Sunday, December 04, 2005
Now and Then
Among the quaint characters who have appeared from time to time in the Senate of the United States may be mentioned Nesmith of Oregon. Some two years after he had taken his seat he was recounting to Senator Wade his wonder upon first seeing the Capitol and especially the still greater wonder that he should have been honored by being elected a member of so august a body. "Well," said Senator Wade, "you have been here a couple of years; what do you think of it now?" "Think," replied Nesmith; "why the wonder to me now is how you and so many other fellows ever managed to get here."
Wit and Humor of American Statesmen, 1902
