Show TALES OF PUBLIC MEN Hello Jim Presidents President's Greeting to Rough Bough Rugh Rider Dignified Senator Was Introducing W WASHINGTON Feb eb 6 Senator 6 ator Bard of California who has the highest appreciation ap ap- ap- ap predation of the dignity of the bod body to which he he- belongs sat in his seat sat for an hour ant and meditated on whether it is really realy worth while Then he took a constituent constituent con con- to the the- White House As A the President came came cameto to them Senator Bard said Mr President I 1 want to introduce a comrade to you a rough rider who strayed to California after the war Mr r. r James James- Why hello Im Jim broke in the Pres Pres- ident By Godfrey Im I'm Im glad to see you ou He lIe gave the rough rider a resounding resounding resound resound- ing slap on the back and went on I 1 want to see se a lot of you Come to luncheon Bring BrIg g Bard with wih you Gov Taft before the Senate Philippines Philippines Philip Philip- pines pine committee told of a fight in Mm- Mm in which some American troops engaged a lot of natives armed with bolos One of the toe American sergeants had a to hand-to-hand encounter with wih a native The struck the sergeant sergeant sergeant ser ser- ser ser- geant a a. blow in the neck almost decapitating decapitating de de- de- de him The soldiers soldier's life was saved because the bob bolo had a good- good sized nick In the blade The carotid artery Just fitted this nick and was not severed although the neck on each side was cut cut The sergeant Gov Taft said supported supported supported sup sup- ported his head In his hand and rode thirty miles miles' to a a. surgeon surgeon The wounds in his neck were sewed up and the man manis manis mn is now alive alve and Bad well wel The examination papers of the census office show that George B. B Cortelyou secretary to the President is a large character caracter in current history Fourteen applicants for clerkships were undergoing undergoing undergoing under under- going examination shortly shorty after the death of President McKinley One of the questions asked w was wasAs wAs As there Is no Vice-President Vice give the name of the person who would succeed to the PresIdency Presidency Pres Pres- should President Roosevelt die or become disabled Of the fourteen applicants nine glibly answered Mr lIr Cortelyou People in the the- East know what competition is declared Delegate Dennis Dennis Dennis Den Den- nis Flynn of Oklahoma In my country country country coun coun- try even the churches church s are keen com corn Mr Ir Flynn introduced a bill bi refunding to all aU churches in the Territory the money paid for sl sites s when the land was opened for settlement Churches organized organIzed organized organ organ- later had to buy from individuals and paid much higher prices pries Mr Flynn has received protests from the churches which paid the high rate declaring It is unfair to them to refund money to theother the theother theother other churches Every time there is a a. heavy fall fal of snow Representative E Eddy dy of Minnesota Minnesota Minne Minne- sota puts on his Norwegian skis and slides ov over r the top tOD of the snow while other people have difficulty in making making- headway The other day Mr Ir Eddy came swinging up to the Capitol wearing a toboggan n cap and six-foot six skis The skis were sto stored stored ed in the basement until Mr Ir Eddy started home A crowd of of- of small boys tried to follow him but Mr Eddys Eddy's Eddys speed was too much for them He lives almost two miles mies from the Capitol and he came the entire entre distance on h his s skis in a v very short time Some German naval officers visited visited- the Navy department the other day The senior officer was arr arrayed ye in ln a gold- gold bedecked uniform As Assistant Secretary Secretary Secre Secre- tary of State Hill Hi was leaving the State department a few minutes after the Germans one of the laborers about the building stopped him with the query Dr Hill Hi was that Prince Henry that just left the building |