The Washington herald., 1911-01-10
CAPITOL GOSSIP.

Gov. Sanders, OF Louisiana. who is in
Washington to help the New Orleans
boomers boom that city for the Panama
Exposition, was an interested spectator
in the Senate yesterday. He was enter
tanned at luncheon by Senator Thornton,
his appointee to fill the unexpired term OF
the late Senator McEnery.
The prospects of great doings in the
Lorimer case brought back to the Senate
most Of the absentees Senators Tillman
and Jeff Davis were conspicuous among
the "come backs
Col Gordon. the Senator who made
good in his short Senatorial career. was
in the Senate yesterday. His reception
was a most cordial one. He visited with
all the Senators present. and, as he says
They all look alike to me. no matter
what their political belief Even the
pages and messengers came in for q
hearty handshake from the popular
Southern statesman.
Ever since Senator Bourne made his
famous speech on popular government
his smile has been getting broader and
broader. and his stride more rapid. His
overfiowing when he learned that Gov.
Woodrow Wilson had indorsed the "Ore-
gon plan," and would incorporate 1t in
his message to the New Jersey legisla-
ture New Jersey is only one of the
many States that has adopted the plan
The demand for the Senator's speech
still continues.
Both sides of the Capitol had top
liners yesterday. The Senate took ur
the Lorimer case. and the much-adver-
tised fact brought crowded galleries tc
that body. On the House side the rule.
were the subject of contention. and'served
to hold the boys on their job. The scrap
was a drawing card to the many visitors
in the big white building as soon as 1,
was noised about.
The auto cars that run between the
Capitol building and the Senate Office
building make as high as 2l2 round trips
or about forty miles daily. The cars are
patronized more by the pages, messen.
gers, and visitors than by the Senators
The Senators prefer the open air and the
exercise to the ride. Some of them vii
not use the cars under any circumstances
Senator Bailey is one of the latter class
He says ne is kept too busy lodging au-
tomobiles downtown to take chances OF
being run down by the Senatorial
wagons
Senator Depew. the much h-advertiseI
er-dinner speaker. will soon pass from
official life, but stories of him and his
experiences will always remain. The Sen.
ator one night was on his way to q
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the street car (he rides in a car some.
times) a man sitting opposite looked Al
him for a few minutes and then said
'Mr. Depew, will you dine out tonight? p
Mr.. Depew said yes" WELL" said the
man, I'VE were talking about you a,
dinner this evening at our boarding
house, and the landlady said suggestively
I would like to board .Chauncey Depew
because he never dimes at home" Ever
though the New Yorker dimes out fire.
quently. and his dinners are of the formal
kind. he can enjoy a real dinner when Il
is put in front Of him. A few years age
he was a guest Of party Of newspaper
men who were on their way to Charles
ton, s. c. The party stopped at Char
lottesville, Va, for dinner. The Senator
was placed at small table with thre<
Of the pencil pushers When the dinner
was served It consisted OF ham and cab
bage, sweet potatoes. and all the essen
tials Of good country dinner. This lay
out must seem strange to you. Senator .
said one Of his fellow-diners. 1t does" an
swered Mr. Depew. But tell you, boys
get 50 very tired Of course dinners that
q mess Of ham and cabbage looks good
to me-" And the way the hero OF 20 many
food battles punished that old-fashionet
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