The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-07
7INGTON
 and His
Being the Story of a New | Temptations, as Told l
 Letters to His W.

an emphasis get Yes, suh, wi,
 Appreciating E. r. developed sense where your husL --.'s joke. I will not -:~ next few days. n
 fn@ton insisted tha, a..
 and had to stand a.
 at the house waited
 horse men who appare @ SAAs to burn their money.
 LandIady Was suspioAU1s'
 Tine next morning I hunted up a hoa ardine-house on K Street, and was
 ratting to think right well of myseh again until the landlady, who had been very afgable, discovered that was c,orgressman. She took the facer ad,
 Snirabiy. however. and I got another or those "pay in advance" propositions. l
 met 1t with a pretty line of talk apout only wanting a nice, excIusNe Plaoe until I could close negotiations TOT mansion on Massachusetts AVenue lnSe M had met my fancy and get my Ianlly home from Europe. You knVM t,th my avan utation as a stickler for the truth' even in little matters, but you must not pc shocked. Mary, by this Massachusetts Avenue mansion talk. I am learning the Washington game, although nave been in only long enough Tor a rev preliminary deals. The plun IS req ornized part of the system here ana few are caught at it. If they are caught, there is no penalty
 We had planned, too. how was go- iug to call at the White House and al- | low the President and his family to get acouainted with me. We'll, teie- nhoned m to Secretary Loeb, saying | thaf would call at o'clock that af-
 tsrnoon. He seemed to have great diff Aculty in recognizing my name, and ar | tar he had it asked if l were kepup- lIcan or a Democrat. l was settlns used to it, and told him that came III | on the landslide. He told me lhat tne pIos;dsrt was going to play tennis with Nr Carfield at 8 o'clock, entertain some | foreirn notables at dinner, and go to tha theatre in the evening. The next | dav he was going to dedicate statue of somebody, speak at churcn Lati a.i | consult with some New forK pollti-
 clans, and then take long nor, norseDaS+ s,aV,e ride. Tn a general way. MT. Loep gave me a hint of the Presidents schedule Efor the next three or four weeks anu | am unable to find any open date re- served for the member from HolllnssI dale. I was very naturally good ueai put out by this, but decided to continue, temporarily at leasts the business or overlooking slights. The more l see of this Congressional game the more I fully am convinced that the man who | wants to make it a business of over looking slights will never be out oi
 employment in Washington.
 Good Fellows in House. Of course. Mary, there is another
 side to the picture. I met good many
 of the members when first came, anC
 found a lot of mighty good fellow:
 among them. although a few of then i. gave me the impression of being mer who were trying to live something down. I had already made a few ac ) | uuaintances that promised well. anC when I started for the capitol for thu opening session some of the newnes had worn off, and I was prepared tt take my place and play my part witl } the dignity becoming member of tha "greatest lawmaklng body on earth, 1 inc American House of Representa- tives
 , I was due for another shock. Ac companied by a colleague from ou , State. I found myself in the Hous, 2 chamber, damned into a handshaking ] laughing. noisy crowd that recalled thu