The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-01-23
STORIES OF STATESMEN
By Fred c. Kelly.

from Boston New England. is to
know instlnrtNey that Jimmy is
/ live wire lie /, the type Of man who,
on finding that one way to do Il thing
win not du, promptly tries another
way In the course Of his campaign
last fall Jimmy aud his opponent
/ held outdoor meetings one night al
most within hundred Yards NJ each
other llmmy's opponent hud some
good cheer leaders and they sent up
ruusug cry Of CNultutiOu that was eN-
lrrmrly yeNatluus tu the GAlNyan
crowd. All that the GuliNunltps need
ed was leader and they could hive
! rheered loud enough ~ drown ont the
noise of the rival gathering Suddenly
they had leader 4 brisk, athletic.
|Qlly-bullt little man with sandy
rhuStnchc stepped forth, began to ~
/ Ttr his arms aud yelled
Come ON now boys Three rous
|iug cheers for Jimmy GHllvan."
After the crowd had raised Il stir
ring cheer. the leader sIgnalled for
them 10 do II ul over again They
did 1t In Il munurr that was tribute
To the skin Of the cheer master.
There win now be- q brief pause for
the benefit " those who desire 10
know who the alert Young lender was
who stepped forth and saved the day,
or the evening, for the Gallynn side.
The leader wa- Jimmy G0lllyNn--
IrCnc other.
Somebody hud Do do It." explains
Gallivan. "Ilow could expect some
other fellow to hulIrr for Gulnyan II
wouldn't do It myself
Congressman George X Smith Of
Minneapolis IL fond of hunting and
takes great pride In the ownership Of
Il costly setter dog Of noble birth one
| day an old man who was acting Hs
guide for the hunt came near making
la lifelong enemy of Smith 10y rritlciZ
Ing the dogs technique In the field
"The dogs perfectly all right de
rlGred Smith, Indignantly ~ wouldn't
trade him for any dog | ever saw,
only he doesn't get quite enough cN-
crclse I'm busy and have to keep
him penned up good deal lie ought
| to have more exercise and that would
/ improve his hunting
Has he got any nr0-t inquired
the old man
should say not replied Smith I'm
suited That dog has bis bath every
week the same as ! hope you do
/ why don't you give him few
/ fIrns"
what do you mean give him fenst
/ Why should I want q fine dog like
him to have fleas"
well" opincd thr guide thought
fully, they'd give him exercise
At the time the Hay Paunccfote
treaty was the big Talk about the
state department the newspaper cor
respondents were wondering what
day II would be- signed. There was u
possibility that the Information would
not be made public until some days
after the signing was done aud such
"A delay seemed IN the correspondents
highly Objectionable They desired To-
know NJ once Elmer PAYNE. who was
covering the department for the AssO.
ciatcd Press, found ont by means " a
funny little bit Of observation. He
happened tO notice cOlured messen.
ger walking briskly along the corridor
with stick Of sealing wax in his
hand. s..a...
Where are you gdfug" asked FL.
mer gruffly.
rs taking this into the secrctary's
office" frankly replied the messenger
"Theys fiXm' { drip some wax on
sump'n,"
Elmer was able tn make good
guess as to the piper ON which the
wax seal was 10 go. Aud he succeed
cd In verifying his CHESS II was the
Hay Pauncefote treaty
Only Bill Kettnrr would have
thought ot the scheme that this little
story is going to tell about Blll II a
member ~ congress from san Diego,
.lul, but before that he was II life In
suruncc agent. lie WAS u successful
HE insurance man too We are assur.
ud and though naturally ~ cheer.
lul disposition made % great deal of
money 10y dispensing large quantities
.ul gloom Whenever hr met man
. who wore the pink flush " robust
health upon his check Rlll would be
gin IN talk of the uncertainty NJ life
soon he would have that healthy man
su upprehcnsiye lest he die ere night.
, .ull. that he would hasten IN take out
more Insurance
Then Bin went into politics, and
p this last fall hc gut something like
NOOO Democratic plurality In what
WIS ordinarily % strongly Republican
district
Now We come to the sample in
q stance uf UlDs rrsourcefulness, lie
, made % speech % while ago that he
desired certain Republicans In his
district Nv read There were about
six or seven persons IN particular that
5 Dee wanted to have read the speech all
B through word Of T. He knew
well enough that II he merely mailed
n tu them In the usual manner, they
would glance at II Just long enough
, t0 See whose speech It was and ther
throw II into the waste basket s,
1.-The situation required strategy AZ
tor great deal Of thought nill sal
down and dictated letters TO 90 with
each speech, somewhat m follows
"My dear sir---I trust you viii par
don me for mentioning your name IN
II speech which recently delivered
In the house, but ! thought the uyca
sion was one where n was unl, prop
or 10 give credit where credit Is due
| hone you viii take the reference In
the speech 20 yourself u the sam,
, spirit that prompted II m iurlos
l ing copy of the speech
4 In the course ~ events krttner
got reply to each ouu NJ these let
tiers All read substantially M fol
lows
b "I do not understand ,our recent
/. letter accompanying copy NJ your
/, speech | have read the speech clear
: through twice aud dU NOT find any
reference In II to mo
"Thp pulut Is" UiN urntp ko,ly