The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-01-05

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speak.
How much time do you wish?" asked
Representative Dalzell. the time dis
penser.
Twenty minutes"
Cant have but ten" said Dalzell.
MIR Speaker, there is nothing pressing
before the House at this time. and 1
cannot see why the gentleman from
Pennsylvania wants to limit me to ten
minutes. and on this question"
Mr. Speaker, ne has already talked five
minutes; he can have twenty. jerked out
| Dalzell
The Missouri man never gives up until
he is shown why he should.
! one OF the best story-tellers in the
House is Francis W Cushman, and the
droliest ones he tells are on himself A
short time ago, while making an after
dinner speech in his usual humorous
style. Cushman said when he first came
/ 10 Washington he had to answer great
many questions as to himself his state.
and other things. One Of the many
| strangers he met said:
MIR. Cushman, didn't J. Hamilton
! Lewis come from your Slater"
"He did. replied the new Congressman.
Great Scott, are ali the people in
/ Washington State freaks?"
! Sometimes, however, Mr.. Cushman tells
/ a story on some one else, occasionally his
/ wife. When I was first married. said
I ne. L went home 10 dinner one day, and
my wife took great pride in telling me
/ that she had baked chicken The chick
/ en- was brought on and / never saw a
/ prettier bird. but it had a peculiar smell.
Francis, isn't that pretty" asked my
/ wife
1T is indeed hut what gives it such
/ a strange DdOr7
IT does smell funny said Mrs. Cush-
/ man. can't imagine the cause.
/ ION Investigation we found that the
4 chicken had been cooked without clean
/ ing IL inside: in other words. In the all
/ togethers'
Sir Francis Walker Of London. Eng
land, was a visitor at the Capitol yes
I terday. This young barGhet is making a
study Of the various national legislatures
of the world, and he talks interestingly of
/ the differences he has noted in this line.
/ Sir Francis interested q number Of
newspaper men in the Senate press gal
lery with his "reminiscences of the Eng
/ lish House of Commons Although that
body numbers SO members, he says. 40
/ constitute a quorum. and there are only
! $50 seats in the chamber. Benches are
used. the members not being provided
| with desks. and Sir Francis remarked
upon the fact that while the question OF
abolishing the desks in the American
House Of Representatives is being agi-
tated. the English Commons is consider
ing installing desks.
1T seems. he said. that what we
/ have not is always the best thing from
I our point OF view. It's one of the inCOu-
sistencies Of human nature.
Arthur J. Balfeur. leader OF the Con
| servatives in the House OF Commons, a*-
cording TO the English visitor. consists
mostly OF legs, and these dispr0portiOn2te
members he spreads out all over the hall
when he takes his seat. On one occasion.
while BalfotH, sitting on the small OF
I his back had his long legs resting across
the bench in front of him. Devlin, one
of the Irish members. marched over 10
him and set the Englishman's pedal ex-
tremities on the floor. thereby bringing a
roar Of laughter from the House.
! When Senator TfllmanIs resolution con-
tcerning the carrying OF intoxicants into
prohibition territory was turned into
mirth by Senator Lodge the other day,
through the Massachusetts, Senator's anal
I
turned the laugh the other way by retort-
ling that he could not claim the advanced
scholarship of the Senator from Massa-
lchusetts But It was not altogether jest,
for probably no other Senator can claim
as lnany degrees of literary accomplish
lnients as can the descendant OF the Cab
OTIS. Having won mis- bachelor of laws de-
gree from Harvard Law School, follow
ling the usual undergraduate degree of
bachelor of arts Lodge was made a doc
tor of philosophy by Harvard soon after
he was admitted 10 the bar, upon his the
sis on Land Laws of the Anglo-SaxOns. -
He was subsequently made doctor Of laws
By four colleges, including both Yale and
Harvard.
He is the author of a large number OF
historical works and essays, and is a
member OF many historical and antiquar-
ian societies. In 1895 he elaborated with
President Roosevelt in the production OF
a volume entitled Hero Tales from Amer
lean History and he Is one of the warm
est friends the President has in the Sen
ate.
Mr.. Lodge was representative in four
Congresses before he took his seat In the
Senate in 1898, as the successor of Henry
l. Dawes, and he has been there ever
since.
Representative James A Tawney, OF
Minnesota, chairman of the House Com
mittee on Appropriations. has Just lost
his father, in whose blacksmith shop he
first became acquainted with the respon-
sibilties of life. He learned the trade OF
a machinist and removing from his home
in Pennsylvania to Winona. Mimi, for
some time worked in both trades, mean
while studying law during all of his
spare time Then he entered a law office
completed his studies at a law school
was admitted to the bar. showed els
capabilities as sn advocate, and was sent
to the State legislature. Congress came
next in line of promotion. and ne has
been a member Of the Lower House ever
since the Fifty-third Congress.
/
Charles A. Kennedy, Representative
from the First district Of Iowa, was borr
in that State. but both his parents wer,
natives of ireland, and he has the stralr
Of wit that is the heritage OF all those
in whose veins runs the blood that +:
native TO Erin, He describes himself a:
an agriculturlst, and is a member Of
the firm of Kennedy Brrs., nurserymen
This Is his first experiskce in Congress
Ato which he, Vas electselSas Republican