The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-12-26
TaUenner. His Pretty Bride Helping Hin,
Wins Congress Seat While On Honeymoon

washington-special Persons look
ing for novel. pleasant, profitable rays
OF spending ~honeymoons can get Yalu-
able suggestions from Clyde III. TaYen-
ner, in tho sergeant-at-arms office in
the House OF Representatives. Tayen-
ner and his pretty little wife spent
their honeymoon this fall running for
republican district, with such good
success that when the 18th OF March
rolls round Tavenner, at the 81 OF
80, will be the youngest representative
In the 62rd congress-, and his WIFE, who
has Just turned 20, will be by several
years the youngest congressional wife.
Mrs. Tavenner is included adyisedly
In the running team From the altar
IN Washington on July IL the newly
welded Tavenners hurried to take a
fast train for Rock Island, ILL.,, where
a Tavenner headquarters was at once
opened and where the new Mrs. Taven-
"er 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 8 there were Just
two persons In the 14th Illinois dis
trict who thought Tavenner would win.
One was Clyde II. Tavenner and the
other was Mrs. Isabel Martin Taven-
ner. Tavenner won by a1,210. Two
who had been polling the district. pre-
dicted that his majority would be only
LAG, but with practice she hopes to
attain greater accuracy In political
f~orecasting. III
Here's Romance for You.
The Tavenner a is quite the
prettiest bit OF sentiment which the
old capital building has known i'm many
4 day. When Mrs. TaYenner was Miss
isabel Martin she was a st~enographer
in Senator La Folletta's office and
Tavenner was the young reuorteP who
had occasion to drop In now n then
Tor items for his newspapers. After o
time it was noticed that Tayenner
Ipent more time in the outer office
thar, he did interviewing the senator
considerably more. r. r. H..
Crusty old legislators. regardless OF
party, are now ~chuckllng with whole
hearted amusement at the success of
the kid" congressional team, as the
ravenuers arc known, and II in their
eyes there is a hint or moisture as
they think of their own early strug-
giles and Of the brides who have gToWn
gray by their sides what concern is it
Of the public's? At any rate, a con-
slant string OF public men these early
II uiyS vi IliS SEEnlCH Is IlllIlB HIN W
wiring Tavenner's hand in sincere con-
graduation and to ask to be remeya-
bered to Mrs. Tavenner.
Tayenner has had such a 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 II. 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 a day for only 81 a week, Sc
he struck out for Chicago to find hic
fortune.
Goes to Washington.
There for several years he worked
as a reporter on one of the big daiIies.
doing almost every assignment, Until
he was sent to washington. But
after q year or so at the capital, DIS
aster ~oyertook-him and he found him
self out of a job. In his Washington
work Taverner had come to the con-
clusion that the news of the govern
n1ent was not being properly told, AMI
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. Sc
when he was footloose he started a
news syndicate to disseminate truth.
The end of a year found the syndi-