Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-05-30


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 At the time MT. Williams WIS rf"'r toned as Il presidential canditt:gi5 iz1 had considerable dry fHn with t!.zs# Tys po.ters over the pattcr. flo one l.5y, paper man hc said: My boom is l...'a ing tremendous strides. My N!Yate secretary is uHreserVVdlN for me -3"ff have hopes ef securing the se of Charley Edwards, the clerk of ti7a minority room.
 To somewhat young and caHov. re. porter JolH SharP Ut=A =e@z,yz3..sz gravity. said ae had quite ~e.aae l. a@ of gettia4= He eH4ilatl4a. itz.- from Mississippi were es0eA:lt. v eoura@il.s.
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 Upon being asked to spell the nas..ee, he did se with great glalVi'y.
 On later occasion when the news. paper men asked hm concerninc f:: candidacy. he said that Mrs Wil'i@'as had objected that with her sick i'e,;a- aches she never could stand the White House, so lie would have to give up the presidency.
 John Sharp once ran afoul of TcT Reed. This is the way he teiiS the story himself:
 "I met Mir. Reed coming out of the cloakroom. and he said to ma in that peculiar drawl of his, Williams, what ever makes you such bitter parti san?'
 "'Well, MT. Speaker, that's pretty good coming from you, isn't it?' l re- piled
 "'Never mind me he replied But why are you such a bitter partisan"
 "'Well. I'll tell you.' 1 said. You know I never saw a Republican until l was thirty eight years old, and can't get used to them somehow.
 "He looked at me reproachfHlly and walked away without another Word.'
 Al Washington banquet Mir. Will. Hams once proposed this toast:
 Here to President Roosevelt. whom tlp world has grossly overestimateA ;,s an autIlav and whom the Democrat ic party grossly underestimated as n politician
 It was Williams who fastened the designation of "kid' congressman to new members. MT, Wharton. boy ish looking recruit from Chicago, in- terrupIed and wanted to know what te meant by kid" congressman.
 ''Mr Speaker,' said Mir. Williams. with a wave of his hand toward the member from Chicago. with that de gree of reverence which the personal appearance of my interrogator eXcites in my mind I should say that he is perhaps the last person in the house who ought to ask the question" where at Mir. Wharton subsided.
 General Grosvenor was designated by MT. Williams as.''the most exuber ant and interruptions prophet that this part of the world ever saw"
 The minority leader once had q Democratic caucus called, and the re porters were wild to find out the req son. Williams was very short witt. them at first, but finally thawed out and said:
 Boys, I have decided to confide ill you. l called that caucus for the pur- pose of advocating a return to govern, ment by consuls, under which system the Roman republic prospered for q thousand years"
 Nobody bothered him after that.
 John Sharp was once denouncing the committee on rules. popular]y known as the house machine.
 "The gentleman himself is mem. Der of the committee on rules" put r member.
 "Yes," drawled Williams, nominal. ly."
 The house recognized the thrust with roar, but the other man persisted.
 You attend the meetings of that committee." he said
 q am invited to the seances," re, turned Williams, but am never coa suited about the spiritualistic appear ances"
 When Williams first ran for con gri.;s: his Opponen was famous coon i,.fnt- alal i,.1,.l