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All about was history. The Capitol building in which we sat was the sacred place in which George Washington gave up his commission as Commander-in-Chief of the Revolutionary armies. The Senate Chamber on the floor below remained as Washington had left it; and the view from the Capitol windows retained many of its ancient aspects. For the great mad world, in its rush from Baltimore to Washington, has left the little town of Annapolis un-railroaded and untouched.
All this was in colorful contrast to the brisk, busy room in which I now sat, and to the brisk, busy man who dominated it. He was tall, straight, vigorously impressive : a gray-haired John Barry-more with eyeglasses; or rather John Barrymore as he might have looked if he had gone in for real estate or automobiles instead of Shakespeare. He moved quickly and spoke brightly, as if he were in the advertising business. A
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little too handsome, a little too slim-waisted—and much too busy. But in spite of all these things I liked him.
Ritchie had been clearing his desk for gubernatorial action. And now, I caught him in the ultra-modern act of pressing a button.
"The legislature adjourned last night," the Governor said by way of explanation. "I have four hundred odd bills before me which must be signed or vetoed between now and Monday."
'' And you wish I were in South Bend or Kalamazoo?"
"Not at all—if you don't mind having a stupid time. I just wished to explain that I had been dividing these bills by counties and departments—and expect to spend the day and most of the night listening to reports."
"All right," I answered, "I'm ready to hear the first report.''
"Good for you!" exclaimed Ritchie. And then to his secretary, who had answered the bell: "Please tell Judge So-and-So that I am ready to see him."
The Judge, a thoroughly likable youngish man, brought in a bunch of bills that included everything from soldiers' relief to licensing dogs. The Governor began with the soldiers.
"Twenty-five thousand dollars for taking care of wounded veterans! There," he said, turning to me, "is something a governor is frequently up against. I can't veto this bill. I can't refuse to spend the people's money to help disabled veterans. But what good will twenty-five thousand dollars do?"
"And here's a bill for exterminating mosquitoes. The State hasn't any machinery for that work, nor any money. I'm not sure that it has any right. And yet, when I veto such a measure, I go on record as an enemy of the health of the community.
"But," said the Governor, cheerfully, "things might be worse. This same chap also wants us to license dogs. Maybe, if we can't give him his mosquitoes, we can let him have his dogs. And anyhow, we're a lot better off than if he 'd asked us to exterminate dogs and license mosquitoes!"
The Governor's smile changes him utterly. Without it, he is a handsome man; but his assortment of features is so conventionally perfect that he is in danger of approaching the Gibson man, healthily bronzed, and grayed a little by late hours and hard work. With the smile, he is just as good looking—and a lot more human. The heavy, dark eyebrows jazz about merrily; the Grecian nose unbends; and the pinch goes out of the ,pince-nez! I wished that he would keep on smiling.
But—
The telephone rang. "Yes, this is Ritchie talking. Oh, yes. But don't bring a gang with you. I'd rather you'd come by yourself and tell me about it. I want to understand the bill—talk about it across the table—not listen to a lot of speeches." A short
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pause; and a long laugh. "Of course, I'll be glad to hear you make a speech some other time. And, by the way, I'll have to notify the other side, and give them a chance. Oh, yes, I '11 have to do that. Monday. Nine o'clock. Good-by."
The Judge and the Governor agreed on most ,of the bills; the latter anticipating, in many cases, his adviser's description of the proposed laws and his verdict in regard to them.
"I don't know whether there is a joker in this one or not," said the Judge, as he handed over the last of his blue documents, and moved toward the door.
"I guess there isn't," Ritchie replied, shaking hands with his friend, "or you'd know it. But I'll read it again to make sure."
"Do you want Mr. So-and-So in
here?" interrupted the Governor's secretary.
"I don't," replied the Governor, "but if you can stand him, I can."
On this invitation, a mustachioed young pouter bowed himself into the room.
"I haven't been able to make a report on that bill as yet," he began pompously; "I am not familiar with the law which it is designed to amend."
"I am," replied the Governor, rising with a brisk motion and walking straight to a calf-bound
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As the important young man tucked the volume under his arm and slunk back to his uncompleted task, I "could scarce forbear to cheer"; but I remembered my host's own words, "if you can stand him, I can," and contented myself with mumbling something
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