The Washington herald., 1908-06-15

I it's Sherman sure, yes. sir; nobody else
/ but Jim Sherman. Yes sir; Jim Sherman.
of New York It's fixed. All this talk OF
Dolliyer and Covtelyou and Hughes for
/ Nice-say. it's just a blind I was at a
little meeting Of some fellows. Now this
IS way down in the subcellar. and what
ever you do don't mention my name.
Just say man who is close TO Taft ana
Is in a position 10 know says e. Well
say. l was at little meeting Of some
fellows. way up fellows. and it's fixed
Taft, he sent Long 70 Dolliver. and Roose-
welt. he sent Borah. but. say. It's all n
blind They're for Jim sherman Don't
know Jim sherman? Why. man. he's one
of our peerless leaders in Congress; stands
right alongside OF Dalzell and Payne and
/ Cannon and that bunch. He amt much
10 look al and he can't talk for sour milk.
but. say he's a winner. All the Congress
men are for hi:n. and all rs old BOYS.
We're going 90 show YOU refOrmers a
thing or two. and Jims the boy TO do Ii e
Mr. Handy is worried about some Of
his friends on the resolutions committee
and later I'm the day he came back %
the plush divan to say.
This man La FOllette's coming down
here with bunch Of railroad resolutions
messages.
he's going 10 make trouble
Platform Committee Hot Place.
My guess is that the platform com
mittee will be a little bit the hottest
place IN the convention. For that man
La Toilette has not any sense He's one
Of your chesty reformers. and he doesn't
want anything but trouble What does
he care for the ticket; what does he
care for harmony? And he is going to
force these resolutions to vote and
Keep the vote Of the fellows. and read
the votes on his smart Alec lectures.
Note well thai -. Hardy is a reac-
tionary,' and if the fellows 90 hoIlerlng
for Roosevelt, he will ASK 'em why they
didn't vote for the Roosevelt policies.
That man makes me mighty tired. II
wasn't that way in the good old days OF
Blaine. And what's more. here comes
this man Gompers with a lot OF socials-
tic rot about labor (Nr. Handy stands
like a stone wall with Peerless Cannon)
and wants that in the platform. Who
is. he anyhow l don't know; do YOU?
Didn't our Republican caucus In Con-
gresS turn down that stun last winter
What does he mean by coming here with
It? Who is running this party. any
way? or course. Roosevelt's all right
and all that. and the people are all for
him; but say-say-we got 80 get back
to Blaine and sound Republican prin-
ciples." Mr. Handy has learned a new
trick since he left our town. He scratches
his matches on little box. He used 10
scratch them on his trousers in the Nc
Kinley convention. and later his wife
made him learn to use his shoe heel. but
now he uses his little match box. and
he pulled II out and lit his ragged cigar
and went on:
Hear anything about the Low boom?
Seth Low was said to be mayor Of New
York
SniGS at Reformers.
He puffed a while, and smiled Re
former. crazy horse, worse than the one Il
on there now"
After a pause. he added: 1.-The logical
candidate IN this situation Is Jim Sher-
man. He stands for revision Of the tariff
by its friends He is all right on the
currency, voted for the Aldrich- -VreeIand
bill. helped TO back up Cannon in all the
wise legislation passed by our Republi-
perity. He's absolutely all right and
with jim or the job. II Taft ever wanted
TO knock off, we would have no more
messages.
You know" explained Handy hastily.
that I'm for Roosevelt; Of course I was
for him when he was just a kid in the
police commissionship in New York.
What's more. If we could get him 10 run
this year, he would make Garrison County
solid for the whole ticket but then YOU
know he's impulsive and erratlc and we
have TO get down 10 business
Mrs. Handy's boarding house in our
town has felt the stress OF the times. and
Handy. whose business IL is to bring
home the things from the grocery when
they are late for dinner. has had ample
10 study national questions.
and his return to the vortex Of American
politics gives the party the benefit of his
valuable reflections He is a notable fig
ure in the annex. and his pockets are
bulging with 25-cent Henry Clays which !
he got from the John Hays Hammond
Vice Presidential headquarters. He re-
CARDS Mr.. Hammond as a commanding /
figure" in the situation.
"T. r." He Calls Him Now.
Mr.. Handy. who for several years has |
referred invariably to the President as
Teddy. has learned that this is now re-
garded bad form and now he calls him |
IT. r." as being more in keeping with