The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-05
In New York.
CFrom the New York Post.)


In A certain office building in the down
town district there is club on an upper
floor with an express elevator service for
members The other day two of the lat
ter emerged from the dining room, where
they had eaten luncheon. and eyed the
elevator floor indicator. The arrow moved
in two shafts, one of them the ciuD
elevator express route.
Its wonderful how much time a man
can save by these expresses, remarked
one of the pair.
Nonsense" said his companion. Il
can get to the bottom on a local and
beat you while I am doing it.
Ten dollars that you can't" was the
reply.
The cages in both shofts opened with
a click, and without further parley the
two men separated, entering different ele-
vators. The local got away fraction
of a moment ahead of the express. When
the man in the latter stepped out his ac-
quaitance was waiting for him
How did you do it?" gasped the ex-
press passenger. digging down for the
forfeited bank-note.
THAT was easy" said his companion.
Il gave my elevator man half of the bet
in advance-and he didn't make any
stops"
Speaking Of Congressman Bakers re-
fusal of q pass offered him by the b.
and o. railroad" said a westerner, have
you ever heard the story OF the Kansas
legislator who started an agitation for
purity in politics?
Fellow legislators said he on the
opening day of the legislature, standing
up for speech and putting on a look Of
righteous determination. let us make this
session long to be remembered by haV-
ip0 n wholly free from aQy faint OF dis
honesty
He made long speech in this strain
and ended by stepping up to the steno-
grapher's table and laying down a rail-
road pass.
In order to back my words with
deeds he concluded. I Will lay down my
pass on this table; and 1 urge every
other member of this legislature who
stands for clean government to step up
and do likewise
Not soul stirred.
1.-The speaker watched them for few
moments with atriumphant CLEAN in his
eye Presently, when everybody had had
a chance to lay down his pass and no.
body had improved it. he burst out:
Not an honest man in the chamber!
Very well You thought you had me,
didn you. Well. you haven't. That's
last years pass
A resident of Brooklyn tells this story
apropos of the Murphy trial and the re-
sulting exposure of labor graft" includ-
ing the payment of $4,000 fine by
Brooklyn contractors:
About a year ago ! was present at
dinner where the exactions of the unions
were discussed. One of the guests was
positive in his assertion that he would
never be a party to such frauds and
that he would do anything or suffer any
thing before he would pay a bride for the
privilege Of running his own business.
You are right there put in Col. An
drew D. Baird 4 thought 50 myself
for years l was just as anxious as you
are to keep out of such things. but when
it became a question of paying fine
or going TO the wall. paid
The Rev. DR.. c. is a stanch Presby-
terrain, but liberal withal; hence this
story. which he tells on himself: On the
Sunday previous to the popes death ne
ventured to include in his prayer peu-
ton for the prelate's recovery.
But I must have been too guarded N
nv reference to the case" he told a
friend later. 'for after the service one OF
my parishioners said;
Doctor who was the sick old man IN
Europe for whom you prayed? II was
Judge Ia member OF the church,.
wasn't II? I knew ne went TO Europe in
June but 1 hadn't heard that he was
sick