Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-21

REPRESENTATIVE WIN. HUGHES
OF New Jersey. He recalls with a shud-
der an Elks' parade in Philadelphia.
when it came to running bases. Whew!
l managed to solve Tener's delivery early
in the game. with the result that seemed
to be constantly travelling those bases.
When one has not INDUCED his running
powers for several years for any pur
pose more important than catching
street car, it is naturally stiff work to
rush an aggregate course Of $50 feet at
top speed on a scorching day Several
times | begged to be put out Of my mis-
cry at second base, but the republican
players always insisted. by their errors.
on my going to third base and then home
l am sure the Desert of Sahara contains
no long and burning stretches such as
presented themselves on that diamond
that day. The fact is l almost swan
home several times in the perspiration
acquired on the trot to third Yes. sir.
believe the hottest day of tender citi-
zen's life can he spent on a ball ield-I
don't care where it is located"
is it hot in Mississippi? l should say
not! Why, Mississippi is one of the breez-
lest, coolies. states in the Union" After
clearing up this disputed point, Repre-
sentative Byron Patton Harrison Of Gulf
port proceeded to locate the hottest ex
perience of his career on a railway train
that was bearing him home from Denver
after he had attended the democratic con-
vention there in 1908
Dropping rapidly from the high aiti-
tLdeS of Colorado, our train traversed
the corn section of lower Kansas and Mis-
souri,. and ran into the "warmest and
most humid bit of temperature 1t has
ever been my lot to endure" he ex-
planned. Heavy rains had inundated
the country, and the sun was just getting
back to business. 1t was one of those
days when one could literally hear the
corn growing. / imagine that ordinary
travel on railway train is a good deal
like being in Jail any way, and on that
particular day to be the occupant of
Pullman car was like being shut up in
a fiery dungeon. The passengers stripped
as far as the conventions would allow.
Then We ran out of the rain section into
dusty country, and YOU know what that
means. l assure you it was the biggest
relief l ever felt when that train was
overtaken by nightfall on the edge Of
the breezy southland. Just get on a train
in that neighborhood in July If you want
something piping hot
The hottest day and the hottest place
| can remember" said Speaker Champ
Clark, was July 4, 1864, in a wheat field
in Kentucky. 1 worked all that day
binding and shocking wheat, and / have
cause to recall the occasion as the most
strenuous period of summertime bodily
discomfort to which / have ever been
subjected. A wheat field is not a cool
spot in any event, and when farmers find
it necessary to harvest their crops ahead
of rain they have to disregard holidays
and work with a will no matter how
overpowering the suns rays CIR how dis
couraging the heat. I was alternately
attending school. teaching school and
working on the farm at the time, and
don't mind saying that / would have
preferred the schoolroom that July day.
Perhaps the heat seemed the more over
whelming that summer on account of the
fact that the first day of the preceding