Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-28
AGAIN "0N THE JOB
Chairman Tawney Reappears
at the Capitol.
HAS HAD HARD CAMPAIGN
Forced to Disprove All Sorts of
Canards.
HIS MAJORITY MUCH CUT DOWN
Every One in the Big Building Re-
joiced at His Return to Scene
of His Activities.
HIS MAJORITY MUCH CUT DOWN

With the converting of the second SeS-
sion OF the Sixtieth Congress. still ten
days away, things are beginning to look
real natural and homelike around the
Capitol One reason for this is that Rep
resentative Tawney Of Winona, Mimi, is
back on the job.
This is not intended to be an announce
ment of Mr.. Tawney's arrival in wash
ington. He has been here for as much
as a week. But for the better part OF
the time he was busily engaged in look
ing himself over and trying to decide
whether Or not his wounds were mortal.
Jim-Mr. Tawney's full name is J. A.
Phythias Tawney, but most Of it is OBJ
solete-had an awful time out in his dis
trict this fall. Four years ago a CRATE
full constituency rose up and chased him
back to Washington with a 10000 ma
jority. Two years ago some OF them
weren't SO frateful, and his ma jority was
cut to 1000. This year he came through
clean. with only 1000 odd votes to spare.
But Jim and his. friends hope that
most of his troubles are over now. One
of the leaders of the opposition came
out the other day with an informal re-
mark to the effect that IF we couldn't
beat Tawney this year after the cam
paign we put up against him, he's got
Ills uOohS III tll4t congressional JOD lot
life.'' And it certainly was a hot cam
paign and no mistake.
All Sorts Of Canards.
In addition to charging him with every
thing In the decalogue and the Revised
Statutes of the United States, from arson
to grand larceny, those opposed to the
reelection Of the appropriations commit
tee chairman secured the services of a
widow. but not q merry one, who took
the stump against him and tried her
best to put him on the rollers. In the
outlying districts, where the opposition
worked overtime early in the game, I'M
sophisticated sons and daughters of the
so1l-Wlnona Is the biggest gem IN the
agricultural diadem Of MinneSota-thought
of Tawney as person of evil with horns.
hoofs and an orthodox tail. Smelling of
sulphur and surrounded by sullied gold.
He had fairly to tear his shirt getting
questionable people. But what hurt Jim
Phyth1as the most was the thought that
he had to defend himself to his own peo-
pie from the charge Of being plute. He
was down on the opposition's cards as
owning half the Panama canal. In addi-
ton to a flock of banks, trust companies,
railroads and other assorted financial
game, and of carrying a personal bank
balance that never fell below six figures.
But, although it hurt his feelings, MIR.
chased this rumor to the woods. He
convinced his constituents that his sole
earthly possessions consisted of a box of
cough drops and his other shirt He
proved such a blamed fine alibi on this
plute question that ever since election day
people have been calling up and writing
and wiring. trying to lend him money.
Everybody at the Capitol Glad.
Anyhow. Mr.. Tawney was back on the
job today. and it made everybody around
the Capitol feel good to see him fall right
back into session ways-getting his shoes
shined and lighting his pipe and pouring
oil on the adding machines and asking
MIR. Courts, the clerk of the committee,
how the Emperor of Korea happened to
confer on HIM the decoration OF the Set
ting Moon, third class, and otherwise be-
having Like a human being.
James A. Phyth.as Iawney is a good
friend of the District. Some government
clerks who read this statement probably
will moan family and swoOn, and others
jectionable nature. But tits true. just the
same. OF course, Mr.. Tawney, who,
being chairman of the House approprl-
atoms committee in billion dollars ses-
SION, has troubles of his own, doesn't
perspire with joy and qualification when
the new member from Summerville Center
introduces a bill to increase the salaries
of government clerks so per cent, nor does
he second local propositions that they be
increased at all. But that doesn't mean
that he isn't good friend of the Dis
trict. Fact is, he has proved 1t more
than once, more than score of times.