The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-20
Adventures of a New Congressman

making clothes for the children. and pro-
posed to have a lttlc diversion by seeing
"A little OF the world
So led came on here with Becky and
his son, and his TWO daughters, and his
son In law, and his Son-in-l9w's mother.
and | had To face the job OF entertain
ing them at the seat of government.
LED, YOU Will remember. Is the fellow
who bought the chickens on the Briggs
farm. One OF The village culups asked
him II he was going up there 10 shoe
them down 10 his place.
What do you ucan?' asked led.
''Why," said the wit ~ understand
that you bought them on the hoof.
Jed don't know TO this day what the
incident SO that you will know lust what
kind OF game I was up against when ]
was called on 10 entertain these folks
Colonel Bob Moore heard that they
were coming. and he told mo that II was
| the opportunity OF lifetime for me,
Give them n good time he said. "It
will cost you litle money but they VIII
go back home and talk about IL the bal
arce or their natural lives.
That's all right said ], but how am
| going 10 do it,
TO me and / will attend to that end OF
must say that Colonel Bob Moore Is a
| pretty good man In an emergency. You
| know he was the fellow that broke uu
a Bryan meeting in the famous silver
| campaign. The Boy Orator of the Platte
was making a speech. in his town when
Colonel Bob got benevolent old lady
! to ask Mr.. BRYAN some questions. She
looked 50 sweet and talked so nicely tina,
! the presidential candidate walked 1igh,
Into the trap: She asked him some aues-
tions which nc answered with his ready
tongue. FINALLY she said:
| Mr.. Bryan. understand your plat
! form Very wall. but the thing that is not
quite clear 10 me is whether we have tc
! come 10 YOU for the free silver or wheth.
! er YOU are going TO send IL 10 us by cx
| press.
Jed and his wife and the members of
| his family arrived here on tho Baltimore
| &; Ohio The train was about seven hours
| late. and the first thing I WAS called to
| do was 10 buy them all a dinner mt tho
station restaurant. They certainly did
| bring their appetitss with them. WHY
II was just like feeding ono Of those
regiments that We send on TO the Span
ish- h-Amerlcan war However. We go,
through all right. and then Colonel Fol
Moore took them up 10 the capitol and
showed them all the objects of interest
| Finally Inc took them in Ia the gallery OF
the house OF representa- ttyes and pointed
out the distinguished people on the floor
| There was a recess and the only people
down in the forum were the doorkeepers
tho pages and the pastors and folders
Becky insisted on seeing Uncle Joe Can
non. He wasn't there. Bob Moore was
too gallant gentleman 70 dsappoint a
lady, 80 he pointed TO doorkeeper who
was sound asleep in a chair With his
feet on desk and the Jl(-smoked stump
Of cigar in his mouth.
There Is jncic Joe. - he said resting
after his arduous l9borS. lie is tho peo-
pies hired man and he is taking Il we'll
| earned sleep after many days of awful
| labor"
When VIC left the capitol both jed and
Becky insisted on going to the White
House We took them through the lower
part OF the building that is open for Wis
tors. and then Becky was determined on
bein5 presented 10 the president and his