The Washington herald., 1913-02-27
STATESMEN-REAL AND NEAR
By FRED C. KELLY,


not being a spendthrift. On the con-
trary he tries to husband his financial
resources at the slightest opportunity.
rs So-and-so really such a tight-wad?'
another member asked James Francis
Burke. Of Pennsylvania.
Yes" replied Burke, who gets of
some right good things now and then,
he is one of my closest friends"
II you don't get 1t the first time,
try once more
senator OGorman tells about hearing
a speaker in the last campaign who was
one OF those statistical ones.
ne mad a habit OF reading a long list
ot T nsnres with special emphasis on the
itnai numeral- He would inquire shriIly:
S39w' '''''A VI 'ia'' $780,
Then he used the instruments ~ the
"rchestra for a text. Why" SAYS he.
On tnat bass viol there is a tax Of Y
psF cent! And on yonder cornet a tax
VI ~ per cent! Every instrument there
y neavlly taxed. Even that bass drum.
The Italian leader at that po,nt pr.v
eNcHed' according to O'Gorman. and
leaped to his feet, a'A
ION put any more taxes on these
tTleu, with emotion
We haven't been paid VET"
representative ''Hampy'' Moors fourbt
'he Hteracy clause in the immigration Hill
recently passed by Congress On ~.
ground that he does not think people
are Always useful in proportion 70 their
eoucation. I-e himself had colored man
working about his home recently whn
was an example. The man had great
dlhculty IN understan nding even the sim
pest instructions about household work
but Hampy' kept him because ba
seemed to need the money. One dav
Hampy" asked him to come around a
Ilttle earlier than usual In the afternoon
to fix the furnace
Cant come befo' To- O'clock" said
the man. I'll be attendin' my classes
til then
First i knew you were attending anv
classes observed "Hampy." what are
you studying"
I'm taking a co'se in internationa,
law"
In these days of political liars, SAYS
Representative Jed" Prouty of Iowa
1t is a pleasure to meet I'D with a man
who promises little and delivers much.
Prouty, who is Republican, couldn't
see 10 certainty how he was going to
pull through last fall. with three cam
didates i'll the field. The one hope was
to get lot of Democratic votes. He
called in man from a strong Demo-
cratic precinct and asked him II he
could persuade few Democrats to vote
TO- Republican Congressman
Won't promise said the man. but
I'll see
On election day. ProUty got every vote
N that precinct, whether Republican,
Bun Moose. or Democratic. except six.
And his friend came around to apologize
Tor not rounding up those six.
Being a member of Congress from a
nearby State has its disadvantages. among
them the great expense of entertaining
constituents who keep dropping in. For
example. Senator Smith OF MARYLAND
strolled into the Senate restaurant the
other noon with 81 friends and bought EN-
each good meal. The next day he came
in with ~ more ThoSe were unusually
bad days. of course. but one can see what
the man is up against. /; IL practically
impossible for a Maryland Senator TO save
any money.
The House restaurant is divided into
two parts, one Of which is reserved for
members of the House, and the other is
open to the humblest citizen. Members
all stick to their own side-alI save Finly
Gray, of Connersville. Ind. Gray persists
in having his victuals out among the
common people. for the democracy OF tho
th:I s. Many out-of-towr visitors touch
elbows with him at the table. never know
ing that they are sharing a salt shaker
with statesman.
Associate Justice Oliver Wendell
Holmes. Of the United States Supreme
Court. Is the author of certain law-books
that are standard authorities. and he is
also the author of little work dealing
with the civil war that has never had
any sale At all. Only about thirty copies
Of the book were ever printed and those
he gave away among his friends. II was
in no sense intended to be best seller.
Phillip p Campbell. the Kansas Con-
looks like the pictures Of Will
liam Pitt. He wears his hair in a way
that heiChtens the resemblance. and for
a time he wore n stock, in place Of a
collar. but his family twitted him so
about the stock that he finally put il
aside.
Representative Gillett OF Massachusetts,
is a good French scholar and can read
through n learned volume in the original
French more rapidly than he could one
ri George Barr McCutcheon's works.
Representative EurIeson of Texas. who
may be in the Cabinet. looks like the
pictures OF Sir Walter Scott.
He is a great newspaper reader and
looks at every line in every paper he
gets his hands on.
Nearly every year. Burleson and a
party Of friends go down into Mexico
To- six weeks to harass iaguarS and
other wild beasts.
Copyright. 1916. by Frcd g. KclIv All rshts
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