Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-03-04

SIDELIGHTS in CONGRESS
Anecdotes Related of and by the Gath
cred Statesmen a Washington

the goldenrod and the eyes of the
Colorado sky dancing captivatingly
into his. He invited her and her little
companions TO his committee room
and she sat on his knee, unconscious
of the fact that he was cynical and
unSentimental.
BET you a horse you don't know
where l came from?'' she said to him
as she dangled her muddy shoes
against his freshly creased trousers.
Bet you a boss 1 do he said
"Where?'
From Kentucky" he answered.
We'll, you win; but l haven't got
the horse here to pay you You'll have
to go to papa's pasture to get him.
Col. Bill Zeveley of Muskogee, In
dian Territory, having heard the East
a-calling, is back in Washington.
While the Colonel was in the South
west this time, for a few fieeting days,
the editor of the Kansas City Star, not
ing with evident jealousy the popular
ity of Col. Zeveley, wrote an editorial
in which he said:
"Out here he is known as J. w.
Zeveley. When he gets to ST. Louis
he is William Zeveley. AS soon as he
arrives in Washington he is denomi-
mated as Col. Bill Zeveley, and God
only knows what the tesselated
satraps of Broadway call him. This
alons is clear. His fame in Kansas
| City is imperishable- He is the man
who first introduced the fashion in
Kansas City of wearing a plug hat be-
| fore breakfast
Now, what do you think of that?"
| asked Col. Zeveley, ruefully. "A plug
| hat before breakfast when everybody
knows I never got up before break
| fast in my life
| The capital had little blizzard re-
Gently, and Representative ]. Adam
Bede of Minnesota, where they have
cold weather, was talking about it.
Its mighty cold,'' said Representa-
tive Underwood of Alabama.
I Worst 1 ever saw commented
| Representative Slayden of San AntO-
Mo, Texas
HUH said Bede. This is pie
Why, it is midsummer when compared
to the weather in my country. Once
1 was in party in ST. Paul and the
| talk got to cold weather. Everybody
told how cold he had BEEN Finally
| an old Irishman, who had not said a
word, spoke up and said:
1.-The coolest winter l ever saw was
one summer 1 spent in Duluth.
While the snow was blowing thick
est Uncle joe Cannon plowed his
way to the White House.
"Cold?" he said to inquirers who
met him at the door of the executive
Offices. why. this is the kind OF
! weather that makes an old boss Zee
| spry.
Senator Clapp made a pleasant ad
| mission the other day of the cost OF e
senatorial election-not by popular
vote. He had just returned from Min
| nesota where he was triumphantly
renominated. He was in the elevator
| and was in the act of transferring
six dollars from his hand into his
pocket.
How much,'' inquired Senator Ia
liaferro, have you left?"
Precisely six dollars said Senator
Clapp, "but isn't that a lot after all
have gone through lately?"
CONGRESSMAN Randell, of Texas, re
Gently was on visit to his native
state of Georgia, where he heard ONT
of his old-time friends talk of t'squir
rel whisky"
Squirrel whisky" he added
That's a new brand on me. What il
the stuff"
Never heard of squirrel liquor
Why, you fellows must be an ignoran
lot out where you live in Texas" thu
Georgian answered. We'll, to tel
you," he went on, 'it's that kind o
stuff that will make a man climb
tree and talk nutty. Besides, it Otter
| will make one sit by his hole ant
bark at folks that amt got no gun.