Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-13
Sulzer Opens Argument.

The governor-elect opened the argu-
ment, after all four of the debaters had
shaken hands, ringside fashion, and said
in part:
Il am not an expert in anything, but
know few things, and one Of these is
that women are more partial to knock
kneed men than they are to boW-legged
men. Another thing, no one ever saw a
bow-legged man play base bal"
around, and said: "Robber! thief! He
was safe a mile!' But the governor-elect
went on:
Il will go further. however. in my
proof" he said. Medical testimony
proves conclusively that nearly all all
ments from corns to consumption have
their inception in bow legs. l challenge
my opponents to show one case in the
history Of the word where a boW-legged
man ever got anywhere. On the con-
trary, a knock-kneed man knows exactly
where he is going and gets there.
Some Of the most celebrated men in
history have been knock-kneed men. I
have not the time to cite many instances
more, these bow-Iegged fellows are SO
sensitive that I fear suits for SANDER.
Among the celebrated knock-kneed men
of history to whom I can point are
Moses. the great lawgiver: Socrates, the
great philosopher, and Hannibal, the
great soldier"
Penrose Wants Extra Time.
Senior Penrese asked for twenty-five
minutes, in place of the allotted ten, and
did not get it, He condemned everybody
on the other side of the argument-al~
though he didn't know very much about
what side he was talking on. He ended
up with:
LAS to navigation of knock-kneed men
and bow-legged men under the influence
of the excessive use of stimulants. there
is no question in my mind that any one
who Is familiar with those conditions
from long personal experience or OBJ
servatiOn would realize that a knock
kneed man would be found collapsed in
the middle of the road while a bow
legged man was going gayly down the
street.
II am not giving you my word for
all these things. 1 took straw vote
the other day on the train, between here
and Philadelphia as to the merits of
this question. I found 175 votes in the
negative, which I believe 1 represent
hope I am not making mistake-and
forty-eight votes in the affirmative, and
three persons who said they still We're
for Roosevelt If he ever ran again. The
Taft vote was not represented on the
train"
Trust Buster Supports Sulzer.
The great steel trust buster, Represen-
tative Stanley. actually seemed peevish
when it came his turn to support his
colleague, the illustrious governor-elect
from the Empire state.
81 am amazed, I am Mortified. I am
profoundly grieved," he said, "that this
great deliberative body has allowed but
ten minutes each to the individual in dis
cussing the momentous question. Sir,
for ages civilization has viewed with
pride the virtues of the knock-kneed, and
has pointed with alarm to the vices of
bow-legs.
eff had the time I could prove to you
by the frescoes of Raphael. could prove
to you from art and story, that most OF
the angels seen in the canvases and on
the walls of olden times are knock-kneed
Imagine a bow-legged angel! We. the
knock kneed, are the conservators of
virtue, we are the epitome Of greatness.
and we view with commiseration and pity
the physical and moral deformity of the
bow-legged."