Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-16

SUNDAY MAGAZINE
partment,' said Fitzgerald, that was alb
solutelv useless-1lo excuse for it whatever.
1t was created away back in 1864 by Salmon
P. Chase in order to give some Ohio man
job 1t has been kept filled ever since
when | became chairman of the commit
tee on appropriations and began prowling
around for leaks and unnecessary expendi-
lures | found this place and decided to have
it abolished. But it was then filled by
superannuated newspaper correspondent,
and you might as well have tried to move
mountain as to have that place abolished
while that old man was in it.
about a year ago that old newspaper
correspondent died, and | said, Now I'll
have the place abolished, and no mistake!'
But alas for the good resolutions and deter
mination of a reformer! | found that Presi-
dent Taft had things arranged SO that a
niece of one of his newspaper friends had
been given the place. What are Taft's
manipulations to me?' quoth /, and started
on my career of reform and retrenchment.
"Then | found out that this newspaper
man was correspondent of a newspaper in
Brooklyn right in my home town.
$50, you see Norman, that man with the
best intentions, whose idea is to cut down
expenditures, to lop off sinecures, to be a
real watchdog of the Treasury, is handi-
capped in his noble efforts.
MANUEL L. QUEZON, Resident Com
~ missioner of the Philippine Islands,
with the privileges of a territorial delegate
in the House of Representatives,, was max
ing an earnest plea for the independence of
the islands. A man looking down from the
gallery and observing the dark-skinned rep
~,
darker-skinned delegate from Hawaii, re-
QUESTION of the distant islands of the Pacific
was scarcely an accomplished fact.
"The time will come, remarked the man
from Missouri, "if we embark upon this
policy of acquiring islands in all parts of the
world, when gentleman from the Fiji
Islands will rise in his place in the House of
Representatives, and with mouth watering,
look upon the Speaker of the House as some
thing good to eat"
The force of the remark was accumulated
as Speaker Reed, weighing something like
three hundred pounds, was then occupying
the Speakers chair.
COMMISSIONER QUEZON was one
day taxed with the charge that he was
not really SO anxious for complete lndepend-
ence of the Philippine Islands as appeared
IN his public utterances, which caused him
to relate this story:
in my country there was young man
who kept constantly saying, | am going to
be Bishop am going to be a Bishop!
Finally after some years he was employed
as bell ringer in a church. How is this?'
he was asked. You said you were going to
be a Bishop. oh, certainly | did, he re-
Piled, unabashed. If | had not aimed high
should not have even got inside of the
church
EDWARDL L. TAYLOR, JR., of Ohio, I'M
- til recently member of the House of
Representatives,, made an enemy of one of
his political allies during the last campaign.
The man was spellbnder with one Speech
which he delivered at political meetings He
had loud voice and a good delivery, and
was one Of the many Of his class selected to
@fll in" at political meetings. He was travel
ing with Taylor, and the Congressman final
ly became weary of hearing the same speech
at every place they stopped. One night he
proposed to his travelling associate that
they exchange places on the program; that
Taylor should speak first and the spell
binder close the meeting. This was easily
arranged.
Mr.. Taylor was introduced, and made the