Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 81, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 July 1906 — Polite but Busy. [ARTICLE]
Polite but Busy.
Not long ago a delegations of women appeared at the Capitol to solicit the suppt rt of a member of Congress for a bill in which they were interested. This member, says a writer in the Philadelphia Public Ledger, is a most energetic man, ami, appreciating the fact that his time was pretty .well occupied, the spokeswoman said: W? 1 “Now, sir, If you would prefer, we will see you at your hotel in the evening.” “Oh, no; I shall be glad to hear you now,” he said, courteously. “But we have a great deal to say on the subject.” “Ladles,” he said, bowing politely. “I shall be delighted to hear you, no matter how much you have to say, if you will only put it In a few words.”
