The Washington herald., 1914-02-12
Statesns., Rel = NJ.
By FRED 8 xrrx.r.

~ FRED g. RXAkIs <7 - -. I.
Senator o'oorman he's : ninblA alnaess
automatic VII that frsqusuely esnsss -
handy to ret him out of IN smbafraaalns
situation. A whils aee there wns va
csncy to be nlled In the Nsw Yotk 1teto
supreme Court and Il was belleved that
an Endorsement from Senator 00ounan
Tor any candidate might carry . sreaf
deal of weight s
| The name Of q certain; membss of
| congrsss had been put forward by the
members friends and one, day . COM
mlttee OF these tackled O'0ormAn.
| What would you think of Mr.. eo-and-
20 Tor the tudgeshipr' 00ormsn wss
Now o0orman ala not wish 10 indorse
| that candidate: neither did hs want to
say word against him. 30, without .
moments hesitation, he said this:
| I cannot think oRhand Of man any
better fitted for the place. but the only
question would be: Can New York afford
to lose his services in congressY
Representative Frank Clark. Of Flor
ida, has habit Of remarkins to other
members of the House:
by the way. must send you case
of Florida toransss I am very proud
OF the fruit from my section Of the state
and / want you to have . sample"
Where the average person would mere
ly talk about the weather. Clark aug
ments the conversation by his casual Of
fer to provide q case of orangeA II In
simply natural outcropping Of mag
unanimous spirit on the part Of Clark.
that he always forgets to send the ac-
tual oranges.
| One OF those to whom Clark made .
kind offer of Florida fruit was Repre-
sentative Austin. OF Tennessee. Austin
confidently expected 10 have enough
oranges not only for his family. but to
supply several OF his nsighbors through
out the winter. 1t was . sore trial to
Austin when the oranges failed TO ar
rive, but he said nothing. awaiting q
proper time and place to air his grfev-
| ance.
short timo ago the House Committee
on Buildings and Grounds was holding
= meeting to adopt q plan for pneumatic
mail tubes in the Capitol and Office
buildings. Austin 10 q member Of the
committee and Clark 10 chairman.
| There Is just one objection to the
plan under consideration" declared Aus
TN. solemnly drawing himself to his full
height, "and that Ia that the tubes aren't
large enough"
"oh, absurdityw exclaimed Clark.
The tubes are as large a. ID Gus
tomarily used for mail"
Yea admitted Austin, but I shall
insist on having these of a size that will
permit the delivery Of Florida oranges
In case the promises Of q certain MEM
Der whom I could name should ever be
fulfilled"
Representative William A. Ashbrook.
OF Ohio. sat one day ponderinx over a
postoffice appointment There were three
applicants OF about equal ability and
party zeal. and each was q good friend
OF Ashbrook. Yet he felt sure that the
moment he appointed one Of the trio, the
other two would appear to the hammer
born, and would 60 about picking flaws
In his clothes, his face or his character.
Now. Ashbrook is the foremost Con-
gressional collector OF rare coins Even
as he sat fretting himself about this post
| mastership. he sat Jingling two or three
Ihalf-dollars of rare date that he had Just
bought The coins gave him an idea. He
dictated letter to the three men telling
each to meet him In the lobby Of a hotel
back in Ashbrook's home city on . GER.
tain day.
They showed up. each smiling and con-
| fdent
Ashbrook shook hands with the three.
| told them n number OF highly amusing
stories and how much he thought Of them
one and all.
But" said he. taking three half-dol-
lars from his pocket. you'll have to
match coins for the Job
Two agreed that that was fair. but the
third complained that he had been the
treasurer OF his church for TWENTY-FIVE
years. and simply could not be a party to
q game OF chance.
Ashbrook talked to him eioquently and
convinced him that II would be perfectly
moral and proper.
And. 10. the man who feared twas i'm
moral won the postofnce.
IF your conscience hurts you." sus-
gested Ashbrook. you can still with
draw"
NO" said the man. solemnly. we've
caused you enough bother already and
I'm willing to abide by any decision that
will free you from further annoyance %
tCopyrisht INA. b. Fred @. Kelly. All nsht re-
serrud.l