The Washington herald., 1914-03-24
Statesmen, Real and Near.
BY FRED c. KELLY.

ert F. Broussard, Of Louisiana. Is kin TO
about half the people In that state, or at
least. rbout every other man he meets
in a campaign calls him Cousin Bob"
He speaks Louisiana French. which Is
language entirely distinct from young
ladies' s'-finishing-school French or Learn
to-speak- + rench-for-sls French. Speaking
their language as he does, Cousin Bob"
has a strong hold on the people of his
section Of the State. and their main re-
ligion Is to vote for Bob Broussard with
out question and without stint whenever
he runs for anything.
When Broussard was running for the
United States Senate, Representative
James B. ; well was seeking election to
the lower house OF Congress. Aswell was
talking to a man In the section where
Broussard is best known. and asked him
for his vote.
No. I'm going to vote for Bob-Boo
Broussard." said the man.
That's all right. You can vote for
Bob and for me, too" Aswell explained.
We're not running for the same thing.
The man shook his head. No" says
he, I'll just vote for Bob. Then If you're
entitled to have an Office, Bob can ap-
point you to it,
Representative Simeon d. Fess of Ohio.
neither smokes nor drinks. In conse-
quence OF many years as a school and
college teacher when he feared to set
bad example to the growing youth Of the
land.
When Representative Watson, of Vir-
ginia-the man who presided as judge
over the famous Beatty murder case
set out to study law. his father gave
him one piece of advice. Keep out of
politics" said his father. So Watson
went at once into politics. When he was
twenty-one years old he became a State
Senator.
After all, Luck. or Chance. cuts a
good deal OF a figure. Take the case OF
Louis FitzHenry. member OF Congress
from Illinois. FitzHenry started out un-
known and practically penniIess to build
up a law practice. 1t might have taken
him years and years to pass the starva-
ton period-exceDt for Luck.
Within a day or so after FitzHenry
was admitted to the bar. a good friend
Of his employed by a railroad company
had leg cut off. knowing that FItz-
Henry was just starting out and needed
help. the friend kindly employed him as
his attorney to ,ue the railroad for con-
tribCtory- negligence.
That case gave FitzHenry his chance
He won II and then got many more
damage cases. Nobody thought of losing
an arm or leg without retaining Fitz-
Henry for attorney as soon afterward as
possible. In that way he quickly built
up reputation as a good damage law
yer in his locality and made a good deal
Of money.
But he knows himself that II was
Z he
fortune to have a friend lose a leg. he
might have struggled along in obscurity
for years and years.
Representative Claude Weaver.
bright-eyed little Representative from
Oklahoma, rarely turns book agent
from his door empty-handed. His Of
fee looks like branch library and the
books are learned books. None of your
George McCutcheOn and Harold McGrath
Tor Weaver. Moreover, every book on
his shelves has its pages cut Weaver
has books to read and not merely to take
the place of wainscotng. or to impress
visitors He probably has read more
books for each year of his life than any
body in Congress. because he got an
earlier start. The first book he ever read
was Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy
at an age. mind you, when his playmates
were just beginning to take an interest
in the Rollo books. BY the time he was
twelve years old Weaver could repeat
nearly all of Shakespeare from memory.
Maurice Splain. after thirty years of
long. hustling hours as an astute and
painstaking Washington political corre-
spondent. found himself the United States
Marshal for the District of Columbia
The hours were short and the work light
For years Maurice had thought how nice
1t would be TO hold a job that paid a
comfortable salary without much to do
Now he had just such a place. Along
toward $50 on the evening of his first
day in office. Splain met his friend, Hast
ings MacAdam. OF The ST. Louis Repub-
lie.
Come on" splain greeted him. erru-
sively: let's go and have little lunch
and a chat
Lunch, Watchuh talkin' about.
lunch?" said MacAdam; lit isn't 10
o'clock yet If 1 were like You and
didn't have to work for a living. I would.
gladly See me at midnight when I'm
all through for the day and I'll be
pleased to have lunch with YOU
You're right. you're right muttered
Splain. Il didn't realize it was so early.
I'll meet you when you're through
work.
But" he added, gloomily. i don see
how I'm going to put in the time for the
next couple of hours
Representative Samuel f. Winslow.
skate-maker Of Worcester. Mass. is said
to be the best after-dinner speaker in
New England. The chances are that he
Is also the best in Washington. He is
one of the few after-dinner speakers We
ever heard. who, in manner and Ian
guage is really and truly funny.
Copyright. Isli by Fred c Kelly. AL rights
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