The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-04-08
Incidents
and
Gossip
- REPRESENTATIVE Walter Pres
ton Brownlow, of Tennessee,
= stood on the steps Of the White


REPRESENTATIVE Walter Pres
- ton Brownlow, of Tennessee,
stood on the steps Of the White
House Offices the other morning
and looked straight ahead OF HIM Fire
was glinting in his eye, and the tWtt-
tering OF birds and the bursting OF the
buds of spring did not interest him.
Finally some one ventured to intrude
upon his meditations and inquire IL ne
might be able to divulge any news.
No said Colonel Brownlow. Il
don't know anything now 1 came here
TO introduce some people and was 10
meet them here at a given time. They
were forty minutes late. When L went
inside l was so mad 1 couldn't hardly
see the President.
And what is more" said Colonel
Brownlow. savagely-though he is
usually a good-natured man and slow
to wrath. Il may say that in my time
I've probably introduced 500 people or
more TO the President. and I've never
known one of them to be on time I've
figured It out that a person who will
insist on taking the time OF a busy
man like the President. merely TO shake
tfands with him, hasn't much sense any
how, and It's the most natural thing in
the world that he shouldn't have sense
enough to keep an engagement"
Having thus vented his anger. the
Colonel started for the Capitol to see
how the tariff was getting on. he
seemed TO feel better about II as he
moved away and observed: What a
lovely spring we are having
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Representative Joseph Francis O'Con-
nell. Democrat, when there is no rules
night, OF Boston, has the reputation OF
taking more pretty girls and handsome
young women to the White House tc
see the President than any other mem
Der Of Congress. Several other mem
bers, however. are in a close race with
him for this honor.
Something Of an explanation may be
fond in O'ConneITs biography in the
Congressional Directory which says:
rs unmarried
A member Of a prominent club about
town has sworn off on poker. For some
DAYS he had been taking a regular
hand IN the game, and evinced Il dis
position to tilt the betting at the
slightest provocation. 1t got to be a
habit One morning, after q session
that lasted until we'll toward daylight.
he went out to bid on a certain con-
tract He intended to put in bid for
s. Goo
But he'd got so in the way OF raising
the bet that he put IL In at $4,000 He
| lost the contract Had he put in the
! figure he intended 10 he would have got
| the contract
-.'Ne1 er again" ne says now.
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| Secretary Wilson, Of the Department
/ Of Agriculture, is not fully convinced
| that the college man is better than any
! one else When he is casting about for
/ men for his department, 10 do some ex-
/ pert line OF work. he doesn't care any
! lining about the mans college record or
/ how many universities he has grad
/ uated from.
What I want" says the Secretary, "fs
/ a man-that has gone farther In some
/ one line Of inquiry than anybody else
/ and who is able to set forth clearly for
/ the benefit of others the results of his
/ inquiries" Secretary Wilson has deer
| knowledge Of agriculture himself and
got a lot of it on a farm out in Tama
county, Iowa.