Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-17
GRosVENoR DIPPED IN.
He Wanted to Be in the Parliamen-
tary Row.

Gen. Grosvenor enjoys a row, but he
wants TO be IN 1t. what IL the use of q
fight unless he is taking part is apparently
the notion of the Ohio veteran. When the
army appropriation bill was under consid"
Grafton in the House there was a parlia-
mentary battle day after day between the
military committee which had reported
the bill and the appropriations committee,
which constitutes itself guardian Of the
treasury and sees that no new legislation
carrying appropriations is Incorporated in
the different bills. 1t was none of Gen.
Grosvenor's fight; he was not a member OF
either committee, but he just couldn't keep
out, so he dipped in.
MI Chairman, l find myself about s
near tangled up and Impossible as l ever
was in my me-, he began, and the House
was all attention Since | have been a
member OF Congress- he Continued. u
have never been so mixed NJ. l have
grown up here In a school that taught me
about the best thing the average congress-
man could do was to follow the lead OF
one of these great committees of The House,
especially the committee having the bill IN
charge. and L came here to follow as well
as l could the leadership of the committee
on military affairs upon a subject over
which l supposed they had Jurisdiction. /
heard the able decision OF the chair" (Rep-
resentative Boutell of Illinois was in the
CHAIR. IN which he commented at some
length upon the decisions or some OF his
predecessors and affirmed most or all OF
them, and / do not know which of his pre-
decessors We're right and which were wrong
but l sure the present chairman Is
right and now / find myself up against
two ieaderships
II am reminded of q charge given by a
Judge of the court in Ohio of this charac-
ter. II was a question between suparin-
tendent and a general manager Of one OF
the Industrial corporations and the court
charged the jury that it was Il contest be-
tween inferior function and n superior
function, and II they found the inferior
function collided with the superior func-
tion the inferior function must give way
and the superior function must control /
went to get that Judgment reversed In the
supreme court, and / read the charge and
Judge White of blessed memory stopped
me in the midst of II and said that hiIarity
OF that kind, appearing TO undertake to
ridicule charge of the court below ought
not to be tolerated in the supreme court
General Grosvenor's difficulty he ex
planned was in trying to ASCERTAIN which
was the superior Junction." the committee
on military affairs or the committee on an
propriations. ut seems to me- he said
I'VE will have to revise the ruies-about the
time L get back here'-statement that
evoked applause-"and define the jurisdic-
ton of these great committees"
He paid quite nice compliment to Chair
man Tawney and continued:
Yet / do not see any particular occasion
for the collision that Is going on here, and
am lost. There is where / am If can
get a chance TO vote on both sides of this
question am going to do 1t in the interest
OF the consistency which l have always
maintained L can be happy with either
were tother dear charmer away"
The House enjoyed every word of the
speech and showed in daughter and APP
plause).