The Washington herald., 1908-01-26

soap Just Ike she used to mako It at
home"
Davis ability to give some such down
battle-ground reply as this to every at
tack made on him explains in large meas
ure the hold he has on the State of Ar
kansas.
Father of Nine Children.
In one respect. II no other, Davis should
delight the heart OF the President; he is
the father Of nine children. No other Sen
ator, new timber or old. IS so much OF a
parent Davis has used this circumstance
10 his political advantage, Just as be has
used Mrs. Davis 10 the same end
At the most Interesting part OF q speech
IN the hill country Davis Osteutatlously
pulled a huge red bandanna from his
coat pocket. There followed "a shower of
assorted safety pins. The audience set
up a great haw-hawing. Davis waited
until the merriment had Quilted down..
then shot this at them:
You can laugh if YOU want 10. YOU
men who have no family responsibilities.
have q wife that's none too strong, and
have 10 help dress the babies But I'd
rather be that sort of il man than one
that would sit on q keg I'm a grocery store
and let his wife chop the wood, You can
vote for that sort Of "a man IL you want
tO-but IL YOU vote for me- youN vote for
a man that loves his wife and babies"
The crowd yelled itself wild with de-
light.
His pre-SenatoriaI reputation and the
suub the Senate administered 10 him
when he made his first speech recently
have combined 20 make MIN the most
prominent of the new timber. How long
he VIII remain so is "a question. He is in
the siX-fOot class along with Paynter
and owen, but unlike them, he iz thin
and does not have the prepossessiug ap-
pearance Of the kentuCkiau OF the Okla
homan.
Curtis Great Memory.
Davis has "a remarkabIe memory. but
Curtis can show him one better. Il IS
doubtful whether another Senator. new
or Old with the possible exception of
Gore. whose blindness has driven him 20
develop his memory pheuomenaIly, can
perform such feats OF memory. In his
first campaign for Congress Curtis shook
hands with 5000 persons, he says. and Il
is his belief that he has not forgotten a
single name OF face Of the 5000 Some
time after the campaign was over he was
the guest OF a State senator in the lat
ter's home town. The host undertook %
introduce q i0t Of his feil0w-t0Wusmen
to Curtis but for the life Of him he could
not recall the names of many OF his
neighbers. Curtis had campaigued in the
town, so when the senator could not re-
call mans name Curtis would address
him properly and recall some incident Of
their former meeting. Curtis stock is
away above par IN that community even
to this day.
II is a patent fact that the average cab
driver has "a great memory for names
and faces. II was as a cab driver that
Curtis unCOnsCiOusly began 90 equip him
self with his marvellous powers OF mem
Dry When he went into politics he
realized how valuable an asset good
memory is. and he never has neglected an
opportunity to cultivate IL.
Another Of his hobbies is 20 write let
ters on every conceivable occasion. No
matter whether # is stranger or friend, lie
seizes the slightest preteXt 20 write d
letter to him, and it is the sort of letter.
too, that makes the recipient warm up 10
the writer. He has secured thousands Of
followers In this way He IS the ready
that he never has regretted answering
promptly any sort Of communication that
has reached him.
Enforced Prohibition Law.
In the pioneer days OF the Kansas pro
hibition law, Curtis. at that time county
attorney Of Shawnee County, had lot
to do with the enforcement of the law,
and as they DO things with some degree
of strenuOsity in the Sunfower State he
was the hero Of many a scrimmage with
the enemies Of the law Naturally, his
name got pretty well known throughout
the State in this connection. especially
as he was the man back of the law in
the county in which the State capital IS
located And it was only natural. since
Curtis usually came off victorious in his
scrimmages, for the pOpulace 10 picture
him as a physical giant.
In 1897 Curtis home county was placed
in new Congressional district. In appeal
ing for reelection 10 Congress Curtis one
day found himself in the new part OF his
district for the first time. While he was
waiting his turn 10 sneak an enOrno1Is