The Washington herald., 1914-01-29

BY FRED c. Kelly.

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BY FRED G. Kelly
When the Oven-fyis.. fs1.,,cs., 49,,
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s' ~ eonsuue
ton, representative Carter lass. chair
man Of the House COMMITTEES, which this
bill was ipcubatsd. sat In . 'efGhty dis
Owen. papa to the Senate AFT Of this
bill Vi
After they had talked aboutheir FORTH
coming offspring for q loss time and
were about to separate. GIay suddenly
shifted topics and inquired:
Bob. speaking Of currenc have
often wondered where you or got the
money to buy those cannon fecrackers
tho day you made such a big ,tir down
In LynchburgT
You know. Owen and Glass. lrents If
the currency hIfL were born tytor three
doors apart In Lynchburg. 4, and
played together as boys. II ws Q rare
thing for either one to catch light Of
money In those days and the lea that
they would separate, grow up. I'd meet
after many years in the NaticnaCapitol
to draft q currency bill for thenation
would. Of course. have seemed repos-
teroua
Owens uncle. by the way, was, doc
tOfs anu Wh8 TUT ycdI8 puy 1lciautO tbs
Glass family. although he missed beins
on hand when Carter Glass was born.
The FIRST that young Robert Owe eves
heard OF the Glass family was wen a
fellow townsman shot little Carter Jiass'
fathers eye out, on account Of an rticls
that had appeared In Glass newspoer.
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But to get back to Glass' question bout
Lynchburr was q quiet little pIao and
Bob" Owen thought 1t should Be- amused
UP q bit He saved his money q perry at
a time until he was able to buy tso or
three dozen large cannon firedaeksrs. II
was not the Fourth of July hut thai.
made Owens project all the more notice.
able. He put his mess Of big ffecrackers
into a large and commodioS basket
and went about two placing them on
street corners and lighting them A. fast
as one cracker went on and attracted 4
crowd. owen was a block svaJiirhtIns
another. His ENTERPRISE caused r,pre talk
than anything that had happned h
Lynchburg for lonr time-eAaciaIIy
among the youngsters, for a boy COUNTED
himself lucky II he had the pricenf ons
bIg frecrscker No one hut Owe ave,
had the patience to save up for oman
crackers in dozen lots.
Garter Glass was deepIy inpressedfxi,s
Owens great feat at the time but m.
thing slipped from his mind and rAv.r
occurred 10 him again until here ths
other day And whom he Aid think oil,
Il was small wander that he drope5
the dIscussion ~ national currency IoAs
enough 10 have owen tell him how "
ACQUIRED the currency TO buy ALI thos.
cannon trecracker. "a
v
circIas
"aIfaIr, Bill. Murray Of OkIaAs,s-!
got M, In thu House q shor, tim. asnJrS
5sIivnrad a .neech hoostjnr the nro.i.
49,, o. ~a,,arn,,a,, ,id 20 manual AZ,
ing In the nubIic school.
II was . GOOD .oeecb. with IDEAS s.sS
facts in II when Murray had fnisSs.
80. $3.50 oxsa, =, go hin, a
ora tnIs,ion.
"Do yo,, taxi. an ,nt.ra.t in ,ha, .o,
NJ ,bin.~, ino'I,rad Nurr.y
w. i,d.ad :. rsnI,ss Dayi.. ct en-, i
a yocationaI .dnc,t,on hill and mai
s.var,, sn.acbes on n nvsalf u,b.n 4
sr., c.me 10 Corgresx also had M
nios.nr. a, .nsalin1 h.fors n nnmhsr
ad,,.a, ...o.;.,io,. cue, a., co,,n,r
in rerard 10 ~. hIT and 7 have been \
,,ranS advorat. n, .uch a measure eve1
.fnr. wban 5;d Won 6rs, heco,,s inl
tsre,,ad in I,,"
..yyeII- renIied Murray. ct guess m,
arSt serious interest In the proposition
dates hack Ia A speech I read I'm a paper
an Oklahoma CIV several wears aro-
bir national sdueation Association met
there and a man then in Congress de-
liyered a speech before them on yo-
catIonal education that deeply impressed
me. I've been investigating and follow
ing II I'm ever since And by the NAV
The CONGRESSMAN who got me started was
named Davis-the same as yours. Funny
that he would have the same
name wasn't itg'
s.roe 90. aSsn f,-,h.. ,bsn u von ,honsh.
For I was the paws"
A he was abou, 10 carvs a bandsom.
large turkey and spportion the whits
meat and dressing among a number Of
pr,ests AZ his bona one
night senator Alice Pomerene Of OhIo
was reminded OF an awful expertence
II was when he was a Young LAWYER
md shortly after he was married He
1ad gone to a small town in Southern
ohio some distance from his home 10
nv a law suit and the case ran M 10 the
season.
All the LAWYERS were anxious To GER
nome. especIaIIv Atlse pomerens as II
would be his first holiday with his new
Nife. Rut the iudre was equally anxious.
n have them stay and get the case dis
POSED Of
Alice Pomeren. got I'm and prouosed
hat thew adjourn over Thankssiy,nx-
living as his reason the necessity for