Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-18
WHERE HE LOST MEAT
But Hlllman, Who Thrlved on Stolen
Hogs, Was Willing to Make
Sacrifice for the Sake
Of the Party
BY WILLIAM ATHERTON DU PUY
SENATOR PAT HARRISON, OF Missis-

which henchman of one faction. living in
the hills, was sadded with the responsibility
of organizing that district.
All went well until the opposition Dcgan
to assert boldly that this man was no less
active as u purloiner of his neighbors hogs
than as a political liner-up OF votes. lhis
talk must be allayed. and it was suggested
that pledge. of reform, indorsed BY COM
pe1Snt authority, must De issueG;, a..
Inc county boss called the hilln'un On .ng
CARPET ana talked plainly TO 1iIn ii ne sasa sasa
ina. .hat ~ was necessary to pGli'lca success thoso
from those ways which were so open to crltl-
clsm and lay off the shoats OF ms nelghpo,rs
he would be presented each iall Wheh tnc
cold nights OF November rohed arounu WIN
Two prize porkers.
.,..il Inc hliinah sctatcheu MS he"u III 'o"'er'
plat,rye co,nSideration. .,,u !. :. ,,.
I'm Wen, ne said hnallv, IL uo IT. ou' l
VIII ioee "ea''
Senator John Sharp Williams. of Missis-
sippi, is n devoted student Of the classics
and his references TO them sometimes are
bit hard for his associates to follow
Not long ago he met another Senator, and
lar in parts of the country where folks are
so old fashioned as to go to church and use
the phraseolopy of the preacher, greeted him
as follows:
Good morning. brother" he said.
Noieriuslun sense' suiu S'na'or "nhai'S'
ahn "a; passeu On. .,.J Tee. III
snnt aSSyIte W;il; was d mh1S Ta I,u
r;d%a oa;d .hnt na,,iI or,. to bis n'annou y,
S5|s ea,u 'na' couiu aPPl! " n'' in"H'ef Vi
auIruse Thas It., ro,o.,s
,.n, nisn. he soL I uon1 niJ J1t.t6s'' "ns
PeruseE Lne poet long ana s1 ihuustrious,E. , "A
sLeaI st nsnt proke wnen ne iounu '1t i'ls IN II.
.It Mnicr ,no poet salu sornGthins my ~ 'ue ehec'
'naI ne was protner 10 'he ass
Jobn Garland ballard 10 viry;,ia, CON.
tloronr - Ia - ani,oaI ond - ,,nm,ho. 20
tha Eador,i suoSa o Cnu,n,i"s;an EnsLi,n -
ton sur,nor 5o,., no,.or hncon,o ca ornrnssis,o
,In. In forao. NV n,ont tI,t n.;a,,e
on'u.n Us st'? iot I " ,,at,, '4a' 10
IL ;;aa 20 S.o' ,, .ha atL ~ LAM In Co.
;rstarco oe Ill po'J vi. ~ oi 1l
lnssaee, y. "hlch d. i aui iouer' tne Sec
nc W. g. St .ue Vas u iiel,iD''
for StorI;na ~ SamtL Dokoto hod bnan
,ndor d,annSe;on anI moa in ,ho ,'"i,do nf
tho nro'', ne ''''on anu wac '' '''' ii'''u" Vi
So v.bnn Mr yodor ;r+rodrood ,bo cor,-
missioner r. Sonator EorriS ho ;nod.ortonti,
caIIod Tho iottnn .oSo,otor Storiinn ;, n'h,r
bn corroctoJ bin,.olr nmJ oroIoai1nS i"e'
.|Tbo mistnEo u'os ~ inginoi nuo ,, s,;d
Commissinnor Do,IorJ ..Vo,, ,i.oro h;,,i;nu
of the gontIor,on's oIolitino rotbor thn
nc
"'' "'''''
mandant of thr Marine Corns remembers
very wildly the first dav of his arrival ot
the Naval Academy nf Annnnolis moro
than forty years ago.
He remembers rarticulorlv the first nool
which he ate in the mess hnlI Of that insti.
tuition. He remembers that there were many
other BOYS. who, like him. were dining for
the first time under the rigid discipline of
the naval school. p'
who industriously prepared for mastication
n large sweet potato. lie carved the peeling
from this potato and reduced 1t to that pal
atable form where every morsel was ready
for purposes of melting in the mouth. Then,
quite deXterously and without any injury "a
his person. he proceeded to his work with
no other aid than the knife in his good right
hand.
No one said word In n few moments
GIo ,,t a.. Iao.'SsiTM on ol WATERS pegan 70
nle l'ast Inc scat OF thls Eouhgster, and each
WI, r'Io.o o'oSsmI torh ana deposited II by
ni, III p,"'eo t1"o. .nere was an array OF these
ulIn ~ eul!ne that proVlded oarrler ike
o,tinoI', W, ~. sicnleht' whlcn reached
'nTrteiE TE AROUND the piate OF the oitender.
,,onna. va" ;r nJ fi'sh nrst example OF the
manner III Whlch MS government proceeds
agent for conducting its wars.
Senator Henry Ashurst. of Arizona, an
other OF the contestants for the honors of
oeing leading student Of history in Con-
gress, now that Champ Clark is gone, ap-
pears with an observation on Presidents.
All the holders of that high office, he saws,
WIN very 1ew exceptions like Washing
accident, II might Lonnen 70 oImnst o ~
body, p''" ~ "'"'''' any
n.
obias 80 soIn .n lanes lanes ISert, recently appointed
oiIeL VI tle rcueral bureau or Education, is
be tbo 5iI' Sn",h "h, ~. HnC l1rty. lie used to
basket boII o1d IT,. iu.!onck' % nung wicked
as n Rh"Jo" sch"ior "iarr so,ns over 10 England
% a. L. nI'T1cs ITas srnolar' rowed with the crew
one would say. has succeeded Dr. ICInIion
r,
Inc name or George Is. McGinty is signed
10 no less than 5000 communications that
emerge every dny from the Interstate Gam