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few moments wes speechless When
he had recovered himself. he declared:
lcouldl grow that fast I wouldn't have
believed IT.
Claude Bowers, secretary to Senator
Kern. 10 . better orator than two-thirds
| Of the member Of Congress. A few
years ago. by the way, when Bowers
was . mere lad he up and ran for Con-
gress. but missed II by few votes on
some Kind OF fuke. Being not only a
natural orator. but an exceptionally
brainy young person. he would have given
much more 20 than the coming OF q
great many members one might men,
tion.
But that has litti, to do with what
we started to relate. Bowers fame as
an orator had spread to Boston. and he
was called mp there to address a big
gathering Of Irish societies in that town.
His speech made such . hit that for
couple Of weeks after his return to
Washington. the expressmen and post
men kept showering him with notes Of
congratulation. shiIalahs. and other
souvenirs from admirers up In Boston.
One morning he got a big express pack
age containing q shamrock In an earthen
pot. This made an especial hit with
Bowers. He at once made up his mind
that he would plant the shamrock In
his backyard, nurture II. and keep the
plant aiways. He even hoped that when
his grandchildren grew up the shamrock
would still be growing about the dooryard
as a constant reminder OF the esteem in
which their ancestor was held by the
Irish Of Boston.
While stilI in that mood. Bowers hap
pened to think Of Senator o'Gorman,
whose ONCE is right across the hall,
and who Is always Interested in anything
Irish. With his trophy under his arm.
Bowers walked over to O'Gorman and
said:
Senator. did you ever see a real Irish
Shamrock
This Is indeed very kind of you," re-
piled O'Gorman. Misunderstanding the OBJ
ject of Bowers call. And he gathered
the shamrock unto himself He has It
yet. And 20 poor Bowers has none.
Representative Rubey. OF Missouri. got
a letter and photograph from the doting
father OF a set of triplets, one OF which
was named for Rubey himself
And can you tell me-" inquired the
fond parent of the outfit, 'if the govern
ment puts any bounty on triplets?'
Representative Lawrence b. stringer,
who Is one Of several men that desire to
States Senator from Illinois. has car
risd that ambition around with him ever
since he was ten or twelve years old
He used to say to himself: when
grow up to be a man I'll study law and
get into politics and make speeches. Then
I'll run for the State legislature In
that way I'll get my name up. and the
next thing I'll do will be to run for the
State Senate. After that I'll try to get
into Congress, and from there I'll under
take to make the United States Senate"
Those were his ambitions, all marked
on into easy stages. as he figured things
out away back in his boyhood. He said
nothing about them to anyone for fear
Of being laughed at. but every move he
made was with view to realizing his
high hopes Nobody ever heard stringer
going about. the way the average poll
tiican does, denying that ne has any per-
sond ambitions. He has EN- and admits
It.
And so far everything has come true,
just as he planned. with the exception
OF splashing into the United States Sem
ate.
He performed his feats of becoming
State representative in the legislature.
State senator and Congressman, exactly
as represented In his prospectus Of him
self. And he has circled about the major
prize once or twice trying to find a place
to alight- He was a candidate for the
Senate wheu William Lorimer's states
manlike qualities won him the place
few years ago. Unless he gets into the
Senate eventually Stringer will feel like
the children OF Israel. or like a man who
has set out to visit New York and never
got any further than Jersey City.
Representative Bartlett, Of Georgia,
does not look like a man with much
music In his soul At first glance one
would say that Bartlett should derive
more satisfaction out of a table of
statistics or an annual report in two
volumes than from a song book But
Bartlett finds that music In an inval-
liable first aid to wise legislation. He
therefore keeps a phonograph and an
outfit of preserved tune-discs
in his office at all times. When he de-
sires to frame up a bill for the upIift
of the people. he starts the phonograph
going. sinks back In his chair with an
expression of calm serenity. and lets his
mind take its course.
tCopynsht. 1915, by Fred G. Kelly. An rights
reserved.)