The Washington herald., 1908-02-09

! ff8Rfqszz5g R2ysrr in 1900 and 1902 At
/ ter the election in
| 1902. being satisfied that frauds had been
perpetrated. he instituted a contest and
was unanimously awarded his seat. lie
was elected 10 the Fifty-ninth Congress,
and reelected 10 the Sixtieth By some
/ thing over 5000 plurality
Representative Bonynge has bat one
/ committee assignment that OF Ways and
/ Means As he says the probabilities are
/ that the Committee on Ways and Means
will keep me so busy that Uncle Joe
deemed it advisable to leave me off all
others. though a berth on Ventilation and
Acoustics would have been desirable
/
/ Representative sulzer OF New York,
/ and Representative Mann. Of Illinois, eX-
changed few complimentary remarks
/ the other day without. however. ever
! approaching TO that shorter and uglier
word" which has at least once during
the session been used 10 pugilistic effect
on the floor
/ Mr. Mann. who has been loaded down
I with the term the watchdog of the
/ Treasury" objected to some point in the
/ omnibus war claims bill Mr. Mann said
/ that no doubt the Senate would pad the
l bill as. presented by the House So that
/ all sorts OF claims would appear He
evidently didn't think that the bill needed
! any assistance as 10 size. When he spoke
/ of the padding however. Mr.. Sulzer
( casually remarked distinctly so that his
red carnatiou could hear;
Sufficient unto the day is the evil
thereof
THAT may be good Democratic doc
/ trine. but it's poor financial principle"
/ Mr. Mann interjected.
( Evidently the gentleman from Illinois
I is not acquainted with the Bible re-
/ piled Mr. SulzeT
Well I don't see that the gentleman
/ from New York has profted much by his
| acquaintance with it, retorted Mir. Mann.
"Of that be Is no judge" gently replied
/ Mr. Sulzer and the thrilling episode had
ended without gore upon the beautiful
green carpet Of the House.
I Representative ". c. Lowering. Of Mas
| sachusetts. says Of Representative Mann
OF illinois, who is the great obiector Of
I the House.
when he dies and appears at the gates
of heaven. and St. Peter opens the por-
I tails and bids him enter. the Congress
man from Illinois viii say:
" 'Reserving the right 10 object I viii
step in and look about
And following his frequent practice in
/ the House, IL is expected that he VIII
promptly withdraw his objection"
/ Representatives Sherman, Of New York.
I and Mann Of Illinois. were having It out
/ over some appropriations. Representative
Mann has plenty Of hair on his head and
a large crop Of whiskers. while sherman
/ is sm0oth-faced and smO0th-headed, COM
monty called bald.
/ A young lady in the House gallery.
watching them inteuty. remarked. How
nice it would be- if things in this world
were more evenly divided"
'.Why?' asked her friend.
Because, If that one" pointing to
Representative Mann, had less hair on
/ his face; and that one. designating
/ Sherman, had more on his head. both
would be so much better of"
When Representative Bennet Of New
York, first sought the suffrage Of his.
/ constituents he was troubled with stage
fright and was 80 nervous" In speaking
of it, he said il reminded him of the
story Of the nervous man.
"A young man applied for lodging at
hotel in his district. The hotel clerk told
him there was but one room left, and
that was above a room occupied by a
permanent guest, a very nervous man.
Now said the clerk. If you take
that room. you must be quiet; there must
be no whistling. no undue noise
The young man promised 10 be
cautious.
THAT night when he came in he started
up the stairway Whistlng Entering his
room, he continued his warble. and tax
ing off a shoe fired il on the floor All
at once he remembered the Instructions
of the clerk. and without any more racket
tumbled into bed and was soon asleep
About O'Clock in the morning he
was awakened by a knock at the door
On opening it, he found the nervous man
of the room below.
Well. what can I do FOR you?' asked
the young man.
" Please whistle the last part of that
tune and throw the other shoe on the
floor, so that I can go 10 sleep
Senator Depew has been made the OBJ
ject of many a joke on account Of his
apparent lack of inclination to leave the
United States Senate. The Senator's views
as to the superiority OF earth over heaven
have not. however. 50 often appeared in
print
The Senate was not in session yester-
day. so that the Senator, not being par
ticularly pressed for time. proceeded TO
the White House 20 pay his respects 20
Mr.. Roosevelt
As he left the executive office, the
senator was greeted by a ministerial
looking gentleman who proved indeed. to
be a preacher from the Middle West
Senator" he said, Il want 10 pay my
respects to you. I met you many years
ago when you came TO Galena to de
liver an oration on the dedication Of the
Grant memorial
The Senator acknowledged the greeting.
'Good-by, said the clergyman Il trust
we may meet in heaven.
Well" replied Mr.. Depew. Il hope il
will be a good while before you go there.
and still longer before / meet YOU there "
Where to Begin Revision.
From the Indianapolis News.