The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-08-21
OTR OFFICIAL LAUGHTER
,,,paACgD IN BRACKETS AND
PRINTED IN THE RECORD.

u,,r,or Among Staresmen-ia the
house There Are Many Broad. Bold,
Toud Laughs in Day, But Senators
A-a Too Digniflsd to Do More Than
Smile.
From. the Ne,c YorA; Advertiser.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13.-Congressmen do
,.rgb "rLaughterl" and '[greas laughterT'
80 treouent entries In the pages. Of the
C,,,,l,ye,siondL Record. In the House there
.ra fifty laughs-that is, official laughs,
,rb,ch 20 in the Record-to one in the Senate.
The crave and reverend senators find IL
beneath their dignity to laugh except on
grea, provocation. and great provocasions
A laughter are rare in their body. Senators
,roiIa a good deal. but the official reporter
1Tonld never dare bracket Lsmilesl in his re-
mort In the House there are many laughs
n dsv-broad, bold, loud laughs. The
ofhoial reporters, having the newspaper in
,tnct and desiring TO enliven the dry and
monotonous record, put them all In.
This has been u laughing congress.
Never before have those bracketed words
snneared 80 often. IL is a congress of funny
men-some desiring to be funny, some
that CONTAINS many peculiar members VINO
"bIew in" with the Cyclone Of 1890. Many
Of them who have purposely or intention
ally amused US will not come here again;
mores the pity For without its daughter"
aud great laughter congress would be
positively dreary. Oft it is, anyway.
Our last good laugh In the House was on
Thursday, when Mr.. Butler of Iowa, a very
bright man and ready talker, made a
peculiar slip Beng asked If he had not
testified in a certain way before an investt-
eating committee, he replied; YES, but
being under oath ! had to tell the truth.
The Inference that Mr.. Butler did not tell
the truth except when under oath was 80
obvious that IL was NOS necessary for any
one TO point it out, The House roared and
the galleries shouted, and the familiar
words, "Great laughter" appeared In the
Record next morning.
Our first good laugh was when Mr.. B0u-
telle poked fun ct Economist Holman, COM
pairing him to Mrs. Squsers. who gathered
the boys about her at Dotheboy's Hall and
administered to them with a long spoon
their doses of birthstone and treacle ire
trenchment and retprm) for the purpose Of
breaking down their appetites and saving
provisions
Between the first and last laugh we have
had hundreds more
Young Mr., Bryan of Nebraska raised
many laugh while talking tariff.
My friend from Maine (Mr. Dingley)
seriously says the tariff on wool has made
more pounds of wool grow on the sleeps
back" To an opponent who interrupted
him Bryan said: "You are welcome to all
the time you want il you will only talk in
that way" Mr.. Bryan told one OF the best
stories Of the session. A white boy pro-
posed to a oolored boy that they 90 oahoots
on coon hunting. The colored boy was to
furnish the dog and climb the tree, while
the white boy was TO do the "hollerin."
0OlOra1 in
they caught three coons. When they came
to divide the white boy took them all.
What do getF asked the black boy
"You get the cahoots!"
Bryan likened the manufacturers who
pretended not 10 want more tariff 10 the
maiden lady who said to herself: 'This is
the third time my beau has called, aud he
may make some demonstration. II he does,
have made up my mind to bear it with
fortitude." Mr. Bryan satirized the river
and harbor bill by proposing an improve
mept for the Platte river in his state. cit
has no commerce. now" he said, "but that
fact alone Is sufficient evidence that IL needs
improving. IL the present 6ow of water
we're confined in stone wall so feet wide
aHo 20 feet deep there would DO sufficient
water TO carry on extensive commerce, aud
II necessary we could sink srtesiap wells to
get more water at the west cad Of the
river
a couoquy IN me House:
Mr., Moses-The masses throughout the ooun-
try pay the enormous postal receipts returned
BY the cities. Who denies that?
Mr., Bingham-I do.
MIR. Moses-No sane man could deny 1t.
lLaughterl
Mr.. Bingham-I deny 10.
John Allen of Mississippi has been rather
quiet this season. In discussing an election
case he raised one good laugh by telling of
colored voter OF his town who, on every
election, took up his stand near the polls
and waited for whatever might turn up.
One time he waited and waited In vain,
and, finally becoming Inpatient. exclaimed:
Gentlemen, is about to votel Does any
gentleman wish 20 speak to meF'
Mr.. Payne OF New York talking tariff
was asked about wages in lS40 We'll, /
have not studied the question of wages
back to the time of the food" Mr.. Harter
asked Mr.. Payne if he might interrupt him.
Certainly" said Mr. Payne, sit rests me-.
MIR. DolIiver OF lows told OF a barber of
his acquaintance who knew everything and
had cheerful way OF letting 60 of 1t. On
another occasion D0lliver was closely
pressed by Mr.. Bynum for explanation Of
certain figures which the former had given
II am philosopher now" said Deliver,
land do not care TO 60 into details"
Mr.. Turner Of Georgia safd very neatly,
THE people would rather see-well that
aSoE0SSobAo kShtAcuS6b WHO'LL WO name Win
reverence, because we do not know what
may happen to US, than the taxgatherer,n
Mr.. Kilgore OF Texas raised good many
laughs during the winter Once he was
obJecting to war claim, when the friend
OF the bill said the item for z, 900 bundles of
oats at cents bundle was q reasonable
charge at that time. az don't know said
Kilgore, 81 did not feed on oats; was in
the foot cavalry" Kilgore gave a member
permission to interrupt him if he would not
make speech. 81 do not want your speech
70 go laundering down the ages with mine"
MIR. Bowers of California has made his
share of fun. The House laughed at him
when he discussed river and harbor appro-
priations, saying: 81 have as many rivers
aud harbors In my district as the gentlemea
IRON New York, Louisiana and Floridn
who have been getting so much. am In
favor OF reform-on their part. AS under
stand it, unless can get pull on the COM
mittee amt in it, nor my district, either.
Now, want a show" On another occasion
Mr.. Bowers warned his democratic friends
that their policy of economy was a mistake.
'You can't win with the hand you hold. :"
ne declared; 'you have got to draw and fill
or you will be beaten.
The House laughed when the spea ker
tried to convince Mr.. Picker of South Da-
kota thet he was not in order and should
not speak. 1.-THE gentleman has not the
hoor,n said the speaker "Indeed 1 have !"
replied Picker, ~ am on the floor with my