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Show I the picturesque southerner, who was ' in the Mississippi legislature before nust of the members of that body were born. He was seated In a box at n down town theater when he made these remarks last evening. "I need a litle of this occasionally to rest up on," he said, with a sweep of his hand toward the activity on tho other side of the foot light "The primaries are a year away, and they are already engaged In the senatorial campalcn." he said. "Me speak? Well, how am I going to keep away from it? I have been In politics all my life and, although I have said time and again that I would be away out of It all this year. I kuow what the res-ilt will bo. I'll be right back on the stump again "I'm Just as good as I was a quarter quar-ter of a century ago, so I can't really gle any reason why I should stop now." FORMER SENATOR GORDON STILL LOVES POLITICS Chicago. Arg. 19. Former United States Senator James Gordon of Mississippi Mis-sissippi has come to Chicago for a "brief play day" before engaging lu the senatorial campaign In his state. "It : not - that I feel the need of rest, but even a man as young as seventy -seven enrg needs a little vacation, va-cation, when be Is about to enter upon eonle particularly arduous task," said |