The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-25

Since he struck town, Frank I. OHair
of Illinois, has had several hundred PEG
pie say to him, after being introduced
"Oh-h, you're the man that beat Jo
Cannon"
OHair says he thinks it would be more
fitting for them to say:
And you're the man that Joe Cannon
ran against"
Be that as il may. Hair hadn't beer
in Washington long until he was in
vited by thoroughly reputable near
statesman to join a little party Tor
friendly poker game.
No said O'Hair, Il never played
but one game of poker in my life. and
that was so lucky that l never have felt
like trying it again
II seems that when O'Hair was at
tending college. he rarely if ever had sc
much s dollar in his pocket all al
one time. But one day he found him
self with a five dollar bill. 1t was the
most money he had ever owned in his
life and he wished 10 make it go as far
as possible. He had heard of poker
games paying big returns on a small in
vestment and he wished he knew how
to play poker. He told a classmate of
this ambition and the latter agreed to
teach him the game.
II was thought best by the classmate to
play with real money, and so they got
O'Hairs s. bill changed into quarters and
dimes and nickels. They played along
quietly. O'Hair learning about the game
all the while. until the s. was used up.
We'll, 1 think you can play a first
rate game now" said the friend, as he
took his hat and went his way. He
pleasantly took O'Hair's money with him.
OHair sat and stared at the ceiling
for long time, trying to figure it out.
Even at that, he insists it was a lucky
game for him. as he hasn't played since
Representative Cooper of Wisconsin
has finger all bent out of plumb as
souvenir of the day his team, from
small town in Wisconsin, went to
Milwaukee and beat the Stars, captained
by Ted Sullivan. now scout for the Chi
cago White Sox.
Cooper caught behind the bat, and was
good catcher. He is still enthusiastic
over baseball, and will stand for hours
in front of scoreboard. One day Post
master General Burleson caught him
at this, and was greatly vexed with
him. Burleson's idea of the final thing
in nothing whatever tc do is to stand
and look at baseball scores.
But that is straying from the story.
Cooper's team went to the city to play
for the championship of the State. They
had a chance to win IL the pitcher didn't
get ratified. The crowd set out to upset
the pitcher. One fellow in the grand
stand was particularly laxative, and he
might have done harm just by giving
the pitcher and everybody else pain"
But the shortstop for the small town
visitors cd
him up. Said he:
You've got enough lip to eat shelled
corn out Of a Jug
That observation won the game for
Cooper's team.
An evangelist was working in Knox
vile when Representative Dick Aus
tin of Tennessee was making his first
run for Congress. One night he de-
clared, with mighty thump of his fist
against the pulpit:
II am for the Almighty
Whereupon a youngster whose dad
was a politician, yelled out: Eyes; and
we are all for Dick Austin!''
In the days before the Democrats took
over the House of Representatives, when
Republican members had more to do
than they have now, J. "Hampy" Moore,
Of Pennsylvania, used to wear out a
couple of secretaries every few weeks
just as a country doctor wears out
horses.
1t was a strange thing, too. All
"Hampys" secretaries had to do was to
keep UP with him. And he is wiry
little understood chap, who looks as II
he would be tagged on the first lap in
an endurance test. But he is a fooler.
"Hampy" Moore would think nothing
Of sitting down in the afternoon to die
tate letters and sticking right at it until
mebby o'clock in the morning. BY
having several secretaries working in
relays between his Office and the rest
cures, he always got along nicely.
The last election went through Johns
town. Pa, like the great flood Of 1883,