Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-28

brv Departrneut was talking of senators
no knew one of them was Senator Clapp
of Minnesota Years ago they lived within
4 few feet of each other in Wisconsin. I'VE
always called him Mo. because his first
name is Moses said Mr.. Taylor. Il THINK
he Is one of the brainiest men in the Sen
ate and | happen to know that he has some
of the stanchest friends and strongest ad-
mirers in the world. Years ago we had q
township in our state that was settled al
most wholly by Irishmen. In every cleo
ton 1t was democratic, almost solldly dem
ocratic We tried hard to got some of the
freshmen to occasionally vote for this or
that local man, but the leaders held them
in line. That was in the days when open
tickets were voted and ii the leaders saw
u man with split ticket they promptly
made him change ii for straight demo-
cratic ticket. The republicans were ANXIOUS
10 break the democratic vote some way, and
one campaign they decided to send some
Of the most popular young men of the
community among the lrishmen to MAKE
some SDCeTNeS. Mo Clapp was picked to
break the ice because he knew AL the IRISH
men and they liked him personally as well
rs anybody they knew. The lriShmen.
however. would not at first stand tor the
speech. Every time Clapp began the audi
enCc drowned his remarks with yelis, bu,
ne patiently waited for each demo. station
20 subside and began again. In the audi
.nCc was an old Lrlshman who had known
Clapps father, and he was disposed to ex-
tend some sympathy to the speaker Edg
ing around to a point close to the platform
he plUCised at the coat tails of Clapp, so as
TO attract his attention. and when the
speaker leaned over To hear what he had
to say, he whispered: Don't mind EN-. No.
there's no decent people in the house any
now. Clapp was forced to smile, ana
somehow his good nature appealed to the
audience. and they allowed him TO finish.
1t was not for years, however. that we
We're able To break that solid democratic
phdlLnX.
-Four Eleven Forty four" shouted man
At the members of a foot ball team who
We're passing along New Jersey avenue one
day last week.
The numbers We're not intended to refer
in any particular to the game of policy. al
though several policemen who. Were stand
ing near him thought that such was his
meaning. His foot ball signal was given
in a tone loud enough to be heard across
the street. but not member of the foot
bali team turned his head.
SERVES You right" remarked friend
They won't pay any attention to you"
Then the several friends who were in the
group thought they We're having a good
laugh because of the manner In which the
only foot ball man In the crowd had been
given the "go by" as they termed 1t.
WONDER, remarked a lnenDef OF the
party. when he noticed a member of the
team speaking to companion in the sign
language. They are from the deaf and
dumb ssylum.'
Then the laugh was on everybody In the
party and nobody had to treat to lunch
when New Yorker wants TO be IA
cetious but not especially provincial, for
lie never wants TO be the latter, as he was
born that way. lie talks of running over to
Washington for a little rest in the quiet
repose of the capital city"
The speaker was chatting with a COM
panon as they Travelled together from New
York. and the talk turned on Washington
as a place of residence.
THAT is all very well for a witticism,"
he went on, but 1t Is dead against the
facts. Washington Is of course, not such
noisy city as New York: the streets are
not so crowded. neither, by the way. are
they as dirty. Stll. it is not rural place
as an observation of that character would
indicate. On the other hand, neither are
the streets as quiet and free from travel
was the case a few years ago. The
change is a noticeable one in this respect
and shows that the popula ton has grown
In numbers. There il more of Il hustle on
the streets than was formerly the case
and large crowds are encountered in places
of business.
AS lbT the IIalIIC on the street thtlt mas
appreciably changed, not alone in chgrac-
ter. but also in volume. What with the
rapidly. moving vehicles of different sorts
and horses managed by drivers of all de-
grees of stupidity. it is really now a mat
ter requiring good deal of management
to get across a street in the business sec
tlons of the city in safety. Washington Is
getting TO be cosmopolitan in that respect,
whatever that may mean. and. without
OuSiderin- the question of its being a de
sirahle condition. At the same time this
applies mainly to going about the streets
In the busy sections of the city. which,
however Is the very point of what I was
trying to say, as a few years ago there
was no section of that character in Wash
!ugtou.
K x * X
Il learned something new on the Bowcry
the other night" Detective Carl Father
remarked u some of his associates in the
detective office last night. when that part
Of Pennsylvania avenue between the Peace
monument and AZ street known as the
Bowery, was mentioned during a conversa-
don.
II was in that section, when I noticed Il
well-known police character who will do
almost anything to get money To pay for a
drink. holding up pedestrians, and his
scheme was such novel one that | could
not help but admire him for his originality.
He has been in the tolls more than once for
bcEElug money and for that raaSn,, tina