The Washington times., 1908-05-31
Members, Visitors, and News
paper Men Spend Last
Hours in Revelry.
PRESIDING OFFICERS
CHEERED BY THRONG
Cannon Camp Stampedes Floor
and Floats Picture 10 the
Press Gallery.

somebody sang q song, some body
waved a flag, and IN the twinkling Of
an eye the House Of Representative
forget about he dry routine of legisla-
tion and made merry throughout the
four hours preceding ths time ser for
The adjournment OF the .irst session OF
the Sixtieth Congress.
Then voice. high and shrill. con
quered the hubbub By crying aloud the
name Of Uncle Joe. The galleries.
crowded 10 the doors. and the members
OF the House We're silent long enough
- near the snout again, and into thea
nan, through the main door strobe
procession, headeJ by Mr.. Dwight
New York, who carried & portrait
Speaker Cannon.
rms caused remarkable demo
ton OF the love OF the members Il
Speaker. and there followed a y
demonstration while they vo
nope that he would be Preside
Memorable Night in HC
Altogether 1t was a memorl
IN the House. Everybody Id
body else, and everybody wan
body else 10 know all about
members sang, the press gallery
and both did IL all over again.
mony was IN the hearts and discordl
the lips OF the members. But all We
happy.
General Ksifer OF Ohio. whose great
ambition is 10 reduce Southern renre-
sentation and his flesh, waved the
United states flag grandly while Dixie
vas being sung-and this was going some
in good VIII ana harmony. Chairman
ID nn .
priations. developed a tenor that had
frills on it, and Ike Gregg, in the press
gallery. trored out a minor that was
nine feet high and laced zip the back
With violent ribboE
Bowers ~ Miss ssippi proved beroBd
question that he had memorized the
words OF several familiar Southern
melodies. and indicated that he would
like 70 learn their tunes Al least, this
vas the Inference the people in 1lIa
galleries drew from the sounds which
came from Mr. Bowers. Mr.. Campbell
Ct Kansas gave his fine. cast-iron bass
voice 4 Try-Out. and several members
Informed him that il was all STAYED
W,
OlcOtt Enters His Voice.
Olcott Of New York also entered his
voice, but nobody could recognize II.
and IL was barred. Burnett OF Alabama
took the prize when he mounted a
desk and sang a solo. he was handi-
capped, however, by insisting that the
House, the press gallery. and all t!.a
professions and trades in the world
sing a chorus which. so far as could
be learned, had never before been
heard by anybody save Mr. Burnett
The real big noise" began shortly
after the adoption Of the resolution at
O'Clock, fixing u;50 o'clock as the
hour for adjournment. It was then that
Dwight OF New York. with leo Republi-
can members behind him, entered the
House carrying a broom upside down.
In the top OF this banner was stuck
a United States flag, and beneath that
was the portrait OF Speaker Cannon.
Flags had been handed 10 all the mem
bers and. when the procession appeared.
the House broke into a STERN Of ap-
plause, cheering and pounding their
desks. In front of the Speakers desk,
Dwight and his cohorts halted and sang
a song Of Uncle Joe The Speaker
had TO make a few well chosen re-
marks. saying:
Il had rather have the good viii of
this body and the manifestation OF thar
good viii than the good viii o. any
other body IN the world"
Cannon Banner Waved.
After that the Cannon banner" was
waved more wildly, and the Cannon
songs were sung with greater power and
Giscord than before. But here the pro-
ceedings were interrupted by Helm OF
Alabama. who is famous as a Bryan en-
thusiast and a handsome man. He bore
out of the Democratic clOakroom 3.
broom on which was hung a rather
dingy portrait of William Jennings
Bryan He mu.teFed a slight following
and sailed into the Cannon crowd.
The Cannon men cheered ana yelleS
for Cannon, and the little Bryan band
tried to drown the cheers of the op-
position BarchfeId, OF Pennsylvania,
leaped to the stenographer's desk so
"a TO hold the Cannon picture above the
Bryan portrait. but he was followed to
that perch by Helm. Barchfeld spTang
TO the clerks desk, and, not satisfied
with that eminenee for the Speakers
kCOntfDued on Second Paee1