The Washington herald., 1913-05-28
STA ESMEN-REAL AND NEA
By FRED c. KELLY

James r. Mann. the Republican House
about the space he consumes in the Con-
gressional Record. Is fussy about what
he eats. He greatly dislikes to eat food
not picked out by his own hand. No
matter how late he is kept up al night
by the work of guiding legislative affairs
in the House. he aims TO get up in the
morning early enough TO do the market
ing before ne goes TO work. He buys
most of his meat at one store more than
a mile from the apartment house where
he dwells, and he walks there TO see.
face to face. the steak he is going to have
for his dinner None of your telephone
shopping for Mann.
Inasmuch as he has a big garden at
his place in Chicago, Mann is particularly
an authority on what fresh vegetables
should look like. No bride ever compiled
a trousseau with the infinite care that
Mann exerts when he selects a set Of
radishes, or a mess of lettuce.
Some time ago the Manns were living in
a small apartment and taking their meals
at a cafe in the building. This brought
about a grave problem How was he to
know who picked out the meats and
vegetables served at his table? He saw
that he wasn't going to he able to eat
with any relish at all, unless he made
certain arrangements. So he went to
the manager of the cafe and asked II, by
paving a little extra, he couldn't do his
own marketing, and have the stun for
his table cooked separately. The man.
ager agreed, and Mann was himself again.
At noon, when he is obliged TO eat at
the Capitol, Mann often eats just a cake
of chocolate that he carries in his poke.
rather than take any chances.
For an absurdly small sum of money
one can take a ride about Washington
on sightseeing van and acquire a sur
prisingly rich fund of transformation.
For example. as one of these sight
seeing outfits went by two apartment
houses the other day. the megaphone
man pointed to one of them, and mem
toned that II was the home of Senator
Gamble of South Dakota Now. there
is no Senator Gamble of South Dakota.
He went out of Office last March. For
some time before he left Office, he did
not live in either of the apartment houses
referred to. And he never did live in
the one that the merry megaphone man
pointed out Aside from those little de-
tails the information was correct.
The delightful thing about the attitude
Of a great many prospective office hold
ers is their entire willingness to serve
in whatever capacity they can Just
what the job is does not matter so long
as they can be useful to their country
For instance, Senator Kerr received
letter recently from a Hoosier patriot
who said he would like an appointment
as consul to Liverpool. or as elevator
man in the national Capitol at Washing
rOp T.,
from another man who was willing to
be collector of internal revenue for his
district. or a member OF the Capitol
police force.
THE weird psychology of the office
seeker seems to be the same as it was
back in Dan Voorhees, time" remarked
Kern. There was a former circuit
judge out in Indiana who yearned for
a government job. voorhees, was I'M
able TO get him what he was after, and
he said he would take any place at
all, so long as he was on the govern
ment pay roll. Just for a joke Voor-
hees offered to get him a job pushing
a truck about the corridors in one Of
the departments.
And the strange thing is that the
ex-circuit judge took it."
A Congressman from West Virginia,
recently appointed one of the Capitol
policeman to a job as postmaster. At
about the same time he was besieged
by a young lawyer who wished to be
appointed to a place as United States
District Attorney or something equally
good in the Department of Justice.
The only vacancy of any kind that
I know Of" said the Congressman, lis
the job of the policeman who just be-
came postma ster. You might take that
and use It as a stepping stone to the
of Justice"
And the young lawyer took him at |
his word. That attorney is now wear
Ing a uniform about the Capitol walt |
ing for a chance to step up into the |
of Justice.
Representative NJ. X. Reilly of Wis
consin tells of an Irishman up his way |
who had six sons in whom he took great
pride.
Yes, they are fine boys" said he one
day. after friend had complimented |
him on them. and sir, d'you know.
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