The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-01-15
Taylor Tells Story.


der President Cleveland. was in Ra-
leigh when President Andrew johnson
went there to speak to old friends of
his .boyhood, whom he had left as a
tailor's apprentice, and he tells the
following story of tho occasions:
''It was johnson s first visit to
Raleigh since he left as boy, and
he was expected 10 make tremen-
dous speech He didn Z. After being
prentice of Raleigh, who had become
president, he started in. He rambled
around stopping every few minutes TO
raise his hand above his head and eS-
claim: where arc the friends OF
my childhood; Echo answers
"He made this observation half
dozen times Then an old man VINO
sat in the front row arose and saldi
on. ,o9'' Andy; we re an ne'' "
The retiring senator from Maine has
long been regarded as man who,
while not necessarily hunting for a
fight in congress, can put up falr
battle when occasion demands. An old
friend OF Senator Hale told this story
the other day, and it is said to be Illus
trative of the Hale temperament:
''One of Haie's sons, now an attor-
One day he came into his fathers Of
flee ard remarked that he was going
to have fight with another young.
ster the next day. His father reproyed
him. and said that he didn It want him
fighting with his playmates.
u But / don t see how l can get out
of it, y" insisted the boy. 90 He dared
me to fight him, and | told him / d
fight somebody, then don't fail to
fight him, and, above all else. see that
you win
When Representative james A. Taw-
ney Of Minnesota retires at the close
of the present session, Serene Il, Payne
of New York will no longer have to
divide the honor of wearing the largest
sized hat In congress. Tawney ana
Payne each wear q ~ dome covering.
When President Taft was elected 1t
was thought that there might be a
third in the ~ class in Washington,
but the president only wears a 7fs.
There is senator and a representa-
tive or two who wear only 61s hat.
but they seldom, il ever, 60 around
Dragging about IT.
The Bunch Fixes It,
Senator George Sutherland of Utah
is one statesman who has little worry
coming to him next month"; month
which promises so much distress for so
many senators now nearing the end OF
terms. Sutherland Is nearing the end
of his first term, and has been very reg
ular as a Republican senator, along with
his colleague, Reed Smoot. Visitors
from Utah who are not exactly In pol
itics indicate in their talk that Suth~
erland will have no opposition, and will
be given another term in a quiet way
that will attract no special attention
! That is the way the Sutherland sup
porters wish to handle politics In Utah
anyhow.
Representative W. W. McCredie of
is baseball crank. In fact, he is
president of the team in his town. This
team belongs to the Pacific Northwest
| league and won eighty eight straight
games last season.
"McCredie won't talk about any
thing else but that ball team,' said a
friend of his. "When you ask him a
question about something pending III
the house, hc replies by telling you how
many games the team won and all
about it, | asked him the other day
commission, and he said there never
was another such record as the Van
couver team made last SUMMER
Senator Thornton, the new senator
from Louisiana, following the example
of several new senators, has already
become busy. 1t is getting to be the
custom for new senators to get into the
speaking game early in their career.
| A different state Of affairs existed
some years ago, and now man was
rarely ever heard for session or two,
One Of the first youngsters to shock
| the old senators was a Mr.. Mcconnell
who had been sent TO the senate from
| Idaho. The same legislature that had
elected him had chosen Senator Du-
bois for the long term and Mcdonnell
had only two months In which to make
good. He got busy the second day
His voice was ponderous, and, standing
strobe around and around, telling his
hearers some things. In the midst OF
his speech Senator Edulunds came In
Turning to a senator near by, Senator
Edmunds said:
Time to Resign.
"Who is that fellows What right
has he in here?'
."Wby. that is Senator Mcconnell >
"Senator Mcconnell. Where is he
from7'
"From Idaho
"When did he come. and when wa,
he sworn in?'' asked Senator Edmuuds
yesterday answered his neighbor
Yesterday? Well, il g about time
for me to resign.
Former Vice. President Charles W
Fairbanks may rot relish the bushes,
Of being retired TO private life, but il
30 he doesn t show it. When he wa!
back in Washington a short time agt
he told his friends he was glad TO 5,
rid of the burdens of public office, tina
he was enjoying private life, and hac
no ambitions to get into the limehgh
again.
He and President Taft had lons
talk while here, but the nature of thi
conference was not divulged, A mum
ber of the former vice president's s sen
atorisl friends are still ioyar To hin
and greeted him with great cordialit,
when he visited the capitol
Some of them have heen tn1kino hin