The Grit-advocate., 1905-02-24
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SIDELIGHTS in CONGRESS
Anecdotes Related of and by the Gath
cred Statesmen at Washington

lHe soluenrOQ ana the eyes OF tne
Colorado sky dancing captivatinglv
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 | came from?" she said to him
as she dangled her muddy shoes
against his freshly creased trousers.
Bet you hoss l do" he said.
"Where?"
From nentucky," he answered.
well, 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 fleeting 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 AAn
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 Flag
hat before breakfast, when everybody
knows l never got up before break
fast in my life"
The capital had a little blizzard re-
Gently, and Representative ]. Adam
Bede of Minnesota, where they have
cold weather, was talking about it.
IT'S mighty cold" said Representa-
tive Underwood of Alabama.
Worst | ever saw" commeL.ed
Representative Slayden OF San Anto-
nio, Texas.
Huh" said Bede. This is pie.
Why. it is midsummer when compared
TO the weather in my country. Once
was in a 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 sale
word, spoke up and said:
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one summer I 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 hoss feel
spry"
Senator Clapp made a pleasant ad-
mission the other day OF the cost OF
senatorial election-not by popular
vote. He had just returned from Mill
nesota, where he was triumphantly
renominated. He was in the elevator
and was in the act of transferring
SIX QOlldTS lIOu INV 49,
pocket.
How much" inquired Senator Ia
1iaferro, "have you left?"
Precisely six dollars" said Senator
Clapp, but isn't that lot after all |
have gone through lately?"
Congressman Randell. Of Texas, re-
Gently was on a visit to his native
state of Georgia, where he heard one
of his old-time friends talk OF "squir
rel whisky
Squirrel whisky he added.
That's new brand on me. What is
the stuff?'
Never heard Of squirrel liquor?
Why, you fellows must be an ignorant
lot out where you live in Texas the
Georgian answered. well, to tell
you," he went on, its that kind OF
stuff that will make man climb a
tree and talk nutty. Besides, it often
will make one sit by his hole and
bark at folks that amt got no gun. !"