Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-09-09
PLAIN TALK Fon PLAIN PEOPLE.
crisp and Breezy Comment on dat
tiers in the Public Eye
(Wrltten for the Reform ~

many we'll but showed that he knew
n llttge something about commissafy'
| am prepared To avouch that such
sweet corn, baked beans, boiled pota-
toes and coffee was never before SET
before hungry Patriarchs, and J. q
rank outsider, was given the place OF
honor next 10 the dough dish. II
was n great day and the boys can
come to Ludlow every year, for all OF
me.
St Adams pulls out OF the baseball
season with her team in fourth
place, her treasury on the bum anu
mo directors back of a deficit OF 5000
| believe | said something ABOUT
madness short ufne
ago. What do you think about "
now?
The spectacle of Ed smith, ex.
governor and benefactor NJ ths
hands of the republican party 10
large degree. helping TO assist the
In electing their candi-
date for representative In ST. Abans
while his paper. the 81. Adams Mes
senger comes out strong Tor party
fealty. is spectacle to make the
ungodly laugh. | don't really be.
lieye that Ed. breaks off great deal
OF lev formation in political matters.
but ii Is surely a brightly humorous
situation. take it wide and high.
Rev. d, ]. O'Sullvan of St Adams
elected by substantial majority over
Col. Hall, is one of my most valued
friends. He represents high tide IN
progressive thought and has blaZed
new trails In liberal religion. HIS
friends and admirers are confined 20
no creed or party and his return 70
Montpelier is simply the reward OF
distinguished ability and service.
Himself one of the most modest OF
men. he will object decidedly to TINS
paragraph If 1t meets his eye, pu i.
any man brought i'm contact with his
gentle vet steadfast adherence to
princirae, his deep knowledge OF hu.
man nature. his broad charity and
advanced views on living questions
will welcome his return to the arena
of the house. where some of his mosi
telling work was done.
CONGRESSMAN Rainey from Illinois
made only a few speeches IN YER
mont. but he was democratic
heavyweight. improperly advertised
nevertheless. Mr. Rainey is typica'
western man in appearance tan fo-
bust and imposing. He wears
broad -brimmed brown Fedora, cow
boy width. speaks extempore ana
rolls his yowels in a wonderfu way
He called on me and soon made him
self solid with a bunch of interesting
anecdotes about public men in WASH
ington. Especially Speaker cannon
of whom he speaks with unusual ar
lection for a member of the minority,
Perhaps you may enjoy couple OF
brief references.
John sharp Williams, said the con-
gresham. interviewed the speaker
early in the term to see where ne
was at" on points of recognition OF
the democratic side OF the house MT
Cannon turned the subject over III
his mind and gave his pronounce
ment
"Sharp." said the speaker. I'm GO
ing to be fair; just as fair. Sharp, az
the exigencies of American politics
will permit.
Mr.. Williams once raised parlia-
mentary point. 1t was knotty one
and, according to n custom estao-
lished by Tom Reed. Mr.. cannon
consulted the clerk at the speaker
desk, young expert whose business
it Is to know such things. lie tneil
pronounced against the democratic
leader. who retorted:
Il noticed. Mr. Speaker you dldn
hat arfptnn without t1hllS
counsel"
mo" said Uncle Joe, Il didn't And
I would say that the young man
whom / have just consulted can give
the sneaker. the gentleman from
mississippi or any other member OF
this house or any other house cards
and spades on parliamentary law ana
then have some left
The eccentric speaker never pays
more than S14 for an overcoat, says
that's enough. When ne altd,I.eu
his present position his daughtei
thought he ought TO have better
one, so went TO a fashionable store
selected a $50 overcoat and paid the
clerk S36 on account; said Mr., can
non would call and buy the coat foi
s14, which he did next day, wearing
the garment to the capitol. A news
naner man spotted the coat at once
dSay, Mr.. Cannon" said he, that $
pretty goad coat you are wearing
YES" admitted the speaker II
ought to be good; cost Sl4.'
Twill you take SIS for it, just as
it stands?'
ey." And then it was all off
AS | write this, imperfect returns
indicate that the country has agar
been saved by Vermont. Vernon,
arose in her sovereign agricultural
might and demanded a farmers can
didate. He's safely elected and prob
ably won't do much more harm thar
his predecessors.
| think l will vary Zed Stanton's
definition of political speeches. ps
saving that voters are divided into
three classes, fools, damned toois
and liars. The first vote as they're
told. the second won't vote as they're
told and the third lie about it after
ward. / know at least two men who
svore to anxious committee
that they had voted when godfearine
ballot clerks averred they hadn't
been nearer the box than the legal
thirty feet away.
Sizing up the house and senate
with a calm, appraising eye, do you
see a great deal of consolation Tor
the lily whites?
Now that election is over and
peace is formally declared, doesn't II
really seem to a man perched in the
branches of a lofty sycamore as
though that celebrated cattle COM
mission and that industrious buncn
of farming experts on the ag. board
did spend a good deal of money?
Yours still figuring,
II T, Hindley