The Washington herald., 1914-05-06
Statesmen, Real and Near.
BY FRED c. KELLY.

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Shortly after his defeat for Congress
year ago last fall. former Represen-
tatiye James Carson Needham, Of Cali
fornia, bumped into william Kettner
who had been elected from the San
Diego district of that State. Need
ham spoke of moving from his town
of Modesto to Los Angeles or some
large city to have a bigger field In
which to practice law.
Come to San Diego, suggested
Kettner Hospitality.
Il guess It is a good town." admit
ted Needham.
Good town. should say 1t was.
went on Kettner. DO not think OF
going anywhere except San Diego.
We need more lawyers there. oh.
come and be one Of US. We have room
enough for all. San Diego's the place
for you"
Kettner used TO be an insurance
agent and when he talks can make
anything seem plausible and logical
At the end OF an hour. he had Need
ham talked into moving to San Diego.
He is now a resident of that town
And what do you suppose he is fixing
to do? Why, he's going to run for
Congress against Kettner. Inasmuch
as Kettner would not otherwise have
had any opposition for reelection, ne
is aIf-inclined to think that hospi-
taIity can be overdome. He will have
a care after this about whom he In
vites into his district.
Although he does a good deal Of
travelling over the country. Senator Moses
E. CIapp, OF Minnesota, rarely travels
at night This Is not due to any preJu-
dice against sleeping in one OF the Pull
man Company's berths. either He jour
neys by daylight simply because he
likes to do SO. Not long ago he and
Younger man had to go on a trip Of
fourteen hours or more. and the other
man naturally proposed that they go on
night train
why do you want to go at night
asked Clapp. as IL the idea OF night
travel was a brand new wrinkle.
To save time, Of course" replied the
man. "One has to sleep. anyhow. Other
wise one wastes an entire day
Waste a day. exclaimed Clapp. 'On
a train Whatre you talking about?
Why a trains the very place Of all places
where YOU don't need to waste your
time. You sit In your office and people
come in TO interrupt you and you can
fritter away an hour or two without ac-
a thing. But on train
there's the place TO devote yourself TO
quiet reflection and think out things.
Nearly every good thing l ever did
carefully thought out first while looking
out the window of a train. No. indeed.
you don't get me to go at night unless
have to- The chance to have a nice
long day on the train is too precious 10
let go by"
So they journeyed by daylight.
When Andrew Carnegie was visiting
a while ago he fell into con-
with Josephus Daniels, SeCre-
tary OF the Navy. and gave Daniels a
long dissertation about his morning
flashes" For years he has been having
morning flashes said Andy. and they
have had much TO do with his success in
life. He gets out OF bed with his mind
refreshed and clear. and something
flashes into his head that he never
thought OF hefore-some brand new idea.
or a sudden inspiration for a new line OF
procedure. Invariably he has acted on
these notions that pop into his head early
In the morning. and they have worked
out for the best.
Daniels was greatly impressed with
CarneGie's talk about the morning
flashes. As soon as Andy brought the
thing to Daniels attention. he recalled
lNdN lbbr Hdu pAAtll Udu just sAtl
flashes. but had foolishly neglected. in
many Instances. to act on them. From
that time on. whenever Daniels has had
a morning fash. he has tackled II right
down and used II.
A man who looked as if he might want
came along and sought an
appointment with Uncle jeremiah Dono-
van. member Of Congress from Con-
neCticut.
IN see you at my Office at O'Clock"
promised Donovan. But he forgot about
the appointment and was not in his
office at l o'clock.
The man caught him finally and up
braided him for not keeping the tryst-
What time were you there" asked
Donovan
This afternoon at /"
oh. | guess | must have meant ! a.
M" said Donovan. as he started toi
walk away.
What hours can you be reached at
home?" pursued the man.
Hum. Somebody asked my wife that
once" replied Donovan. and she said:
Well. he's almost invariably at home
and in the morning"
Donovan has a habit OF saying the
more or less unexpected When he first
,ame 10 Congress he fell into converse /
tion with an old member and mentioned f,
one or two important committees he
wished 10 be on.
You couldn't any more get on those ,
declared the old member. .
than you could jump over the dome of |
he Capitol over yonder"
Donovan looked over at the dome, !
studied it intently for a few moments, /
and then remarked in tone of con-
;iction:
I believe ! could jump the blamed ,
hing"
Copyright, 1914 by Fred c. Kelly. All rights re- /
served
Morning Smiles.