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Show A Routine Session. A prominent Mlssourlan In Washington Wash-ington is fond of telling anecdotes about James Stephen Green, once a senator from Missouri, and tho leader In tho aggressive war mado on Benton by tho slavory advocates In antebellum ante-bellum Missouri. The ono ho enjoys tho most and considers the best of all illustrates Orcen's ready wit. On Sunday, shortly after Green's arrival In Washington, ho was asked by a friend of his to attend services at an Episcopal church near by. Green had never attended a servlco characterized charac-terized by much formalism, so ho was naturallv deeply impressed. After he had returned an acquaintance asked him, "Senator, what did you think of tho servlco?" "Wei', sir," Green replied, "It struck mo that there was altogether too much loading of tho Journal and not enough debate" Saturday Evening Post, |