Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-07

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say, And now Teller citerzens, | come to de
tariff. Den yo' hop up and holler Tirne'
And, Niggah, doan 20 forget; for eff deres
one thing doan know muffin about, it's de
tariff"
FORMER Senator Squire of Washington
= State was in the national Capital re-
Gently, and his visit recalled a story told of
him during his last term in the Senate. He
had been elected twice as Republican; but
the Populist party and the Democrats had
been making great Roadway in a number OF
Western States. When Squire came back to
the Senate after the election, Frank Petit
grew of South Dakota, who had left the
Republican party and joined the Populists,
said to him:
Squire, what are you now, Republican,
Democrat, or Pop"
ooh, I'm Pop blandy replied Squire;
"got Pop Legislature"
WHEN the Justices of the Supreme
w Court heard that their fellow member,
Justice White, had been appointed Chief
Justice, one of them remarked, Brother
White is going to buckle down to hard work.
Justice White has long been known as the
hardest worker on the Supreme bench.
EVEN when he. was Assistant Secretary of
II the Navy, Mr. Roosevelt did not like
too much familiarity. Rear Admiral Mel
vile, of Arctic fame, was then chief Of the
Bureau of Steam Engineering, and while
Mr.. Roosevelt admired him for his ability
he did not like Admiral AIelville's frequent
remark, "Hey, Brother!' which the bluff
old sailor used in addressing everybody.
"Why does that old man call me Hey,
Brother ?" Indignantly asked the late Prcsi
dent of a friend. 81 am not his brother, and
don like to be Hey Brothered' by any man"
EVERY winter Washington wrestles with
- the problem Of cleaning snow from the
streets, and it generally results in discus
sion of an appropriation for the purpose in
Congress. Several years ago the approprla-
ton was in charge of the late Senator ALI
son, noted for his conservative statements
and the care he always exercised not to COM
NIT himself definitely on any proposition
"Snow fell last month"; the Iowa Senator
said, "and snow has fallen this month";"
"And snow will fall again. INTERCEPTED
Senator Spooner, who wanted to help along
the appropriation.
GAS to that | will not say replied the
careful Allison, unwilling to commit himself
to the prophecy.
CONGRESSMAN MCCALL of Massa-
~ ehusetts and ex-Mayor Mcclellan of
New York, when the latter was in Congress,
were very close friends. They had both
won distinction no doubt were drawn
together on account OF it-by the fact that
they were often separated from their respec
tive parties Mcclellan was once styled the
"1eader of the Mcclellan Democracy
which consisted of himself, as he voted
alone on several propositions. Mccall not
only voted against his party, but often put
forth propositions which received only his
solitary vote On one occasion a motion he
made received seventeen votes besides his
own.
Something wrong with that he re-
marked as he walked up the aisle. 81 must
get something else. There is no distinction
in that kind Of vote
SENATOR NATHAN B. SCOTT had his
~ memory turned back to childhood days
during recent illness. Consulting an emf
nent specialist he was furnished with a bull
let tied to string He was told to swallow
the bullet and tie the other end of the
string to the buttonhole of his nightshirt,
and not remove either until next morning.
"That was the worst night | ever had,
said the Senator in telling the story. every
time moved that string would jerk and pull
and kept me awake most of the night 1t
brOupht tO nv mind sonnet hing that ham