Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-01

upper lip and whispered back And so the
Princehardwick Brother act was born.
Candy from children chOrtled the Hon
orable George.
Soup from the sick" chorused the Hon
orable Tommie Willie 4
For" they chorused IN sweet unison,
the legislative appropriation bill is big
measure. 1t has been carefully prepared
The committee has worked for weeks on It.
1t contains many reforms. But half of 1t
is subject to points of order. VIII we make
them? VIII We? VIII we work off some
of our soreness-we mean patriotism? VIII
We? Oh, splash
Ladies and gentlemen, the brother act
was success from the start. 1t made
great hit with the appropriations commit
tee. Chairman Tawney was so tickled by
the Prince Hardwick turn that his emo
lions became too much for him. Littauer,
the pink and white, was in the same class
Seven separate times did Tawney leave the
big tent that he might have a fit in peace
and quiet. Seven separate times did Lit
tauer follow his lead. During the perform
ance of the Point Pair they all
ternated regularly in fitting and fitting
The Prince Hardwick act, ladies and gen.
tlemen, was notable for its sweet simplicity.
1t made no difference what portion of the
legislative bin was under consideration. It
mattered not whether the expenditure was
new or had been authorized for the past
thirty years. 1t was of no consequence
that reforms were intended. Could a point
of order do any damage? If So the Prince
Hardwick team delivered the goods. For
they were actuated by motives of the high
est patriotism.
But it happened. ladies and gentlemen
after Chairman Tawney had returned from
his seventh lonely fit, that he was not yeet
calm. He stood up and said things. They
weren't pleasant things. They weren't the
things you'd call your grandmother And
when he was through the Honorable Geor-
gle rose In his place and replied Interrupted
at frequent intervals by loud or frantic ap-
plause from the Honorable Tommie Willie
IL. tAl
also, interrupted every now and again by
uproarious applause from the Honorable
George. I tell you, ladies and gentlemen,
1t was great team work
But it happened, ladies and gentlemen,
after Littauer, the pink and white, had re-
turned from his seventh lonely fit that he
was not yet calm He stood up and said
things. Nor was Littauer the pint and
white, talking to his grandmother He in
quired how 1t was that the Honorable Geor-
gie's patriotism had permitted him to at
tach to the public payroll constituent
who had worked at the Capitol for week
and drawn his salary by long distance Tor
six months.
Fury, ladies and gentlemen, but the Hon
orable George was cross. He rose up and
snorted.
Mr. Speaker" he bawled, Its an in
famously accurate statement Of the facts
'fTis true that ] got my constituent a JOB
'Tis true that he only stayed here week
But, Mr.. Speaker, he didn't like the climate
He is only drawing $50 a month, Mr.. Speak
er. He left Washington with the chill
blains, Mr. Speaker. I have a letter in my
pocket, Mr.. Speaker, saying he is critically
Ill. And besides, Mr.. Speaker, | am having
his work done for 50 a month, Where
upon, with this brief explanation, the
honorable George, amid frantic applause
from the Honorable Tommie Willie, col
lapsed into his chair. And with pity in
their eyes Tawney, Chairman Tawney and
Littauer, the pink and white, let him alone
With the manner in which the committee
on rules assaulted the devoted patriots.
with the abrupt discontinuance of the
Princehardwick brother act and with the
ensuing rehabilitation of the legislative
bill l have nothing to do. The Honorable
George and the Honorable Tommie Willie
sit no more side by side. Their brother act
Is off the boards: the Point-of-Order FAR
are out of business. But they had great
act while 1t lasted. They think so them
selves. They will pat each other ON the
back for weeks to come; and matters or
the highest patriotism dwell with them