South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-06-01
STA TESMEN
REAL AND NEAR
Ny FRED c. KELLY.

/ election and picked one James CALI
/ van in Curley's stead
Inasmuch as il was a special cleo
\ ton, for one office only. a great many
\ voters did not bother 70 go 10 the
/ polls. But when ne reached Was
ington, Gallivan was surprised as
/ tonished in fact. 10 find that there
had been several hundred voters.
/ each of whom was largely response
/ bic for the victory. There were some
LOO letters piled up on his desk. and
about half Of these were from voters
I who offered TO receive some neat lit
I Tie favor for invaluable service rem
dered the party and the nation. and
/ more particularly Gallivan.
\ IL just happened that Gallivan is
/ person with "a deep sense of curiosity
about all manner of things, and he
\ got 10 wondering. He wondered and
| wondered until finally he arranged 10
| nave the poll books that were used
! IN the special election all sent TO him.
| These books showed the name of
| every man who voted. They did not
/ indicate, of course, which candidate
/ the man voted for but they contain
| ed the names Of everybody who took
\ the trouble 10 appear at the polls and
cast ballot for somebody.
/ Gallivan studied these books for
an hour or SO md then be began 10
run his index finger down the lists of
/ names and compare them " tn the
names of the letter writer's who de-
sired favOrs. And he MADE a funny
/ discovery. out of all the names sign
/ ed TO letters of persons who confessed
\ 10 being largely responsible for Gal
! ivan S election, scarcely a one had
even been To the polls TO vote.
! On the other hand, of those that
! had voted, only scant few had any
favor TO ask. They wrote letters Of
/ consolidation, perhaps, but let it go
at tnat
Gallivan sat staring at spot On
/ the carpet and pioneering over this
for long time and then sadly he be-
gan to sort the letters into two piles.
Sam Blythe went on a trip out west
l a snort time ago TO size up the pO-
| lItlcal situation, and in his absence
/ ne asked his friend Tom Pence to
keep him informed by mail or wire
/ OF what was going on in Washing
/ ton.
Tom, who has an excellent sense of
\ humor didn't send him anything for
about week, and then he wrote as
( follows:
Dear sam: The only news of
\ great Importance that has occurred
since you left is that contained in the
enclosed clipping from the Washing
ton Post"
The important item referred to APP
/ peared under a New York date line,
about cotillion leader, and read as
! follows:
Preston Gibson OF washington, d.
| c. who is passing some time with
| Mrs. Gibson in Atlantic City, came to
! New York today and gave a dinner
tonight at the Ritz-Carlton, returning
atterwdrd TO the New Jersey resort
! Mr.. Gibson took his guests to the
] 81 hna
left side OF the stage"
Here is a sample of the adroit and
! cagey manner in which Uncle Jerry
/ Donovan of Connecticut proceeds TO
an objective point.
Representative Donovan appointed
| a postmaster in his home town a little
! while ago and the selection was not
satisfactory to a lot Of persons who
were friends of other candidates
They asserted that the appointee was
not thorough enough democrat
1 that he once scratched a ticket or
/ committed some other objectionable
| offense. So they did the same thing
/ that the colOred people do when any
/ thing does not suit-that is, they held
| an indignation meeting.
This meeting was announced day
| or two in advance, and when Uncle
| Jerry Donovan heard about it he de-
cided to slip up and attend the little
! gathering.
| 1t was the sense Of the meeting that
a great wrong had been perpetrated,
and that a committee should be ap-
/ pointed to appear before the post
| Office committee of the senate and
make a protest.
But who's going TO arrange for
the hearing before the senate COM
mittee2" inquired one man. None
Of us is acquainted in Washington"
Iii fix it for yOui" suddenly spoke
up a compact little man who had just
entered the hall. Just leave ii all to
me-"
1t was Congressman Donovan.
against whose appointee they were in
the midst of indignating
You have perfect right to be
heard before the committee" went on
Donovan, and l. being your repre-
sentative at Washington, am the one
to arrange IL. Send down 2 big dele
cation and when they get through
with the committee hearing Ia like
TO show them about the town. Wash
| ington's never so beautiful as in May
and June"
The day for the hearing came. but,
| To- not a member Of the delegation
| from Connecticut showed up. Dono-
vans offer OF SO much hospitality had
/ shOOed them off.
The man who wears the largest hat
I in congress is Representative Rainey
Of Illinois. member of the ways and
means committee. 1t is not the larg
/ est hat as to the numerical size. for
II is only a Z 5-S, whereas Serene
Payne also Of the well-known ways
and means committee. wears a ga
I But no other hat in public life com
pares with Raineys in total area. It
/ is much larger as TO brim than the
hats worn ny patent medicine sales
men in front of courthOuses.
Rainey got the ponderous hat as n
present, and therefore wears il. even
at the risk OF becoming round shout
/ dered.
I. (Copyrigh. 1914, by Fred c. Kelly
All rights reserved.)
THOSE SMALL FLATS.