Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-07-31
Many Of Them Show Up in Washington
to Show That They Really Have
Appearance Of Statesmen.
NEXT TO WILSON, BRYAN
MOST DOUBLED" THIS YEAR
Secretary Bryan Tells Of Case Where
Waiter Impersonated Him and
Talked to Law School Men.
By Burton K. Standish.
IuNTTrD PRESS LEASED WIRn.1

Washington, July S1.-The quadren
NAL crop Of "doubles" of newly elect
ed and newly appointed statesmen ant
heads Of the government has set il
with a vengeance. As is always the
case when new president takes Of
flee, "doubles" Of that official are
discovered in all parts of the country
And it is the same with the cabinet
members and higher government Off
cials. 1t goes with their jobs to be
"doubled" and have the "doubles u
write to them enclosing photographs
to prove their claim to fame. Some
Of the "doubles" even came in person
TO prove that they "looked like a
statesman"
OF course, the president always has
the most doubles, and President viii.
son is no exception to this rule. Since
he was inaugurated, President Wilson
has been informed by letter and in
person with pictures as exhibits that
he has as many "doubles" as he has
fingers and toes.
Next to President Wilson, Secretary
OF State Bryan is the most "doubled Z"
man in the present administration. But
he had a start on the others because Of
the great length Of time he has been
before the public so prominently. Sec.
rotary Bryan doesn Z at all mind being
doubled" In fact, he admits he
gets quite bit of a laugh out of the
situations that arise through having
doubles" He says priests, walters,
eabmen, conductors and policemen have
been mistaken for him and that he
has seen many who laid claim TO fame
by virtue of their resemblance to him,
who really bear startling likeness to
him. He and Colonel Roosevelt prob.
ably have more "doubles" in this
country than any other six men in the
public eye, Speaking Of his doubles
the other day, Secretary Bryan said:
"Charles B. Hanford, the actor, is,
as would be said in the vernacular, a
dead ringer for me. Hanford recent.
ly passed himself off at Gridiron ban.
quet as W. j. Bryan, and he ddn I
have to use any makeup, either. A
very good Democrat named Wolf, of
Texas, who is now dead, impersonated
me with great success at national
gathering Of Elks, and W. Hawley, of
Oregon, looks so much like me as he
might fool my banker If his voice was
more like mine.
"The most humorous ease Of dou.
bic, however, was when waiter at a
Buffalo club impersonated mo by
speaking to number Of law school
graduates who were present and asked
him to favor them with a short ad.
dress The graduates didn't know the
speaker was not me until they read
the papers the next day, / afterwards
got copy of the walters speech, and
II was u pretty good one, "
Another amusing incident occurred
whom Father Nugent, OF Iowa, intro.
dneed him to an audience at Creston,
Iowa, in 1896, just as Bryan began
speaking, two men entered the hall.
Father Nugont stood just behind Bry.
an as tho secretary made short
speech. After a few moments one Of
the late comers nudged his friend and
said "Why doesn't that fool stop
Spouting aud let Bryan talk"
Garrison Also Has Them.
Secretary Of War Garrison saws he
has do2ons Of doubles, judging from
the way he has been mistaken for 9th.
er people Frequently men and women
have approached him on the street,
gUspcd his hand, asked him how Alice
or Bertha or John or sam were and
remarked he was looking fine, or poor
ly as the case might be. Secretary
Garrison follows an myariablc rule in
such eases, Hc always replies that
soandso is doing well and asks to be
remembered in order to save explapa |
tiops and apologies,
Secretary OF the Navy Daniels has
had similar experiences, and has in
his desk photographs of half dozen