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Show Needed a Gentleman. A story Is told about an experience) of Mayor McClellan a few years ago at a .social affair In Waohlngton. Mr. McClellan Mc-Clellan waa then Concressnian from tho Twelfth New York district. , He was introduced in-troduced to a gushing young woman, daughter of a Western Democratic poll-tlclan. poll-tlclan. Sho was deeply Interested In poll-tlca, poll-tlca, but her knowledge was not proportioned propor-tioned to her zeal. Sho had a brother living liv-ing In New York who hod ambitions for tho career of a statesman, and she wa& bubbling over with tho young man's planB. These were the chief toplo of her conversation con-versation with tho .Congressman from th Twelfth. "My brother's going to run for Con-grcao," Con-grcao," she remarked by way of Introduction. Intro-duction. "Ah?" said Col. McClellan. ,rYoa," sho continued; "ho's ffolng to run In the Twelfth district. Ho thlnko there ought to bo a Rcntloman In Con-rxcos Con-rxcos from that district, and a horrid Ta-nmany man ha9 tho blace now." Col. McClellan did not disturb her Joy by dlBcloolng tho Identity of th 'Tjorrld Tammany man." |