THE BEE: OMAHA. SATURDAY, MARCH. 23. 1912.
LAKE DOCKS IN WASHINGTON
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Way the Bowa-sad-Outeri Stick to
the National Capital '
UTILE OF PUBLIC iifk js blood
Father ritira Tkrawi Dawa at
Hesse sflase wh the Lira
Ow' Tlltythe Saaasarr
Caan.
Ttiet phrase, "ana dock." applied to
legislative statesmen who 'have been de
.prlved of their Jobs by the electorate, is
always used humorously. From a certain
angle the angle which incites some poor
humans Instinctively to (lost over the
misfortunes of others the phrase may be
regarded as funny. From about one
thousand other and mora humsna angle,
however, H Isn't In tile least comical.
The Tame duck" himself doesn't so eon
sider it and he knows, k have known
mat many of these poor lame ducks.
Oaa and all, they always seemed to me
to be pathetic fit-urea, always figures of
tragedy: not comic figures at siL
Raesntly there died In Washington an
old ex-representstlve In congress from a
southern state. He was a characteristic
lama duck, although one dislikes to apply
such a term to a man who was venera
ble and in his prime distinguished. H
was past W years of age when he died.
But he had been exceptionally rugged up
to the time he lost his seat In congress.
He had never had a sick day in ills Ufa
(When, a short time before his death,
lis took to his bed. the doctors could not
find that there was anything the matter
with him that they could lay a finger oa
and treat. . - . '
laheaval at Home.
. As a matter of fact there wasn't any
thing the matter with the old man ex
cept a broken heart. He couldn't stand
being rudely thrust out -of his rut. He
was what Is known as a game man; had
served with distinction through the dvti
war on the confederate side; had never
been known to . crawfish or- straddle or
back watsr daring his long career as a
public man., Even when his people re
jected him. In his old age. and after his
fifty years of sen-ice In their behalf, he
never spoke of the. blow . that had thus
been Inflicted upon him, even to his in
timates. But, the barb qtllvereu in his
heart, and ha' died of It.
There is no moralto be drawn from an
Incident of this sort. The people of the
old gentleman's dutilct. fwept by the
tide of modern political thought, wanted
a younger man to represent them In the
house of representailvea They chose the
younger man. and the old man had to
take his medicine. That - be took It
bravely no one who was acquainted with
him ever had occasion to doubt. And a
tot of humane and thoughtful men In the
old man's state felt sorry that his con
stituents hadn't been sole to see their
way to 'permit him to hold his sett la
congress until he received the final sum
mons. Certainly he was s useful man to
his state and to Ms constitusnt up to the
time ot,his rejection.. He had not rusted.
He was on the Jpb for His people, morn
ing, noon end night.' Every day during
sessions .'he' was almost variably the
earliest of the representataesto appear,
at-the capitol. He made .the rounds of
the departments', IB person. old as he
i.was, lo attending to the departmental
flairs of hie constituents. vH saw that
they got their share ;of patronage. He re
talned'bje keen'mlnd for psbuc questions,
-1 or wee' Hi a aitsnt .voice as to those
questions up 'to th time" that his seat
..was taken from Hrtm. ' "
"V Call", far , Yoaacer Men.
t But the "boys" wanted a younger man.
".And from the hour that lb younger man
was elected.to the Job the old man began
to! crumble. -1 km telling. th back-of-Jhe-etirtalnu
story . about- this one so
termed (highly ..termed) laths duck in
particular, because' hi 'case ' was char
acteristic oMhat of.a great many of the
huh duck peases )tsbe ebseffedln Wash
lngtoo.' . ' f v .
H .possessed ainpl tneaiis. He bad a
fin estate In hls'netlv state. He was
verging u'fcn'"8l)J"w1ieri " M"Vsa defeated
for re-eiertlott: ,.'hl . . thtq. did be not
settle down' oomfortahlr at home to en
' Joy tie remalhde)' of hit old" ate in peace
end uiet? , ft;. very 'natural to ask
such a question. Also Jt Is, upon sxaml.
nation, very 'Unreasonable..
Public life was the bWod of his body
arid the breath 'of his eostrtl He had
bees' paBlfedmti'-h'vs'rt6us legal ca-saeWles;-ant)
-then atstelirtsletor "down
borne" for-many year Bet of being seut
to "Washington as repi'eWntetive In the
national housv': '.( ,", . ,"
lis servsa iftsntr. ears, in the house
. before be lost hi teat-1 twenty years is
a long time, to be flued' to Job. Par
. trdilarly isr . an elderly 'rhan of settled
habits and methodical 'Instincts. He be
oaau. grooved.. M--liked hi seat, the
Work of lt.tt eicltrmctit ,and flurry of
It. "the power of ti-for, despite the tend
ency of some. writer. lately to minimise
the power of the rtpfesetiUtiv In con
gress, the refcreeefltativ his power. lie
la a power .to, tin peepteMnoeed, a figure
eg aw to very tnay -if .them. He may
: not toem Tory' hvlBhlcally In Wash
ington, but When steps' eft the train
back home he can but eft the Jovian air
wttbout eelr.f ilk the least danger of rtdl-
Lere at the Capitol.
