The Washington herald., 1913-02-26
srATEsxM-REAL AND NEAR
By FRED c. KELLY.

The rush Of work during the closing DAYS
Of the present Congress- with its fore
noon sessions and late sessions, and
sleepy, yawning statesmen. reminded
young Mr.. Billy Murray of the days when
he was supposed to go to work at $50
a. m. on one of the Boston newspapers.
Getting up In time to be on the Job at
such an hour as that. before the birds
have begun to stir about, was bad enough
at best. and particularly for young Mr..
Murray. who was in the City Council and
up half the night. usually, attending po-
litical conferences. Besides being sleepy
IN the morning. he had made a vow one
New Years day to take q cold sponge
bath each morning. and the dread of that
ordeal kept him in bed at least an hour
after the alarm clock sounded its Bolster
Gus lay.
He ordinarily got to his ONCE about
9:o instead OF $50. and only his flsxen
nair and pansy-like cast of countenance
saved him from having mean things said
70 MIN long before they were said.
Inc city editor put up with Billy's
hours until he became completely exas-
perated, and then he called him to the
desk and savasely these words he did say:
|. see here, fellow! You're supposed to
be here at $50 You've been coming
around from three to four hours late.
|
you'H get out Of here and stay out. Cn-
| derstand? II you don't get here at $50
| tomorrow l shall expect your resigna-
ton"
Billy went back TO his typewriter and
| began to write something briefly, dated
| day ahead. He took 1t over and laid
| IT on the city eds desk
whats this" cried the city editor,
| as much in establishment ar In anger.
The resignation" replied Billy. calmly,
mo use waiting It'll tomorrow TO turn
1t In. Your ruling Is practically prohibi-
| tive. No fellow could get up at such
an hour as you mention"
Then the city editor began to laugh.
When he got through laughing, young
Billy Murray still had his joo after all.
| Gen. Isaac r. Sherwood, the only Union
veteran who will serve in the next House.
was invited recently to address a local
| organization made up Of descendants OF
Mayfower passengers. He startled them
4 by departing from the usual line Of talk
| at such occasions and saying he didn't
| have much patience with people who lay
| too much stress on their blood" A
man who has blood" and nothing else
| he said. is about as worthy of serious
| consideration as the fellow who has
| money and nothing else.
And 1 have a great deal less respect
for the Pilgrim fathers said Sherwood,
than / have for the Pilgrim mothers
They not only had to put up with all
the other hardships and annoyanoes, but
also had to gaze across the table into
the mirthless faces of the Pilgrim IA
| thers.'
| Emmett Wilson. Of Florida. youngest
member OF the next House, was trying
a lawsuit n few years ago before United
States Judge Emory Spear. Of Georgia
| One Of the litigants in the case was a
Confederate general, and young Wilson
referred to him, deferentially. by his
title.
OF sudden the judge let out a roar.
We have no titles in this court" he
said. You'll be talking about general
| demurrers and Gen. Smith in a minute.
and / won't know which one you mean"
| Former Senator Joe Bailey saw some
thing in a book one day that caused him
to make I little bet with himself. Here
/ was the question: II he committed tho
passage to memory and kept II commit
| ted to memory. he might have a lot OF
fun with it some time. But the occa-
sion might never arise. and then he
| would have gone to a lot of trouble for
| nothing. He took the chance and COM
| mltteu nearly an entlre Cnapter OF ina
book.
Time went along. and one afternoon
| Senator Henry Cabot Lodge delivered a
speech in which he eulogized Lincoln
| and denounced the men who urged the
secession of the Southern States.
| When Lodge had finished. Bailey got
up TO reply. and delivered a defense of
the secession of States-did it with such
elaborateness and completeness that he
left nothing more TO be said. Every
body marveled at his genius in offering
such scholarly thing right of the reel.
| Lodge attempted no further argument.
| but walked over TO Bailey's desk and
inquired. in a low whisper
How did you happen to have that
stun
Il picked up one of your books more
than year ago. replied Bailey. land
| happened TO see il. ! committed II to
| memory in the hope that some day you
| would give me a chance to spring 1t.
| My only regret is that you didn't attack
| It and call it silly or something like that.
| so that I could tell the Senate that
| had quoted a defense by Henry Cabot
Lodge OF his ancestor. George Cabot.
whose secession theories at the Hartford
Convention made him more or less un-
popular
Copyright, 1918. by FTrd c. Kelly. All rights 70
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