The Washington herald., 1913-10-26
UNDER THE DOME.

!
had an experience once which DEM
onstrated to me the control which Tam
many has over New York" said Repre-
sentative Philip P. Campbell of Kansas
yesterday
was invited with a party of friends
70 witness the first night presentation OF
a play In New York theater 1t was
about ten years ago. To my surprise.
the play was an expose OF the methods
OF Tammany. II showed how ward work.
ers We're rewarded by the organization.
not only IN getting them jobs. but also
compelling big merchants to come across
with places under threat OF having their
tax assessments largely Increased. There
was lot OF human interest In the play,
and the picture which IL presented SEEM
ed SO true that the audience went wild
with applause.
DID the play have a long rum? Not
Dit OF II. 1t was given for one con-
secutiVe performance. Somebody had in
nuence enough to stop II.
And another significant thing was
that not single newspaper mentioned
the play next morning"
one day. not long ago there was a
strange sight on Pennsylvania Avenue.
An electric runabout was going back
ward. In the machine was Representa-
tive Lever of South Carolina.
When Mr.. Lever took lessons about
running the electric he learned how TO
navigate it as long as IL went ahead
quite accidentally and Unexpectedly he
reversed the handle of the battery and
the machine started backward. Then he
was in a quandary
But he kept his head. guided the ma
chine carefully and moved backward like
. crab until he met a kind hearted chauf-
feur who JUMPED into the car and told
him what to do.
Representative Broussard of Louisiana
belongs TO the Don't Worry Club. Why
should he trouble? His term in the House
runs along until March 4. 1915, and then
ne goes to the Senate for six years more.
Mr.. Broussard is known throughout the
length and breadth of Louisiana as
Cousin Bob" He is a descendant OF
the old Acadians and is said to have
more relatives than any body in the
State. He had no trouble in carrying
Lhe senatorial primary, and IL is said that
some OF the people in the Acadlan coun-
my wouldn't even vote for State officers
because they thought that Cousin Bob
had the right to appoint everybody.
They tell u story down in New Orleans !
about three men at dinner table. one OF |
whom bet that a telegram addressed in |
definitely to Cousin Bob" would be an |
'wered within three hours. The message |
was written and sent to the Office. The |
operator knew that Cousin Bob was
Representative Broussard and he imme- |
1iafplV yEiraH tn Va L.,
office here there was an equal amount |
If intelligence and inside OF an hour the |
telegram was In the Congressman'S |
lands
He answered it at once and the bet
vas won.
Representative Frank 2. Woods OF
owa, chairman of the Republican Con-
Committee, used to make
Of organizing country banks
md selling them out at a profit. but that
wasn't the way he got his start in poll
les.
When Senator Cummins. then Governor
Il Iowa, was seeking third-term cleo
ion. he put his campaign into Woods
harge One day the late Senator Dol
iver. whose political fortunes We're de-
NBOh 70 De
hosen at the same time. walked into the
oes Moines headquarters. Mr. Woods
'ept him waiting for half an hour. dur
ng which Dolliver became more and
more upset. Finally an old farmer
merged from Woods room and then Mr..
)olliver was admitted.
Senator" said Mr.. Woods. before Mr..
)olliver had a chance to show any in
ignatton. Il suppose you didn't like to
e kept waiting. Let me tell you some
hing. The man who just left here is '
over in his county and he has been I
gainst both. you and Cummins. While L
ou were waiting L converted him and Z
e has gone back to organize Cummins 1
nd Dolliver clubs. More than that, he !
new that was keeping you waiting :
nd he thinks he is just as big a man
S any United States Senator" IL
Mr.. Dolliver didn't want TO hear any
lore. When Woods came TO Congress, 4
enator Dolliver saw to it that Woods s
epresented Iowa on the Congressional
ommittee, and now that he has risen
D be chairman by the unanimous choice
his colleagues, everybody admits that
e has a keen idea about running the !
oiitical game