The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1911-06-15
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road to run straight, but we'll send it around the
tree"
If the Australian tree is still standing it stands
as a monument to an Irishman who had a soul
Once Representative William Alden Smith, now
a United States senator, tried his level best in
the house debate on Panama to make Congress-
Dinsmore Of Arkansas supply stock of good
Republican campaign material. just Blaine
bated Ben Hill in the old days. Dinsmor1 vas
talking about the hasty recognition of the indie
pendence of Panama by the United States and
drew comparison between that action and the
attempts of this government to keep foreign
lions from recognizing the confederacy in 1861.
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 ne 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 fash "Ah
Brother Smith," he said how you would love
to lead me into the pitt I have abiding affec.
ton for you but neither my feet nor my tongue
shall go astray for the benefit of the Republican
party"
Everybody knows what stckler the senate Is
for courtesy. Courtesy has seat at every desk.
When senator refers to another. whether he
be a political foe or a political friend 1t is always
as the distinguished gentleman from Maryland"
or from Maine or another state. as the case may
be- Senator Timan said a fairly good thing
day. II side remark. but IL reached the
gallery and was enjoyed by the auditors who had
become a bit weary of resisting the impulse to
salaam every time senator rose and handed
few verbal flowers to colleague.
Senator Bailey had just referred to the 'Gs-
tingushed senator from Maine. Quit it,, said
Tillman, you'll distinguish them all till they're
stuck up that no one else can distinguish them
one from the other"
When James Wilson came to Washington
secretary of agriculture he understood bit OF
self-description by saying to q caller: IL am what
they call hayseed" 1t should be noted that Mr..
Wilson did not say that he was hayseed. He
has the Scotch Presbyterian habit Of sticking to
the truth even in his humor 1t rupored once
that in order to evade the laws of this country
certain great companies we're 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 this
1--WE have laws; we have petit jur;es; have
grand juries; we have department of Justice;
have courts. and we have penitentiaries.'
Then MIR. Wilson smiled just little grimy and
refused to discuss the subject further He couldn't
have said anything that would have added one
ota to his meaning. and he knew it. There Is no
waste OF words in the conversation of James
Wilson.
Secretary Wilson unquef1Y, onaby would DO a
success as managing editor OF a great newspa-
per- He knows news. When the Beverldge pack
ing-house investigation measure had passed con-
gress and Secretary Wilson in the west on
tour OF inspection. he was asked by newspaper
man at the close OF of the secretary's busiest
days in Chicago what the news was.
Mr.. Wilson said: "Sit down and I'll give you the
news and nothing else. These things have been
done win the last few days and not one OF them
has been touched on in the newspapers. The rest
of the stuff is ancient history"