The Washington herald., 1920-08-23
Browsing Round in
Politics
BY LABERT ST. CLAIR.
Bill Wood Murmurs.

Representative Will Wood, of
Indiana. writes that the Repub-
licans are going to win hands down
out in his State and that he will be
back on the job in Congress, as usual.
this year. He predicts this because
he says folks are taking him a bit
more seriously as a Representative
than they did as a lawyer when he
first started to practice, and adds
this tale:
While at home on my first vaca-
tion from law school. a man living
in our town concluded that he
would break up Housekeeping. and
undertook to do il very precipitate-
ly. He loaded up with corn juice.
went down to the house occupied by
himself and wife and commenced
throwing the furniture out of the
, window. The wife screamed, at
tracing the attention OF some of
! the neighbors- who came in and ar
| rested him.
The offender had no lawyer. so
| the old Justice OF the peace. before
| whom the case was to be tried. sug-
J gested that II would be good prac-
tice for me. rendered my services
I to the defendant and they were
! readily accepted. The hour came for
the trial. The little office was
crowded, most OF the spectators be-
| ing my companions. who were anX-
/ ious to see an exhibition of my
| legal ability. The defendant was
prancing up and down in about six
! feet of space, at one side OF the
! table, at one end of which l was
| sitting and the justice of the peace
! at the other end, and the wife i'm
/ mediately across the table from
! him. We were waiting for the
prosecutor, who was delayed. The
! defendant would first glare at his
wife. then at the justice of the
! peace, and then look suspiciously
at me. He kept this up for quite a
| little time. and l could not under
! stand its meaning, but soon l found
out when my client, after assuming {
a dramatic pose, yelled at the top
! of his voice:
Bill Wood, discharge you from
this case l will be blamed if l will
have any man act as my lawyer
who sits here and winks and blink s
at my wife
! Joe Bailey, who has been stirring 6
up things a bit down in Texas by
running for governor. always had
! fixed notions about States rights
Republicans"
| Il have heard" he said one day
while engaged in debate with the
! late Senator Spooner. OF Wisconsin
of a white crow and a black swan
| but a States rights Republican
| never"
Course Uneasy.
! Defeat of Representative Thetus
g.. Fa,- Txy,
nessee caused great surprise in
Democratic circles and removed
from the House an outstanding hg-
ure of twenty years. He once was
chairman OF the Interstate and For,
eign Commerce Committee. one OF
the biggest assignments in the
House.
1 Although Sims always has beer
returned to the House by a. large
majority heretofore, his course ha:
mot been an easy one. One of Rep
resentatIve Mann's pet pastimes
when he was the Republican lead
err seemed to be to stir up Sims
and he did II as only Mann could
Again, Sims and Washipgto-
banker engaged in a set-to in on'
Of the Capitals parks. and th'
banker was forced by the Hous'
TO apologize. AS chairman of hi
committee Sims carried big losC
and came in for a lot of pulling
and hauling. Still, in the term
iof our great national psstime, al
. though he was not always pitching
shut out ball, he always was OF
the job trying.
Sims is the father-in-law Of Loui
Brownlow. commissioner Of the Dis
trict of Columbia, and one Of Pres
, ident wilson's closest persona
friendA