Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 229, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 September 1912 — Restless Senatorial Fans. [ARTICLE]

Restless Senatorial Fans.

Restlessness was noticeable among the baseball fans in the senate and the house along about 3: 20 p. m. Even turning the button and starting the electric fans was of no avail. Every five minutes during the progress of a debate or between roll calls certain solona could be seen quietly slipping out to get the latest information from the American League park In Philadelphia. Although this was at the crisis of the convention contests for choosing delegates to the National Republican convention, interest for the moment centered entirely upon the diamond at Philadelphia, and the animosities of debate were forgotten when two senators whispered with all the eager enthualasm of boyhood daya: “What’a the score?” The great national game will not yield Interest even to the presidential election. Philosophers have often Insisted that the annual recurring baseball contagion la a safety valve for the exploaivo energies of the American people. J who are otherwise too wrapped up in their business and pleasures, tfbey follow the movements on the diamond and the Jottings on the score card with fie game nervous intensity, but ttaefi la “play”—not work, and the . viewpoint makes so vast a difference!— Joe Mitchell Chappie, In National Magazine for June.