Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-04-21
WASHINGTON GOSSIP
How Senator Warner Had the
Laugh on Secretary Taft.
ANOTHER GIFT FOB UNCLE JOE

Speaker Cannon Received "a Pair of
Homemade Gailuses to Hold Up His
HOmespun Suit-Music In the House
Elevator - story Told by James
Hamilton Lewis on Himself - Rep
resentative Wachter on Passes.
An incident In connection with the
visit of w. III. Taft, secretary of war,
to Kansas City last November came
out in a reception at Washington re-
Gently, says the Kansas City Star. Sec
rotary Taft, who is n friend of Senator
Warner, was chatting the senator about
his state and his role as the 'mysteri
Gus stranger" in Washington. Senator
| Warner took it good naturally, and
when the laugh had subsidized some
! what he said:
THAT is good, Mr.. Secretary. You
are here ut home and surrounded by
your official family and have their pro-
lection but l can recall u time when
you were not so clipper"
| CNSlNldl9 luLL JOlllGNt III lhC idush
that followed, and he told the story
himself. "You see,' he said, 81 went
out to Kansas City as the guest of the
Commercial club. They assigned me to
: Senator Warner, and he was my escort
during my stay there. They treated
me quite handsomely out there, and
Senator Warner and | rode In car
! rage side by side through the streets
of the city. l remarked repeatedly to
| the senator on the enthusiastic recep-
ton was receiving, and he laughingly
said, Never mind, part of 1t is intended
for me- meaning jokingly and good ma
| turedly to reduce my bump Of self es-
| teen.
But unfortunately for me just at
that moment tall man on the curb
close beside the carriage was heard to
say, That's him-that's him sitting In
the carriage beside that big fat man.
You bet that Senator Warner had the
laugh on me-"
The publication In various newspa-
pers lately of the fact that Speaker
Cannon had donned a homespun suit
resulted the other day in the appear
ance in the speakers room of Repre-
sentative Aiken of South Carolina. He
had a package in his hand, says the
New York Times.
'Mr. Speaker said he, "a constitu-
ent of mine down in Abbeville has read
about your homespun suit, and he has
sent me pair of homemade galluses
to go with them. l am requested to
present them to you
The speaker opened the package
They We're "galluses' all right. The eff
fete eastern word "suspenders" was
totally out of place. They were made
of white yarn and were the oldest
looking pair of braces seen In Wash
ington since Andrew Jackson's day.
Are you going to wear them?"
asked Aiken after the speaker had ex-
pressed his thanks.
Wear 'em?" echoed the speaker
well, l should say So and 1t won't be
anything new either. They're just the
kind | wore when l was a boy"
There was melody on the house side
the Washington correspondent of the
Kansas City Times. Up through an ele-
yator shaft came the strains Of a song,
They say that she is false, but | still
believe her true" The song was rem
dered as duet and with powerful eff
feet The voices were Il tenor and a
| baritone.
The policeman who stands ut that
elevator has no music In him. At the
nrst note his eyes assumed a startled
expression, then his face hardened. The
proceedings of the national legislature
were not to be interrupted by singing
as long as he had authority to make
arrests for disorderly conduct. "Cut 1t
OUT! he yelled down the shaft at the
approaching elevator When the eleva-
tor reached the landing the warblers
proved to be Representative Hamilton,
chairman of the committee on terrific
rles, and the elevator man. Hamilton
was the baritone. The policeman said
nothing.
The drought In railroad passes has
been the subject of much cloakroom
lamentation since the first of the year.
says the New York Times Washington
representative. The other day several
congressional Jeremiahs were lifting
| up their voices on the topic when Rep
resentative Wachter of Maryland hap
pened along "Oh, pshawr' said he
cheerily. THAT doesn't jar me bit.
have thought over this proposition for
a long time and have become convinced
that 1t is wrong to travel on a pass.
Why, so firmly convinced did l become
| that on Jan. l l returned my annual