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Show ! & WEDDED TO TAFT. CHEY were having an argument In the street car over the scv-, scv-, cral prospective presidential can didates, when ono of them said: "I can't make out why you regard Taft as a great statesman." "Oh, I don't," was tho reply. "Is ho up on tho tariff?" "I don't think so." "Is ho a great diplomat?" "I can't think It." "Are his policies asgrcsslve?" "I wouldn't say that." "Then why do you favor him?" , "Bocauso he's a true sport, I guess." "But he's no sport at all." "Oh, yes ho la. A year before his j nomination ho was In Washington at tho samo time I was. On April Fool's Day I was walking on tho street behind be-hind him when he came to a spot where ho saw a half-dollar lying on the walk. He Jumped for It. vlt had a string and a boy attached to It and was Jerked away." "Well?" was asked. "Well. Mr. Taft didn't start and run down a side street as hard as he could hike, but fetched a grin and wvo the boy a djmo and patted him on the back. Real old sport and good enough for mc" JOE KERR. |