The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-09
THIS WAS CRUELTY
A Serious Blondine Typewritist Joke
Worked on Mr.. Tawneys
Assistant. 6
Fears That His Wife Will Not Be
Able to Appreciate Its Humor-
Gus Features.
From The Journal Bureau. Room s5, Post Build.

From The Journal Bureau. Room %, Post Build
ing, Washington. I'll
Washington March 9.-Lest it should
lead to domestic infelicity and possibly
divorce, the name Of the congressman
must be suppressed. But the joke Is too
good to keep. 1t was while the intermin-
able procession Of roll calls was in prog
ress in the house, and the republican
whip" Mr.. Tawney was having his own
troubles to keep a quorum In the cham
ber. He had enlisted the services Of an
alert young man from the middlessWest
to help him. It was this lieutenant who
was the victim of the joke. 1t CHANGED
that he was scouting for members in the
restaurant and espied a rakish bachelor
from Michigan dining with his lady secre-
tary. The latter was blonde and flash.
She was evidently of the sort who love
to have eatables and drinkables bought
for them. The assistant whip approached
the congressman with apologies and ex-
planned that it was very urgent that he go
to the chamber and vote, as very great
difficulty was being had in maintaining
a quorum. He argued that the member
might return Immediately after. he had
voted, and even volunteered to keep
guard over his fair charge while he was
gone. To this the bachelor. consented,
and the assistant whip sat down and be-
gan a pleasant tete a tete with the blonde
typest.
For while all was pleasant. The lady
| ate and ordered, and ordered and ate and
ordered again. But the assistant whip
| was married man, and after a while he
began to be nervous about being seen in
that company. The bachelor did not re-
turn. After a while members of the house
came down, and they all seemed to- take
very particular motive Of the little party
| of two. Some smiled and shook their
heads. But the original entertainer of the
lady did not come back. And finally,
| when the menu had been exhausted and
about the entire roster Of the house had
| secured a good look at the supper party,
| the assistant whip, now seething with
| wrath, and distracted for his reputation,
| was forced to pay the check Of $4.S5 and
abandon the lady. He fled; and it was not
| until the next day he realized that he had
been made the victim Of practical joke.
But he still fears his wife will hear 1t
and not appreciate it's humorous features.
| The Ghost Of Sampson.
The ghost of Admiral Sampson still
walks. The other night, in the closing
hours of congress, it rose up to blast a
bill for a monument to Captain Gridley
of Dewey's flagship Olympia Gridley was
a Michigan man, and the members from
| that state tried to get the sum Of O,O0C
for commemorative purposes; but Samp.
sons friends INTERVIEWED with a counter
| Sampson monument first. AAs.Ananimous
consent was necessary for any Legislation
and as the two parties could not agree
both projects were abandoned.
| -. Bailey Was Sore.
Another exhibition Of temper was giver
by Senator 10 Bailey Of Texas on the da,
of the senate's expiration. All the session
he had been fighting with Hanna to ge
consideration for his Sabine Pass bill. H,
figured he was sure of it in the closing
minutes as he could work a little of tn,
Tilman-Quay, etc, holdup game. But h,
had reckoned without his host, for Hanna
had arranged with, Senator Mason to tall
the Bailey bill to death. - Mason was go
ing into private life, and could do it will
impunity. Bailey saw. in a fash how. h
had been OutWitted and he went as whit,
as sheet. There was nuttered oatl
and those near him prepared to lay re
straining hands upon him. But Masor
was on the far side of the chamber, ant
he had time to reconsider.
Humane Societies. Work.
The humane societies Of the countr.
have demonstrated their influence for goo(
in the overwhelming defeat of, the bill b,
which certain cattle shippers were trying
to amend the law which requires cattl
to be taken from the cars for feed AM
rest at the; end of twenty eight hours
The bill sought to lengthen the period .
car imprisonment to forty hours; and /
passed the house without debate: In tn
senate it was referred to a sub -committe
of Senator Kean Of New Jersey, and t.
him were referred all protests against it
passage. The senator says the volume O
protests, coming BY wire, mail expires
and freight was SO great he was almos
obliged to move out Of his committee roor
to give them storage space. The bill wa
not even reported back by the committee
/ w. w. Jermane.