Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-06
congressman D|k(D
New York Members Have a Gay
Feast.
GENERAL HARRIES A GUEST
Serene Payne Says He is Sure Roose-
welt Fills the Bill.
RAG TIME DISPLEASES PARSONS
Only Eight Of the State Delegation
Turn Up at the Republican
Clubs Entertainment.
RAG TIME DIsPLEAsEs PARSONS

| NEW YORK, March 6.-The Republican
! Club gave a subscription dinner last night
to the republican representatives from this
state. 1t gave the New York members, as
President Young of the club put it. fine
| chance to jolly each other and form a NIL
| tual admiration society.
Not all could attend. by any means. but
there were eight present. William NJ. Cal
| der, William w. Cocks. NJ. E. Driscoll Cy-
rus Durey, George r. Malby, Samuel Nc
| Millen. Herbert Parsons and Serene E.
| Payne. Mr.. Parsons was the only member
| of the, New York county delegation on
hand. Among the guests of honor were
| Representative Philip P. Campbell of Kan
sas, ex-United States Senator John NJ.
| Thurston and Gen. George II. Harries of
| Washington. D. G..
| President Young of the club was toast
master. and was careful to call for a toast
| to the President of the United States. This
| formality was omitted at the Lincoln dinner
| of the Republican Club at the Waldorf
| Astoria recently, and was the cause Of
| friends Two or three were so agitated
| about it that they wanted to resign. but
| were appeased when explanations were
| offered A member of the club said last
| night that President Young. in presiding at
the Lincoln dinner was busy puzzling
| out the meaning of a long telegram from
! Speaker Cannon that he forgot to toast the
| President. ITO the President, our strenuous
| member said President Young last night.
| Toast to Hughes.
! A little later he called for a toast to Gov.
| Hughes. Party platforms proclaim party
policy said Mr.. Young Party perform
ance is a seif-evident necessity. A toast to
one who respect fully urges the redemption
| of party pledges-the governor Of the state.
| Charles F. Hughes"
| The band broke into ragtime music,
| which Herbert Parsons. who walked into
| the room about that time. didn't like at
| all. He spoke right out about 1t when 1t
came his time. "As member of this
! club" said Parsons, II want to protest
against the orchestra ever playing rag
| brilliant and respected a governor as
| Charles E. Hughes" Some thought Mr..
Parsons was joking; most knew he wasn't.
| President Young. starting the speech
making, said that the congressional guests
| would be limited to fifteen minutes apiece.
| daughter and applauseO He promised to
shut them of after fifteen minutes. but
| later he realized the hopelessness Of the
task. 1t took three representatives an hour
! and half to make their talks. He COM
pfimented Serene E. Payne, spoke of his
| thought the people Were beginning to real
! ize. that representative wasn't of much
value unless kept in the House long
enough.
This is not large delegation" said
the chairman of the House committee on
ways and means, but 1t always shows up
better at roll-call. Applause) There are
some members of Congress that. do. not
show up more than once a year Qaughter).
and then only long enough to draw their
| mileage. There Is member from New
| York, and he is not a hayseed. either. who.
going to the Capitol one day with his wife
and friends, pointed out the pension bu-
reau to them as the patent office, and
| wanted to make short cut to the Capri
toll through the Baltimore and Ohio depot.
| Iaughter.)
being a representative has it's pleasant
side, even though the boys have toshustle
to keep up with the other END OF the ave,
message a day, but there was food enough
for thought in each message to keep us
busy for a week. Applause.l Now.
have known a good many presidents inti-
mately. Arthur (applause). Cleveland Zap
planse). Harrison (applause), Mckinley
{applause) and Theodore Roosevelt for
say right here that President Roosevelt
fills the bill Applause.)
/ IT don't agree with him on. some things
and have oppose, MN al M tines s S1me-
But 1 have always found that the Presi-
dent was absolutely earnest, absolutely
honest and always believing that his views
were really for the best interests Of the
country (Cheering) The republican party
has ample reason to be proud Of Mr..
Roosevelt.
republican members Of the House.
haven't yet read in any newspaper that
ancient stale, old joke that the country
| breathes easier now that Congress has ad-
hard and have done good work. Much at
tention has been paid to the subject OF
corporations. 1t was a question which, IN
some phases. was new to the Fifty-ninth
Congress- There was danger of going to
radfcalism at one extreme, perhaps to con-
servatism at the other
Tariff Reform.
at was strenuous, honest work all
through. We tried to conserve the inter-
ests of the people without destroying the
wonderful prosperity Of the country. We
have been criticised, but I think it will
come to be recognized that Congress has
honestly tried to preserve the rights Of the
people without inturfng capitalists who
fought fairly"
MT. Payne talked little about tariff and
tariff reform. THE law on the statute
books now i the best law law We ever had :,
men here and a group of men there that
| want schedules changed We have put of
tariff revision beca use. looking all over the
country and In the face of the remarkable
prosperity of all time, we think that things
are best left as they are at present. When
the time comes for revision It will be done
by the republican party wisely.
| "AS to the legislation on immigration.
We decided that the educational test should
be applied not when man lands at Castle
Garden, but when he comes to the polls to
cast his ballot. We have examined every
proposition that would tend to give the
laboring man and every other class of citi-
zens a fair and square chance. Some of
us were anxious to do something for the
merchant marine Yet we were defeated
by f1libuster In the closing hours of the
session. Yet I think the work Of educa-
| ton has begun and that the people are be-
ginning to realize that 1t is as legitimate
! to give money to American ships to carry
| American mails as it Is to give millions to
the railways" {Appfause.)
/ Mr.. Payne congratulated New Workers on
sending Representatives Parsons, Olcott
| and Bennett to the House. Every one Of