Show Stories Told by Men in Public Life I Senator Mason Iason has written an article about The l Farce arce of Executive Ses Ses- After telling of his awe of executive ex- ex executive ex ex- sessions when he was a Representative Representative he be describes his first closed session after he became a Senator A Senator from New England arose and solemnly and earnestly moved mo that we go Into executive session The bells 1 all over the Senate end of the Capitol rang and made music to my ears The chief page clapped his hands three times and the pages all rushed from our sacred I presence Amid the ringing of bells and rushing of feet the people were all moved out the doors were closed and we were alone Thereupon the Senator who had moved the executive session struck a match In Inthe Inthe inthe the usual way and lit III a cigar audibly Informing his neighbor that It was the only one he had He then moved that John Smith be confirmed In his iCO CO post post- podunk The VIce President of or orthe office at the United States said Without objection o tion It Jt Is O ordered A motion to ad adjourn adjourn ad ad- journ was carried In one moment my dream was broken broke I President Gompers Compere of the American Federation of Labor protested because Wu Vu Ting I Fang ang the Chinese Minister h had bad of said labor agitators ag Jat How ow odd odd said Mr Wu u See see here He opened two dictionaries rlES at the word sand lot In each definition Dennis Kearney is spoken of ot as a labor agitator tor What Is a poor foreigner to do in the face of such high authority asked Mr Vu Wu 11 blandly I am mi not a native I must fall back on the dictionaries Mr Ir Gompers Gom- Gom pers must ret revise se tb the dictionaries before hers he be e can crin come at me me Then ho he winker winker 30 a fly sly y Oriental wink It fell out that RepresentativeS RepresentativeS' Lacey of Iowa and Landis of Indiana called to the the pay same same their respects time time They They to Secretary went In together together Shaw at atthe atthe and of ol course talked of Iowa IOl men I I tell you saId eald MaJ Lace Lacey proudly there are a lot of ot bright people who como come from Iowa and Yes replied the cynical Landis the brighter they are the sooner they come rome Senator to Dolliver lle Is t the tongued silver ong I o orator of t Iowa He campaigns from one end of ot the State S1 to the otter other before elections At Washington in the Republican Republican lican cloakroom he told of his visit to a little town in the western part of the State last fall He found that an old friend of his who lived In the county was there In Jail having chosen to stay In a cell rather than pay paya a tax he considered considered con oon- unjust and Illegal Dolliver's friend wrote to the Sheriff Dear Sheriff It It will be a a. great favor If you ou wilt will let me out of Jail for two hours so I can hear m my friend make a speech h said The Sheriff was a a. good fellow Mr Dolliver He wrote his consent on the back of ot the note and then added these words The remainder of ot your punishment Is remitted |