The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-25
Squaring
the Circle
With
THE HOOSIER EDITOR
THE HoosIER EDITOR

The HDOSIER EDITOR
TN one of the city's schools very
Il best first grade the teacher told
her pupils to draw picture of Adam
and Eve being driven out of the
Garden of Eden by the Angel.
When she collected the pieces of
art one of them clearly showed an
angel at the wheel of an auto, and
Adam and Eve in the rear seat, just
about to pass through the gates on
to an inviting highway.
Looked like '35 Chevrolet.
THE accommodating young lady
l. who takes checks for nearly all
her co-workers in downtown
Office to the bank on Saturday
mornings and gets them caShed,
came back in rash of peeve last
week.
She distributed the money with
out her usual smile. Then she once
more donned her coat and started
out.
Where you going" some one
asked.
ITO the bank. I forgot my own
check" she said.
1t took her a long time to get
over it.
THE man was telling a fellow
u employee that buying lottery
tickets is among the more scatter
brain avocations in life. Then he
told why.
"A distant cousin of mine died.
1t developed he had no funds and
I would have to pay for his burial.
I had lost contact with him several
years before.
after the services were over and
he was decently laid to rest, I went
through his personal belongings. In
the pocket of coat found lottery
tickets, purchases OF one week, that,
all winners, would have made him
one of the really wealthy men in
the country.
"He had paid $27 for them, while
eating sinker and coffee for break
fast, and 10-cent goulash the. two
other meals. AS far as know he
never won once"
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CONTRIBUTED by William Lowe
~ Bryan, Indiana University presi-
dent:
The threat of Congressman
O'Connor to "kick Father Cough
lin from the Capitol to the White
House" recalls the famous case of
Sam Houston and the congressman
whom that doughty warrior did in
fact kick.
Who was Sam Houston? He
was member of Congress at so.
Later he was Governor of Tennessee
and probable choice of Andrew
Jackson for the presidency of the
United States. He resigned the
governorship on account of domestic
difficulties and joined the Chero-
KEGS, west of the Mississippi. There
he married Tiana Rogers. splendid
half breed of the family which has
given us the Will Rogers of our
day. Still later he won Texas from
Mexico at the battle of San ia
cinto and became Governor, United
States Senator and once more Gov
ernor of that state.
While Houston was of the Chero-
KEGS, he came to Washington to
represent their interests. A con-
gresham in speech reflected upon
Houston's integrity which was in
fact always above reproach. Fous-
ton challenged the congressman to
duel. The congressman declined
the challenge on the ground that
he could not be called to account
for words spoken on the floor of
Congress. Houston then met his
critic on the street, caned him,
knocked him down and kicked him
in divers places to his serious in
jury and humiliation. Houston was
arrested and brought before Con-
gress ina trial which occupied four
days. Houston's lawyer was the
author of the "Star Spangled Ban
ner"-Francis S. Key.
HOWEVER, Houston was his own
l. l. lawyer. Dressed in splendor
in a suit for which President Jack
son provided the money, he adj
dressed the Congress and galleries
crowded with military, diplomatic
and social dignitaries in a speech of
dazzling eloquence. There were
bombs of eloquence bursting in the
air as magnif1cently as those which
Mr.. Key had heard at Fort Nc
Henry. At the close of the address
Junius Brutus Booth, father of Ed
win and John Wilkes, rushed across
the room, embraced the orator, and
exclaimed: Houston, take my hon
orS.'
Nevertheless, the House found
Houston guilty and ordered that
he be reprimanded by the Speaker.
That gentleman, a friend of Hous-
tons, began with compliments and
ended by saying: st have been
ordered to reprimand you. Accord
ingly so do"
The O'Connor-C oughlin incident
ends without dramatic fireworks in
an apology.
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