Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1912-12-26
Iaue,sner, His Pretty Bride Helping Him,
Wins Congress- Seat While On Honeymoon

Special: Persons look-
ling for novel, pleasant. profitable ways
lot spending Homogeneous can get valli-
/ able suggestions from Clyde II. Tavern
|ner, in the sergeant-at-arms office In
/ tile House of Representatives. Taven-
|ner and his pretty little wife spent
their honeymoon this fall running for
congress on the democratic ticket in
republican district, with such good
rolls round Tavenner. at the age OF
80. will be the youngest representative
In the 63rd congress, and his wife who
has just turned 20, will be by several
years the youngest congressional wife
Mrs. Tavenner is included advisedly
IN the running team From the altar
in Washington on July IL the newly
welded Tayenners hurried to take q
fast train for Rock Island. I'LL, where
a Yavenner headquarters WasBat once
opened and where the new Mrs. Taven-
ner assumed complete management OF
her husbands campaign, directing the
efforts of an office force of Is stenog-
spent his time out in the district meet
ing the electors face to face.
Up to November there were Just
two persons in the 14th Illinois dis
trict who thought Tavenner would win
One was Clyde H Tavenner and the
oIlIcis was MIS-. 1SuUel 4NldTtln IuVen-
ners Tavenner won by 1,210. Two
days before election Mrs Tavenner,
who had been polling the district, pre-
dicted that his majority would be only
LAS, but with practice she hopes to
attain greater accuracy in political
Iforecasting.
Here's Romance for You.
The Tavenner romance is quite the
Iprettiest bit Of sentiment which the
Did capital building has known in many
q day. When Mrs. Tayenner was Miss
Isabel Martin she was a stenograpEer
/ In Senator La Follettes office and
Tavcnner was the young reporter who
had occasion to drop in now and then
Tor items for his newspapers. After "a
time II was noticed that Tavenner
Iipent more time in the outer office
than he did interviewing the senator
considerably more.
Crusty old legislators, regardless of
lparty, are now chuckling with whole
hearted amusement at the success of
the skid" congressional team as the
TaNcnners arc known. and If in their
eyes there is 4 hint of moisture as
| they think Of their own early str,ly-
giles and of the brides who have grown
gray by their sides what concern is 1t
| Of the publics? At any rate, con-
slant string Of public men these carly
days of the session is filing in to
wiring Tavenner's hand in sincere con-
graduation and to ask to be reme,l-
bered to Mrs. Tavenner.
Tavenner has had such tough
time most of his life that there is lit
tie envy of his good fortune now. His
parents, out in Cordova, ILL.,. were very
poor. and from the time he was. a
little shaver OF IL, working as devil
IN the country printing office, he has
had to make his own way in the world.
At the end of his fourth year in the
printing office he was sticking type
10 hours day for only $4 week, SO
ne struck out for Chicago to find his
fortune
Goes to Washington.
There for several years he worked
as reporter on one of the big dailics.
doing almost every assignment, uy.til
he was sent to Washington. But.
after year or SO at the capital dts
aster overlook him and he found him
self out of job. In his Washington
work Tavenner had come to the con-
clusion that the news of the govern
ment was not being properly told, and
his soul yearned to let the people
know how their best interests were
constantly being thwarted by the Sys-
tenn, or Big Business, or some other in
definite quantity in capital letters. So
when he was footloose he started a
news syndicate to disseminate truth.
The endsof q year found the syndi-