Show j tf 1 sidelights IN CONGRESS anecdotes related of and by the gath ered statesmen at washington the report of hundreds oi children in new york going to school morn legs without breakfast their families too poor to provide for loos for their stomachs while the govern ment contributes to the efforts of their minds was discussed last night congressman smith of illinois told a of having overheard a conversa alon in one of the country districts out west not his never in which the mother sang out and you aist shut up yo talk and run along to the persimmon tree and git yo break tas in a hurry cause it s after 8 clock and school s done took in halt hour ago everywhere representative warner the new pension commissioner goes around the capitol be is confronted etith congressional jesters yesterday he was a corridor in the basement of the capitol and met with representative wadsworth qt new york one of those who indorsed him tor the office wadsworth saw him before he saw wadsworth immedi abely he began to ump holding one hand to his side as though in severe pain the matter jim asked tho new commissioner seriously 01 was shot in the war and I 1 am permanently disabled retorted the humorous new yorker moving off rith the energy of an athlete clayton of alabama was talking on the swayne case the tree is known by his fruit he quoted from the bible there was bome sneering laughter on the reub alcan side I 1 knew it said clayton 1 I knew it you people think it Is wrong to say his fruit I 1 have quoted that before and have been laughed at now it you scoffers on the other side will take your bibles you will see that the quotation is correct you laughed too over there you ought to study the bible more and laugh less there is more wisdom in it than can be found in any other book senator of kentucky delights to tell of S parson he knew down in the blue grass region who was a muscular christian the parson found it necessary to take half a dozen young toughs who persisted in disturbing one of his out behind the church and whale them unmerciful li when he returned one of the members of his flock who was somewhat of a fighter himself rose in meeting and said it is a solemn duty of this here congregation to stand by parson john son he does not seel trouble but he will not show the white feather when trouble ji forced in his way I 1 believe that unrestrained by divine grace parson johnson can whip any man in kentucky the lord Is with him let us pray all who love wagner and all who would love him it they could flocked to hear A man of the latter cult asked a washington girl who recently finished her musical ed at leipsic it she would not like to hear the opera she enthuse astl cally said she would I 1 suppose you like wagner con linued the man vogner suggested eug the girl oh yes I 1 adore him what night boum ou e to goa next ventured the man wednesday said the girl I 1 think wednesday would be a good night all right returned the chastened man we 11 faxe it for wednesday senator lodge is a matter of fact sort of man he indulges in none of the frivolities rarely is he seen pay ing attention to any one of the tul children that dally visit the caal tol as other senators delight to do one morning however he saw a most fascinating little girl with the hair of the goldenrod and the eyes of the colorado sky dancing into his he invited her and her little companions to his committee room and she sat on his knee unconscious of the tact that he was cynical and unsentimental bet you a horse you dont know where I 1 froma she salat to him as she dangled her muddy shoes against his freshly creased trousers bet apu a boss I 1 do he said wheres from he answered well you win but I 1 haven t got the horse here to pay you you 11 have to go to papa s pasture to get him col ill beveley of muskogee in dian territory having heard the east Is back in washington while the colonel was in the south west this time for a few fleeting days the editor of the kansas city star not ing with evident jealousy the popular ity of col beveley wrote an editorial in which he said out here he Is known as J W when he gets to st louis he Is william beveley As soon as he arrives in washington he is denoma bated as col bill beveley and god only knows what the tess elated satraps of broadway call him thia alons Is clear his tame in kansas city is imperishable he is the man who first introduced the fashion in kansas city of wearing a plug hat be fore breakfast now what do you think of that asked col beveley ruefully A plug hat before breakfast when everybody knows I 1 never got up before break fast in my life the capital had a little blizzard re bently and representative J adam bede of minnesota where they have cold weather was talking about it its mighty cold said Re presenta alve underwood of alabama worst I 1 ever saw commented representative of san anto nio texas huh said bede this la pie why it Is midsummer when compared to the weather in my country once I 1 was in a party in st paul and the talk got to cold weather everybody told how cold he had been finally an old irishman who had not said a word spoke up and said the coldest winter I 1 ever saw waa one summer I 1 spent in duluth while the snow was blowing thick est uncle joe cannon plowed his a ay to the white house cold he said to inquirers who met him at the door of the executive offices why this Is the kind ot weather that makes an old boss feel spry senator clapp made a pleasant ad mission the other day of the cost ol 01 a senatorial election not by popular ote he had lust returned from min desota where he was triumphantly he was in the elevator and was in the act of transferring six dollars from his hand into his pocket how much inquired senator lia ferro have you lefta precisely six dollars sad senator clapp amt isn t that a lot after all I 1 have gone through congressman randell of texas recently was on a visit to his native state of georgia where he heard one of his old time friends talk of rel whisky squirrel whisky he added a new brand on me what Is the never heard of squirrel liquor why you fellows must be an ignorant lot out where you live in texas the georgian answered well 0 o tell ou he went on it s that kind of stuff that will make a man climb a tree and tall nutty besides it often will make one sit by djs hole and bark at foil s that ain t got no gun |