The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-28
STILL ON THE SCOOP.


 If all of the men who aspire to be lawyers in the State of Connecticut felt that, exclusion from the bar would bring to their doors the varied occu- patton which is now. Scoop" O.Brien's the former city sheriff of Bridgeport, we suspect that the practice of the venerable profession would itself go dry for the want of the proper stimu- lant to sustain it. We have long since ceased to wonder at the stubbornness of the Fairfield county bar in keeping Scoop" out, but the wonder which that at one time created in a mind not averse to the delights of curiosity is as nothing compared to the amaze ment it now revels in as a consequence of his newly found reputation as the greatest foe of the liquor trade,
 We are interested in Scoop" not because he originally got more exclu- sive items for his newspaper than his contemporaries, though we see there laid the foundation of his subsequent rise in the world, nor because as city sheriff of the naughty city by the sea he became terror to the pedestrians who walk the tortuous and ever broad ening path of iniquity, but because he is an interesting sort of a person. He is more than Artemus Ward had in mind when he alluded to Ian amoosin' cuss" even though he is less than the foremost man of his time and lack of thirst. He possesses funny little smile which curls about the corners of his mouth in masquerade sort of way. but which hardens into a thin slit of determination when he is opposed with language more vigorous than par liamentary. He has used this smile to good effect while listening before the legislative committee on temperance to the soothing arguments of his oppon- ents only to discard it the moment his turn came to enlighten the committee men upon the iniquitous ways which beset the liquor pleaders. His lips are This sword
 We are not informed whether Scoop" is through with Connecticut sinners or not or whether like Colos- sus of Rhodes he proposes hereafter tc lplant one foot on the dome of the IConnecticut State House and the oth. CT on the similarly gilded dome oi lthe houses of congress. This is a long stretch, but we people of little knowl. edge have no right to question the sue cess of the feat. During the winter ahead of us Scoops" address will bt Washington, D. C. It will be his duty
 to watch as cat does its prey bill introduced before. congress whicl
 have in mind the loosening of tn, Ichain which controls the liquor doi
 of war He is to camp out on the trai
 of the shrewd, experienced and abl
 attorneys who have learned so wei
 the trick of making six times six coun
 up any old number suitable to thei
 plans. When there is nothing to watcl , there will be something to create. The will come the busy days The capacit } of stenography will then have it's rea } test while the slender fingers of tn r Itypewriting machine will shuttle wit l the fury of haunted thought. Grea l days ahead of Washington; dark day l for the small hot bird and the col = bottle.
 : Not the least welcome task St . Scoop" will be a4more intimate aC e quaintance with the congressma e from the Second Congressional distric 2, the Hon. N. D. Sperry, the chairman @ the house committee on alcoholic be, e erages and things. MT. Sperry has he $ remarkable public career, but unle It we read awry the signs of the tim It new experience awaits him. TT h sessions of the committee over whiC y he presides with such characterist 10 courtesy have not in the past bet it able to comfortably take care of u er absentees. In the future the job W l. be to look out for the crowd collect l. to see, hear and delight in the sum h presence of the Hon. Scoop O'Bri C. of Bridgeport, the next prohibiti ID candidate for President of the Unit lg States. Whew! Things are getti '' warm