South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-06

all the police force in town. Under
stand we do not wish to be ugly about
this thing, but we intend to have a
place TO sleep. Kindly see what you
can do"
Within three-quarters Of an hour
the correspondents ha6 "a beds and
cots in a large sample room on the
second floor and were making them
selves comfortable.
Just as they were ready for bed, a
disturbing sound arOse-the sound of
several men down on the sidewalk be-
low in a heated political argument
One declared that il would be impOs-
sible to maintain the parties between
gold and silver at the ratio Of Is to 1.
Win" Thomas, brother of Gus
Thomas the playwright. went TO the
window in a ssit of Japanese silk pa
jamas with lovely flowers embroider-
ed down the front. When he mussed
his hair up he looked not unlike VIII
liam Jennings Bryan, and the crowd
yelled.
Thomas lifted his hand in a Bryan
like command for silence, and ad-
dressed the multitude, saying:
You declare that we cannot main
tain the parties between the metals at
the ratio of Is to 1. I tell you that
we can. (Applause). We can 10 so
err nation. (Cheers). / don't know
exactly how we can do il. but il can
be done. Now then, having settled
I that go home you night prowling
hoOdlurns, and let me get some sleep,
that 1 may maintain the parties be-
tween slumber and wakefulness. I bid
you one and all goodnight"
The most Chesterfeldian person
I 4 hOnf &c ~
clerk to the senate committee on APP
preparations. Besides being a man Of
| handsome presence and ingratiating
personality, he has a never-failing
fund of courtesy on tap for prince or
pauper. and all-cOmers. without pull
and without price. And Rea is court
eOuS without stopping over. He
| doesn't so flying about scraping his
! feet. begging pardon. saying After
you" or any of that stuff but simply
/ in quiet, orderly, and transformations
/ manner operates, on a high-grade,
| dignified basis Of I'VE strive to
! please"
This is not a paid advertisement for
Rea, but he would be worth about
! 100000 a year to the complaint de-
/ partment OF some big corporation.
/ One wouldn't have the heart to kick
about a gas bill, for example, after
/ talking it over with Rea.
A few mornings ago. an old colored
woman dropped into several offices
about the capitol on an errand that
! seemed important TO her. She had
met up with several professional crabs
/ in her morning travels before she
\ went in TO state her wants to Rea.
In a few minutes she came out
shaking her head solemnly and NUT
tering:
''Um-um-ml Such a LOVELY
gempman. SUCH a lovely gemp-
mani"
Representative Denis OLeary Of
New York. simply can't get himself
! accustomed or hardened to- the
amount of time devoted to talk in
congress.
Nearly every day he looks into the
chamber. shakes his head sadly. and
walks back to his Office.
''If I were the chaplain" he re-
marked one day shortly after he first
came to congress, II would quit pray
ing for the members of congress and
pray for the country"
Representative Cary of Wisconsin.
by the way. has hit on 2 scheme to re-
duCe the amount of t.-iiII1 I'm congress-
My play" says Cary, would be to
! let each man talk five minutes, any
| time he can get the recognition OF the
chair. and for each minute he talks
beyond that make him pay out of his
salary what ii cost the country to
have congress in session-about S12
a minute. l believe IL is.
There would be one trouble" con-
cedes Cary. land that is that a lot of
| members would go home at the close
of a session fat broke. leaving their
families in comparatively want"
And right in that same connection,
the other day Representative a. w.
/ Lafferty sat figuring with a pencil on
a piece Of paper.
Well it's too much for me-" he re-
marked with a yawn. after he had
been at his task some few minutes. Il
never was much Of a hand at figures
anyhow"
And what are you trying TO fig
ure?" was the next question.
I was trying to estimate" replied
Isafferty. how many fir trees must
be cut down each year to make wood
pulp 70 make white paper TO make the
pages of the Congressional Record
that Jim Mann over yonder covers
with language"
| Copyright 1914. by Fred c. Kelly.