The sun., 1916-09-04

right. IL was written nome iro'" WASH"
ington by Fltzhush OF IeNas' q sovu
natured but rather unsoph'stiea'eu c''-
zen VINO was DoorKeepcr OIL ,"e s 'o
OF Representatives curing tne ave
part OF Grant SECOND TERM. '"
Of the ~self-laudatory remark Jay III 'ne
fact that the Doorkeeper OF 'he r,ou'o
dispensed a eood many pa'rohase piu,'s
ana ne was Accordingly o'eT""e'n'eo Wy
the attentions OF congressman WIN NC
sired House appointments TOT 'ne'r ~"
stituents ana otner ounce seeheIS'
II may be noted IN PASSING 'na' tne
patronage controlled oy the i'oorkeepe.
or the House IS IN the Senate con'ro''e'
ny It's rue Se'se""'0
at-Arms or the HOUSE wh''e an I'M
portant oincer' mas rev oWces "'tn'n Ms
gift. lie IL paymaster OF mat pou!'
function vested In the secretary OF the
Senate. who. In other respects CORE
sponds to the CLERK OF the Rouse. anu
the CLERK or the House Is not the th'et
Clerk. the latter OFFICER beinS a mere
subordinate scribe. an compared win the
powers and duties OF the Clerk
The Texas delegate who asked NJ the
the ofices"' was. as I remember. the son
.! John w. Flanagan. who was senator
from Texas In the early ''Os and one OF
the wits or that BODY when II NUMBERED
among It's members statesmen or tire
type OF Sumner Tru'nbuil. Cohk'ins'
Thurman. Edmunds. Watt, Carpenter.
oliver r. Morton. Frank Biair ana the
Ike. Blaine being the speaker OF the
House. HIS fising TO ADDRESS the senate
always caused the other senators ana
the galleries to square themselves Tor
an intellectual treat. as waa tile case
also with other humorous speakers. such
as Jim Nye or Nevada. Tipton OF
Nebraska and T. t. MeCreery OF Ken
lucky. McCreery was a somewhat IN
dolent old man. but his oratory was
classically magnificent. Flanagan. wh'le
a humorous taIker. was essentially prac-
tical. and the remark OF his son showed
him in practical politics to he a chip
on the old block. That was BEFORE the
Senate began TO decay before. for
example. the era when inddleoergcr OF
Virginia called the attention OF the SEN
ate to the fact that February :. was APP
preaching and moved that on that day
the Senate. as a mark OF respect. ad-
1ourn and proceed In a body to Mount
Vernon. TO the tomb or I've immortal
Washington 'and there view mo re-
MAINS
In regard 10 Ochiltree. your veteran
IN national politics correctly sizes MN
uP' as a 'pesRy old rascal. the cheeRiest
devil that cver lived who always APP
propr'ated everything ana declared h''n-
self the author OF most sayings known
I, men, lie was. however. a 'char-
acter' or national! reputation because o!
his colossal impudence n M~unchausen-
isms. An early instance OF his nerve Is
historic. his changing the sign on the
ONCE door. upon being admitted into
partnership. TO Thomas =. Ochiltree q
Father. Attorneys at Law The sur
prise OF the old Judge must have been
equal TO the shock experienced by thai
eminent Juris'' the eider 'ohKl!ng' VINO
was introduced TO a New YORK audience
by a ltr handed master OF ceremonies
as Judge Alfred conkline. rather or our
d~istinSuished senator, Roscoe Conklins.
Little d!d ! ever dream. said the
Judge, as ne addressed ms leilow citi-
zens' "that ! should ever I'VE 10 see the
DAY when To 'he people OF this state !
should be introduced az the rather OF
my own SOL
'Vhlitr'e nap OF appfoprlatihs say
lhgs OF o'hefS was wei known' out some
OF the stories m'sh' wei! nave been au-
'heht'' as oFs'ha'hs win MIN Snch'
'or instance was inc yarn ne useu 10
'ei ABOUT now. "heh IN far's' ne saw
James "ordoh b'hhett schd an expensive
'"o'eRram 10 'he h''"io' ana now ne
anipiiNei 'he news mo 4 despatch long
'h"uSh 10 Hi All 'he PAGES Oh ms own
paper IN ieSas ''he bh9ie' or whateNer
ne s'F'eu i''. me COSY OF the caple-
gram "recNeo we h"9Ie' ne would adh'
nut ! got ancad OF the New YORK
h''d'o lhat was Iom ochi'ree :
s'F'e OF yak !, used 70 ne SAID 'hat
when George AIRED townsend heard
mar Ell ferKins mad charged MN viz
heing one OF the three greatest liars
~ America u" promptly answered
1es' us 'Tue. ana Eli PERKINS, IS the
DINER Two rom ochi!'Tec CLAIMED TINS
"'stihc''oh h'Mseh ana mat the story
feailH was told ABOUT MIN In truth. II
there We're any three greatest liars In
america o'hii'rre was the whole
'hree III one
IFS erection 10 the House o. Represen-
'a'Nes from TeNas ~ NE i"l' OF lSs.
seemed 10 ne u "" HIS term and
s''afN began on ~" Mat'h of 1883.
ouf ne did not 'ahe Ms seat until tho
meeting or congress III December or
mat year, bnrilc the summer. before