Pattern for all beneath the sun,
To Taft award the palm and bun!
They told him what they wanted done—
He done it.
Secretary Knox tells a good story of the last fight the late Senator Quay, of Pennsylvania, made in the Senate. Quay was working hard on the Oklahoma Statehood Bill, obstructing legislation, when a scheme was fixed up to get him away from the Senate for a time. Quay was very fond of tarpon fishing and had a winter place in Florida. One afternoon he received this telegram from a friend who thought the Senator might be in better business than pottering around about new States:
“Fishing never so good. Tarpon biting everywhere, sport magnificent; come.”
Quay read the telegram and smiled a little smile. Then he answered: