The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-08

Senator Moses f. Clapp has one of
those self-rising appetites. Clapp likes
his food served in quantity, and when
folks invite Champ in to break bread with
them they make special preparations
Just recently the big Minnesota Senator
was invited to a home, along with three
or four other guests, and the hostess
was not tipped off until the last min
ute about the wondrous appetite that
CIapp packs around with him. She and
her husband held conference and they
decided to have all the provisions for the
dinner divided into two equal parts. one
half to be served to Clapp and the other
half apportioned among the remaining
guests.
The next day one of the other guests
whose portion had been cut down that
CIapp might have plenty. asked the Sem
ator how he enjoyed the dinner.
Well says Clapp. everything was
served all right, and they had some
pretty little tides under the plates. and
finger bowls passed every few minutes,
thng-but, honestly. they didn't nave
enough to eat Didn't you think it was a
little skinny? Did, Ell? Well. that
shows / don't eat any more than any
body else if YOU noticed ii, too
At the time of Victor Murdock's first
election to Congress he was working
on the newspaper his family owns at
Wichita. and drawing a low salary One
of the things about going to Congress
that appealed to him was the s5.0n0 A
year that then went with it. The Con-
gressional salary looked so big that
Victor determined to initiate custom of
carrying a little money around in his
pocket He knew that men with money
did such things, and he longed to find
out how il felt So he went to the bank
where he had been keeping his savings
and wrote out a check to himself for 81
which he placed carefully in his left
hand trousers pocket.
AS he came out of the hank with his
three. Victor met printer who seemed
to have an uncanny intuition.
Say asked the printer, could you
let me have 49,
And it was several days before Victor
had the courage to try carrying money
with him again.
Young Austin Cunningham. now a well
known political writer, set out for Alaska
few years ago to seek his fortune in
the gold fields. He was asked to take
part in little Fourth OF July celebra-
ton to the extent of reading the Dec
laration of Independence from an old
torn almanac. The print was so fine
that none of the others could read it
and that was why they turned to the
youthful Cunningham. He was intro
duced to the crowd by A man whom he
afterward learned was James Wicker
sham. United States Judge for Alaska.
Hope We'll meet again some day"
said Wickersham to the young man after
the little celebration was over.
They did.
Wickersham later came to Washington
as Alaskan delegate to Congress. and
Cunningham, who found that the lure
of printers ink was greater than the
lure of gold, came here to write politics
Wickersham was invited one day to
the National Press Club to give an IL
Illustrated talk on Alaska.
He was introduced by the acting chair
man of the entertainment committee.
After his talk was over, Wickersham
turned to the young man who had intro
duced him. and remarked: Seems like
we've met before"
I'VE have" said the young man: the
last time we met was when YOU intro
duced me to Alaska
Robert L. Owen. the part Indian Sena-
tor from Oklahoma can remember the
day he got the notion into his head to be
some kind of leader. 1t was when he
was a small boy and bunch of soldiers
went by on their way to war. The cap
tain walking out in front by himself
made hit with young Owen. He asked
his mother why that felloy walked by
himself.