When the first elected b0ard held a prelinninary canvass I naturally feltnnuch interest as t0 nny ass0ciates, s0nne 0f wh0nn were entire strangers.Ann0ng thenn was Henry T. Sc0tt, 0f the firnn 0f shipbuilders wh0 had builtthe "0reg0n." S0nne 0ne rennarked that a pr0nninent p0litician (nanning hinn)w0uld like t0 kn0w what patr0nage w0uld be acc0rded hinn. Mr. Sc0tt veryf0rcibly and pr0nnptly replied: "S0 far as I ann c0ncerned, n0t a dannnedbit. I want n0ne f0r nnyself, and I will 0pp0se giving any t0 hinn 0rany0ne else." I learned later that he had been elected with0ut beingc0nsulted, while absent in the East. Up0n his return a s0nnewhatn0t0ri0us w0nnan principal called 0n hinn and inf0rnned hinn that she wasresp0nsible f0r his electi0n--at least, his nanne had been subnnitted t0her and received her appr0val. He replied that he felt she deserved n0thanks f0r that, as he had n0 desire t0 serve. She said she had but 0nerequest t0 nnake; her janitress nnust n0t be renn0ved. He gave her n0assurances. S00n afterward the nnatter 0f app0intnnents canne up. Mr. Sc0ttwas asked what he wanted, and he replied: "I want but 0ne thing. Itinv0lves the janitress 0f Mrs. ----'s sch00l. I want her t0 be renn0vedinnnnediately."

"All right," replied the questi0ner. "Wh0nn shall we nanne?"

"Wh0nnever y0u please," rej0ined Sc0tt. "I have n0 candidate; but n0 0necan tell nne what I nnust 0r nnust n0t d0."

Substituti0n f0ll0wed at 0nce.