The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-06-23
Congressman Suggests That Senator
=. Lewis James Can Answer Cues
ton, Whats in Name?''
OUTGR0WTH OF SMALL MATTER
Gallery Cards the Direct Couse-Con.
fusion Between the Word Full,
m-Jams and Prohibition.


now write the story of the revolt Of
the Jameses. .+..rt /. r.
Shakespeare has to say something
of "a rose by any other name smell
ing as sweet" and then he asks,
What is in name!" Senator
James Hamilton Lewis can answer
part All the other Jameses have
proceeded to answer the other part.
A convention of all the Jameses of
the senate was called and expressed
charged to be an attempt on the part
of Senator James Hamilton Lewis to
eliminate the James from his name.
True, he seldom writes more than
Jas.-newspaper seldom put more
than J.
The whole revolt grew from very
small matter, and it is small matters
which have produced the great
things Of the senate. History rec
ords that it was only a very little
resolution, involving the matter of
some public lands in the West, which
brought on the great debate between
Webster of Massachusetts and Hayne
of South Carolina, and from which
secession ensued. The little thing
in this instance was little card
81 Of a
visitors in the senate gallery. This
card shows the position of each seat
and the name of the senator occupy
ing it and the card is small, neces-
sarily, and with the new men who
lately came in the senate, the cards
have been changed. The doorkeeper
of the senate approached Senator
Lewis, as he had approached others,
as to an Authorization of his name
because of the smallness of space.
Other senators abbreviated with mi
tiaIs. He asked Senator Lewis
which he would leave off, the James
or the Lewis or the printing of the
card, and it was suggested by the
senator to leave off the James. The
chief Of the printing department re-
ported this change of Senator Lewis
to the printing office, and promptly
it went to the public.
Then it was the Jameses of the
senate arose in revolt, headed by the
Senator James A. O'Gorman, to
which was added James A. Reed If
Missouri, and then the massive fig
ure and swaying avordupois of Sen
atOr James of Kentucky. These men
were supplemented by Senator James
X. Vardaman of Mississippi, and
then solemnly came in Senator
Shields Of Tennessee, followed by
Senator James P. Clarke of Arkan-
sas, Senator James H. Brady Of
Idaho and Senator James E. MARITIME
of New Jersey. Their protest was
that Senator Lewis was casting away
the Jameses. They said this elm
nation of the Jameses reflected up
on that great race of men. They de-
manded that if he throw away any
thing it be the Hamilton-that that
referred to a fine race of horses.
Senator James in his speech gave
the history of the James family from
the time of creation. Senator Reed
of Missouri added the record of that
particular branch known as Jesse
James from Missouri. Thus, one af-
ter the other, until it came to Sena-
tor Shields of Tennessee, who has
been a chief justice of Tennessee and
a great biblical scholar, and he fol-
lowed with the statement that one
of the followers of the Lord was q
James, and among the apostles nc
name of Hamilton could be discOv-
cred. Senator Lewis was sent for
He was brought into the room anG
the resolutions of protest and the
- threats of indignation very freely
poured upon him. Senator O'Gor,
man in his speech pointed out thai
whatever there was of greatness ane
power to Lewis came from. the Jane:
part, and argued that James was
made up of two elements-Jim ant
James, that James could often be
jammed and James could be jimmed
and both would make jim-jam. AT
ter the other addresses the protes
was unanimous, and Senator Levi:
addressed the body, stating that q
he now discovered it was their de
sire that he retain his name even up
on the card to distinguish the posi-
ton of greatness, and as they fel
that the only responsibility the!
could hereafter secure for themselve
was in his retaining their name ant
carrying it upon his reputation, on
of regard for some hope of their owl
future, and to offset the credit upol
them that they sought by being
named after him-he would canoe
his order and demand the full name
James Hamilton Lewis, to remain.
Then it was that John Sharp Will
liams, who had come to the conven
ton as the other man of three names
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