South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-01-30
STATESMEN
REAL AND NEAR
BY FRED c. KELLY.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3O.-Patrick
Daniel Norton, member of congress
from North Dakota, was brought up
on the plains OF that state and taught
10 rope steers just as a childish rou-
tine chore. He is a smiling, good
natured looking young person, but, as
the saying is, he won't take no sass
from no one.
There was one occasion, though,
when Norton deliberately ran away
from a fight He was lad about ten
years old and "a boy four or five years
his senior came along and called him
several mean names. Norton came
back with all the depreciatory cpl
thets he could think of, whereupon
the other boy started after him. No
ticing that the other lad was nearly
twice as big as he was. Norton de-
cided that the discreet thing to do
was TO run. Accordingly he went
down a convenient highway as rapid
~ as he could.
He did not see the other boy for a
long time after that and when he did
the incident had slipped from his
mind. Then Norton went away to
/ school and to college and ten years
rolled around. One summer when he
was home from college, Norton was
driving a farm team along the road
when he saw ahead of him man on
a l.
chap who had made him run that
| time to avoid a one-sided fight.
They had met a few times since that
] day, but this meeting was noteworthy
for the fact that Norton CHANGED to
recall the day the other fellow chased
/ him. He hadn't thought of it before
/ for several years, and now the recol-
lection gave him a feeling of humilia-
/ ton.
! ITO think that that guy once made
me rum" reflected Norton, Hunt"
The more he thought about it, as he
I drove along, the more he regretted he
| had not put up fight even if he got
licked. Nothing could be less brave
| than TO run away from a fight.
He speeded up his team and over
| took the man.
"Mornin', PATTI" said the man, cor
| daily.
How are you, sam?" greeted Nor
by the way" went on Norton,
pleasantly, do you remember the day
when we were kids that we called
| each other names and you chased me
up the road?''
Now that you speak of it, 1 do"
replied the man.
We'll" remarked Norton. Il don't
hold it against you at all. but l just
| happened to think of IL and ii sort of
hurts my pride to think that l ran
/ away. So l guess We'll have to fix
| it up"
What do you mean?" asked the
man.
simply this: "I'n never feel right
bout il till I've given you a licking
! I'm sorry. but that's the notion I've
taken about it,"
But you can't lick me-" pointed out
the man.
I'M show you" said Norton. and he
began to take off his coat.
He did show him. too.
/ Rep. James Manahan of Minnesota
| is young person with the hair and
complexion Of a Scandinavian, but the
/ pedigree of an irishman. And he has
knack at plausible argument. He
! Will argue about anything at all and
/ often can convince one that he is
right
From earliest boyhood Manahan
/ liked to argue. One of the things he
used 10 argue about was the distribu-
| ton of household chores. II was
great disappointment TO him that he
/ could not have been born into a larger
family where many hands would
make light work. He had only II
brothers and sisters, and so each one
had a great deal of work 10 do. Mana
han always contended that he got
more than his share Of chores sim
ply because he was good-natured
II am perfectly willing TO do it,"
he would say, when his mother as
signed him TO 2. task but I want it
understood that I always do much
more. than my share"
And he would take 10 or l. min
/ ureS to emphasize this point and make
il perfectly clear.
one ga, in evaporation, his moth
er said
Jimmy. you'n drive us all crazy
with your constant talk. talk talk
You1l never he fit for anything when
you grow up unless it would be law
ler''
That served as a suggestion and
young Jimmy determined then and
there to be a lawyer.
These are times. you nnow, OF in
vestigations 1t is a dull day when
. congress hasn't some kind OF an in
vestigation on. Jimmy Manahan was
looked upon In Minnesota as busy
little investigator. He did lot OF in
+ vestigating of Pullman rates and
charges for both the lowers and the
Z uppers were made lower. This in
Testigating turn Of mind began TO
show itself in little Jimmy at an early
axe. He always desired 10 know what
was inside of everything. Once his
father saved and struggled until ne
had enough money 10 buy a thrashing
machine. They tested il out. found
IL IN good working order and the day
came for the thrashinE. Nei-hb0rs
came 20 help in the work ard il was
TO be a big event During the noon
hour they missed little jimmy. He
was out investigating the WORKINGS o.
The thrasher and had Z all apart. Not
q man among them could aut Do to-
! gether again. The thraShinr had to
be postponed until they could get a
| man from the factory 20 come on and
! undo Jimmy's investigation.
| Copyright. 1914, by Fred c. Kelly.
i All rights reserved.)