Show IMEN MEN M AND ND A AFFAIRS sAT AT CAPITAL CAPIT By R T S Copyright 1921 1922 I WASHINGTON Stay May fAy lIbo 12 12 The supreme court of ot the United States generally Is l credited with being adr a adry dry dr dry tribunal For that reason the prohibition enforcement officials dais arc are anious that the high court shall Rhall pass as us speedily aa s pos pos- pos possible sible albie upon the decision ot of o Judge Knox In New York declaring ing unconstitutional that portion ot of the act which limits limite the amount ot of alcohol a ft ph may prescribe Judge Knox's con con- contention con contention If ii that tho the eighteenth amendment sought to deal only with alcoholic beverages The prohibition forces believe that the thedo overrule dry dl supreme court will ov him The contention serves to recall the fact t that at tho sup remo court was not always dry In the tho good old days It w was os dry neither per per- personally personally per personally nor officially As ft I matter ot of tact fact an awfully good story has been told In Washington about nn an Incident In which Chief Justice John Marshall was reputed to be beI bethe beho betho the ho hero I According to the story Saturday was motion day and motion day always was more moro or Ie less n of ot a bore hore boreto boreto to the distinguished justices The motions also were tero 10 exceedingly dr dry on Saturday afternoon it was felt the duty of oC the mar mar- mar to provide that august trib- trib tribunal trib tribunal unal with a bit of ot liquid refresh refresh- refreshment refreshment refreshment ment Drinking was IVUS drinking in those days and the old English thit no gentleman should be bo sober after aCter 2 I 0 o clock In Inthe Inthe the afternoon still had bad not faded front from the tho memory of ot man However there thero came a II time when Saturday afternoons became a trifle too wet So 0 o the court ruled that liquid were to be served en cd only on rainy afternoons Immediately iCier itter the tho supreme court s first dry ruling there came II a a sure enough drought In Washington For six long weeks there thero were wre bright sunshiny Satur Satur- Saturdays days and the marshal saw to It that there ws not a n drop In sight lor l'or sl sit hot dry weeks the court 1 the ordeal But on the thebe be y there came II a change Chief Justice Marshall ap- ap ap approached the marshal Mr Mi- Marshal J he said Is It our understanding that the juris juris- jurisdiction Jurls- Jurls jurisdiction diction of this court extends to e e- ry ei cry Iy and all parts ot of the United States Statts That is my understanding to the full Mr Chief Justice replied the tho marshal Then Then sir concluded the most learned judge of ot all I rule that Rome here In the United States today the rain Is falling- falling falling Leave It to Freddie Upham of oC Chicago Republican If it all parts of ot the lican national machine could tune tune- function function tion lion as smoothly as Freddie does docs the Democracy never have a chance for its lis white nile Freddie works While all others sleep Therefore 1 man many politicians and would would-be politicians and while many ny boosters of ot many cities were discussing where the next T national convention should be HA heM held old lj- lj ljj j 11 1 Freddie Upham silent but business efficient goes gOM about his busi buM ness and oni one ona calm cairn day announces from the windy city that having ed the 1 pledges of ot some 28 Republican men committee national committee mon men to vote voto for Chicago s as the next speculation convention city all specula specula- tion as 1111 to the whereabouts of ot the body that Is 11 to G C Harding for the presidency might cease stop and otherwIse come COnte to an end doing That's Fred lored Uphams Upham's way ay of ot do- do do ing It has often been b en said that the tho Republicans have havo got the Chicago habit The truth of ot the matter Is thit th the Republicans lavo got tho the Upham habit Lot Let Upham move to Shelby Mont and the newt neit ne t Republican national convention would be bo held In the crossroads village which Mr Jack bans Gib-bans Pem Dempsey ey and Mr T lm Gib- Gib bans threaten to make mao famous next of ot July Let Fred do It has become a slogan of national Republican Republican- Republicanism ism And Fred Pred always docs does it well ell It Is because ho he has been blen the tho conventions so darned well In Chicago fo for these many ears oars that the Republicans like tJ t togo go there If It there be he any so 80 be- be be benighted as ns not to know let it be stated here hero that th Fred Is 11 treasurer of the Republican national com corn committe committee mitte And when hen It comes to real honest to goodness treasuring there are arc none to compare with withFred Fred Will mil hayes when ho was of ot the committee nt- nt at attempted tempted to dictate th the the fund should be gathered l as 03 well ns as utter spent lie Ito was better at th the job than the former and when ho left the committee there was a tidy little deficit of some some- thing something like Will said It Itu u aa easy to raise that amount Let Leti nil all the Republican voters send In InI ina ina a dime and the deed was done But I the oters s otea-s didn't send In tho the thin cent ton cent piece Then the tho big wigs of ot the tho party got together LE Let t Fred Ired do It they agreed And ItHe Fred Ired has just lust about done It He hasn't made a about It He Ho hasn't instructed d the boys to get the money Ho Ito has been digging digging and the gold has flowed into his coffers home i omo day It If I Fred will ever lver give the word they will nominate hIm for the presidency He lie I Is it a young man yet and he gets a tremendous kick out of or life President hard hard- Ing Ing harding fairly loves him But Pred wouldn t take a public office as II a gift The rho d death ath of Emerson Rough Hou novelist and man of the big outdoors recalled to hIs bis Wash Wash- ash I Washington ington ton friends the fact that like 1 all great hunters Rough Hough had bad a real fear of ot one small animal In his case casp the animal was a bird Though Hough I II I I could hunt elephants tigers and without the turn of ot aI a ai i hair but let him come suddenly I upon a covey of and he was vas vasso so 80 startled and upset t that he could not tire fire a 0 shot Hough Rough could not I explain It neither could he ever get get over It |