The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-15

It has passed tn chewin' tobacco,
tn flask. tn time iv day, tn buck
an tn lie direct 1t has sung OF
Lang Syne' an it's gone home.
That's a good record FIR tn House.
"Th' Sinit with its Traditions
grim with age is still goin' on,
Hinnissy Me frind 1iddy Rosenfelt
wrote thin a letther sayin that
they had done we'll They We're
a credit to tn country an he was
as proud iY thin as he cud be COLI
sidherin' tn difference in their age.
He wud like to pat thin on tn
head but he eud ony pull their
whiskers. 'Sinitors. says he, no
Sinit since | come iv age has ex-
celled We If annywan iv We want
a accommodation as Sinitor some
where's else, | will write 1t f'r We.
| have found we faithful accom-
ydatin', obligin', INDUSTRIES, hon.
est, yes, indeed | have niver known
ye to fail in politeness in shown
me tn dure. Ye have well full
filled tn best TRADITIONS Nv ye'er
hon'rable body but ye haven't done
amy wurruk so | mus call ye in
extra SESSION an ask we to get
busy If ye don't want to be an
everlastin' disgrace to tn coun-
thry,' he says.
AN there ye ARE. What's tn
throuble, says We? They amt an
ny throuble. It's a question iv
sinitoryal courtesy What's that?
Well, Hinnissy, ye see, there amt
amy rules in tn Sinit Iyrybody
gets up whin he wants to an
hollers about anything that
comes into his head Whin Dorgan
was in Wash nton, he wint to hear
tn debate on tn naval bill an
a sinitor was r-readin' tn Life iv
Napolyon to another sinitor who
was asleep. Sinitoryal courtesy
rules tn body. If ye let me talk
I'll let ye sleep. TIL presidin' Of
ficer can't come down with his
hammer an bid wan iv thin vim
'rable men, grim with traditions,
to chase himself firm tn flure. In
such case it wud be parlymin-
thry FIR tn grim sinitor to heave
an ink-well at tn presidin' officer.
proper an aven affable TO call a
fellow-sinitor a liar 1t is tn
hith iv courtesy to rush over an
push mis- cigar down his throat, to
take him be tn hair an dhrag
him around tn room, or to slap
him in tn eye on account iv a
difference iv opinyon about col
lectors iv intarnal rivinue. South
ern sinitors has been known to
use a small case knife in a con-
throvarsy. 1t Is etiket to take off
ye'er boots in tn heat iv debate.
1t is courteous FIR a sinitor to go
to sleep an swallow his teeth
while another sinitor is maxim
speech. But wanst a sinitor is
on his feet, it is tn hith iv mis-
behavior to stop him except fr
tn purpose iy givin' him a poke
In tn nose. Afther a rough-an'-
tumble fight, the sinitor who pre-
Hyously had tn fiure can get up
firm it If able an raysume his
spectacles, his wig an his speech.
But while he has one syllable
left in his face he is tn monarch
iv all he surveys. No rules FIR
thin OF boys. Ye can say amy
thing against thin but II We attack
that palajeem iv our liberties,
tn sacred right to drool, they
rally at wanst Me frind Sinitor
Morgan knew this an says he:
Gentlemen, they'se a bill here |
don't want to be passed It's a
mischeeyous. foul, criminal bill.
I didn't inthrojooce 1t. | don't
wish to obsthruct 1t. If annywan
says | do, sinitoryal courtesy will
compel me to jam tn libel down
his throat with a stove litter |
will on'y make a speech about 1t.
In tn year fourteen hundherd an
two An so he goes on. He's been
talkin' liver since an he's on'y got
down to tn sixteenth cinchry
where tn question broadens out.
No wan can step him. TIL air is full
iv his wurruds. Sinitors lave
Washington an go nome an spind
a week with tn family an come
back an that grim oil vethran is