It la a plsaaaat thing to to up to the
. beaatlful ' capitol every day to lounge
leisurely through the corridors, to know
while so lounging that you belong there,
that a whole, lot of folk hare combined
to as to ft that yo Belong .there; to be
buttoahulea a yob stroll along by this
maa and' ttat, 'deferred to; to be behind
the asspe. th matters ai-ts which the
gaoeral public it aired only a bare out
Una, If let In on th matter at an; to be
received cordially By members of the cab
inet. If not. Indeed, th chief magistrate:
to weave through the various departments
' with the feeling that the officials under
the rank of cabinet members are going to
give a mighty willing ear to requests la
connection with the affair of eonetlttt-
eat. ; .
It does not , require many terms for
Washington, the Capitol, aad aU that
gee with Washington and the Capitol, to
binnais a Caed habit wltheeuch a repre
sentative. Ha l glad that his seat Is
secure. His folks will always send Um
back.. he feels sure Aren't they Just as
serdial aa ever to tun-. If not more so,
heo be goes back bone at the end of
- the sessions? Doesn't hit dally mall
Maw with letter of commendation? Ob.
tbss-Tl send him back. Be likes the place
where be Uvea In Washington during the
sasmns. He enjnye the Intellectual at
aoaphere of Washington, the dashes of
wit. Home? , Oh. yes. H doesn't Blind
string Jasta between sessions.
Bat be kas sen of grown away from
the old place, Truth to tell, be finds It
; wear dnO at home. Moreover, hs has to
a goo deal attitudinising a home
that as doeta't have to so in vTasMng
toa: that, at tact he would be ridiculed
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COMMERCIAL ODB IS ACIITE
Commiaiiontr Gnil4 Tell Committee
" of the Work Being- Done.
Hastlete Rest ttaie Thlaata ef the
- risk They Did Xat Kaeer AU
' te Were; Mara Jtest Week
ta Ealarc List.
. "taleajnanshlp In Selling Memberships"
wa the suhjec) ef a rapid fire Ulk be
fore the . membership committee ef th
Commercial tlub Friday by John el. qulld.
eommlsstotier of the club. He outlined
forty arguments which can be used by
th committee bext week In Its whirlwind
wlndup o'Mhe membership campaign ami
gv eomprthenslv statement ef th
various activities of the dub that "opened
the lyes" . of : some committeemen who
have been familiar with only on or tw
lines of work., - , s,.
-Mr. Oulld told of the actMty "of tk
cltb In securing for Omaha the head
quarters of i the new' railway mall divi
sion, an rriiy, general supply depot. !n
dltn warehouse. prompt train service,
wool market, constructive state leik
tkm, salvage , corps in connection with
the' fir department, numerous new ln
dustries, etc: . lie told of the work of th
traffic bureeu of the club In saving
Omaha shippers tliccrow a year In freight
rate and of the publicity bureau. In e
aurlng and entertaining conventions. In
scattering all jover tfie lnd Information
fatoraMe' to' Omaha,' and In cooductlng
Its' recent seed com campaign. Ha men.
(toned the , effort, ef the club toward
federal legialatlon and toward Improve
ment" In city, legislation.' Omahk trad
extension and merchants' meetings.
'Of especial Interest to retail merchant
wis hit exposition' of the club'f move
nitat to regulate transient merchants'
atid of especial, Merest to the manufa.i.
turirs hi .lAirit on the hew -Omaha
trademark and the boosting of Omaha
mad toons., , ,;, '
Th new. Club rooms In the' tvoodmea
of the vsotld.bulldlos1 were mentioned as
a ttlklHI point: iiso th fact that mem
ber of the club ai extended, tba prlv
tleres of t-erl hundred club In th
nation,, which have eatablished rclpror
relation with the Omaha body. -
OMAHA'S GREATEST CLOTHING STCRE
MRS. VEK EPRATLEN.
Fainted By Frank A.. Werner.
An Omaha woman baa the distinction
of having her portrait painted by a well
known Chicago artist. This is Mrs. Lee!
Bpratlen, a life-else painting of whom
ha Just been completed by FTsnk A.
