Evening star., 1923-06-03
Capital Sidelights
~BY WILL p. KENNEDY.

Representatives, where he served for
twelve years before coming to- the
Senate, where he has been a very
active member for the last ten years.
But few of those who have served as
colleagues in Congress of Morris
Sheppard have realized that in his
boyhood days he was a crack rife
shot. H. T.,a.ss
When he was thirteen years old,
with the assistance Of few young
Americans Of daring blood, Master
Morris Sheppard inaugurated some
thing very unusual in the way of
youthful sports They had read of
William Tell, how he shot the apple
off his sons head. They admired
his craftsmanship and the bravery
of his son. Morris represented the
celebrated marksman and the other
boys the son. taking it turn about.
We are told that several boys stood
with apples on their heads and Nor
ris with target rife shot them off
That Is TO say, the apples, fortu-
nately, not their heads. When caught
~ $50 oi'N oI TIE en-
treme danger in such sport they were
astonished and greatly frightened.
The club in honor of William Tell
adjourned sine die without serious
results Senator Sheppard confirms
the truth Of the anecdote
One of the distinctions achieved
by Representative A. NJ. Free OF Cali
fornia is that he Is the father of
two sets of twins, another is that
for twelve years he was district at
torney of Santa Clara county. Calf.
during which time he prosecuted a
great many persons who were sent
to the state penitentfary And
thereby hangs a tale" which has
furnished considera BILE amusement to
Represe Frees friends, and
which ht narrates as follows
pom one occasion the warden of
the state penitentiary in California in
vited mo TO spend the night with him
at the prison. When / arrived he
rang Q bell and Japanese responded
me warden said to him: TAKE Mr..
rre< grip. show him TO his room ami
gre MIN any attention which he may
iced ! looked at the Jap and recog-
nized him as Yoshimizzo, whom | had
prosecuted for murder. The jap
bowed very politely and said: 4 take
good care of you. Mr.. Free He took
my grip and escorted me- to my ROOM
That evening at dinner voice
over my shoulder said: Will you
have roast lamb or roast beef M
Free. / looked up and' recognized a
fellow ] ad prosecuted for holding up
the cashier of a bank at Santa Clara
Calif. Later the warden called in the
local orchestra TO play for me. and as
they came into the room tn. leader
smiled and said: How do Xou do Mr.
Free" I recognized in MIN man
whom I rad prosecuted 'or stealing a
Lorse ard buggy.
The next morning some OF my
friends came over from San Rafael to
witness the ball game between the
prison team and another ball team.
We were walking. about the prison
grounds, and when we passed the bar
Der shop. the warden. with a twinkle
in his eye, said: Don't you want a
shave. Mr.. Free ] stepped into the
barber shop. and the barber proved
to be Difranco. a man whom / had
prosecuted and sent TO prison as 4
leader of a Black Hand Society in San
Jose, Calf. / looked back at the
crowd. and could see that The warden
had told them / would probably be
out of the BARBER shop very quickly.
Difranco began to assure ms1he would
give me good shave, SO while L dis
cussed the possibility Of a parole with
him l thought 1 would punish the
warden little by making him wait
So l took a shave, then Il massage
and a shampoo. Possibly I watched
the movements of the razor very
closely and might have bean some
what relieved when the shave was
aver and tfu shampoo and massage
bsyat.
while | am still living to tell the
tale, yet l would suggest, If you have
ever been prosecuting attorney, tc
carry your own razor with you.' con
cludes Representative Free with q
smile.
How far is Congress? 1t was so
far that it took thirty years in the
case of Representative John NJ. Evans
of Montana. who is coming back in
December. after a two-year vacation
from duties as member of the
House appropriations committee.
When a lad of fifteen years Evans
went to hear a speech by the late Sen
ator Francis Marion Cockrel1. Young
Evans, with half a dozen other boys
of his own age. perched upon the
railing of the speakers stand, occu-
pying the most prominent place
senator was talking to a crowd oi
farmers at Missouri picnic and
commenting upon the opportunities
of the American boy as compared
with the boy of European countries
and illustrating how a boy of this
community might aspire to any place
or position. putting his hand upon
the head of young Evans, he said
who will say that this man may
not some day go to Congress" and
young Evans said to himself: II am
going"
Recently, IN talking to a crowd OF
schoolboys. with the hope of inspir-
ing them to some accomplishments
Mr.. Evans told the incident and re-
marked that the senator's speech i'm
planted in his mind the hope and
desire to go to Congress, which never
left him, but it took him thirty
years to realize the ambition of the
seed that was that day planted. When
eyes remarked: Thirty years! Con-
gress must be a long way Were
you walking all the timer"
One of the most pleasant occasions
of Mr.. Evans life was when he
called upon Senator Cockrell just be-
that he was the one who inspired this
country boy to try to go to Congress
X X
The super FOX hunting enjoyed by
score of congressman in the out
lands of the National Capital will be
participated in by Representative
James f. Fulbright, a new demo-
cratic member from Missouri. because
fox hunting has long been his ia
vorite outdoor sport. He was born
on a farm and acquired his education
xn1alv fhrnnRh his 0wr efforts WiIh-
out resources to pay his expenses in
college, he enrolled in the Southeast
Missouri Teachers College, at Cape
Girardeau, having a total capital OF
SIT and with no assurance of any
kind as to how he would finance his