The Washington herald., 1922-08-13

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W. HEN william 'McHnisy ~,
Senator John sherman In his
Cabinet the then President stsrted
the organization Of one Of the bssi
whist foursomes around thase parta
OF course Mr.. NcKinley -dfd MOI
know Il at the time. for he hadTe
lot OF things to think about. but :
this 10 the way it happened shsr-
man took with him a. private sscrs-
tary. z. J. Babcock, who turns q
mean trump IN any game. In the
State Department was sidney
Smythe. he who writes the copy
book hand that looks like a stssi
engraving. Sidney is the boy &ho
puts the treaty into diplomatic
language when the politicians get
through holding Conferences and
make up their minds a. TO what
they think they want Across ths
whist table you will nnd John Mar
tin. the translator OF the State De-
partment. and at your right yco
will most always ind Frank Lfbbey,
lumberman- In this whist foursome
are three men who perhaps have
had an inside part in more history
making in the United States for
the last thirty years than any other
Smythe went TO the STATE Depart.
ment just a few days before the
world was shocked by an assassfua-
ton There were only three o.
four telephones IN the District -
Columbia. The bell rang on the !.
fashioned contrivance on the
and Smythe hardly knew how TO
the receiver of the hook and
HIS ear. A voice said. This Is Z
White House speaking. We have
report that President Garfield
been shot
That was some Wild niEht
Washington" says smythe. IN
calling the events Of long ago.
was the FIRST one In the State n
partment to learn Of the atts1
upon the President and OF cour
I did not believe It Since that tin,
/ many things have happened and
/ has been my good fortune 20 he
seen much history In the maxim
Babcock recently has been retir,
I Smythe was in the middle OF thin
! at the Paris peace conference
Harry Radcliffe. who helps che
/ sell the leftover war stuff. pos !
cards The Stroller from Pennsy
vania. where he Is on q short vac
tion. that on the next mountain TO
him there is a golf course that has
'em all guessing.
Now let as turn the spotligf
on that well-known comic pubiica-
tion- the Congressional RecorS
Boost your party or your Senator
] and get IN the Congressional Record
seems to be the slogan OF some
| folks. But what I started out TO
say was that four pages OF argu-
ment as to what defeated William
II. Taft for reelection closes with
this choice bit OF humor:
Mr.. Heflin. Mr.. President.
recall an Incident in connection
with the Presidential election OF
1912. A story was told TO the
effect that the Senator from
Indiana (Mr. watson) was cail1
ing upon Mr.. Taft at the White
House after the election. and
that while he was discussing
some matter with him word !
came in that Senator Smoot was
in the ONCE OF the Secretary
waiting to see the President
whereupon the Senator from
Indiana remarked to the Pres
ident, "Just think OF ftl There's
Reed Smoot out there walking
around with half OF your cleo
toral votes in his vest pocket
J. DaughterD
whar defeated Taft IN 1919 Is
certainly a burning issue today
along with the railroad strike
where coal is coming from this
! winter. the bonus and the tariff and
a fine thing 10 take up the time
| Of the Senate