Evening star., 1908-12-13

the disposal of the old furniture through various
desecrating channels piece of one of the hideous
old black walnut sideboards which had once helped
to dsfigure the State dining room had been dis
covered property in free lunch dispensary
down Pennsylvania-ave., and great was the dis
White House cast-off. More than half the mem
bers were violently desirous of putting their lacer
ated feelings on record and Who has received
the pay for this relic of such infinitely touching
citation with the early history of our naton?''-
What has become Of the other trophies removed
from the White House? ?'--were the questions hissed
in every tempo from nnuendo to oratorca
cendo, and the Appropriations budget held
up meantime.
Suddenly Uncle Joe" Cannon sprang to his feet
and waving his shirt seeved demanded inn
pressively, They tell us Mrs. Adams used to hang
her wash in the East room. My God! what's be
of the clothes line?"
got through item carrying appropriation for
several millions than the worth of that side
board of tortured memory.
Mr.. Cannons indulgence in hurnor is nowadays
always characterized by gentleness and steadiness
His play is upon the point to be gained not a dis
concerting fling at the physical peculiarites of his
opponent. No doubt there several unforgetable
occasions in his thirty years service Congressman
that demonstrate the disastrous issue of humorous
personalities
He has seen lifelong feuds sprung from the
nucleus of overwitty Characterization, and po-
1itcal ambitions nipped on the victims of a late
spring because of an ndiscretlon in the too funny
The Effect of Personalities
THE Congressman who told another member with
diameter of twice his height and a very shiny
top that it would give him great pleasure to stick
a wick in that mouth and enlighten the world, took
greater risks and suffered much more speedy and dire
consequences than the Hero of the Merrimac. And
through the kindly minstratons of newspaper head
lines we are informed of the occasional transforma-
ton of the floor of the House into impromptu
by the casual gallery play of some facetiousy
inclined member.
When Representative Mahon of Pennsylvania
called John Wesley Gaines of Tennessee the court
objectioner, and added that he reminded him of
back the chaff had been inadvertently omitted it
took the authority of the sergeant at arms and the
muscle of both sides of the House to make the par
tcipants in the physical argument that followed
cast separate shadows on the floor
And years ago, when old Colonel Chalmers, re-
ferred to an interruption the part of Omar G.
Conger as 1.-The slight interval in my serious dis
when the gentleman from Michigan chose
to lump upon his music box and grmace at the
audience 1t is said the District militia called
out.
Congressman Eddy's Retort
PUT the reversed application of this unamiable
- comment,-an expressed humorous appreciation
of ones own physical handicap,-has often wooed
attention and commanded recognition as no flight
of Oratory could have done When Frank Eddy
of Minnesota first presented himself before his col
leagues the floor, it was noted that he looked
more like subject for limerick a comic vaen-
tine than was consistent with congressional dignity.
Still he might have been dismissed in peace The
Ugiest Man in the House, but that he persisted in
airing his views all occasions in way too aggres
sve for one.
The members proceeded to badger him into re-
trement; until occasion voice from the
back of the chamber called out, THAT isn't the
way the gentleman from Minnesota talked the