Werner. Ths painting arrived Tuesday
and Is hanging In the gallery of the pub-1
lie library. Next week It will be seut
east to be exhibited by Mr. Werner in
Philadelphia and New York, after which
it will be returned to Omaha as the
property of Mr. and Mrs. Bpratlen. J '
The portrait Is a beautiful study la
brown, with a dark yet luminous effect.
Mrs. Bpratlen. who la a blonde of the
golden-haired, blue-eyed type la clad in'
brown velvet suit eovered with brown
flshsr furs, the one touch of brilliant
color being the cerise wings on th hat
8hs stands against a dark brown back
ground. '
Mrs. Bpratlen returned only last week
from Chicago, where she made an ex
tended visit with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Frederick Rueckhelm. and sat for
the plalntlng, having been asked by th
artist some time ago to pose for a paint
ing. Mr. Werner studied tor ten yeers
with the masters of Europe and has hi
studio In Chicago where be is a member
of the Society of Artists of Chicago and
exhibits his pictures In ths Art Institute.
for doing in Washington if he were fool
ish enough to attempt It- And so he Is
always - glsd excessively glad when the
time' comes for him to pack his bag and
take the train for Waahington at the be
ginning of sessions, to meet up with the
cheery old crowd of fellow representatives
In ths hotel corridors, and all that sort
of agreeable thing.
tasabllags ef the Jolt. '
Comes the day when he begin to worry
about his seat. Disturbing letters reach
him. Changs la In the air In hta district.
It astonishes him. It disquiets him. At
first he Is not greatly alarmed. But ths
letters from his Intimates back home con
tinue to come.- They are far from encour
aging. They suggest that he'd better
come back home and look things over.
He packs up and does so. Things look all
right to blm when he rets horns. The
folks are as cordial and hearty as of
yore. Everywhere the hand of welcome
is held out to him.
The older men, particularly the men he
grew up with from boyhood or young
manhood, are particularly hearty toward
blm. 'They pat blm on the back and tell
him that no matter what new-fangled
notions these youngsters may be press
ing at their bosoms, they will stick. Ths
old fellows, talking confidentially with
the rtpresentative making the hurried trip
home to fix up hla fences, speak deris
ively of the younger element of the party,
the new organisations within the party
made up of the "kids." They brush aside.
aa unworthy of consideration the candi
dacy for congress of the young chap who
la aspiring to the seat. They look upon
that young man as a mere child.
He la M, but how oaa they look upon
him as a grown-up man when they've
known him since he trotted around with
hi school books under , hi arm and a
aassel ef "swtmmln'' freckles" ea his
nose? And so the fears of the representa
tive are allayed. He feel that the folks
simply won't go back aa him. That would
be monstrous. It would be unheard of.
They couldn't do such a thin. There
are moments when he has a bit of a chill
when, depressed, he refects upon what It
would mesa to blm If hla folks failed to
send him . back to Washington; how It
would break up the habit of his lite, and
the relished routine, the rosy rut
Kmell ef Dawaa.
Comes electioa day. and the blow falls.
He to beaten at the polls. Hs to a tame
dues. It la a thunderclap. It takes blm
days to understhand It, much less realise
It, He tried te philosophise, but that's
pretty hard to do. The tugs of Washing-
tea aad the capitol . are pulling at his
heart. Not to go back to Washington?
The thought of it causes aa actual ache
within the man long used to Washington
aa a ladslaur. He aauet go back. What,
stick at borne In the dull out towa twelve
months la the year, talking small talk
with the parochial professional men and
merchants, and to observe the Jarring
familiarity in -their manner of address
ing him, now that be Is aa "ex." and net
aa incumbent? It to a grisly thought.
Moreover, generally he feels pretty sore
upea bis sonetttasata. He feels abused.
They have outraged him. Hasn't hs served
hard far them? He feels that they eaa
never be quite the same to aim agala.
Hs resents the way they have behaved
toward him. -
Anyhow he simply caanot stay away
from Washington, If be can't have the
substance be will haw ths shadow. In
Was Winston be will (i'J be called by. his
former title. - even If be U a ToraHsV
And be baakera for the air of ofHrtaHnrn.
Beaten men. who have ought this fast
ing, .and, from necessity, ssttlsd down In
congress, to practice law or engage , la
other prusults, have told me privately
how hateful and Irksoms their work lot
this sort waa to them for years upon
yeais after they'd been deprived of their
seats; how, during ths sessions, they
found the longing to be in Washington
almost Irresistible: how Ihey read every
line 'of the Congressional Record, and
how they found It Inordinately difficult t
keep their mind upon their business or
professional sftulrs at home, because th
Washington habit and the capitol bsblt
had become so wrought Into "the very
woof of their Uvea.
