills clearly unconstitu-
tional that are introduced at every session,
when Warren Sayre said THAT reminds
me-" Instead of running, the crowd gath
cred closer. for Sayre's reputation as ra-
| contour has become proverbial.
During a session away back in the
eighties continued the member from Wa
bash, there was representative from one
of the rural districts who had a grudge
| against a railroad because it would not
establish a station on his farm. AS soon as
| he broke into the Legislature he conceived
| a brilliant idea TO get even with the rail-
road and at the same time force II TO give
| him the station. He set to work bill,
| and finally fixed UP measure requiring
| the railroad In question to establish sta
tions every six miles between two certain
| cities. and he had it alp figured out so that
one Of these stations would fall on his farm.
He showed the bill to some one, who told
was clearly unconstitutional That sort o.
disheartened him, and he wasn't heard
| from for two or three days. but at the end
introduced il. When 1t was read the House
discovered how he had lodged the consti-
nationality question The last section be-
fore the emergency clause was as follows:
Whereas, this bill is right and just, ii
is hereby declared to be constitutional! -
Representative Morgan. of Marion coun-
ty. received a postal card from his old
friend "Three Dollars" yesterday, that
reads as follows:
II wish you would introduce Law, to
abolish the Divorce Laws altogether, all no
more Whiskey Legislation. If we are as We
claim, the highest civilize People of this
World, We need no Divorce Laws that old
Jews barborous canibal breed from abra-
ham on have been always upholdng corrupt
unnatural Laws. Moses and his gang pra-
tized not but immoral vicious deceitful In
fanny We must abolish this Humbug, to
make the People more honest and protect
the american children from brutal parents,
improve the Morality of our Women, many
who only marry for fun, to have a jolly
good time, why? because when the fun is
over they get a Divorce, they want to make
neither good honest wifes mothers, they
ruin many times their husbands IL children
DRIVE n Men INTO TO drink, gambling and c9nspirs
and fill up our poorhouses. Jails, Work
houses, Lunatic asylums, Reformatory &
. | Penltentlary. sent Mr. Stechan postal
to help abolish the Divorce Law, though
| am afraid he is too Cowardly, it takes a
|, | honest and Bold man to be good Repub-
lican and a american citizen should not be
Coward. A real Republican no Boodler in
| mine"
This arraignment of the divorce law made
| deep impression on all the members who
read it, but Representative Stechhan
! couldn't see why he should be singled out
for roast from Three Dollars" Stech.
han is waiting TO get his postal, to see if II
contains an equally wicked thrust at Nor
gan. IL it does he will feel that he Is