Evening star., 1916-12-03

be the leading feature in the life of
each.
Writing on the subject to the author
of this column, Mr.. Tiller casts all dis
cretioh to the winds, and says:
Merely matter of information |
informed you in previous letter that
this is prohibition territory. 1t is i'm
material 10 me- However. | have al
ways been interested in the resource
fulness of the blind tiger. Whenever
I hear of a new way OF getting around
the prohibition laws ] wonder what
that particular tiger might have done
in the legitimate fields of industry.
There are two kinds of liquor here.
One is brought in for personal use by
the traveller who spends the day in New
Orleans and returns to the arid spaces
at night. 1t consists of the recognized
brands. The other sort is the fire wa
ter stuff: the kind that makes a tim1d.
henpecked man bold enough to go right
up and grab live wire.
Now, what has prohibition to do with
fishing; especially fishing in the Gulf of
Mexico. where there are no snakes nor
snake bites? Just this-without being
specific as to the particular spot the
long gulf coast extending from Pensa-
cola TO New Orleans:
You may 20 to certain fisherman
so they say-and express commendable
curiosity about oysters. shrimp, red
other matters. He will take YOU out and
show you lines set to catch the festive
fish. Draw one up and thereH probab bly,
be fish on ii.
But what if you appear genuinely
thirsty and do not have the appearance
of a prohibition detective Convince that
fisherman you're on the level and he will
go to line No. 90 No. Is. give it a
long pull, and there. dangling on the
hook. is one of the most realistic quarts
of liquor every caught from the sea.
It's cooled by the waters of the Gulf
OF Mexico and bubbles with expectancy
over the approach of the corkscrew.
by pulling up lines here and there one
might find a half dozen bottles of cold
beer.
IF the evidence-seeker comes it's a
comparatively simple thing to snip the
line and. the fish gets off the hook and
takes line and all on out to sea: Could
anything be more battling? Albeit the
law officers are alert. and Alabama and
Mississippi are strong for prohibition.
aside from the varied kind OF fish
ing. the gulf coast country is a wonder
spot. No trouble to get up d winter
game of golf under sunny skies. and the
links will skirt an orange or pecan grove.
flower garden or field. where yellow
yams are awaiting sale at 81 bushel"
y ss s9s s
From the Lone Star state comes an
other congressman who may take his
place in the legislative vaudeville along
with jeff McLemore. the quietest mem
Der of the House: Cyclone Davis. the
loudest member of the House. and the
ever famous giant of the Eeed regime,
Buck Kilgour. the only man in his
tory who broke quorum by kicking
his way out of the House-right
through the door panel
JEFF McLemore, for a quiet man and a
baby member, managed to stir up the
biggest turmoil of the entire Congress
by his resolution TO warn Americans
from travelling on armed ships. Cyclone
Davis. for one thing. beat all records
at appearing on the floor without a col
lar for the longest consecutive period,
and now comes Thomas Bianton, of Abi-
lene. TEX. who has an entirely new
code Of ideas for the conduct of Con-
gress
Mr. Blanton succeeds Representative
Smith of Texas. who was not .enomi-
mated. Mr.. Blanton started out on the
presumption that Congress does not
work enough. He read in the papers
that the Senate and House convene at
noon and adjourn between > o'clock and
e--This. he said, is obtaining money
undertake. pretenses:
"I believe" he shouted from the
stumy. that Congress should do a days
work believe that when the labor
ing man on the railroad on the farm
and in the factories is doing his hardest
work, the congre ssmen. whom we elect
and whom we pay our hard earned co!P,
should be at work also ! believe that
the luxury Of the ruling classes should
be relegated 20 the scrap heap. Boys,
when / am elected by your help I pro-
pose to work for a schedule of hours
that will see Congress convene at
o'clock every morning and adjourn at -
o'ci"ck svery night.
Mr. Blauton announced also from the
stump that he would see to il that Joe
Tumulty's job at the White House is
vacated as coon he arrives in Wash
ington. and that the position of seCre-
: tary 10 the President be flied by u ma
tional election. All postmasters, he
saws. will be should he fred from
L.. oil
ton.
These new ideas gave him plenty of
campaign material and he was never at
loss for speech Sometimes he would
fe r-mSrlF al "hef up ard in the
frenzy Of Texas oratory he would say
som" surprising things A. one time.
when he was engaged in joint debate
upon the same platform with his op
ponent he wound himself up and let
loose an avalanche of charges against
his friend. the enemy. The opponent
stood there with his ewes growing wild
CT and wider every moment He never
heard himself called many names,
and. finally. after he had lost his tenn
per. ne lsap"d out to the center of the
stage and roared:
Say that again and III knock you
over the head with chair"
And then the smiling Blanton went
down to the edge Of the platform and
said In soft voice and disparagin
manner:
See how my opponent acts. No
DotSe NO pOiSe- Who wants to send a
man like that to Washington
Being Of economical turn of mind.
NJ Blanton would drive around the
country in old suit OF clothes, with
carefully pressed new suit in valise
in the buggy beside him. on the
outskirts of town where he was to
make a speech he would pull up by the
roadside and change his clothes under
meath the fair Texan skies. On one Of
these momentous occasions he whirled
his TROUSERS around his head so that he
let them fly. They landed on the horse
The animal frightened and ran
away, taking the old trousers his
neck and the new trousers in the bug
KY. In this position the candidate for
Congress was rescued bv friends who
brought him extra clothing.
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Another example OF practical politics
has come to light. Half dozen west
era republican consressmen were dis
.cussing the plight Of their party in
the west. ard one of them gave utter
ance to this:
You fellows, of course, know what
bitter nOiSOu there is to the far west