The Washington herald., 1914-06-08
Statesmen, Real and Near.

Representative Langley. Of Kentucky is
q Republican, and when he first ran for
Congress he went to make a speech in
Ia county that was mostly Democratic.
Langley had never been In the county
until he entered the race for Congress
and knew little about conditions there.
One of the things he did not know was
that the county was noted for its almost
complete absence Of colored people. The
people there for years had made a
speciality of keeping out the negroes,
simply because they had a prejudice in
favor of an exclusively white community
That being the case, Democratic poll
tician named Van Zant, now State chair
man In Kentucky. arranged with the
liveryman where Langley would have to
go for a rig, to give him a colored driver
When Langley arrived innocently on
the scene, alongside Of his colored driver.
Van Zant walked UP to him and inquired
In a loud voice:
Which one of you gentlemen is going
TO speak first?"
The crowd then laughed SO hard, at
Langley that he was unable to speak
at all.
Representative Talbot. OF Maryland.
walked up to Speaker Clark one day and
inquired-either from IDLE curiosity. or
with a view to extending an invitation
Mr.. Speaker. do you ever take a drink?'
Champ took out his watch. studied 1t
for q moment, then looked of into space
for a moment or two more, after which
he replied grayely:
1T is Just nine years. seven months.
six days and eighteen hours since / took
drink"
tice Lamar has been representing the
United States at the Niagara FallsInedi-
alton meeting, tries to keep his scheme
Of life on as simple a basis as possible.
II everybody did exactly as Lehman
does. nearly everything would cost less.
For example. when he was in Washing
ton as solicitor general he used to do his
own marketing occasionally. and even
went on general shopping tours. but he
never would have anything delivered that
he possibly could carry home himself. A
friend met him one day trudging along
manfully with both arms piled high with
bundles. A package of celery lay on top
OF a hat box and below that were various
other articles he had acquired in the
marts.
Weren't you aware of the fact that
most of the stores provide free delivery
service?" asked the friend. ''It isn't nee
essary for you to convey yourself into a
human dray line
The trouble is" explained L1hmann,
that the free delivery service has TO be
paid for by somebody. II everyone did his
own delivering We might solve the high
cost OF living"
But you can't change the system
now insisted the friend. "AIl you can
do Is get yourself into a perspiration.'
'WaIl" save Tehmann "I nj ICaSt keen
my own conscience clear" And he pro-
ceeded bravely on his way.
Manuel QueZon, one OF the two dele
gates to Congress from the Philippines,
went into the House restaurant the other
day with half a dozen other young Fill
pinos. Each man was given permission
to order exactly what he desired to eat.
and each made up his mind without ref
erence to the order placed by any Of his
companions. When the waiter had taken
the orders, he found that every member
OF the party wanted precisely the same
things. to-wit:
Deviled crabs and dill pickles.
That may not be the invariable food
preference OF the Filipinos. but it was
the layout that Immediately suggested
itself to that crowd.
1t came to pass when Charies warren
Fairbanks was nominated for Vice Presi-
dent that certain of the Republican cam
paign managers feared the effect Of his
immaculate appearance on the voters.
He looked as IL things had always broken
too easily for him. So they put out
stories that he had been barefoot boy
with scarcely enough to eat and had
risen by sheer pluck and industry until
he was able to buy frock coats and high
hats. A voter doesn't hold a high hat
QUITE so much against a man IL he had
to hustle for II. One day the mother OF
Fairbanks CHANGED to be in a town out
in the Middle West where a representa-
tive of a New York paper had gone to
report big meeting. He asked her for
particulars about Charles Warren's early
struggles.
"Barefooted"' she exclaimed. why
We never allowed him to go barefooted
in his life She went on to tell with
pride. how they had always
provided little Charles Warren with
plenty of pocket money. and what a
happy. care-free boyhood had been his.
Il hope" said she. that you'll correct |
these stories that he was a poor boy"
The reporter did.
Copyright. 1914. BY Fred c. Kelly. All rights re-