Show breweries hand capped congressman bartholdt of st louis at one time got up a bill in the inter est of breweries just then the con sciences of his colleagues were in their usual acute condition over the evils of the demon rum and bar tholet s proposition was downed by the usual W U majority bar tholet sat and glowered while the next bill was put on its passage it was a measure ahing some new privileges to a railroad company it went through pretty nearly unanimously and then the house adjourned As the members went out one of them asked the st louis man what made him look so glum and sour mein gott he said and it came straight from an overcharged heart it the breweries could only issue passes chicago chronicle |