Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 106, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 May 1914 — The Same Thing. [ARTICLE]

The Same Thing.

Secretary Garrison, apropos of his bill for creating six vice-admirals, said at a luncheon in Washington: “This bill will make things better from a diplomatic standpoint, though the actual working of the navy will remain the same. Yes, the navy itself will be like Brown. "Brown, idle through slack times, started to tramp to Buffalo by way of the Erie canal to.look for a job. “He met on his way a good many canal boats coming up and down, and finally stopping a canal boat captain, he offered to work his passage. “The captain took him on and set him to leading the horses along the - towpath. “He led the horses for two days, thinking hard. On the third day he had thought it all out, and he resigned. “ ‘By the powers,’ he said, ‘I might as well walk as work my passage.* ”