The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-06-17
MEMBERS OF HOUSE HAVE MU-
TUAL FUN.
How Members of the Legislature Re
create In Their Spare Moments At
the Club

The fun with members of the House
began as soon as the oysters were serv-
eu. II move saIu one member OF the
cub, that we resolve ourselves into u
committee OF the wnOle on the state of
David b. HENDERSON"
"Ine motion IS out of order" declar-
ed President Wynne.
Why quCried member.
THE state OF David b. Henderson
never is in oruer," was the answer.
There was a report IRON the commit
tee on rules, which maze dummies out
OF all the otner members, while num-
Der of bills and resolutions were re-
ported which were jokes al the expense
OF the congressman. Then a number
OF decrepit veterans came in, and were
announced as the members of the ways
and means committee, who had been
attending a harmony meeting. They
continued their deliberations in the
presence of the guests, and each sem
tence of the conversation was pune
tured with a laugh. When some one
suggested that Gen. Corbin might be
retired, the answer was immediate.
mot on your life" said member.
He's as safe as Miles"
And then the chorus sang this verse;
BE good, be good, my mother said,
AllnOuSl your way De stormy,
Some day you may be President
or general of the army
over in the Philippines" said a club
member, they have a way of extract
ing information from people who will
not talk by administering the water
cure. Wouldn't it be a good thing to
try on the statesmen in Washington
Certainly" said President Wynne.
Representative William Alden Smith
of, Michigan was selected as the victim.
Every correspondent in the club bore
testimony to the difficulty of getting
Smith to talk. Upon questions con-
corning Cuban reciprocity and the Boer
war" the pale and trembling repre-
sentative was informed your lips are
perpetually sealed. For this offense
you must experience the dismal horrors
Of the water cure
Forthwith a procession of club mem
bers entered the banquet hall. Some
bore a huge section of fire hose, with
a big brass nozzle as long as your
arm; others wheeled in garden hose on
reels while still others carried fire eX-
tinguishers, siphOns. hOt-water bags,
and various implements of water. Con-
fronted by this formidable array, Mr..
Smith was asked if he would break his
usual silence. Very promptly and will
lingly he consented, and his wOuid-be
tormentors thereupOn withdrew while
be made a speech.
Still another feature was the display
of pictures, admirably executed by j.
Cunningham, showing a variety of fly
ing machines, each machine prOmi-
nently displaying the features of some
supposed presidential aspirant. There
was the handmade, dOuble-jontec
peripatetic gas bag Bryan, the balloon
shaped dereliCt, Cleveland, the sky
scraper Fairbanks, the brOken-d down
bubble Hill, the genuine travelling ma.
chine German, the aeroplane Hanna,
and the rapid-rattler Roosevelt The
presentation of each picture was ac-
complished by appropriate remarks,
while the display of a map of the
southern part of the United States,
with a zigzag line showing in a heavy
head steak the path of the Hanna fly
machine, provoked hearty laughter,
in which Mr.. Hanna Joined.
The speeches and the music which
interspersed these features and the
courses of the menu were excellent.
Among those who responded were Sir
Henry Strong, chief justice of Canada;
Senator Plat of Connecticut; Speaker
Henderson, ex-senator German, Rep
resentatives Tawney, Cushman, Long,
Newlands and Powers.-Washingt
Post.