The Washington herald., 1908-02-10

years. He served in the State legislature.
both In the house Of representatives and
/ the senate.
Military life had its attractions for Mr.
| Davis, and for four years he was captain
Of Company /, Second Regiment. Mime
sofa National Guard His first Congress
was the Fifty-eighth. and his constituents
/ have returned him to the Fifty-ninth and
Sxteth.
! His committee assignments are Insular
Affairs and Expenditures In the State De
partment
A number 6f Representatives were gath
| cred in the cloakroom discussing the
merits of the various Presidential candi-
dates and the respective chances Of each.
| The opinions advanced by each were 50
diversified that no combination could be
settled upon
/ Representative J. Adam Bede, the wit
Of the House, chanced IN. After listening
a while, be said:
Boys I'll tell you the best solution Of
tho question before this meeting. The
Republicans viii nominate Roosevelt and
Bryan; the Democrats Bryan and Roose-
Welt We couldn't possibly lose either
way"
Justice Brewer says the justices Of the
peace in the Western country have an
exalted idea as to the limits Of their
/ jurisdiction, each believing himself as bic
and as important as a justice OF the Su-
preme Court.
There was a justice Of the peace Of
Il county in Kansas, the border lire OF
which was part Of the boundary line be-
/ tween Kansas and Missouri. The justice
owned a large farm on the edge Of the
county. A farm hand and his son were
working In the field and the Justice was
/ seated upon q rail- fence running along
the State line bossing the job.
/ Some misunderstanding arose between
the farm hand and the son, and they
began fghtlng After watching them
while the justice. in his most digHifec
way from his elevated position on thl
fence. called out in stentorisn voice.
Gentlemen, IN the name of the laV
Of the State Of Kansas. and by virtue
Of my authority, ] command you % de
sist
Just them the raH broke and the jus
tice landed IN Missouri Arising 10 hi,
feet, hc yelled:
Give him h.. son. have lost my
jurisdiction.
Senator Keau. Of New Jersey. strolle,
over and took a seat beside Senator Flint
OF California, the other day, and th'
scribes in the Senate press gallery wer'
on the qui vive for the next half hour
during which the Senators with the sug
gestive names remained IN proximity I,
each other.
The outcome Of this concatenauon.
said one scribbler. judicially, depend
entirely upon how one interprets In
name Of the Senator from New Jersey.
IT you take il to refer 10 his tongue
there is no danger But if you gathe
from his name that be belongs 10 IN
class Of edged tools, then ii We're bette
that be and the Senator from California
remain without striking distance of eac
other Senatorial flint and steel, as ha
been demonstrated on former occasions
too far apart for the uses Of the press
for Senatorial muss makes fine stOT
make a bigger spark than the Woods
+ mans ready friends"
But. as il turned out the Senator fror
New Jersey was more Kean by nam
than by nature, for when the Senat
adjourned he parted amicably from hi
, companion Of the stony name, and ID
expected explosion failed % materialize-
much to the regret Of the scribes.