The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-08-04
MlsH!NG IlN L[TTER
INTERESTING GOSSIP ABOUT THE
NATIONAL CAPITAL TERsELY
TOLD.


WASHINGTON .. q. Ang. &
This IS q pre- tn nice town, but fm
never going 10 come back until liin
Sherman ceases u be vice pres tient
This IS die privnte opinion 81 VII
liam p. Chambers % cofkith. Iowa,
publicly expressed after day ~
nerve racking experiences ia the
course Of which he was tnlsta ken for
Sunny Jim by about two out oi
three persons who spoke to him
Chambers arrived in Washington
after q motor trip from hislhome town
and started IN to- see the sights.
Leaving his hotel he strolled down
Pennsylvania avenue about noon and
almost Immediately met q tall indiyid ID
sual m a frock coat and SILK hat who
inquired: i. !;
tAi, Mr. vice President, aren't
.yon a little late for the session to-
,day?''
Mr.. Chambers thoughtful little
strange that any one in Washington
should know that he was vice presi-
dent OF the Farmers and Merchants
Bank at Britt, Iowa, but he did mol
protest. =;
A little later he wandered up to the
Capitol TO see the two senator's from
his native State, but, after spending
4 strenuous half hour, answering
questions addressed to him by per
sons who mistook him for the presid-
ing officer Of the Senate, be left I'M
disgust. !,
The likeness between Sunny Jim"
and the man from Iowa caused large
amount Of comment at the Capitol
and grave fears were expressed lest
the two Bromios should get mixed up
and no. one would be sure which was
which. According to Chambers state
ment he was invited to lunch nine
times by members Of the House who
had known the Vice President when
he was in that branch OF the legtsla-
ture and he says that the clerks at
the hotels in New York and this city
were SO sure that he was the second
executive officer Of the nation that
they almost insisted that he sign his
"real name" on the registers.
Finally Mr.. Chambers got 50 peeyed
that he climbed into his buzz wagon
and Washington will see him no more
until after change in the present an'
for he does not consider
1t a Joke to be a living likeness. Just
as the Iowan's, machine was passing
ont OF the city the last mistake took
place. One of the traffic squad, who,
had an idea that the automobile was
exceeding the speed limit, rode up
to the machine and started to inform
the occupant that he would have to
go with him to the station house.
When Mr.. Chambers lifted his COG.
giles, however, the policeman gasped.
bowed and calculated:
Excuse me, Mrs. Sherman, / didn't
know it was YOU"
Whereupon Chambers sllbed grim:
" and resumed his 1,5O0-mile journey
homeward.
Senator Knute Nelson.
Senator Knute Nelson, of Minneso.
ia, who isIa solon only incidentally,
and a farmer by profession, has a
brand OF quiet hum6r in his makeup !,
hat is unique in ofticialdom. The Min
lesota Viking was a member of the
party that recently accompanied Pres.
dent Taft on his memorable automo.
lille trip to Manassas,
When rescued from Senator Bran
legee's car, which was stalled in tho
middle of a ford, swollen by the after.
loon rains, Senator Nelson was taken
nto President Taft's car. The Sena-
or, known for his determined oppo.
iition to reciprocity, must come