Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-06-16
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road to run straight. but we1l send it around the
tree"
If the Australian tree is still standing it stands
a monument to an Irishman who had soul.
Once Representative William Alden Smith now
a United States senator tried his level best in
the house debate on Panama to make Congress
man Dinsmore of Arkansas supply stock of good
Republican campaign material, just Blaine
baited Ben Hill in the old days. Dinsmore was
talking about the hasty recognition Of the indie
pendence of Panama by the United States and
drew a comparison between that action and the
attempts of this government to keep foreign ma
tons from recognizing the confederacy in 1851.
The Arkansas member got warmed up and be-
gan to talk about the power of the confederacy.
He made the statement that its soldiers had
thrashed the Union army in the first six battles
of the war. He got still warmer as he went on,
and suddenly Smith of Michigan sprung the ques
ton "Are you defending the rights of the states
to secede?"
Dinsmore came to himself like flash. "Ah.
Brother Smith," he said chow you would love
to lead me into the pitt have abiding affec-
ton for YOU but neither my feet my tongue
shall go astray for the benefit of the Republican
party"
Everybody knows what stickler the senate is
for courtesy Courtesy has seat at every desk.
When one senator refers to another, whether he
be political foe political friend it is always
az the distinguished gentleman from Maryland"
or from Maine or another state. as the case may
be- Senator Tillman said fairly good thing one
day It was a side remark but it reached the
gallery and was enjoyed by the auditors, who had
become bit weary of resisting the impulse to
salaam every time a senator rose and handed
few verbal flowers to colleague.
Senator Bailey had just referred to the dis
tinguished senator from Maine. "Quit it." said
Tilman, you'll distinguish them all till they're
so stuck up that no one else distinguish them
one from the other
When James Wilson came to Washington as
secretary of agriculture he understood a bit of
selfdescripton by saying to caller: Il am what
they call a hayseed" 1t should be noted that Mr..
Wilson did not say that he hayseed He
has the Scotch Presbyterian habit Of sticking to
the truth even in his humor 1t rumored once
that in order to evade the laws of this country
certain great companies were planning to take out
corporation papers abroad The matter was call
ed to the attention of the agricultural member of
Mr. Roosevelt's cabinet. His comment was this:
1--WE have laws; have petit juries; have
grand juries; we have department of justice;
we have courts. and have penitentaries."
Then Mr.. Wilson smiled just little grimly and
refused to discuss the subject further. He couldn't
have said anything that would have added one
iota to his meaning, and he knew it, There is
waste OF words in the conversation of James
Wilson.
Secretary Wilson unquestionably would be a
success as a managing editor of great newspa-
per. He knows news. When the Beveridge pack
inghouse investigation measure had passed con-
gress and Secretary Wilson was in the west
tour of inspection, he was asked by newspaper
at the close of one Of the secretarv's busiest
days in Chicago what the news was.
Mr.. Wilson said: sit down and I'll give you the
and nothing else These things have been
done within the last few days and not one Of them
has been touched on IN the newspapers. The rest
of the stuff is ancient history"