And so ths dead ducks trudge their way
hers In Washington, stimulating cheerful
ness and dontoarness. but with the
open, though unseen, wound ever causing
them pain.
I don't see anything funny about them.
And somehow. Just tor the sika of mak
ing him feel better, 1 always take my
hat oft to a lame duck and resolutely-re
fuse to do that same to a live one.
Waahington Star.
PRECINCT WORKERS HOLD ,
AN ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING
Two hundred of the active precinct
workers of the city met Thursday even
in at the rooms of the Douglas County
Republican Boosters' club. In the Ksr
bach block. Practically every precinct
In the city and several In the country
were represented.
David L. Bhanahaa preeidVd and Intro
duced In turn, Howard H. Baldrtgs. Na
tional Committeeman Rosewster, John i.
Ryder. Dr. E. Holovtchinor, M. H.
Byrnes, Joseph Hummel, Louis Burmee
ter and Michael Lee. Mr. Baldrlge made
a abort address oa the problems -likely-to
face a congressman from a metropolitan
district Mr. Rosewater gave aa Inter
esting resume of the work ef the na
tional committee during a campaign. Mr.
Ryder spoke of the centering of respon
sibility In Individual commissioner under
the new form of government.
Marries L re sees, r
The following sgarrlage Bctases were
Nsses and Residence.' ' Age:
Albert K. Blake, Omaha. M
Gertrude Korea, Omaha s
Robert Ruben. Omaha. M
Bessie Jefre, Omaha. 3
Gertrude Nelson, Hanna, Wyo at
Anna Banner. Omaha. s
Revised Ceaaadrasa,.
Why doe a' chicken cross the road?
Because aa auto is coming.
What kind of a hen lays the km rest?
A dead ben. of course. But what about
this one: What kind of a dead ken lays
the longest? .,
What was the first thing Adam put 'la
the Garden of Edea? He put the blame
en Eve
How long can a gooes stand on one leg?
As long as one leg can hold ud the a-aoa.
V hat is the difference between an old
Penny and a new dime? One soaa ta
church and the other to vaudeville.
What table baa ne lees (o etaiut an
The railroad time table is fact It doesn't
seem to stand for anything much but un-
reuaoie uiormauosv judge Library.
JIM RILlT WITH THE- -TOYS
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rireb for peek's Ark. avlih.gaaa
- TriMBtt Jayfnlly le.
. ) V. warded. ; --
They 'toll this about James Whltcomb
Hilar, ho. although an old bachelor.
Is- amailngly fond of children. , as any
on might Mil by reading his poems. He
wanted to make a present to a young
nephew of his and so he went to a toy
shop and asked: "
'"Have you any genuine, old-fashioned
Ncih's-Ark? I don't want the kind with
wooden toys that really look, ll(.anj
mttt, I want the kind we used to play
with When I waa a boy.'" ' . ,
The shopkeeper assured him he . had
and passing by several expensive and
modern .Nosh's Arks, th creation of
the modern toymaker for the Use of the
mMern, realistic child, ha had. brought
down from the attlo one of the old style
one at those arks .whirs the roof was
the lid and th animals all Jumbled up
littM. ' "
-That, looks Ilk what I went." said
Mr. lUley. shaking out some of the ani
mals In hla hand. "Tea. that look Ilk
It Noah the same sis as Ham, th ele
phant 'no bigger that ths bear and ths
dovs Of pears Just ths same slss as ths
norse.'Thsr I only on more test."
-"Whet ! that fir?" ssksd th shop
keeper.. "'I want to aei." said Mr. Riley, as he
pretended to put on of ths piece in
hi mouth, "whether Noah's head tastes
just th asm aa It did when I was
boy. 'They told me In those day th
paint was poisonous, but It was swfully
good." , - -
Apparently ths last of Noah's head
had not changed In the slightest. In
spile of the fitly years that have sil
vered th poet' head, for he walked
out with the old-fashioned ark tucked
sriuiiy under . his srm.-Inditnapoll
Nw. .
' A Baekelei Refteetlens.
.Wemen like to live en faith and men
on credit ' .
'A man Itn't ashamed to get raided at
a prise fight th way he Is to be caught
at a reform meeting.
It's queer how a girl can think -anybody's
rubber 111 fit her. but svery
body's shoes be too bt for her. .
A woman needs two hats, so ths can
stk-k different flowers sod plume In
them and toll how she has seven.
-Ten take your hobe with you en your
way to market: they are sem other
man' When you are, oa your way home.
Ntw'Tork Press.
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I It la equally beneficial for th
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