"Nice to See You, Senator Whoever-You-Are"

1903

Senator Cullom was in an elevator the other day when some one shook hands with him rather effusively, saying:

"How do you do, Senator Fairbanks? I am very glad to see you."

The stranger got out at the second floor and Senator Cullom proceeded to the basement. As he stepped out of the elevator another man reached out and grasping his hand, said:

"Why, Senator Proctor, I am delighted to see you. I hope you are quite well this winter."

As the man passed on Senator Cullom remarked: "If this keeps up much longer I won't know who I really am."

—Davenport Daily Republican, Davenport, Iowa, March 4, 1903, page 5.