The Washington herald., 1914-06-12
Statesnen, Real and Near.
BY FRED, c. KELLY.

The main thing about this story Is the
fact that Representative George W.
Rauch. Of Indiana, talked long enough
to utter brief bon mot Rauch usually
says never word. and he takes pride in
being silent man. Louis Ludlow once
| said of him that he could ride from here
Ito Indianapolis on the keyboard OF an
ordinary upright plano without making a
| sound. Hauch In not only silent. but
| shuns publicity of whatever kind or de-
scription. This well-meaning little piece
about him will doubtless cause him to
break out into a cold perspiration II he
| should see II.
We shall now leave Rauch for a few
moments while We take up our narrative
In regular order. Two or three mis-
chievous Congressmen were teasing Vic
tor Murdock. the Progressive floor leader,
about being a follower of Theodore
| Roosevelt Victor stood their chatting
good-naturedly. and remarked:
You know. we have changed our party
song. Instead Of Onward Christian Sol
diers.' we're going to sing We Shall
Gather at the River"
Il was then that George Rauch started
IN and did more talking than he had done
for long. long time. Without changing
expression. he inquired, quietly:
Salt River?'
Chairman Foster. of the House Com
mittee on Mines and Mining. went TO
New York some time ago to confer with
John ID. Rockefeller. jr., regarding the
Colorado strike situation. Young John,
tr., has his ONCE at his papas place at
rs Broadway. and Foster had to work his
way through labyrinth of rooms, past
one attendant after another. until at last
H. hAA
Foster asked him to do something toward
stopping the bloodshed in Colorado. John
couldn't see his way clear to do that,
but after a little chat he invited Foster
over to the window to see the nice view
he has from his ONCE Below them lay
the Battery all spread out in good pano-
ramic form. John. jr., seemed particu-
larly proud Of the excellent view to be
obtained there Of the Statue of Liberty.
That must be an Inspiration to you"
suggested Foster. whimsically.
Indeed II Is" agreed John Jr
"oh. II must be-" repeated Foster. And
he went his way without saying more.
Cities are the chief aversion of Stephen
G. Porter. Of Pittsburgh. Never In his
life has Stephen been to a big town II
he could avoid II. His folks brought him
up in Pittsburgh. so he could not help
that, and he has been to Philadelphia
and one or two other large places where
his law business forced him to spend a
day. While he has been compelled to
visit q few cities, he draws the line at
New York. So far he has never seen
New York. and he hopes he never will
Just as long as he can invent schemes
to prevent having to go to New York he
will keep out of the metropolis. Now
that he has spent nearly four years in
Washington. within few hours of New
York. without ever allowing his duties
to take him there, he is hopeful that
he will live and die without the Big City
of Blun ever entering his horizon. When
ever things are not breaking for Stephen
just as well as they might he recalls
that he has never seen New York. and
thinks Of various other great American
cities he has not yet been in. and these
reflections make him comparatively
cheerful
The thing Porter likes is the great out
doors. particularly the caribou country
up toward the Arctic CIRCLE He knows
almost as much about camping as Stew
art Edward White. So just now. while
Congress seems doomed to endure sew
ersl weeks Of Washington summer heat.
Porter Is looking about for n likely spot
where he can pitch his tent along the
historic Potomac and play at camping
out each night. He hopes to place him.
self in a frame of mind to hear a squir-
rel toying with a nut and imagine it's
the stamping OF a caribou.
Though Porter hates cities as he does
a pestilence. he ran for mayor of Pitts
burgh year ago, on the theory that IL
a man must live in a city he might as
well have the running of IL. And in fail
ing to elect Porter, Pittsburg played a
joke on itself.
One Of the noticeable things about T
Roosevelt since his return from South
America Is that he has taken on a sort
of PROFESSIONAL, scientific look. This may
be due partly to his loss of weight.
Scientific men nearly always wear clothes
that fit loosely. One noted, also, when
T. r. lectured here. that his trousers
were not-as We used to say in Ohio
"gallused up" quite enough.
OF our own importance no matter how
helpless We may become" remarked Rep
resentative Wallin. of New York, one
day. And he cited. for example, a letter
he had just received from a poor old
chap In his district.
II have been unable to leave my bed
now for two years and a half" the
writer said. and my wife and daughter
have had to go to work.
81 don't know what will become of my
family" he added, III anything should
happen to me-
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