The Washington herald., 1907-12-16

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Grant for a third
term. During the panic Of '73 the hnan-
cial institutions with which Mr.. Hun
was connected went to the wall, but,
true to his spirit. he began over and is
now successful in his ventures
Col" Hun. as he is famiIiarIy called.
understands men. and is an advocate OF
any measure for the social betterment
Of mankind. At recent dinner party an
assistant attorney OF the Department of
Justice was exploiting parcels post. tell
ing how il would benefit the people 5n
many ways The Colonel" was an inter
ested listener to the argument, and when
the attorney had finished had his say:
Parcels post, postal savings banks. and
rural free delivery all look alike TO me.
and they look good. I haven't gone into
the subject of parcels post extensively.
but the fact that mail-Order houses and
express companies are opposed 10 the
proposition makes IL stronger, and. II il
enables the country merchant in my dis
trict 10 send his merchandise 10 a pur-
chaser for less than the large mail-order
merchant, I am for II every time"
"Cy' Sulloway. Of New Hampshire. sun
retains his place as the tallest man in the
House Of Representatives. Sulloway is
something more than six and z half feet
tail. and weighs but a pound less than
55e- His breadth is proportionate with his
height and he towers above his colleague
Frank ID. Currier. as he does above most
all the members OF the House. He is one
of those who does not exercise his pre-
rogative Of taking hts luncheon on the
side Of the House restaurant, where the
sign proclaims. For members only" but
each day partakes OF a spGring meal on
the public side Of the room. where negroes
are not barred and where the motto IS
that anybOdy's money is good.
What is your recipe for growing taI2"'
some one asked Mr.. Sulloway. Haven't
any" said Mr.. Sulloway. as he made
away with an oyster stew. which each
day forms the piece de resistance OF his
midday meal. lie refused 70 20 on record
as 10 whether or not the bivaIve viii do
much toward elongation, and would only
say that he partakes OF the dish each
day because he finds that il agrees with
his stomach.
Speaker Cannon is stin busy with the
House committees. and spends much time
listening 10 arguments why certain mem
bers should receive certain assignments.
The other day. in order TO escape ''the
boys" as he calls them, Uncle Joe went
10 his private Office TO have a quiet chat
with a friend II was ESQ o'clock, but
,-ar-,- eoor ho moe con. for ,-,- ,.--,.-f.,,, .,
himself for a few moments, left the room.
His friend waited and waited for his re-
turn. At 8 O'Clock. becoming alarmed
he went TO seek the Speaker When Uncle
joe left the room. in response 10 the call
he was met first by one member, then
by another. pulled this way and that way
by aspiring statesmen. HIS friend found
him finally, stiu listening but making no
promises.
Col. "Brons" Cooper, who has returned
TO Congress after an interim OF a couple
of terms. is much interested in the his
tory Of Texas. particularly that part Of il
relating to the days of the republic
President Roosevelt has told a number
Of the members Of the Texas delegation
that he proposes to write a history Of
Texas az some future time So far there
are but three such histories in existence
that are regarded as at all authoritative.
and Of these one at least is said TO but
scratch the surface"
Col Cooper was recalling a number Of
the good points Of the original constitu-
ton of the republic. and these included a
provision that half the land be appro-
priated for the schools. Another feature
was that no land could be mortgaged or
sold by husband and wife until the wife
had been examined and made affidavit 20
the fact that the sale was OF her own
free viii and accord. There was the best
homestead law ever incorporated in any
State constitution, making it impossible
for such property to be dissipated by a
husband.
The trainers Of that regulation" said
Col Cooper, realized that the only way
TO have patriots Is to have owners Of
homes, and that what nihilism originates
in this country comes from the quarters
Of tenement-houses and renters"
Col. Cooper tells a story of a ride he
once took. as boy, with a judge who
was riding the circuit
The judge" says Cooper. was max
1
him. I was young and foolish, and helped
myself to the bottles, two of which the
judge carried, one in each saddle bag
After we had ridden about ten miles
and had about ten drinks. the judge stop
ped at another cross road, and began
carefully pouring liquor from one bottle
to another and back again, after each
action holding the bottle up to the sun
and apparently judging the contents in
each. Finally he seemed satisfied, and
put the bottles back in the saddle bags
What are you doing that for, judge?
asked.
Well. you see" said the Judge. 4 am
afraid we might break one of these bot
ties, and I want to equalize the loss -
Frank D. Currier, OF New Hampshire
who was last year chairman of the Com
mittee on Patents, said yesterday that
the committee, of which he will again be
the head, will probably not be organized
tion Of copyrights and patents will again
come up. The indications are that the
copyright question will take up most Of
the time of this session.
1T is indeed a rare thing that ever a
bill goes onto the floor Of the House that
suits each member of the committee that
had It in charge" said Mr.. Currier yes
terday, "and, of course. there viii be lit
tie chance that bill will be framed that
viii suit everybody. The question is one
of the most involved that comes before
Congress. and it takes more work TO
attend to the details of such a bill than
almost any other because Of the necessity
of handling so many different topics
The Correspondence Method.
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