The Washington weekly post., 1900-05-01

ea to him and said: "Well, Josiah, It
didn't do no harm"
That's all right. Maria" he replied.
"She went endwise this time, but the
next time she may come sidewise and
there won't be crap left in the whole
wire-grass region"
You people" shouted Sibley. waving
his hand toward the minority, ARE afraid
that the next time it is going to come side
wise, but il isn't. It's going TO come end
wise, just as il has always DONE
BY way of putting a nub on the speec1.
SibIey said: Primitive man lived in cav
ems, clothed himself in skins. and ate his
meat raw, squatting on his launches, and
there has never occurred a change tor
the higher and better forms of life withou:
arousing the hostility of some old moss
back conservative bunker, who will prate
of those fairer and better days of old,
when their grandfathers swung by their
tails from the limbs OF the trees in the
| forests primeval."
While Mr. Sibley was making his speech
| Prof W Jasper TalbeTt. of Parksyille, ).
| c.. turned his kodak upon the great Penn
! sylvanian. He developed the picture with
/ out going into a darkroom. and exhibited
! it to the House in pension discussion a
| day or two afterward Talbert was in
| sisting upon a strict scrutiny of each pen
| sion bill with q view of squeezing out
! those mot really entitled TO pensions. Mr..
| Sibley was annoying him by objections
and points of order. II was then that Tai
| bert began TO exhibit the productions or
| his kodak Alr. Sibley said that il cost
| $3.50 an hour to run the House of Rep
! Iesentatives He added that even his
| friend from South Carolina would admit
| that in the last few years he had used so
much of the time OF the House in Op-
posing legislation that the cost OF the
! time would have paid every pension bill
| that had been before the House this ses-
| sion.
TaIbert replied: MY friend yonder goes
out Of one place and into another so often
! that 1 cannot follow him."
/. A moment afterWard, when he had call
ed for the reading of a report and Mr.
Sibley had objected, Talbert said:
Il hope this House has not arrived az
| that understanding, or at that point
where they want TO stife free speech.
= where they want to gag anybody. espec-
iaIiy my distinguished smoOthfaced
chameleon from Pennsylvania, coquetting
with silver and gold with the facile ease
of an agile acrobat"
When this picture was shown the whole
House burst into uncomfortable laughter
About this time William Neville, who
is the successor Of Judge Greene, OF Ne
braska, asked Mr. Talbert why he did not
make the point OF no quorum when other
than pension business was being eonsid-
cred.
If the gentleman Will sit down and be
easy. and let MS hair grow, / will tell hin
why do it," Prof TaIbert responded. Ht
then said that he did il 70 keep pensions
from bummers. deserters. and coffee cool
ers. and that ne was opposed 20 these in.
| fernal increases 10 men and women RhC
had already a competency, while old sol.
diers were left out without original pen.
sions.
Not long afterwar6 Joseph W Fordney
OF Saginaw, Mich. caught a hash-Iight
picture of the South CaroIinian. II vas
intensely characteristic. FOFdney, lndis
nant at the delay in the pension bills, told
TaIbert that he would not believe him
under oath The professor replied that a
Bible quotation was: a whip for ths
horse. a bride for the ass. and a rod sol
the fools back" He thought that hl,
friend from Michigan might De put IL
either category. and added that II the gen.
tIeman meant 10 impute untruthfulnes,
TO me. / hurl IL back, down his rotteT
| throat"
Mr. Foriney returned that he was 2
firm believer ia the Bible. Tt says mar
must be born again. When It Il time fol
the gentleman from South Carolina 10 b,
born again. nope 70 God ne Will De- still
born"
There Is no danger Of the gentleman
, / from Michigan being born again" answer
: ! 81 TsIbert. because the devil IA. 40
him-hAs got a bill Of sale OF him now.
Along In The third month OF the session
some KODAK fisui caugh Joseph g. can
| non. Uncle Joe was little risky. and a
| usual. somebody vas kicked over. lie sa
| nIloting en- urgent deficiency bill ihrouzl
m dey Gus channels Of legislation whs,
charges were made against Sscretar,
Clark He rec1liected something that oc
: Gage .or his dealings with certain New
Work hanks. Uncle Joe got after Chaml