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Show CONGRESSMAN LIKES HIS OWN! PAPER. "PlenBe give me a copy of the Omaha Oma-ha World-Herald." "I will for a nickel." "That's a lot more than I have paid for it before, but here's your nickel." This Is the substance of tho convocation con-vocation which has passed on several occasions between Representative Gilbert Gil-bert M. Hitchcock, of Nouraska and news venders on Pennsylvania avenue, ave-nue, who stll papors from all parts ol the United States. i It has happened very frequentlvj that the vendors did not have copies of tho World-Herald. OjQ.vtm occa-Rlons occa-Rlons Mr. Hltbpoc-'aa botn com-Delledjta-fco'"to one of tho nowspaper offices and rummage through the exchanges ex-changes for a copy of the particular dato he seomed so desiroui of obtain- H -Mr. Hitchcock would rattferTSad the L Omaha World-Herald thin any other iH paper in the United sUtM. He takes more pleasure In looking over the ad- H vertlslng columns, and tuenUlIy eBtl- aH mating tho columns of want ads, than aH any other member or coagreo. Mr. aT Hitchcock as a matter of fact, is the IH owner of the World-Herald, but that "" 'does not seem to help blm any with gTTfl 'the circulation department out ln iH (Omaha. HjgfgfJ p "I suppose I am just-Ilka al! the H JRt of the deadheads." remarked Mr. H fHItchcock, as he tramped up and , gTgTfl down Pennsylvania avenue, searching HTTfl !pr a copy of his paper.' H ft-1 began by writ! ns -letters to the pjfl circulation department. Not Getting "H any- results i took to wlrhfr Still I Tfl UPd myself compelled to so out lu H 8earch of my papor every, morning. H 3U I did not pay enough for print IH P?per i find the boys here ia Woahfng jTM tonjholdlng me up for 5 cent a copy. H tjdon't see much use ln owning a M newspaper f j cnnt ha jugt one, H swslo, solitary copv a day. -I must be-HaM in-bad." Washington Ttaw.. s iH |