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Representative Adams of Pennsylvania
WAS making the effort Of his life TO prevent
the passage of bill which would allow
the coming Of nickeIs and pennies at minis
other than the one located at Philadelphia
Reulying to Representative Kahn of cant
rorrIa. who was supporting the measure. he
said:
The ideas of everything in California are
so large that you can't buy anything there
less than two bits. Why. / nave oeen
there and you can hardly get drink uhae,
TWO bits and what does the gentleman heeu
OF nickeIs or i0-cent pieces! 49,,
Kahn explained that up to zen OF ~ ' 80.
,.ears ago we had no use for nickeis nor
for pennies. They were not In cottli''oli III III
gulation, but we have come down 70 We
standard of the east and we nave H'en7i
and We have pennies.
Adams insisted that the coin be sent
rom Philadelphia to the west, and kahh
retorted.
she is so slow we can't get the nickeis out
there in time.
THAT is the fault Of your western rail
roads" replied Adams. We can snip
them all right, but your prairie schooner
railroads are so slow you can't get them
out there In time; that is the MISFORTUNE
of California. -
Then Leader Williams of the democratic
party entered the fray and asserted that
the argument of Adams meant that IL IS
contrary to the fundamental principles oil
the republican party TO give employment TO
labor in the minis at Denver or san IRAN
cisco and New Orleans II there is any
danger of somebody having less employ
tnent In Philadelphia"
And Adams came back at him. saying
oh, Mr.. Speaker, the gentleman Is trying
to inject the old silver question into TINS
debate. He must wake up some issue that
70 not dead
Each of these retorts provoked mirth In
the House, but the retort OF Adams TO
Williams seemed TO be enjoyed most, as IL
Is not very often that any one gets the
best OF the minority leader.
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Violations OF the anti-smoking rule have
caused much annoyance to officials charged
with the enforcement of the rules In the
Senate wing Of the Capitol. especially as
employees have been among the chief Of
tenders. Secretary Bennett and Sergeant
alarms Ransdell finally served notice that
any employee found smoking In the corri-
doris would be discharged
Il see, said Captain Riley who has
charge OF the senator's private elevator,
that smoke in the Capitol means a fire,
That is revision of the time-honored
saying, where there is so much smoke
there must be some fire"
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Il don't like to see a familiar face in IA
political audience when am making cam
paign." remarked Charles B. Lands of In
diana, especially If It is a man who was
In the audience where / last spoke. You
see, l am making the same speech and l
cannot help wondering how 1t is taking
with the fellows who heard 1t before. ret
especially nervous about my stories which I
zen zen Just as If they were brand new and L
Td frN,-
1 can't help wondering how thar follow,
who heard them the night before likes them
NO. sir; | don't want any escort In nv
campaigns. don't want the same people
10 near that speech over and over Two
years ago there was fellow In the an
diehce who followed me for a week and
nearly drove me out Of the campaign If
ne Ladht shown so much interest and
lausned so heartily at those stories every
night think | would have given up before
the end of the week. / never got 80 tired
OF any one man in my life
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Prudence Is virtue which. in the pub
lie mind, is not always associated with
street car conductors and motormen. es-
pecially on suburban lines But some DAYS
ago motorman employed on line tray
ersIng part OF Fairfax county. Va. man
Tested a conservatism and caution which
might well be taken as an exampls for
There
had been some irregularity in the sched
u.e OF the road. which produced a feeling
OF general uncertainty among the na+ro,s
OF the line as to the movements of rio
'ars' Naturally this lack of confidence
was shared by the employees
us complete expression was uttered by
h ulotorHan or car Just ready to start
ana came In reply to the anxious tpoufr,,
OF a lady. She hurried up to the trainTna y
and asked: rs this the car that goes ~
Nienna7' eo'' "
"Of course. the man who controls tba
Juice" knew that Vienna was a sta+inn
on the route which he was scheduled Ia
pass at definite time. but he was not
unfnlndful' by reason of past experience.
or the probability Of delays, breakdowns
or other accidents.
Before answering he seemed to weigh
the question. Then he said slowly; This
Vienna"
This is the time Of tho year that peopIe
In the city are thinking of making their
plans for the summer. Some are satisfied
to board in the rural districts during the
heated period. and others want homes of
their own.
ITS so nice TO go TO the spring house
in the morning and get a pitcher of milk
and print OF butter" remarked Il prospec-
tive suburbanite to a country friend a
few days ago.
But. said the suburbanite do Won
know how the prints Of butter and pitchers
81 milk get there?"
IN admit" said the city man. that I
have never had the experience Of seeing
them put there. but judging from the
prices charged For milk and country butter
IN the city I shouldn't think there would
be much trouble in keeping the creamery
Well stocked"
IF that's your thought" his suburban
friend said II feel sorry for you when
you get in the country
The city man insisted that he was going