The Washington herald., 1913-10-29
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The time Is apparently not far dis
tant." said Representative Hammond Of
Minnesota yesterday. when political par
, ties will be unknown in my State
Minnesota he continued. as he light
ed a cigar. has gone further than any
other State in insisting upon nonpartisan
candidates for Office. We began with
\ the judges, and then in the last legisla-
ture IL was proposed that all county
officers = sheriffs. treasurers, coroners.
clerks of the court, and all others
should be voted for on nonpartisan tick
cts. The bill passed the House. and in the
Senate. in order to defeat It an amend
ment was added TO include all members
of the State Legislature in the same cat
egory. Quite Unexpectedly the House
| agreed to the amendment. and so all
partisan candidates except the Governor
| and State officers. United States Sem
| ators, and Members OF Congress have
| been eliminated"
How does the new system work."
1T hasn't worked at all yet. because
no election has occurred since the law
went into effect"
"Will 1t mean a campaign upon per-
sonalities rather than issues2'
1T seems so to me. We nominate by
primary, and only the two candidates
receiving the highest number of votes
can be voted for. Thus two Democrats
or two Republicans may run against each
other You must bear in mind, too, that
the law is very stringent and no candi-
date can speak at a partisan rally or
seek votes as a member of a party. He
must be nonpartissn in the strictest
sense of the word.
so you see how far we have ad-
he
direction of abolishing party lines. 1t
will be very difficult to keep up party
organization as long as the law remains
in force
Representative Garrett OF Texas is
known among his colleagues as Happy
Dan"
Mr.. CARROTS progress through the cor
ridors can be traced by the sound of
music which he leaves in his wake. AS
he walks he whistles or sings, the melody
bubbling out OF him like water when
Moses struck the rock. His repertoire
is extensive. ranging from operatic arias
TO the latest ragtime hits.
And Mr. Garrett continues to sing, al
though somebody called to his attention
the other day the old proverb which
says:
He who sings along the street
disappointment sure will meet
These are the days when John c.
Eversman is the busy bee of politics
Eversman is the Secretary Of the Re-
publican Congressional Committee aud is
young. handsome. and a bachelor. He is
also full OF energy-one OF the kind of
men who can do four things at a time,
and each one we'll Just now his favorite
book is the railway guide, for he is en-
gagged in sending campaign speakers into
Maryland, New Jersey, and Massachu-
sets
Eversman takes TO politics like a duck
to water. He burst upon the horizon in
1850 perhaps he is not as young as
he looks-when he was secretary to YES
pasian Warner, then in Congress and
afterward Commissioner of Pensions
He has been In some sort of a political
position ever since. From 1900 to 1904 he
was with the Illinois State committee
handling the details Of each campaign.
and then he became associated with Rep
resentative William B. Mckinley OF Illi-
nois. Since 1906 he has been assistant
treasurer of the Republican National
Committee, and he was holding a similar
position in the Congressional Committee
until a short time ago, when he was
elected secretary-the first unofficial per-
When Gabriel blows his trumpet John
Eversman will still be a Republican. He
is devoted 10 the Grand Old Party. He
can predict a Republican victory against
all odds When he nails the flag to the
mast II stays there. Only once did he
waver. He really couldn't see how Taft
could be elected last fall There are
times when even Eversman's enthusiasm
has to bow to judgment and when he
knows that lamentation is the order of
the day.
Representative Samuel W. Smith of
Michigan is lonesome. He misses his old
side partner, Cy Sulloway OF New Hamp- |
shire.
Sulloway was the giant of the House. |
nigh unto seven feet tall and with a |
bunch of whiskers spread over his shirt |
front Smith has less height, to put it |
mildly. than any other Congressman, and |
the friendship which brought the two
men into constant companionship made !
a striking contrast in their figures.
When they wanted TO talk to each
other Sulloway sat down and Smith
stood up.
Now that Francis Burton Harrison has |
gone to the Philippines. Representative |
Ira c. Copley of Illinois is probably the |
wealthiest man in Congress.
Congressman with money are the eS-
ception rather than the rule nowadays,
and so the wealth which Copley has ac-
makes him conspicuous. He
made it all in the gas and electric busi-
ness in Aurora and. being generous and |
popular. had no trouble in being elected
to Congress.
They tell a story that one day a man
came in his Office in the House Building
TO fix some electric lights. Mr.. Copley
the man, gave him some direc-
tons which showed that he knew what
he was talking about, and then uttered
some observations on electric lamps
which made the workman sit up and
take notice.
Mister he finally remarked, 81 don't
know what your business is, but 1 know
wnere you can get a good job at s. a
day."
Thank you," said Copley. Maybe
some Of these days I'll need it"
"A Line O. Cheer"
"a inc ~ Cheerr-there's M hetter