The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-16
GOOD STORIES FROM
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
REPURLIC SPECIAL

REPUBLIC PECIAI
Washington, Feb. IA New York lady
and her daughter OF were pIesen.-
ed to the President the other day The lit
tie girl, who has considerable Imagination,
had just been reading Alice in Wonder
land"
After the introduction the child said:
MI. President, do you sit on a thorn
What Is that, my child? l don't think
understand YOU"
Il mean. do you sit on a thorn?"
The little girls mother. with visible emf
barrassment, said:
Mr.. President. 1 think she means to ask
you if you sit on a throne?'
The President laughed heartily as he
My dear" he said. II do not sit on a
throne. but l do sit on many thorns.'
Talk OF coming a 2ls-cent piece has again
been revived in Treasury circles. This
would be especially pleasing to the collec-.
tors of coins, but the students of financial
questions say there are already too many
United States coins of small denominations.
A prominent official of the Treasury De-
partment. speaking on the subject yester-
| day, said:
1T is a curious fact that while the coin
age of a 2l2c-piece. urged a few years
ago, seemed to be mainly the wis
make very small change. the idea of a 2ta-
cent piece is most popular among holders
Der of these bonds have to pay interest at
the rate Of SO many dollars and g cents
one quarter and s. cents in another quarter.
Just because there is no 2ls-cent piece.
The 2-cent piece was not a successful
coin. nor was the nickel 3-cent piece. so
far as the Treasury and subtreasuries nre
concerned, no fractional piece is needed be-
tween the nickel and the penny.
Il think. however. that with the increas-
Ing specialization in this country. the ten
dency 10 market tremendous products with
but a small margin Of profit on each one
will make essential in time the coming
of a 21s-cent piece. Just what such IA 20 ii
r-nt,1I ha r.aAA ~ hac ~ hrap ,,,tnl V,r-
cussed. but it is expected that mint ,irec-
tors will soon have to consider the uues-
ton"
1t leaked out in the Senate cloakroom-
on the Republican side. Senator Mason has
a 10-year-old boy who has been building UP
OF a gymnasium instructor.
the time came at the Mason home N
M siilsoIs' fa Whfp that # finally MI H aaMned also sn the ss
Illinois. had won the Mason seat In the
United States Senate. The Senator himself
admitted the awful situation at the dinner
table one night. 1t was not a very cheer
full meal. The various phases of the con-
test and its direct results were discussed in
m mo language and Mr.; Hopkins's name
conversation. He went to his room m
thoughtful mood. Just before retiring he
called for his mother.
Say. ma; said he, has that man Hop
kins got a boy about my size?'
his week 8 PROFOUNDLY mysterious cpl
sode of the standard on kilograms to
Senators at Washington has reminded some
people that the episode was foreshadowed
with close exactness. in an original vaude-
vile act performed by the Gridiron Club
at Washington at its recent dinner on jan
uary 81. to which Mr.. Morgan and numer-
invited.
The story of the allegorical Wall street
office displayed on that occasion, with the
ticker directed from time to time accord
Ing to whirls of the roulette wheel, has
been told In print already.
But the unconscious prophecy has not
been told. 1t occurred when a lounger at
the ticker called out that Sugar was up"
Inquiry ELECTED the fact that Senator @.
W W 9,n d9i1 'Es it bs,d The he 4 9ha e1 manage retreated
said: %. has not been told to do this.
Telegraph to Senator 4: to call him on"
one of the nearby banquet tables. To him
a venerable Washington correspondent, cos
TUNED as a district messenger boy. at once
dispatch. The other Senators, also actual
~. present, were similarly favored, to the
intense enjoyment Of an audience which
which included both well known Wall street
financiers and equally ~well-known captains
Of industry in public life. The incident GER
duplicated by TIE events narrated in This
weeks newspapers.
Among Il few of his personal frlends in
the Senate. Senator Clark, the Cooper
King. from Montana. is playfully spoken
recent agitation Of the temperance Question
At the Capitol, the rule against the sale Of
liquors in the Senate cafe has been rtsidly
those Senator's who require a slight stimu- |
liant with their MONDAY luncheon, for me |
Giciral purposes only.
Senator Clark SELDOM takes his luncheon |
clone and the brother Senator who happens |
to be his guest is generally assured Of an
invi.ason 10 Try a superior Scotch hisnDall
1OT a starter. A few dave npn tho NTort,-, |
Senator was taking luncheon with a fell
low Senator who is known to be an ex-
to senatorial dignity and an observance of |
rules and traditions OF that dignified
The latter was, therefore. momentarDv
shocked when, Senator Clark proposed a |
Scotch highball At the same time the Sem
ator from Montana drew from his hip
his colleague. In the meantime two glasses
with some cracked ice. a dash of lime iuice
With almost as much caution as two small
boys would steal their first smoke" behind
barn. the two Senators hurriedly
'phists. phists." two gurgles. a duet Of sat
lsfed. "ahs" and presto!, all discriminating
evidence had disappeared.
Senator Kean Of New Jersey is receiving
congratulations from his senatorial
associates and also his constituents on his
the maiden effort" of the senior Senator
from New Jersey. although he has been a
member since March 1, 1899. He was in
to participate in the debate by the
of the Committee on Territories,
Of which he is a member. and after some
hesitation, he consented to prepe Re a short
speech. which would probably have occu-
pied about an hour; il he had been per-
nitted to proceed without interruption.
Being a Thoroughly practical and success
'ul business man, Senator Kean treated the
subject from an original and a purely BUSH
ness viewpoint. He marshaled his facts so
and delivered them to the SEN
,te with SUCH effectiveness that he chal-
eDged frequent Interruptions from the
friends of the bill. Under. the inspiration
If the moment he discarded his manuscript
and engaged in a general running debate
With many Of the veterans and acquitted
himself admirably.