The Washington herald., 1908-02-03
CAPITOL GOSSIP.

t@fta'"N't ANNANEf VI W itt'Aatf go ttA -
reminiscent mood. Talking Of the ST
Louis convention, he spoke Of the readi-
ness and skill with which Senator Depew
would seize and apply any material which
came TO his hand He said:
Vice President Morton. you know. was
born and raised in ShOreham, VI When
| came home from the Chicago convention
Of 1SSS. which nominated him for Vice
President, / met a near neighbor. Uncle
Tom Ormsbee. as we called him, who
formerly lived in Shoreham-a very
bright man. full of oId-tIme quaint Yam
kee sayings. ] said TO him, Mr. Ormsbee.
you must have known this Mr. Morton.
whom We have just nominated for Vice
President
No: I didn't know him much. as
left there before he was grown up he
replied, but / knew his father and the
older children we'll ] asked. What kind
Of a man was his father% oh, he was a
good old orthodox Congregational minis
ter, highly respected by All who knew
him Well. / suppose he had the usual
lot Of ministers of that early day-a small
salary| Yes said he. Three hundred
dollars year-gifted in prayer at that
AT the ST. Louis convention the can
didates had been put 10 nomination. Sen
ator Depew nominating. on behalf Of the
New York delegation. Gov. Morton. My
seat was across the aisle from the Sen
ator's, and while the votes were being
counted. we were chatting. and I told
wish / had heard that before ] made my
nominating speech In five minutes the
vote was declared. nominating Mckinley.
and il deyolved upon Senator Depew to
withdraw Gov Mortou's name and move
10 make il unanimous.
He did SO in very happy speech,
which closed as follows as it appears iu
official report OF the proceedings Of the
convention.
The father Of one Of the candidates
before this convention was a New Eng
land Puritan minister I'm a little New
England mountain hamlet Ii WAS said
of him that though he had thirteen chill
dTen and salary of only $500 "a year.
yet Ee was maTVeloUsly gifted i'm prayer
As the news Of this nomination Of
Mckinley is flashed over our country
tonight and read tomorrow morning in
every farmers house and miners cottage.
in every store and factory. on every
street corner among those who are at
work and the thousands who are uncm-
ployed. there viii be millions uf the men
and women who viii he marvelously gift
cd In prayer the prayer OF petit
Jion 10 the Almighty that among the dis
paHsatiGns az His providences will be- the
election Of William Mckinley 10 the Pres
idency of the United States
The wife of prominent New England
man accompanied him 10 the Capitol one
dag last week. and while waiting for her
presumably worse half % transact His
business with Senator. she got into pg-
IItical discussion with a newspaper man
WHO had been presented 10 her by the
Senator's secretary. The lady proved
that she was as good O political observer
as ore would care 90 meet. and she waXed
warm in her depreciation " the Prpsi-
dents recent message.
lu the midst OF her per5raton hor hus-
band sauuteTed up. and am amused smile
curved his lips as he listened
"Dcarie" he said when she had CON
cludcd. Il trust you are n9t talking for
publication"
"Oh. dear. no" cried the lady. az once
disconnected But. you see. my dear. I'm
lk. Mr. Roosevelt, I'm considered "a pref
ty good politician but I'm not careful
0ne-I talk too much
Representative Mann, Of Illinois. WHO
has earned the name Of the watch dog
Of the Treasury" by the faithful manner
in which be- guards all appropriations. has
a most useful but rather thankless task.
Sometimes. evidently he feels that his
burden isn't exactly one which brings
him much sympathy but be. neverthe-
less has a sense of humor when referring
90 his many speeches made for the pur-
pose Of guarding the Treasury.
Mt Mann was iu The press gallery yes
terday when he met correspondent Of
a New York paper before unknown 10
him.
4 have often heard you speak, 1Ir.
Mann said the correspondent.
Yes. replied the Iuiaoisan. I suppose
SO. I am sorTy for myself that you have"
Then he thought a minute and con-
tnued. But I guess I am stiu s0rrier
for you"
Vice President Fairbanks has been ac-
cused so often of being cold" that of
there has grown ND a belief
that he has not remarkable sense Of
humor That this is a mistake the fol-
lowing story viii tend to show.
Shortly after the present session Of
Congress began Thomas Pryor Gore. the
blind Senator from Oklahoma. was I'm the
Senate chamber. bewailing the fact that
he could not be sworn in on his birthday.
December 10.
Senator Cores election. as had that Of
his colleague, Senator owen. had been
duly made by the legislature Of the new
State. HHt the Senate had decided that il
should await the coming of the necessary
papers from the new legislature. which
met after the 10th
Somehow or other Senator Gore hap
Dened to mention to Mr. Fairbanks the
fact that he had desired TO become a
United States Senator on his birthday.
The Vice President looked quizzically
AZ the new member of his flock for "a
minute and then remarked: "WeH. it's
too bad, but the Senate can't change the
rule, you know
However, we might get a joint resolu- /
ton changing your birthday"
Even the Senator, who was disappoint-
ed smiled.
Senatorial Fussiness.
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