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CATH @lAhoaJ slznderIsg . Democrat.
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Dawes demuFs reloIneer, which was
greatly enJoyed- la his pFilae Dawes
sas a good dsaI Of 4 wsg, and hss IN his
composition \ yein Oi quiet humor,
which even now occasionally ASHES oct
W hen he Vas IL the house. and was talk
lag about more light houses Tor The coast
II Massachusetts,, SONS orc ASKED aim
how many hight houses there we-e IN the
dlstrict. Five, said he Il Vas up
There last summer. N vacation. rejoinet
the 4uestionor, and am sure | counted
a dozcn." oh said NJ Dawes, they
ara double rehectors, and perhaps you
saw double"
Puns on names are common too com
mon-ln the annals Of congressional WIT
Onee Mr. Archer. OF Maryland, voted
by mistake v hen OakeS Ames' name
was called. and voted again when his
own name was reached. whereupoa two
or three members sang out, "InSauate
Archer, would not one vote suffice
Sam Cox once looked this matter up,
and found that the same joke had been
made on no fewer than three Of the
many Archers who have sat in the
house
Mr.. Springcr's pun on the picturesque
member FROM Philadelphia, Mr. Ran
dali's successor. Is not bad-''Vsux
popuh. Wax Del"
Ii is odd how jokes are perpetuatei.
worked over, respphed, in congress-
Gentlemen viii pass through the tell
ers," by mistake for Gentlemen viii
pass between the tellers," is as old rs the
house Of representatives, but it always
raises laugh Not long ago Buck"
Kilgore. VINO was serving as teller. an
nounced, Two more IN the negative, Mr.
Speaker "a Mr. Barnes, the giant states
man from Georgia, passed through.
This, too. Is an old joke. 1t was first ap-
piled 20 Mr.. Baldwin. of Massachusett =,
in the Thirty-eighth congress. 1t was
Also once proro ed to subdivide him in
order to make a quorum.
A few days ago western member
vociferously and persis.ently addressed
the chair. Finally the speaker turned
10 him and asked:
For what purpose does the gentle
man rise?"
ITO point Of order. ask for in
formation
1.-The point is well taken" said Speak
er Reed sharply, amid general laughter
IL was at least thirty years ago that a
representative, speaking on the tariff
bill, exclaimed:
.'Mr. Speaker, 1 am plain, blunt
business man, who deals in facts and
figures l am tired of these theories.
What want is more practical common
sense"
That's so," shouted some one, and the
house was convulsed with laughter.
During one of the night sessions of
the senate last month Mr. Hoar, tired
and sleepy, said, Mr.. President, there
is no senate before the question. -
This was SO funny that even Mr. Hoar
laughed, but it was not IS ludicrous rs
the slip made few years ago by DIR.
Gallinger, who has just been elected to
the senate from New Hampshire. The
great doctor was in the house then, and
in control of time in certain debate.
Mr. Speaker" said he. Il give three
gentlemen 10 the minute from Kansas.
Mr.. Perkins"
Even Mr.. ingalls,, who is a sticfler
for form and etiquette, made queer
ship one day while presiding over the
scnste. His colleague rose, and the pre-
siding officer, instead of exclaiming
''The senator from Kansas" blurted
ont Plumb" That was not as bad as
Vice President Morton's endeavor to
say, The senator from Mississippi"
when Mr.. George rose. The senator
from Missouri-no, Montana-Michi-
NM Mississippir' was tie way in which
he did it, with a very red face by Ie
time he had made this rapid circuit of
the interior OF tho continent
The mistake of saying 1.-THE gentle
man" which is the house usage, instead
Of 1.-THE senator" as required by the
rules Of the senate, has often led 10
laughable incidents in the latter body.
Senator Berry spoke Of Mr.. Hiscock =:
"The gentleman from New York" and
instantly corrected himself, saying: II
don't mean that. Pardon my error. Not
the gentleman, but the senator from
New York" etc, thus going from bad
TO worse.
"Gentlemen-M Mr.. President no;
was addressing the senate, and inadver.-
emily called the body gentlemen
This was the neat but malicious way in
which Sens-or Nye, an invetcrate joker
made the same play on words.
Jim Belford once moved that the houss
adjourn bona hde. but this was after
several visits TO n committee room IT
winch large jug was kept as one Of the
/ literary treasures Frank Lavler, on sn
other occasion, moved that "the house
adjourn sine die TIL tomorrow at Il
O'Clock
Scores of the brightest sayings known
70 the annals of congress are credited e
Senator Eduunds. though many Of hi:
shrpest utteranoes do not appear in The
Congressional Record. At times hs
keeps mp . running FIRE Of soto voos
COMMENT. full Of sarcasm and bitter
( irony. Once while he was making {
speech in general terms = senator inter
rspted him - say, IF the senator II
( firing a. fock it il a safe vsy If hT
Z ing sOne bird seems 10 be mt, At arr
rate retorted Edmapds.
WALTER WNIMAr.
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