Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 178, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 July 1910 — HAD REPUTATION AS TALKER [ARTICLE]

HAD REPUTATION AS TALKER

Newspaper Men of the Capital Have Pleasant Memories of John F. Fitzgerald of Boston. "Well, this certainly looks like old times,” remarked Representative James E. Mann of Illinois, as he ob-

served Mayor John P. Fitzgerald of Boston In a corridor of the capltol surrounded by newspaper correspondents. “Right," chimed in Representative Roberts of Massachusetts, as he joined the group and shook hands. “Still talk- I ing. Fitz?” When Mayor Fitzgerald was a mem- 1 her of the house, In 1894, he was the youngest member of that body. Incidentally, he was the most energetic, and he had the reputation of being able to get more newspaper space \ than any other member of congress. “Fitzgerald’s visit,” said a member of the house, “reminds me of the days when he was a member here. He was the most remarkably busy man I have ever seen In congress. He always had something on tap that made good newspaper copy, and when the corre- ; spondents were in a bad way for news they always could count upon Fitzgerald to give them something worth while. “The present mayor of Boston was the greatest hustler I have ever seen. I remember a story he told me once about the way he kept his constituents guessing as to his whereabouts. He would deliver a corking good speech in the afternoon, hustle down to the station and catch the through train for Boston, and the next morning he would be back home getting first hand information as to how his remarks were received in his district. * “Jumping back.and forth between Washington and Boston was quite as ordinary a journey for him as for the members who go back and forth between Baltimore and Washington every day.”—Washington Times.