The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-02-08

! Speaker Cannon Received 81 Pair Of
Hona ea,sun Suit-MEsic Ia the House
Elevator Story Told by James
| Hamilton Lewis ON Himself - Rep
| resent:stive Wachter ON Passes.
An incident III connection with the
| visit OF W. II. Taft, secretary OF war,
| to Kansas City last November came
out in reception at Washington re-
Gently, says the Kansas City Star. Sec
| rotary Taft, who is friend OF Senator
| Warner, was chatting the senator about
| his state and his role as the "mysterl-
/ 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 at home and surrounded by
your official family and have their pro-
lection, but | can recall time when
you were not so clipper"
Secretary Taft joined in the laugh
that followed, and he told the story
himself. 'sYou see," he said, II 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 I rode in a car
rage side by side through the streets
Of the city. I remarked repeatedly to
the senator on the enthusiastic recep-
| ton I was receiving, and he laughingly
said, Never mind, part of it 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 a 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 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 a pair Of homemade galluses
present them to you
The speaker opened the package
They were "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, / should say so, and it won't be
anything new either. They're just the
kind / wore when / was boy"
There was melody on the house side
of the capitol the other afternoon, says
the Washington correspondent of the
vator shaft came the strains of a song
'They say that she is false but l still
believe her true.' The song was rem
dered as duet and with powerful eff
feet The voices were a tenor and a
baritone.
The policeman who stands at that
elevator has no music in him. At the
first 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 il
outv' he yelled down the shaft at the
approaching elevator. When the eIeva
tor reached the landing the warblers
proved to be Representative Hamilton
chairman of the committee on terrific
| ries, and the elevator man. Hamilton
was the baritone, The policeman said
nothing
! The drought in railroad passes has
been the subject of much cloakroon
lamentaton since the first of the year
says the New York Times Washington
representative. The other day severa
congressional Jeremiahs were lifting
up their voices on the topic when Rep
resentative Wachter Of Maryland hap
pened along ooh, pshaw!' said h
cheerily. "That doesn't jar me bit,
have thought over this proposition TO
!, a long time and have become convinced
that it is wrong to travel on a pass
Why, so firmly convinced did become
that on Jan. 1 returned my annua
pass to the road" And Mr.. Wachte
passed on with a pale halo futterinI
family around his head.
James Hamilton Lewis called recent
IL, at the White House and told stor.
!. on himself, says the Washington CORE
: spondent of the Kansas City Times
When he arrived at the railroad sta