South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-08
STATESMEN REAL
AND NEAR.
BY FRED c. KELLY
BY FRED G. KELLY.


WASHINGTON Buchanan.
one OF the Illinois representatives was
international president OF the Bridge
and Structural Iron Workers union at
the time OF the big strike back in 1902
or thereabouts.
Byron X. Newton. a reporter for the
New York Herald, was covering the
New York phase OF the strike for his
paper and had TO call on Buchanan
nearly every day for news. One after
noon Buchanan said to Newton:
IF you'll drop in about this time to-
morrow / may be able to give you
good inside tip, provided you don't
use II as coming from me. I'll know
then whether the strike can be set
tied"
Newton called as requested. but Blu
chanan had left town unexpectedly,
and News did not see him again until
few days ago when Buchanan hap
pened to drop into his office. You
see, each had risen in life since the
time of the strike; Buchanan TO con-
gress and Newton to his present job as
assistant secretary of the treasury.
Buchanan did not recognize New
ton, but Newton knew Buchanan right
off.
We'll" said Newton, looking up
calmly from his desk, you've been a
long time coming across with that tip
about the strike"
The recent wedding of the presi-
dents daughter recalls the case of
| Charlie Hand
Charlie was a talented little English
Journalist and was sent over here by
one e The leading London daily papers
| to write the account Of Alice RoOse-
velt's marriage TO Nick Longworth.
| When a kings daughter gets married.
ii is, Of course, the big stuff over
| there, and the paper took the marriage
| OF a presidents daughter with almost
| equal seriousness. They were not con-
| tent with getting the accounts cabled
| by any Of the press associations, but
| wanted their own exclusive story the
| next morning by their own man on the
! job SO they placed him on a boat,
| bade him attend the wedding and then
rush to the nearest cable station.
1 When he arrived in Washington,
J Hand made a rather startling discOv-
cry. to wit:
The wedding was on Saturday and
his paper had no sunday edition.
Michael Donohoe. one of the Phila-
| delphia congressman, went back to
visit his old home in Ireland not long
ago. 1t was his first time back since
| he was honored by seat in congress-
| and re made il a point to comment on
! his achievements TO one Of his old
schoolmasters.
You probably haven't heard that
I'm now a member OF congress" sug-
gested Donohoe.
The old man just stared at some
thing eight or ten miles away and said
nothing.
"You know in the United States 1t
! is considered a great honor to be sent
to congress-" went on Donohoe.
The old man gave an almost maud
| ible little grunt.
Congress you understand" pur-
sued Donohoe, 'is the national law
making body. The other branches Of
the government are the administra-
| tive and judicial and the three are CO.
ordinated."
"Uh-huh a" murmureG Donohoe's
| former teacher.
And" continued Donohoe, 1.-The
law-making branch is divided into two
| houses. / am a member of what is
| known as the house of representa-
| tives. 1 have been elected to a sec
| ond term. too"
The old man cleared his throat at
Michael" he said, "I always did
| feel sure that you'd eventually be sent
| SOMEWHERE.
| Former Sen. Joe Bailey built him
self a fine big house on one of the best
|
! moved into it shortly before he re-
signed from the senate. The place
must have cost somewhere between
! $4,000 and $4,000. Some persons
with a big house TO pay for might
have hesitated about giving up reg
ular salary from the government. But
| Bailey didn't seem worry about il any
at ALL He seemed TO think he could
| find work
A few weeks ago Bailey came out
| of the United States supreme court
room. where he had been arguing an
important case, and met friend in
/ the corridor.
"Wen. how're you making out ?"
inquired the friend
"Oh. can't complain" replied Bailey.
IT think 1 paid for my house this af-
/ ternoon."
Which. considering what a tidy little
place the house is. wasn't bad after
noon.
Bailey used to keep telling the folks
| back in Gainesville, Texas, how he
was looking forward to dropping out
of politics and returning there to his
law practice and old friends. He still
| has his little home there and q law
office. Both are locked up awaiting
his return But the chances are that
| it may be a long wait.
/ What would be the fun or man
/ leaving the supreme court chamber
where the big fees are pulled down,
and going back 10 Gainesville TO open
uo little old law office and try cases
| involving the location of line fences
| and drainage bitches?
So far as can be learned the only
living white man who had explored all
the books of DIR. Eliots Harvard clas-
sizes before they became celebrated as
the Ave foot shelf, was Sen. O'Gorman
From early boyhood O'Gorman has
spent his substance for books, and
even year his notion of the life ideal
is TO be the proprietor OF some nice
dingy little secondhand book store
Long before he was Of age he had
read scores of books that the rest OF
his associates could not even pro-
nounce the names of. When Eliots
fve-foOt shelf came out some time
ago. O'Gorman got the list and check
ed them over. He had read every one
back in the days when most young
men OF his years were still reading
| Alger stories.
copyright. 1913, by Fred c. Kelly.
All rights reserved.)