The Washington herald., 1914-06-23
Statesmen, Real and Near.
BY FRED c. KELLY.

has a secretary, Hubert Is. funer, WIG
is almost as scholarly as Burton himself
, Although he Is a clean-shaven young man
still in the front part of his 3Os. Fuller
has a dandy collection OF plain and fancy
college degrees and has dashed on num-
Der OF ponderous tones that. would dc
credit 10 the most profound and most
bewhiskered old college professor In the
land
One Of Fuller's books. The Speakers
OF the House. promises to be a standard
work for many years to come, and reads
every whit as learnedly as II il had been
done by James Bryce or Henry Cabot
Lodge. More recently he turned out a
leather bound book dealing with insur-
ance law that weighs seven pounds and a
quarter, stripped. and Is the most COM
plete thing Of its kind that has ever been
attempted
Now, Senator Burton, in connection
with the Panama tolls question was re-
Gently making an exhaustive investiga-
tion or all matters pertaining TO interna-
tional waterways and International pur-
chases Of land. He sent over to the Con-
sressional Library for list Of everything
they had bearing on these points and
picked out about an hundredweight OF
books TO take to his apartments and sift.
whole lot for his purposes was a book
about the size of Robinson Crusoe, but
entitled The Purchase OF Florida" Bur
ton sat up long after all law-abiding
men should have sought their beds, alb
sorbing the tale of the purchase OF
Florida with feverish interest.
The next morning. a triie sleepy from
having been up half the night reading,
but full Of enthusiasm over the kind
Providence that had sent him The Pur-
chase Of Florida" from the library. Bur
ton entered his office with a number OF
books ctutched under his arm.
Fuller remarked the Senator, know
ing his secretary's ready appreciation for
anything really worth while along his
torical lines. here is a book called The
Purchase of Florida that is a remark
able treatise on the very questions We
have been investigating. Had you ever
seen it?"
"Oh. yes. sir" admitted Fuller. swaI-
lowing: 'in fact er-well. to tell you the
il as a thesis to get myself a masters
degree when I was lad at Yale College
up in Connecticut"
Burton stared at Fuller in admiration
for some moments. as he muttered:
We'll, well, wen!"
Alfalfa Bill" Murray, OF Oklahoma,
used to teach school. One day a girl
pupil tripped him up on a big word and
showed him where he had been pronounc-
ing il wrong.
We'll. I'm apt TO go wrong now and
then" admitted Murray. Even the books
have things wrong sometimes He picked
up an arithmetic and remarked that he
had no doubt IL contained mistakes.
A smile of derision showed on the face
Of practically every pupil in the room
They were 10th to believe that the book
could go wrong. Anything between
covers. thought they. was infallible They
thought he was just trying to excuse him.
self
So Murray had to make good. Night
after night he went home and worked at
problems over in the back OF the book.
Finally he struck one that contained a
printers error in the answer He wrote
to the book company. calling their atten-
tion to il. and they sent him a letter
acknowledging the error. Proudly Muir
ray exhibited this letter to his pupils.
He was vindicated.
Kent Cooper. Of the New York Office
of the Associated Press. had his home.
in Brooklyn. robbed one night in his
absence. Among the articles taken were
a lot of silverware and a little leather
card case containing CoopeT's name ano
an address in Indianapolis where he
used 10 live. These articles were reCov-
cred by the police and when they read
the name and address on Cooper's card
case. they indited a letter to the police
at Indianapolis.
! We're not certain that this man
Cooper had anything TO do with the
job wrote the Brooklyn cops. but he
probably will bear watching and We
would like TO know who some of his
pals are.
And there's more to the story. When
Cooper learned that the Brooklyn police
had his silverware. he went to get il.
i doubt II you can have il back. e"
they told him, here Of late we've been
turning most Of that kind Of stun into
the pension fund"
Vice President Marshall promised =
young woman out in Indiana when he
was elected governor OF that State. that
II he ever became President he would
buy her large sumptuOus dinner A
few months ago that young woman
came TO Washington for a visit and re-
minded Marshall of his promise
That's So he admitted. Well, I SUD
pose as things stand now l ought TO buy
you a luncheon"
tCoryrlght I9ILl