The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-17

When Vice President Sherman was
spending his vacation in the Adirondaezs
last summer a couple of New York news
paper men rowed across the lake one
morning to the little hotel where he was
staying. in the hope of obtaining an inn
portant interview on a subject then prom
nent in the days news. and in which he
figured.
The Adirondack guide who conducted
the little summer hotel had never seen
more than one or two real flesh and
blood newspaper men in his life, and he
regarded them as being much the same
species as detectives, nihIlists, corsairs.
and such.
So here is the message that he carried
up 10 his distinguished guest:
Mr.. Sherman. there's a couple O. gents
down thar that says they're newspaper
men, so l wouldn't let EN- git any fur
Their thin the dock. and I've got one Of
the boys guardn' EN- with rife. If
you want me 10 chase 'em on away, Til
do 1t right on
But genial James" suggested that pos
sibly the pair might be harmless enough
If handled carefully, and that he was
willing 10 take chance on letting them
land on those shores
The men went UP to Shermans cabin
and got the interview and went away
without molesting anybody but the old
Adirondack native was as nervous as a
woman in a railway station all the time
they were around.
Many of the Senator's who fell short
of reelection last fall are not plunged
into an abyss Of gloom and dependency
so deeply as one might imagine.
A few days ago a fellow-senator walk
ed up to Senator Taliaferro. of Florida
yes. pronounced Toliver-and began 10
talk about matters of legislation.
Doesn't look as If there would be any
tarifr talk at this season" he observed.
"and what's more
well. my cars American made, any
how. and I have no idea OF buying a
foreign car, so that tariff wouldn't worry
me on that score" replied the Florida
Senator. frrelevantly.
Your car? Who said anything about a
carr
MY automobile I mean. Really, you
can have ten times us much fun with
big machine like mine as you can
staying here in the Senate for another
term and worrying over tariff bills and
such things. Why. l went on an auto
mobile tour through Canada once"
Such is the talk of Senator Tanaferro
when he is in the mood. He had hoped
10 be returned 20 the Senate and
man does not feel particularly exultant
when he receives the tidings OF defeat.
but now that It is all over. he likes to
take a half hour on occasionally and
make mental charts of automobile routes.
or compare the relative delights of his
winter home in Florida with those Of
his summer home in Maine. A good way
TO make a hit with the Senator is 20
bring the conversation around TO auto
mobiles and touring. and then let him
do the talking. He can talk with al
most equal enthusiasm, however. about
shooting birds in Florida,
Out IN Iowa just now the big political
issue IS, Who's responsible for the decline
in Iowa's population shown by the recent
census2 It's 10 joking matter. either.
Iowa wants TO know the reason, and
they're holding mass meetings. indigna-
ton meetings. commercial club meetings.
and what not The standpat crowd blame
the insurgents and the insurgents blame
the standpatters. Senator Young says
there has been so much political discord
that Ii has been difficult for commercial
organizations 10 start anything without
some man accusing another Of trying to
play politics.
This was all being thrashed over among
members OF the Iowa delegation the other
day when there splashed into the CONVEX
sational sea a Representative from the
Hawkeye state, who happens to be
strong adrnirer Of Roosevelt.
It's a wonder" he remarked. that
somebody hasn't resorted to the custom