The Washington herald., 1908-01-26

man over six feet tall and about four
broad, walked up to the medium-sized
Representative and asked:
"Are you Charlie Curtis?'
''Yes."
"Of Topeka7"
"Yes."
Used to enforce the prohibitory law?
YES"
well. dod blast #. expected to see a
man."
Bob Taylor is easily the humorlst of
the new timber. and my. the way he can
tickle that fiddle OF his, It's strains
would doubtless make even Senator Al
drich's feet itch to get a-shutfiing. BOrah
is the tireless student; he would rather
pore >Over some abstruse book than eat a
lobster dinner. He. Davis. and Smith are
reckoned the best speakers among the
new men. Borah and Davis are orators
in all that the word implies. Smith is not
so much an orator as he is a magnetic
speaker seizing on the psychological mo-
ment to deliver himself Of the thoughts
arising in him.
Wins Sympathy of House.
Just before the war with Spain Smith
went to Cuba When he came back he
talked to the House about what he had
seen there, and as he went on the tears.
unheeded. rolled down his cheeks. Tears
rolled down the cheeks Of many of his
auditors, too. and the whole House lis
tened 10 his remarks with that rapt atten-
ton which Il reserves for a truly great
speech. More recently. when Smith made
his speech nominating Speaker Cannon
for the Presidency ne again set the
House wild. It was rumored that he
would follow this speech by another
mo" he replied. when asked II the
rumor was true, when you've made your
bullseye 1t won't do any good, and may
damage your reputation as a maTksman
If you fire the other barrel"
1t was due to Smiths strict adherence
to this bit Of philosophy that the House
only seldom heard his voice. But when
he arose 10 speak it knew that he would
have something interesting to say and SO
IL hung on his every word. A rather
simple and COmmOn-sense way TO earn a
reputation as a speech-maker
owen n Heap Big Indian,
owen has the distinction Of being the
first president Of the first Indian national
ItlliA II " a1 A4AiUAEll Ills tiAOl Is AsldL TIE
national banking act was extended over
the Indian Territory. and under # he
organized. on August 1. 1880. the First
National Bank Of Afuskogee. this being
his home town OF ali the new Senators
who went 90 college he made the most
brilliant record being honor and gold
medal man and valedictorian at his
graduation. He is almost as much Of a
student as BOrah
He has been intimately identified with
the Cherokee and other Indian tribes OF
the new State since 1873; he removed q
the territory in 1871 Immediately follow
ing Eis graduation from Washington and
Lee University. He drew up the act
passed by Congress extending citizenship
10 10000 Indians, or all those living in
Indian Territory Cortelyou gave him the
pen with which Mckinley signed the act
and he holds 1t as one OF his chief treas.
urts
He and Curtis undoubtedly will be rec
oguized by the Senate as its experts or
Indian affairs Owen has a mighty good
motto, and an uncommon one. Neither
talk scandal nor listen 10 st." His
friends and acquaintances sag that hC
always lives up 90 it, too. Perhaps this
Is one Of the secrets Of his wide popular
ity in his part Of the new State.
Richardson. of Delaware, first came
prominently before his State when the
paying teller Of the First National BanH
Of Dover ran away with 10000. ol
5000 more than the banks capital Rich.
ardson Was president OF the institution
and as soon as the defalcation was made
known 10 him he pledged his own fortune
TO make good any losses 10 the deposltors
The bank was on its feet again in d few
years Born in 1888. Richardson made a
fortune in canning Delaware fruits before
he was forty
Copyright. 1903. By Dexter NiarshsuJ