Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 242, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 October 1910 — Polite Mr. Heard. [ARTICLE]

Polite Mr. Heard.

Congressman John T. Heard of Missouri was one of the most polite and Chesterfleldian gentlemen ever known in the national house of representatives. On the day that the house passed a bill opening to settlement the Cherokee strip, Mr. Heard voted for the bill, and then was leaving the capltol when he met with Mrs. Hechmann, who had been diligently lobbying against the bill. She asked: “What was done with the Cherokee strip bill?” “It has jußt passed the house, madam,” said Mr. Heard, holding aloft bis hat and bowing low. “It passed by a vote of 142 to 108. “So there were 142 railroad thieves, were there T* Mrs. Hechmann hissed spitefully. “And only 108 cattle thieves, by th# official count,” replied polite Mr Heard, as he parsed on.