Show J S REED AND WHEELER Boston Globe The late Speaker Reed when discuss discussIng Ing with some of his colleagues the ray ravages ages death was making In the older membership of congress once saId sad Now theres Wheeler sitting yonder Hes getting old but the Almighty could never find him in one place long enough to put his fInger upon him This tells the story ot of G General Wheel Wheeler or er He was constantly on the jump did everything nervously and rapidly When he arose to speak in the house where Wh re rehe he served as a member from Alabama he invariably said saidI I arise for a moment just to say one Word It always brought forth a laugh from his colleagues He talked so rapidly that it was almost impossible for a stenographer to take him down On one occasion while In congress the gen general oral eral lost hIs voice olee In the midst ot of a speech but continued the motions of talkIng for some minutes his white beard bobbing up and down to the amUsement of members al lot lof whom nevertheless had a kIndly feeling for him I |