The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-17
MUSTN'T UNIFORM BOOSTERS.
The COIored Member OF the Massn-
chusetts Legislature Presents a


The COIored Member of the Mnssa-
chusetts Legislature Presents a
Bill.
Boston Dispatch in Chicago Times.
II game birds don't migrate here and
barnyard fowls cackle for transportation
to the land Of the bean and the Goldfish
it will be through no fault of Robert T.
Teamoh, representative from Ward to
the legislature. Mr.. Teamoh is of African
descent, proud Of the honor of being the
only man of his color I'm the north repre-
senting a constituency in a great and gen.
eral court.
One day while walking in Washington
street his eyes fell on a well-conditioned
Shanghai rooster strutting about in the
space of u large yellow window with its
gnarled and yellow legs incased in trous-
ers Being an admirer of chickens, MIR.
TeamOh paused to contemplate the ridicu-
lous aspect of the rooster.
All the following night the legislators
sleep was troubled with visions of Dork-
ings, Shanghais. Wyandottes, hybrids, and
nondescripts arrayed in finely creased
trousers, baggy coverings and fantastic
high waters" They crowed and cackled
and clucked around his bed, gave vent to
much vigorous throaty protest against the
Mr.. Teamoh to ask for the enactment of
proper laws for their protection. Last
Monday, when some of the old-time legis-
lators were Illuminating on the glories Of
Massachusetts and rolling fondly over in
their minds the Respondent compliment
paid to the old commonwealth by Web
ster in his reply to Hayne, they were sud
denly aroused from preoccupation by a
move on Representative Teamoh's part
in favor of protection for game birds and
fowl The game bird protection was all
right, but Just where hens and chickens
and ROSTERS came in for special legisla-
ton the old-timers could not see.
The fact that Mr VOn l.. Meyers col
league was championing the cause of out
ragged poultry attracted more than usual
attention. But the house was hardly pre-
pared for what was to come. As the bill
provided for a law against putting trou-
sers or any other kind of human wearing
apparel on hens, ROSTERS, ducks, geese,
woodcock, quail partridge, or any other
type of feathered biped, some of the aus
tere old solons sought secluded corners in
which to weep over departed dignity and
call down all sorts of double-jointed anath-
emas upon the pate of Mr.. Teamoh. The
bill also provided that no trousers or hu-
man habiliments of any kind be put on
the legs of any quadruped for advertising
purposes or otherwise. The bill was re-
ferred to a committee.
Judge Grover of Canton, Congressman
Morses town, whose attention was first
called to it to-day, is on a still hunt trying
to find out who put up the job on Repre-
sentative Teamoh, and Speaker Won L.
Meyer, the good fellow of the Somerset
Club, fox hunters and devotee of all sorts
of manly recreation, is being congratulate
ed on having such a humane colleague.
Mr.. Teamoh resents the imputation that
he is the victim of joke, and strongly
asserts that he is in the right.
Pants on ROSTERS" he says, prevent
them from scratching 1t also deprives
them of the comfort of drawing one leg
up into the seculsion of the feathers while
they sleep. 1t worries them, detracts
from their gracefulness and makes them
an object of pity to all humanitarians.