South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-09-23
Sen. b. F. ShjUely A S Seen
In Action At Washington
Where He Is Appreciated

I crisis. If Sen. Shively's reply To Fall
or his reply to Sen. Lodge when war
! on Huerta was declared, were any
| less impressive than Daniel Webster s
reply to Hayne. it was because OF
Webster's massive form and fog-horn
voice, and not because of what he
| said, or the Importance of it.
And Sen. Shively has come TO Oe
| looked upon and listened to in a very
| similar manner whenever he speaks
| When it becomes known that Shively
| is 10 talk the senators all get into
their seats, the galleries fill, and If
there is any opportunity for congress
men to move over that way, they do
it because they know he is going to
one of the best informed men in the
senate end of the capitol and never
talks until he is ready to meet all at
tacks His statement Of fact are ac-
copied witnou. question regardless of
how much other senators may dis
agree with him in his political de-
auctions
How He Handles Reporters.
For an example of how Shively
handles newspaper men, so often to
his own disadvantage, meeting OF
the foreign relations committee was
held one day. and addressed by Secy.
II.
war policy. Shively as ranking mem
Der of the committee acted as chair
man due TO the illness of Sen. Stone.
When the session was over and the
senator emerged to go 10 his own
committee room, he was deluged by
some so press correspondents who
had been waiting there for two hours
to ascertain the outcome.
Just a moment, boys, he said, and
q, i'm fy,fn hi "A
following. of which carbon copies
were made for each of the men:
The foreign relations committee
held a meeting this afternoon and was
addressed by Secy. Bryan. who out
lined the administrations Mexican
policy" and then ne had his score
tary deliver them while he went on
with his work.
VERY infammatory." kelly to
cause revolution" and numerous
other such remarks were laconically
dropped from the lips OF the news
paper men as they read what was
more generally called the startling
announcement
Pictures at a Premium.
He could just as we'll have said as
much. with the statement that moth
ing more could be said. and 1T would
have been accepted as matter of
course. but that isn't Shively He
had to put il in writin0 so they would
be sure TO get it right, and IL wasn't
used at all. save in a few instances.
Otherwise the correspondents would
at least have mentioned the meeting
and that Acting Chairman Shively
gave out "sO-and -so'-which would
have placed his name before the pub
lie in a prominent position at least
Samuel @. Blythe, who writes the
who's Who mage in the SATURDAY.
Evening Post has had a writeup of
Ehively ready for six months, but has
been unable 10 get the senator 10 fur
nish him with the kind of picture he
wants The senator has not nad one
taken for several years and simply Will
not take the trouble to get one. He
don't say that he won't, but he don [.
He is simply too busy with other mat
tiers. Scarce another public man I'M
Washington but would literally break
his neck TO furnish the picture for a
writeup n the Saturday Evening Post,
regardless OF what it might say. just
for the publicity that goes with II.
Camera Artist Goes Wrong.
During the early summer a camera
artist from an eastern syndicate was
assigned to get "A snapshot OF the
senator emerging from the white
house. To be used in a feature service.
The close relations between the SEN
ator. Pres. Wilson and Secy Bryan
was being recognized and the syndi-
cate apparently Intended TO feature
il up with the snapshot for an Illus
tratiOn
Well SAYS Mr.. Wolfe. somebody
seems 20 have given the camera man
bum steer for when the feature
came out IN several eastern papers Il