Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 242, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 October 1917 — CONGRESSMAN IN SAME FIX [ARTICLE]

CONGRESSMAN IN SAME FIX

Representative of People Returning Home Was in Splendid Position to T Feel for Convict. The pale-faced passenger looked out of the car window with exceeding interest. Finally he turned to his seatmate. “You likely think I never rode in the cars before;” he said, “but the fact is, pardner, I just got out of prison this mornin’, and it does me good to look around. It is goin’ to be mighty tough, though, facin’ my old-time friends. I s’pose, though, you ain’t got much idea how a man feels in a case like that.” “Perhaps I have a better idea of your feelings than you think,” said the other gentleman, with a sad smile. “I am jusjt getting home from congress.”—San Francisco Argonaut.