The Forrest City times., 1912-05-17
tie. for the vice president of the

 yea or nay on some question on which the vote in the upper house is equal between the two sides.
 Mr Sherman did go away for few days recently and Democratic sena- tor was appointed president pro tem. but the Republicans took good care that during the time of leave nothing should come to a vote which was of the least legislative importance. Mir sherman sits in tbe chair now almost with the continuous regularity" with which MT. Fairbanks sat in it. The former vice president was away from his duties In the senate on only two occasions during the four years of his incumbency.
 Jokes of the Senators.
 The senate of the United States is reported generally as the staidest kind of a body. It Is seldom that any jokes are cracked on the floor of the upper house. but occasion ally there is an approach to hu- nor. or an attempt at humor on the part of some senator Tn a speech, and then there are likely to be smiles, but there Is never anything approaching even the giggle which precedes laugh ter.
 In the quiet of their committee rooms senators occasionally tell sto- ries and good many of them have to do with men whom they have known in public life but who are dead and gone. Other stories have to do with their experiences as senators in their dealings with their constituents, espe- cially such dealings as are had through correspondence.
 Senators and representatives both are willing lot. but occasionally there is limit. A senator from Michigan told some of his committee room com rades the other day that he had re- ceiyed letter which he thought ap- preached the extreme of assurance. This letter. he said, was from clerk In one of the departments and it vir- tually ordered the senator-the order being based on the ground that the man who issued 1t hailed from the S'NNt VI 4h4t Sdil- tdlI uBOn lAt superintendent of the division in which the letter writer was a clerk, and tell him to have the clerks desk moved so that he could spend the time when he was not at work in looking out of the window. The senator youched for the truthfulness of this story
 Platt's Modesty Shocked.
 The other day member of the up- per house told story of Senator For aker of Ohio and ex-Senator Platt of Mr. Platt was known as the most mod est man who ever had seat in con gress. He was modest to the shrink ing point. The story ran like this:
 When Senator Foraker was making his speech against the proposal to ad- init Arizona and New Mexico as one state he quoted from arguments made by Senator Platt, who years ago on the | floor of the senate declared that Da- kota was too large to be admitted as one commonwealth and that 1t should be split in twain. The Ohio senator started in thus: The senior senator from Connecticut. MT. Platt -
 At this instant the main door of the senate chamber opened and Sena- tor Platt appeared and started slowly down the center aisle He had not heard his name as 1t fell from the lips of Senator Foraker. Senator Foraker continued: One of the most virile- ,,,{n of ever held membership in this body
 Senator Platt had advanced ten feet. Every eye was upon him. Sen | ator Foraker continued: A man known to the country for his distin- guished services-a man known for the fine quality of his mind
 Senator Platt was now within ten | feet of the front row of senatorial desks. The eyes were still upon him and In them and below them was si. l lent laughter.
 Senator Foraker went on: "A man whose opinion upon questions of mo ment carries weight always and convic ton nearly always. I go not astray when l seek the words of the eminent senior senator from Connecticut -
 Senator Platt had been listening without suspicion. His name heard 1 he fairly folded his towering form, fell into seat and there sat shivering from the shock to his Connecticut mod. esty."
 Morgan Had Fun With Galilnger.
 Another story was told of Senator Gallinger of New Hampshire who Is l still in the senate and Senator Nor. l gan of Alabama who died not long ago at an advanced age, The bill to admit | Oklahoma as state was under dis cussion and Senator Gallinger had In. troduced an amendment providing that no intoxicating liquor should be sold in the new state for twenty-one years. Then the Alabama senator rose in his seat and solemnly proposed to MT. Gallinger's amendment-an amend ment to the effect that no one should sell or give intoxicating drinks to the