The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-14
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Especial Ito The Times- Dispatch.1
Washington. .. G.. March Ia
Walk through the corridors Of the
Capitol once or twice day for a
week, and you will meet negro man,
wearing silk hat OF the vintage OF
sitting under the dome. all alone. pom.
dering. have seen him In that atti-
tude toward the world many n time,
and wondered who he was Had he
TO hin, with word OF cheer, but the
! satisfied look upon his face seemed to
say: II am we'll provided for. and
Ito 81. Zach Meehee, 81 the Columbia
state, who knows everybody. for in.
| IMAM In the tile hat.
That said DR.. McGhee, as a South
/ Carolfnian. who makes contesting for
a seat In Congress business. j do
not know whether lie is after the seat
Eo q, L - g or that OF Lever. Anyhow.
election he comes on here. gets a job
/ preaching--this being Incidental and
cssential-and starts his contest
Some persons have. way of start
Under certain conditions contestant
can occupy chair on the floor OF the
House. The South, Carolina darby
takes advantage OF this now and then,
shHueCtS lus sudliuS Ills t1dL ana IOp
coat to negro valet de cloak room,
and let's himself gently into sent
side en we rear row q ne 5Repuollcs''
All OF the negro work,nen about the
Capitol address the South Carolina
contestant as "Honorable." mat alone
scolnpensatcs for any inconvenience he
might 4;h,. be " put .o By bringing contest.
~ shoe. and his foot when the shoe
gets set in 1t, protrudes at one Or
more places.
There is nothing to liken the con-
hen. familiar to oil good country wo-
men. which would just as soon set on
q rock as an egg. Just 50 she gets to
set all summer.
congressman as we'll as ordinary
smortals have their peculiarities, or
eccentrlcities. Representative Dorsey
w. shackleford. OF. Missouri. a very
cunning politician. thinks i great dell.
his district. He told party OF friends
not long ago that he could not plan
a Knockout for his opponent II he did
not get OF to himself and white a
stick. and the better his mind worked
the longer his shnvings were. AS all
rough places disappeared and his plans
We're complete, the knife went from
end to end.
Cyrus B. Watson. one of North Caro- /
lina's greatest criminal lawyers. can
cut up dozen soft-pine BOXES during |
a closely contested murder trial. l
have seen him form 4, gun. such as
was used In the homicide, out of his
timber. and then. at the psychological
moment, take aim like ne was about
to shoot. The better the testimony Ct
a witness for him the faster he
chopped.
whistler. deep. coarse note. he
whistles as lie walks. There is no
end or tune to the outburst. but you
cannot escape. Plastered walls do not
arrest II. Nothing short of dun
.geon could muff1e 1t. Perfectly uncon-
.scious Of what he Is emitting. Judge
,shackleford whistles whenever left
alone. The first impulse when You
hear him. Is to listen. hoping for a
change Of note. butfsOon you want to
throw a brick at him. lust as YOU
would 1T a wailing cat on a backyard
fence But. finally. you compromise
by going down town. over to the IL
Representative John Wesley Gaines,
that lovely old tirebrand Of Tennessee.
was Gated by q long. thin man by |
the name OF Byrnes. a man of Wrinkles.
angles and real w.t. whose arms reach I
out like Abe Llncoln's did. The CAM
patgn was underway. and Gaines had |
the better of 1T. Byrncs could not
get started. He did not interest the
people. John Wesley. with rasplngs
voice. white hair and rudy face. In
cd at his wlllowly opponent. In the
cities they called Byrnes ..Reuben."
and invited him back TO the sticks
But ByrncS never LETT them embarraSSs