The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-30
JOHN DWIGHT, WHO ROUNDS UP
REPUBLICANS, HAS AN AUTO
AND A SMILE.
Rustling From One Administration
Building to the Other, He Leaves
Trail of ChuckIes and Gas
oline.

WASHINGTON, D. c., July 30.-John
Dwight is probably the happiest MEM
! Der of congress. He is the large, ro-
| found smiling and wealthy represen-
! tatiye from the th:rtieth district of
New York state, halls from the town
of Dryden, and, since Jim" Watson,
| of Indiana, voluntarily gave up his
/ seat in the house to make an unsuc-
cessfuI race for the governorship, has
been the republican whip"
1t is because he is the whip" that
Dwight hustles from the capitol to the
White house and from the White
house to the house office building, and
leaves an audible chuckle floating out
in the wake of his big automobile. At
last he has a real object, in a way, be-
fore he was given the shoes of the
| late lamented Watson, but things come
! so easy to him that it was hardly
worth while existing. He had so much
money that he did not know how to
spexd it, he never had any opposition
in his races for congress, and, being
quite plump, was of an easy going dis
| position and did not get "het up over
things that occurred in congress.
So he came to be regarded as sort
OF fat smile and not single newspa-
per man in Washington thought him
| worth while interviewing on any pos
sible subject. Then along came the
vacancy in the whip" job. Splash!
There was sound as of a heavy body
striking the water and before anybody
! knew how it came to pass, John
| Dwight had the place, and Jimmy
Burke of Pittsburg. who had been
breaking his dear little neck to get it
was left out in the chilly.
The job of whip is no feathery
/ couch perfumed with talcum powder
! He does not WELD a black snake, nol
a buggy lash, nor any other kind OF
real physical punisher, as might be
supposed from the term. He is the
man that is supposed to round up the
votes when they are needed by his
whip is Bell, of Georgia, or somebody
| elSe-it really doesn't matter very
| mach who is acting the part on the
| minority. side. It's the republican
whip that is counting this session. He
| is the fellow >hat will deliver the votes
! for the president when the tariff bill
comes up for passage. If there are
not enough votes in sight when the
critical moment approaches, Dwight
will get them there and get them
there Quick He'll hop into his big
touring car and go after them. And il
that he'll not take no for an answer.
Dwight stands over six feet and
could pick up almost any ordinary
member and carry him into the pres
ence of the speaker and make him
vote whether he wanted to or not
| DWight'S automobile possibly had
something to do with his getting tho
job.
The chief beauty about Dwight aside
from his money and his auto, is the
fact that all the members know he has
no personal axes to grind. They rea-
liZe that he is hustling like the mis-
chief for the good of the party Neither
does he put on any airs about his job.
| He tells them that he is simply a mes
| senger, that he is sent to do this and
that, and he is going to do it or know
the reason why.
Other whips, both republican and
| democratic, have grown "chesty'' with
the Importance gained from frequent
consultations with the president and
the leaders of congress. The only
change noticed in Dwight is that he is
happier than he ever was before in