South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-07-07
STATESMEN
REAL AND NEAR
BY FRED C. KELLY.

WASHINGTON, July Not long
Not long ago two or three new
watchmen were assigned to guarding
doors of the treasury department and
il has taken them some time 10 ia
miliarize themselves with the faces of
the higher-up officials who work
there.
1t is a little difficult to get into the
building after o'clock p. m. and
employees or visitors who try il have
to stop and explain and show good
moral character.
One afternoon recently Byron r.
Newton, poet. viOlinist and assistant
secretary of the treasury, made bold
TO enter the door after . o'clock.
Who do you want TO see?' asked
the guard.
Won't know till 1 get upstairs"
replied Newton.
Are you a SENATOR"
"Oh. no. I'm no senator"
Congressman? -
"NO, I'm not any congressman"
Whose Office are you going &c?
'Newton's."
Well call him up and see if it's
all right"
Don't think he's there" suggested
Newton.
Because I'm the guy myself. Quit
your kiddin' and let me by here"
1t wasn't five minutes after that
until Asst. Secy. Hamlin came along.
The guard told him he simply could
not go in.
But I've got to get in or I'll lose
my job. l work here" said Hamlin.
"Ah ha-a!" tainted the guard
then you're late. It's after o'clock.
You've run over your lunch hour"
Il know" said Hamlin, but If
you'll just let me in Ill promise it'll
never occur again"
Rep. John Henry Cooke of Ohio is
a good lawyer with a great knack at
plausible argument Some years ago
when he was still in his EOS, Cooke
defended a man for murder. The
man had confessed that he was
guilty and then on reflection changed
his mind. 1t is not an easy task TO
convince jury that man is inno-
cent when he himself has admitted
his guilt, but Cooke undertook the
job. He explained that the defendant
was greatly mistaken when he called
himself guilty.
When the jury was out celebrating
the prisoner turned TO Cooke and said
gravely:
Il was satisfied I was guilty. but
that last argument convinced me that
l wasn't"
We'll, If 1 convinced YOU, with
your natural prejudices, based on
your inside knowledge of the case -
said Cooke, perhaps 1 convir ced the
jury. too"
And he had. The man went free.
The late Sen. Bradley of Kentucky
was passing through one of the doors
into the senate one afternoon when
Reed Smoot of Utah came galloping
past him with head erect and eve
a-glitter with the excitement of il
all. Bradley stood looking at Smoot
for some moments and then to a by
stander remarked:
Il reckon, now that the main floor
walker of this store has arrived, we
can proceed to business"
Here is an instance of the Difficult
ties Of defeating for congress a man
who is already in
When Rep. William p. Borland
came here as a member of the house
from Kansas City. two or three terms
ago, he fell into the practice of filing
away the name of every man who
wrote him a letter asking even the
SlShteSt favor.
Even if a man asked only for 2
small package OF radish seeds Bor-
land had his name placed on a card
In his filing case. And in sending the
seeds he also wrote a letter suggest
ing that he hoped there would be
other and greater services he could
perform.
When he ran for reelection II
| looked like a rather spirited fight
BY the merest accident BorIand'.
campaign manager learned of the file
of names Of people who had received
favors.
How many are there?" he asked
Never counted them" said Bor
land, but there must be at least Z
couple of thousand"
When the names were counted i
was discovered that there were 1O.OO(
or more.
The campaign manager gave
! sigh Of relief
They can't beat YOU" he said.
Well send each one of those mer
nice little letter asking for theil
support and there will be nothing I,
I it,"
And he was right.
/ Copyright. 1914, by Fred G. Kelly.
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