The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-08
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HEARD AT WASHINGTON
1 Little Stories Told Of and BY Statesmen in the
Meeting Places of the Capital
Observation-Disclosures

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Senator SpOoner was led 70 tell the
story d. q miner. Il came up during
the senate debate on The pure food
bill. when the senator remarked upon
the ACCESSIBILITY Of having pure food
packages branded as such.
~Why. there Is no more need Of
that. reioined Senator Mccumher.
than OF having miners branded as
men to whom sAlo0nkeepeFs shall not
sell drinks
sWell. replied Senator Sp00neg Il
unce had a case in which the iiabili-
~ OF a saIoonkeeper for selling drinks
10 a miner was involved The miner
ha5 a beard. and was large and cor
pulenf- The judge decided that the
responsibility rested with the saloon
keeper to ascertain whether any pa
gr0n was capable under the Law as
drinker
A smile went around the senate a.
this illustration Of the possible neees
sity Of some Distinguishing labels for
mahers who want 70 patrOnize sa-
lopaz.
Cut in his own congressional dis
trltt Speaker Cannon is not an unfa-
nIliar figure driving along the high
WAYS in an OLD buggy and saiuting
every farmer he encounters with
friendly HoFde~ He drives hither
and thither over the prairies il that
old rig. which tie voters regard as
real evidence that the speaker. in
spite Of his high once. Is still one OF
them
what would they think II permit
ted to view the speaker il a picture
which reposes on the mantel Of his
private room at the capitol Therein
be appears On The front seat OF as
magnificent a tal,yho as Bar Harbor
ever saE. whisked along behind four
bobtziled high-steppers He sits erect
as z Tamr0d and seems TO be snifiHg
the exhilarating sea air.
The explanation is found in the
gentleman By the speakers side
r Representative Mcrrell OF Philadei-
phia. II is Mr. Morreil's own fash
ionable turnout. and II was he who
Hospitality iurcd the speaker to take
such an unusuai ride.
Claim days bring a lot Of curious
characters TO the capitol On re-
cent claim day in the house a con-
stitnent OF the Hon Sydney Mudd
showed up with long roll Of manu-
script. He called for Mr.. Mudd
1--WE got some new evidence boar
ing on my claim, ne said to Mudd.
Your claimlg exclaimed MEdd
@Why, your claim was thrown out
years ago"
Il know that said the man. but
I've hxed it up
sYou see. he continued confden-
TALLY. there never was nothing the
matter with that claim. The only
trouble was that the supreme court
that took the claim Up found faw
in that dinged old constitution and
had to knock my claim out They
had % stand by the constitution, you
know"
James Hcoe. secretary to Justice
McKenna. and one of the welIknown
young men Of Washington. was unex-
pectedly drafted Sunday or two
ago to teach a class in Sunday school. |
The regular teacher was i'll Mr..
decided the best and safest tack I
for him was to question the chill
dren on their knowledge Of Biblical
He turned to the first
boy il the row and asked: MY son.
who was Nebuchadnezzar?
-He ate grass" announced the boy, |
with an air that showed he wondered |
what sort of a chap was asking that
simple question
Now. my boy" said Mr. Hooe to
the next lad. '.you tell me who Abra-
ham was
.sure. that boy replied. He was
the gent that freed the coIored ladies
and gentlemen from slavery"
saThe great trouble with Sergt. S.
Prentizs was that he had too great a
thirst for the ardent spirit said Rep
Chandler Of Mississippi at
i cloakroom symposium. He once
hsd his failing called to his atten-
ton By political opponent 1t is
trse said Mr.. Prentiss. that | some
times drink. and sometimes drink to
excess. Suppose / DO ike the
wines which for thousands of years
have entered into the blood Of our
smperors and kings. while my OPP
ponent Is satisfied with the cheap
corn whisky Of his constituents. Mine
is a refined appetite. while that Of my
opponent is deprayed."
They were talking about horses in
the Republican cloakroom Of the
house. and somebody brought up The
name OF Representative Mich" Long
worth Of Cincinnati
Now. there's Longworth,' he said.
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