The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-30
But They Are About Folks in
Washington.
Phil Campbell's Inside View of
Iammany.
WAS 10 YEARS old AT Time
The Man Whose Descent to
Hades Was Gradual.
Reed and the House Rules and
Jerry Simpson.


an experience once which demon
strated to me the control which Tam
many has over New York" said Rep
resentative Phil P. Campbell of Kan
sas to the Topeka state Journal cor
respondent.
81 was invited with a party of
friends to witness the first night pres
entation of play in a New York the
ater. 1 was about ten years old. To
my surprise, the play was an expose
of the methods of Tammany. 1t
showed how ward workers were re-
warded by the organization, not only
in getting them jobs, but also COM
pelling big merchants to come across
with places under threat of having
their tax assessments largely in
| creased. There was a lot of human
interest in the play, and the picture
which it presented seemed so true
that the audience went wild with ap-
plause.
did the play have a long run?
Not bit of it. 1t was given for one
consecutive performance. Somebody
had influence enough to stop it.
And another significant thing was
that not a single daily newspaper
mentioned the play next morning"
Here is one of the stories that Rep
resentative Webb tells. He is great
on church stories.
"Once there was a man in Texas
who died and who was so irretriev-
ably bad that the minister called to
bury him couldn't think of a single
respectable thing to say.
THE corpse was neatly laid out and
the minister sadly considered his
eulogy. The audience fretted during
the early part of the service, wonder
ing what the preacher could possibly
think of that would not shock the
church and still be somewhat near
the truth concerning the disreputable
deceased.
Finally the minister began: My
dear breathren, our dearly beloved
! brother was born in Missouri, spent
part of his life in Kansas, lived later
in Arkansas and died in Texas. So.
my dear brethren, we may congratu-
late ourselves that while our beloved
brothers descent into hell was GER
tain, it was at least gradual"
One day, not long ago, there was
| a strange sight on Pennsylvania ave-
nue.. An electric runabout was going
backward. In the machine was Rep
resentative Lever, diminutive gen.
tleman from South Carolina
When Mr.. Lever took lessons about
running an electric he learned how to
navigate it as long as it went ahead
Quite accidentally and unexpectedly
he reversed the handle of the battery
started
Then he was in a quandary But he
kept his head, guided the machine
carefully and moved backward like a
crab until he met a kind-hearted
chauffeur who jumped into the car
and told him what to do
Representative Broussard of Louisiana
pelongs to the Don't Worry club Why
should Ti,G1 he, he trouble? His term in the house
runs along until March f. 1915, and then
he goes to the senate for six years more
Mr.. Broussard is known throughout the
Cousin Bob" He is descendant of the
old Acadians and is said to have more
had no trouble in carrying the Senatorial
primary, and it is said that some of the
people in the Acadian country wouldn't
even vote for state officers because they
tnought Cousin Bob had the right to
They tell story down in New Orleans
about three men at dinner table. one of
GefniteP1 et to ofaf onsi ieegTam gram addressed in
swered within three hours The message
was Written and sent to the office. The
Representative Broussard and he fmme-
oiately, wired it to Washington In the
equal amount of intelligence and inside of
an hour the telegram was in the con-
once and the bet was won.
Representative Frank p. Woods of
Iowa, chairman of the Republican CON
gressional committee, used to make p
specially of organizing country banks and
selling them out at a profit. but that
tics.
When Senator cummins. then governor
of Iowa was seeking third term cleo
ton. he put his campaign into Woods
charge One day the late Senator DolIi-
yer, whose political fortunes were depend
ent upon the Legislature to be chosen at
the same time, walked into the Des
him waiting for half an hour, during
upset Finally an old farmer emerged
from Woods room and then Mr.. Dolliver
was admitted.
Senator said Mr. Woods before Mr.
Dolliver had a chance to show any indig-
nation. II suppose you didn't like to be
kept waiting Let me tell you something.
The man who just left here is a power in
his county and he has been against both
YOU and Cummns. While you were wait
to ORGANIZE Cummins and Dolliver cfubs.
More than that, he knew that I was KID
ing you waiting and he thinks he is at
tor
ir DnlIiver didn't want to hear any
more. When Woods came to CONGRESS.
represented Iowa on the congressional
committee and now that Re has risen to
his colleagues everybody admits that he
has a keen idea about running the po-
litical game
Senator John Sharp Williams of Mis-
sissiDpi once had a unique experience. A
newspaner down in his state sent orders
| Williams every day The newspaper man
liEed Williams and the feeling was recip-
-ocated. so he went to his friend and told
him of the disagreeable duty he had to
| NV dear bow" said Williams. don.
| +rouble about that. Your paper can't hurt
ne and TIL tell Won what will do. YoI
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