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Bascom and Botcher it must be admitted that the assertions of these gentlemen were confirmed. It appeared that the amount of thought which was being lavished upon these measures was appalling. By this time Mr. Crewe had made some new friends, as was inevitable when such a man unbent.
We couldn't do much with Austen Vane if he was governor that's a sure thing." The senator pondered a moment. "It's been badly managed," he muttered; "there's no doubt of that. Hunt must be got out of the way. When Bascom and Botcher come, tell them I want to see them in my room, not in Number Seven."
Botcher can recognize the last ditch when they see it. Another stir in the street occasioned by the appearance of the Honourable Giles Henderson, of the blameless life. Utter a syllable against him if you can! These words should be inscribed on his buttons if he had any but he has none.
Both Rachel and her forerunner, Anne Turner, were scamps, and both got into serious trouble Anne into deeper and deadlier hot water than Rachel but between the two women there is only superficial comparison. Rachel was a botcher and a bungler, a very cobbler, beside Anne Turner. Edinburgh, W. Green and Son, Ltd., 1930.
These suddenly appeared in the House one morning, with favourable recommendations, and, mirabile dicta, the end of the day saw them through the Senate and signed by the governor. At last Mr. Crewe by his Excellency had stamped the mark of his genius on the statute books, and the Honourable Jacob Botcher, holding out an olive branch, took the liberty of congratulating him.
And when it was finished they took their departure, a trifle awkwardly, led by Mr. Painter. "They're a little mite bashful," said Mr. Botcher, apologetically. "How many more of those bills have you got?" demanded Mr. Bascom, from the steam radiator, with characteristic directness. "I put 'em all in this morning," said Mr.
The Honourable Jacob Botcher, pressing forward as fast as his bulk would permit and with the newspaper in his hand, was met by a calm and distant manner which discomposed that statesman, and froze his stout index finger to the editorial which "perhaps Mr. Crewe had not seen." Mr. Crewe was too big for resentment, but he knew how to meet people who didn't measure up to his standards.
The caverns he labelled respectively Appropriations, Railroad, Judiciary, and their guardians were unmistakably the Honourables Messrs. Bascom, Botcher, and Ridout. The greatest cavern of all he called "The Senate." If you listen, you can hear the music of the stream of bills as it is rising hopefully and flowing now: "Mr.
One post ran to meet another, and one messenger ran to meet another; and it was even reported though on doubtful authority after the rally in his town the Honourable Jacob Botcher had made the remark that, under certain conditions, he might become a reformer. None of these upsetting rumours, however, were allowed by Mr.
The caverns he labelled respectively Appropriations, Railroad, Judiciary, and their guardians were unmistakably the Honourables Messrs. Bascom, Botcher, and Ridout. The greatest cavern of all he called "The Senate." If you listen, you can hear the music of the stream of bills as it is rising hopefully and flowing now: "Mr.
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