Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-11
Says He Is Reminded That
Pursuit Is More Enjoyable
Than Possession"
ALLISON JOKE IS RECALLED
II Concerns His Experience in Picking
Out Hotel Suite on His Arrival in
Washington = cummin. ,JoI<insly
Threatens to Hunt for ss-a-Wssk
Board-Wsshinston Gossip.

Washington, Dec. 11-Senator A. b.
Cummins Of Iowa is coming to Wash
ington with no delusiQns as to the i'm
portance and dignity of the senatorial
job. He is putting in his time at pres
ent getting acquainted with the Why's
of doing things. and ito his friends he
admits that, in all probability, he will
not have a word to say during the
short session.
The new senator says he Is reminded.
now that he is in Washington to be q
senator, of the topic, which. as .
schoolboy, he was accustomed to de-
bate, and to hear debated: Resolved,
That pursuit is more enjoyable than
possession" He doesn't know much yet
about the possession part Of 1t, but he
is something OF an expert as. to tho
pursuit part, for 1t is said that he has
had both eyes on the senate for the
past twelve or fifteen years. He hopes.
of course, that possession ds also to
have its joys, and is prepared TO take
them in to the full.
Senator Cummins ds stopping at the
Arlington hotel, where Senator Allison
wanted to stop when he first came to
Washington. A pleasant story Is told
in Washington about Senator Allison's.
experience with the keeper OF the hotel
at that time He looked over suite
OF rooms, and had agreed that 1t would
just about suit him. The proprietor
had said that he would ID certain
things in the way OF furnishing the
suite in every way to make 1t attra0t-
i've.
Mr.. Allison had been living In Du-
buque where in those days q suite SIM
cost only about IS a. day, 500 df taken
taken by the year.
So he had not said anything about
the price. AS he was turning to go
away it occurred to him that perhaps 1t
might be just as well to ask about the
price He would take the rooms all
right, but the family would ask about
the price first thing, and he ought to be
able to tell them. And, with this
thought in mind, he turned to the ho-
keeper and asked, mildly, what the
rooms would cost.
81 can make you this suite at a very
moderate cost" said the proprietor.
blandly. smiling his prettiest "a price
considerably below that at which It
ever has been rented heretofore. In
fact, can let you have this suite for
$4,000 a year."
Mr.. Allison didn't say anything. In
fact, he was so shocked he couldn't. He
Just sat down in chair near at hand
and let his head drop into his hand
What he was thinking about nobody
ever knew, but after the silence had
grown to be oppressive. the proprietor.
in order to keep the flow of converse
ton going, asked Mr.. Allison what he
was thinking about.
ooh, not very much" was the reply.
sadly. IT was merely thinking that If
I were to rent this suite, at the figure
you have mentioned, I would have pre-
cisely 5000 left at The end of the year,
/ am wondering what could do with
that $500.
mfr. Allison didn't rent the $4,000
suite, and Mr.. Cummins will also re-
frain from any such extravaganza. He
says, with a smile, that he thinks he
ought to get good board for about SO a
week, and that he has a mind to start
on a hunt for something Of that sort.
If he does the hunt will be long one
lin this CITY,