Show now MEMBER BU ROM fROM WAS fOOLED ED BY CLARKSON Washington April 23 It is admitted Representative b by JOhn M Afen AIen of Tu Tupelo relo pelo Miss himself that there are greater statesmen stat than he be in its the low lower lowerhouse er house ho e of congress but it is 15 doubtful whether that branch brandh of the legislature l has hag ha another member of such n ral popularity It is doubtful also whether it Lt Iran has member wIth so eo wide widespread I spread a reputation as a humorist He has irot been quite so much in IIi e evIdence in this direction of late as formerly onn IY perhaps especially specially tin an the newspapers but n ho he manages to mold hold Iris his own look after the appointment of postman postmasters below a 13 certain grade Being B ng a thoroughgoing Republican tie the pro proceeded ceede to decapitate Democratic post postmasters postmasters postmasters masters with ith all tall possible speed ing the records of his hiB predecessors to such euch an extent that such playful nick nicknames nicknames names as the t e Axeman the Heads Headsman man roan the Executioner and the like were soon applied to 10 him Partisan Republicans everywhere naturally ap applauded applauded his IMS activity while wl lle many par paI partisan partisan Democrats Demo rats ts denounced it Not so Private John M 31 Allen of tel r 2 r I r e rr x 55 s k g t t a 1 IN HN From Fram a photograph by Miss Frances J fairly f irlY well despite the lapse lapsa lap of years Though not given giyen to playing tricks that produce serious embarrassment Mr Allen Aden is 18 a 3 practical joker of or the eort and naturally those OSe who know mow him well are delighted when len W they can turn the tables on tim him Stories that show how him earning coming ing off of second best bestar bestar ar ar rare however for like most meet practical jokers he re is constantly on the fue lookout but one such story was told to the Ule writer the We other day It U dates iback ba k to the Harrison EroT on l Among these who were brought here government officials under that ad 00 administration as PS ministration h was roS lames S Clarkson Clo before then editor of the Iowa lorra State Register Mr Clarkson was appointed app f fourth f assistant postmaster general se andoe aa such ak official it was S his bis duty du to Tupelo He Ke said sai it ras as all part of tae Uhe ili game and jeered his Democratic con confreres freres fr rube 1110 made objection To hits he fJ d Executioner Clarkson appeared like a pretty prett good fellow who was doing his duty dirty as ais he saw it as Mr Alien AlIn AJ n would wo himself 1 were etC be in f his place with the th difference e that then it would be and not m t Democrats that ouR be beheaded Meeting David Bremner Bre Henderson the present speak speaker er es then as ru now an intimate friend of hiss hiS one day Mr Ur Allen expressed exp ed him himself himself self upon the subject Ct at some som length winding up with the expressed sed wish ish that he the acquaintance of so sa ia party man arid and so ex ox expeditious an official as Clarkson Nothing was n easier er for tor Henderson H nd and state tate 1 I and end an introduction et at i the fourth as 88 assistants s office was comp compassed on that 1 very er day Naturally Mr A enl complimented i f merited Mr in the course of their conversation whereat tl tle e latter bitter t smiled sullied expansively As B Mr AMen AHen AH m rose arose roseto roseto to depart he said earnestly e I E Im mighty glad Mr Executioner i that you the victors vi rs t to i have havethe the spoils for that 33 ls good Demo Democratic L f cratic doctrine Maybe I be De so i t g d though bhough if there were any Republicans i li in my m district If there wese Im In afraid my good friend who j r holds hol the Tupelo postoffice e would lose Jose 11 j i his job pretty soon DOOn as it is 18 Im Fm sure sire he heis is safe even from you 1 i That made ma e Clarkson smile again i After Mr illen Men had gone tube the fourth as made a little investigation 1 which owe AlIet lle to be c at 1 4 east there were no Republican appt 1 canta cajitas for the After It inn in a moment Mr fT IV fAL ai t 1 It was to 4 n ac acquaintance of this dna then living ng in Mississippi a u sippi ippi fifty or miles from frem Tupelo a 1 northern Republican who had bad gone south to make a fortune but bet failing bad had asked for hp from the Il a udis which had hail not riot been ii ing lag This telegram read Move to Tu Tn Tupelo pelo palo at ert once When you rae lived I there days wire wile me Thereupon the fourth assistant for forgot forgot or 1 got all about Wie khe matter Two days more then than a month afterward he was t u I reminded of it however by y a telegram dated Tupelo which read Have Rave lived 1 here thirty days da s What shall s I do donow donow donow I now The he next moll mall carried a commission as postmaster for Tupelo to the fourth assistants s a nt friend and Private M Allen Alien soon GOOn came ame to regret the day that toot he had expressed ef so GO freely to headsman Though Mr Allen has been a 8 mem Dmn ber her of af the house for Or nearly sixteen years ars first serving in the Fort congress he is not old Od as congressmen r go being only 53 He wae w born in Mis Mississippi MIssissippi MIssissippi and his education e prior to the civil war was confined to the public ImbUe schools After the war in which he served as a confederate erate of course he be studied at tt the Cumberland university in m Tennessee and at the University of After his jis admittance to tote te the bar r he practiced law serving ng as district attorney for four years before being elected to congress So far as he la is concerned dat at least there are no na D Re Republicans Republicans publicans m in his district dl to this day for lor hiS liLt election to the present f was by b byan c an au unanimous vote te Mr AHen Allenis is a jolly good S fellow fetlow aDion ble with po friends s and toes ami as 36 loyal t at heart to the e south as ever toe the was wart Being a man of tact however this loy by loyalty lo city alty never is allowed to lead him to speak ill m of the north though he toes does occasionally indulge in a sly ely dig dg at tain in tam peculiarities Thus in ina a recent talk with a resident of Admiral S state Mr Allen ad admitted freely that the north had hail more business push than the south and was entitled to due credit cre But he added that after fler all ail the north did not Have all nil the th desirable rabe attributes It lacks the inspiring i that make mke I for poetic he said There is not Irot a southern state hos children have not written songs oong i tin memory of its Ito attractions but conga celebrating northern states are rare Memories of the south will be perpetu perpetuated as long lon as so songs 5 are sung In n the English tongue by M nd 1 M y Maryland My Old 01 1 Home lion CarrY M Me Back to Old an the like But who ever heard an anone v one o sing Carry Me Back B to Old OId Vermont mon or New York or Pe S Crany other northern nW em state J |