Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-12-19
HIS FIRST POINT OF ORDER
Democratic Leader Recalls His lnitia-
ton Into the House and How David
culbertson Enjoyed 1.-THE Hazins
Of Kid in the House.

kCCcnlly w SOALlC SS1lAiACAt'' Al 49, W -
liams' hearing on the narrowing affair
on the opening day of the session, whel
young Charles S. Wharton OF Chieag
sought from Mr.. Williams information
concerning what he meant by the teri
''the kids Of the house." which was Al
Piled by Mr.. Williams to the first teri
ess in congress. 1t came about durm
some criticism which the brilliant Mis-
sissippian was indulging in at the e.
pense Of the rules.
Now, that boys all right" bega
NIr. Williams. Hes got good faci
and believe he's got good stun Ii
him. He isn't half SO much of q XII
rs was when first came to congress
At that time / had not arrived ut an!
accurate measurements of my own pro
portions and those of the universe II
general. When got OF the train
was little disappointed, because had
half expected that the president would
order out the Marine band to meet me
at the station.
after had been here washington
day or two and had got a little better
adjusted, so that could walk up to
the capitol without tripping over it, |
was glad l had brought along letter
Of introduction to old Dave Culberson.
/ went to old Dave, showed him the let
ter and let him know that he was to be
my guide, philosopher and friend. re-
called afterward that old Dave only
grunted, but at the time that made no
impression on my mind.
I "And used to go to old Dave and
seek his advice quite freely. / used to
get him to take me around among the
parliamentary pitfalls. Afterward re-
called that he didn't do it much, but !
didn't notice that at the time.
"Of course as q new member was
On the alert to watch all kinds Of legis-
lation for a chance to distinguish my
self. After few days the time came.
There was bill up which appropriated
$3.50 for some purpose or other. and, lis
tening attentively, perceived that its
passage threatened the very founda-
4 lions Of the republic, went over to
old Dave and said:
!" Mr.. Culberson, this Is bad bill. It
.ought to be beaten
Yes, l guess that's 80, john he
said.
a.Well, can't we beat it, thenr per
sisted.
well, you see, John, these things
are very difficult. 1t doesn't seem to
me very easy to beat
"a.Well, Mr.. Culberson, wasn't it re-
ported from some committee9'
Yes, John, / reckon it must have
been. These things generally are
Do you know who was on that
committee, Mr.. CulbersonT
= Yes, John. II remember rightly,
I was on that committee
2 Couldn't you have beaten 1t there,
Mr.. Culberson
"sWcll, John, would have found 1t
very difficult
rs there any way we can beat it
now, Mr.. Culberson?'
oh, yes, John. It can be beaten by
q point of crder.'
''That was enough for the budding
statesman Of Yazoo City. I leaped into
that aisle, raised my finger with ter
rible gesture and shouted, "A point Of
order, Mr.. Speaker
The proceedings came TO an imme
date halt. It hadn't occurred to any
body that any point Of order would lie
against the bill, and they ell looked at
me with the most intense interest. The
chairman. as surprised SIS the rest,
called on me to state my point of order.
.'Then it occurred to me that l didn't
know what my point of order was, and
/ turned around to ask my mentor, my
guide. my philosopher. my friend. He
wasn't in his seat With a sinking
heart I looked down the aisle and saw
his shaking shoulders as he hobbled in
to the cloakroom.
IF hadn't had a sense Of humor
would have been left up in the air in
the most ridiculous position ever seen
in the house. AS it was, the position
was ridiculous enough. l had enough
sense Of humor to see how had been
done, and, turning around, said:
Mr.. Speaker, on further reflection
! will withdraw my point Of order
After that gradually became ac
climated and shrunk in size as the
capitol grew larger and larger TO
old Dave, however, was still the man
who had made the point of order Then
one week there came into town an
artist named Homer Davenport, who
used to seduce statesmen into posing
for him and then produce the most
ungodly caricatures of them in his pa
per.
AFTER he had been here two OF three
days he had spread such panic that
no statesman could be induced to go
anywhere near him. He got Walthall.
the most dignffied man in the senate,
and drew most infamous likeness Of
him driving a hog. II Waithall had
seen him in the next five days murder |
would hAve-beeo done
"Finding statesmen thus skftt1sh, this
man Davenport escorted tn stratagem.
He went - Culberson end said he
wanted a likeness OF me. Old Dave
fell into It with spirit.
sTn engage him In conversation