The Washington herald., 1913-12-11
Statesmen, Real and Near.
By FRED C. KELLY.

Albert Sidney Burleson, Postmaster
General. tries to accomplish things either
one way or another. When he was a
member OF Congress he had a great
knack at getting others to do things
that he couldn't do himself. For ex-
ample. he was extremely anxious to get
law passed requiring all advertise
ments in newspapers to be labeled as
such and to make the papers tell from
time to time who controls their capital
stock. He wanted this done in order to
find out who was back of one or two
papers that were opposing the candidacy
Of Woodrow Wilson But he knew that
the bill would have q much better chance
to pass II it were backed by q newspa-
per man. So he roped in with Editor
Hank Barhhart, member of Congress
from Indiana, and helped him to get all
the credit for it.
What we're getting at, though. is the
time Burleson went hunting down in
Mexico and had no luck. He is a first
rate man with a rife, Burleson is, but
on this trip things simply did not break
right There were six in the party and
they bagged a deer apiece-aI except
Burleson, who had none. 1t was the
night before they were to start home
and Burleson sat about gloomily think
ing of the rude jests people would hand
to him when he returned from the hunt
empty-handed. About then a cowboy
came by their camp with q small doe
thrown across the back of his saddle
With a wave OF his hand at the five
deer that had been shot by his COM
panions, Burieson gayly proposed to the
cowboy that they play a nice little game
Of seven-up to pass away the time, with
a deer for stake. The cowboy. who ex-
celled at seven-up, he thought. foolishly
agreed, and in q short time Burleson had
his doe.
Each Of the others coveted Burleson's
doe, as they thought it would be great
fun to see him going home with nothing
to show for his hunt. So one by one
each tried him at a game of seven-up.
And when the party started horneward
the next morning Burleson was the
champion hunter. For he had six deer
to his credit.
The rest had none.
Representative Bathrick, Of Ohio, who
has a truthful face, says this happened
to him when he was a mere youth back
in a Northern Ohio village. Whatso-
ever his hand found to do that would
net q TedSOuhOlt pTOuls odluTlCh Nlus dAi4
once he found himself taking orders for
a magazine
His first prospect was an old woman
who lived in a humble shack out at the
edge Of town. Bathrick knew that she
had little or no library and assumed
that she would be interested in a propo-
sition to get a lot Of good reading for 50
cents a year.
This magazine specializes on anec-
dotes," declared our hero, as a clinching
argument.
THAT wouldn't do me any good said
the woman, as she slammed the door.
''Our goats are both Billy goats"
About the only prominent man whose
autograph one may be absolutely sure OF
airy more Is that OF the President. There
Is a fiat rule at the White House that
no one may initiate the Presidents Gig
nature. no matter how closely one might
be able to do Il, or how inconsequential
the letter to which the signature must
be attached
Among Senator's, on the other hand.
probably considerably less than one
half do all their own letter signing.
Almost any Senator's secretary. II he Is
any account at all. can sign the Sena-
tors name in a way that practically de-.
fes detection. Several times have