New-York tribune., 1908-03-08
A GIANT OVERTHROW.
u,yS AND MEANS OUSTED
cr,ot mittee's Mocing ATTENDED
bv Scenes of Joy and Pothos.
rE-n-n The Tribune Rureau.

fE-o-a
x.,--,n March THE eviction of the al
=, o,,n,potent Ways and Means Committees
go ats cherished abode. on the outskirts OF 'iie
- o,a,oh.r and within easy striking dis
- .,e Sneakers Office, rent Congress Win
s...-- er,otions to-day The outcasts Wep'
,o,,siv but the downtrodden and op-
.zod members who have been cfusheo pc
- the ponderous dignity OF the e&hes
a,-ssre6 with Joy at the sight OF serene T.
- ,-,artne over to the Office building.
ou.-e from the Capitol
,ta-,,ers Of the majority whose pet measures
= been consigned to oblivion ano oecofhe
- memories in the minds of their consu'u-
.t-o,,rh the objections of the once tri-
,,e,- John Dalzen hgurativeiy oahceo
s his nrostrste form to-day and howleo
..- S1ae Those whose hopes have peeh
e-.sd bv the Speakers gavel rejoced at the
..--,4.,,,e Of his lieutenant, Representative
- Illinois Others whose heads have
.-o,ted at the White House snickered at
.-v EXPRESSION OF Representative Long
=, &C Re dragged himself through the tun-
:, and still more who have been regaied py
=, -,onolorues Of Bourke Cochran and the
-, ,,,rs of Champ Clark could not suppress
their eTnsles
a., -he outsiders We're genuinely happy, ma
,-,+v snd minority Speaker Cannon was HAPPY
,..rse he gets the fine room which has hitherto
.s1,s,ed the outcasts- Representative IaWhey'
.,s,-r,an Of the Appropriations Committee. re
80. because II was not his crowd that was
-,oved as the enigrants proposed Represei'ta-
,,v. Mann smiled hendshly because he had &C
.o,,iished the complete overthrow Of the high
,o,6e6 committed. composed Of floor LEADERS,
,7.s committeeman. orators. huTnor1s1s anu
n-oosble candidates for Speaker.
rut there was a pathetic side TO the spolation
~. s,,,ries. disposition could not approach the
rid homestead where Ways and Means had SO
long held forth without contracting an almost
lachryraose attack Of ulelancholia- Ihe once
inpreenable citadel was disrnantled Serene T.
Pavne. fruratively clad IN a gingham apron.
with uproIled sleeves and dust-marked brow
surveyed the ruins with tragic nlien. and called
m his household gods to witness the desecra-
rton His head encompassed in a dusteT. SHOOK
sadly: his hands wearied with pushing around
chairs and tables. seemed palsied as he wept on
the shoulder Of his companion in misery, John
Calzeu. and listened TO the commiserations OF
that mighty man, who foresaw in the eviction
an anarchistic attack existing government
N- Busbey the Speakers secretary, marked the
tear drops and raurrnured: The spot is con-
secrated even though they 60 hence" Champ
Clark forgot his rare iests and most lugu-
h-ious of all while Bourke Cochran expressed
the troubled feelings Of the entire assemblage-
He Grated violently. and with mighty passion
beat his breast and inplored all men TO see the
iniouity OF IL all. He sHore that vengeance
would be his: he raved. he wept, and the other
members Of the committee wept with him 1t
vas dismal. doleful vale Of tears. that COM
-7ittee room. when night came and drew its
mantle over the deserted bookcases and slaugh-
tered innocents. but the Ways and Means Com
u7ittee members know that the ghost Of Serene
sfu haunt the place for many years TO come
The committees last meeting in the Capitol
uss held to-day. On Monday the committee
will meet in the House Office building. Chair
nan Payne will take the Speakers room, q
small chamber adjoining the House lobby This
exchange was agreed 70 compromise after
the House. against the protests Of the Ways and
Means Committee, had ordered the removal Of the
committee to the off1ce building In addition 10
the Speakers room the room now occupied by
the Committee on Military Affairs has been given
10 the Ways and Means Committee as con-
ference chamber II 4s IN the east corridor OF
the Capitol and convenient 10 the centre OF the
House The committees new quarters in the
House building are considered TO be among the
finest committee rooms in the world" said Mr.
Dslzeu to-day. The only objection to them
Is their distance from the Capitol proper