Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-04

Nome, Alaska, who said the only trouble
about him was that he couldn't freeze to
death
p REPRESENTATIVE BURLESON of
! Texas is proud of telling how big and
powerful is the State in which he has the
honor to live.
Its so big" said Burleson on one occa-
sion, that some of its people don't bother
about the rest of the country. One day
Colonel Edgar, editor and owner of The
Lincoln Star Nebraska, was travelling in
the State, and he came to a little railroad
station. At that time all newspaper editors
had telegraph franks. The Colonel wrote
out telegram and carried it into the tele-
graph office
1.-THE operator, who was tall and slender
and fierce looking, said, Charges are eighty
cents
but it's franked,' explained Edgar
pointing to the stamp.
No good here objected the operator.
"'But it's good anywhere in the Union,
argued Edgar. The book Of franks says so.
"'Can't help it, was the obdurate re-
spouse.
Isn't Texas in the Union?' asked Edgar.
thoroughly indignant.
"'Oh,' replied the Texan, theoretically,
sub; merely theoretically
A SHER KINDS, who has just been elect
\ ed to Congress from Maine, made his
reputation as parliamentary clerk to Speaker
Cannon. He stood beside the Speaker
throughout every session of the House, and
whenever knotty problem in parliamentary
procedure came up Cannon turned to him
with the question:
whats the rule on that, Asher?'
One afternoon, having received the de-
sired information from Kinds, the Speaker,
facing the membership of the House, began,
ION this point, Asher says"
But he could get no further until the mill
tant beating Of his gavel on the desk had
Quoted the laughter of the members.
CHAMP CLARK says he had an ambition
~ to come to Congress when he was
barefooted boy in the Missouri corn fields.
He also adds that he was barefooted boy
long time ago.
D REPRESENTATIVE COUDREY of St.
~ Louis got his start in life as an insurance
agent, and the gift of talk he acquired in
that business he now exercises on the floor
of the House He has wonderful COM
mand of SMILES and metaphors.
TT would be unfair to tell the name of the
author of this story; but it is too good to
pass up.
In Tennessee not many years ago it was
a sport and a science in some sections to
stuff the ballot boxes SO that, no matter how
the people voted. the machine candidates
won. In one little town an enthusiast for
honest government was named as one of the
board of three election Judges. His two
companions were ready to slip into the
ballot box enough votes to elect their man;
but they could not get the honest judge to
leave the voting booth long enough for them
to turn the trick Finally. after he had re-
fused to leave long enough for lunch, all
three went to a neighboring hotel for hasty
meal.
The honest judge. who was also very de-
vout, put the ballot box on the floor between
his feet and, shutting his eyes, bowed his
head for several minutes while he asked the
blessing on the meal.
While he was doing this the other two
stuffed the box, and the machine candidates
had staggering majority. And to this day
the honest Judge advertises the fact that for
once he made the election judges give the
people of his town an honest deal.