The Washington herald., 1908-01-30
The time has come. the walrus said.
To ials Of many things
Oi Shoes, and ships. and sealing wa1.
And cabhages aud kings.

J VI sfp%S ana ehlfs. ana sealins Ha1,
And cabhaEes and kings
John Wesley Gaines went Alice in
Wonderland one better and presented
to the House yesterday. for dictionary in
vestigation, the opprobrious term Wilt
( puswallpus"
What a wilIipus- waIlipus might be must
be left TO the judgment Of James Whit
comb Riley, the last resort Of monstrous
mythology, after Lewis Carroll.
/ John Wesley performed in the House
yesterday. 10 there had been a form
chart Of past performances by which his
actions might have been judged, there
+ is no question but that the dope sheet"
would have shown that the statesman
+ from Tennessee had outshone all his past
records and had established for himself a
class that could not be equaled b. any
Of his colleagues on the floor OF the
House.
Brings Down the House.
1t was the willipus-w aIllpus that
brought down the House, and as it was
IN John Wesiey's perorstion, the House
had plenty Of time to let that symbol OF
monstrosity sink into rs collective funny
bone. It is safe TO say that there has
not been any such apprecistive enthusi-
asm on the floor OF the House this ses-
sieu as succeeded his onslaught upon
what he proved 10 tie minority was the
fagtious attempt TO saddle upon the tax
payers the responsibility Tor the rehabil
tatiOn OF the merchant marine
TrT-a
70 the teeth He had a volume Of sta
dsilcs that we're calculated 20 make one
Mr. LttlefeId, Of Maine, defender Of
the coastwise trade laws. sit up and take
serious and instan; notice
Navy Question Involved.
The argument started over the ques-
ton OF the employment Of foreign bottoms
20 carry coal for the navy. Mr.. Little
field took occasion 70 point out that under
the act Of March l. 1917. no ware could
be hauled in coastwise trade by foreign
bottoms. Notwithstanding the special pro
visions for the freighting OF coal 10 the
Philippines.
Then Mr. Sherley, o. Kentucky. took
hand. He declared that it is tie present
tariff that makes il Impossible for Amer
lean builders 20 construct vessels for the
coastwise trade. under the law which
provides that all vessels built from ma-
teTials from foreign countries cannot en-
gage in any but foreign trade. Chen he
called attention 10 the monopoly Of the
coast trading companies Mr.. Littlefeld
said the companies were good.
Yes" replied Mr.. sherley, so good
thar they asked twice the price Of foreign
companies for the transportation Of 1900
tons OF coal
Then Mr.. Littleheld pointed out that the
shipbuilding interest had Ehrunk under
free trade. That brought Mr. Gaines TO
hls feet with a start
Goes After LittIeheId.
Hammer and tongs he went after the
gentleman from Maine Figure after fig
ure was extracted from the paper-bound
book IN his hand that showed the expan-
sion Of the merchant marine under free
trade and low tariff laws. He only
brought the matter up TO 1890
why don't you so further into the
subject asked Mr.. Lttlefeld
Il don't have to- retorted Mr.. Gaines
AILs proves ny point II what ! want
and what you don't want
Then he attacked the ship subsidy prop
osition. He called attention 10 the fact
that from the floor Of the House Mr.
Cannon had said that such proposition
was IAN act Of insanity"
Slips His Bride.
Put the Speaker slipped his bride.
said Nfr Gaines s'brolra HE boiling gt-s,,
and this House passed that bill, which.
thank Heaven. was talked to death in
the Senate by that great and good man,
Senator Csrmack
Look az this country now. A great big
deficit staring as in the face, according
to your own admissions. Look at the city
of New York. There 5000 people can't
pay their rent, and are turned out IN the
cold. and the scavenger department has