The Washington herald., 1908-04-09
POETRY AND RULES
RIVALS IN HOUSE
Continued from Page one.

e~eSfSd t4ttsiAr ANU N view OF tLat 4acAs u
is rot strange that this huge, baull1y, un-
tdecided. hating. screaming. screeching,
cussing. and. as it would have the ooun-
try believe. helpless majority has finally
succeeded in exciting my commiseration.
my pity.
Already with the power Of recognition,
already with two men TO one on every
committee. with the power OF closing de-
bate whenever il chooses, with the Reed
rules back OF them, that were said TO be
perfect TO do business, having already
cut of prayer even when we meet
thereby acknowledging themselves be-
yond redemptlon-this great, huge, un-
wieidy majority. handled, as you would
have the country believe, so slxillfully by
tne triumyirate. has had to resort to
three special rules
Payne Gets News Title.
SIR. Speaker. even there your hoasts
have gone by the board. The other day
the gentleman from New York (Afr.
Payne), Ike a modern 3ombastes
f'urioso. rose upon the fioor and wanted
the world TO know that the majority
would consider what it pleased, when
it pleased, and vote on nothing except
what il pleased During the same Iegls-
lative day we knocked that boast out of
his lips, because we forced him, whether
he would or not, and we forced that ma
jority, whether Il would or not, TO vote
upon free wood pulp, and upon a modif-
cation Of the injunction laws in the IN
terest OF the reservations OF the rights
OF the States. and upon a proposition for
the modification Of the Injunction laws in
the interests OF labor
I'VE were just ready to make you vote
again upon campaign-contributio pub
licity bill when the gentleman from New
York (Mr Payne) rose 70 his seat and
moved that the committee do now rise
So that even the idle boasts have fallen
to the ground.
Sorry for "UneIe Joe.o
Mr. Speaker, I feel sorry for you. espe-
eially. The eartoonists find It difficult.
Mr.. Speaker, to make pictures Of you or
me even uglier than ordinary photo
graphs, but they have gotten to a point
where you have to such a degree excited
their pity that they have succeeded. I
hold in my hand a picture-I will call II a
Photograph, It looks so naturaI-of the
Speaker, with his hat flying in the air.
his cigar turned doWnward-Which shows
perturbation upon his part-riding upon
the rear launches Of the elephant. while
the elephant is spouting back through
his trunk In the Speakers face.
THE Speaker is riding upon saddle
bags, and upon this side OF the saddle
bags We see a Roosevelt budget. Out Of
the budget had already dropped the en-
ployers liability bill that you kept IN
committee for three months
t'T uap Qn1prvfufy from u 81. IT, .t.s-.--
TO which I have called the attention of
the country. and the peTspiration Is rolling
down the Speakers face like great drops
OF water IN an August shower. I find.
Mr. Speaker. another picture. And I
would ask unanimous consent 20 be al
lowed 10 insert this in the record.
Answers DaIzeIrs Taunt.
Mr.. Speaker. the other day the news |
papers undertook 70 report what had hap
pened in the House after 7 had made a /
majority. which l was by no means com
PEELED to 90. OF the committee eonsti- |
tuting quorum upon the Committee on /
Rules because I thought that a nice sense
OF honor required me 20 do Il, although /
the rule did not. and although literally |
I was not compelled to do it. but be- /
cause friend was sick and at his home |
and wanted him to feel no mental anx-
iety.
Then the gentleman from Pennsyl- |
vania came in afterwaTd and even cut ne /
Of from the poor opportunity 10 reply 10 /
what was an insulting speech. insulting 1
TO this entire side. In reporting this.
however, the paper says Mr.. Williams is /
fighting mad Why. Mr. Speaker, no /
paper ever made a greater mistake. /
Nothing could make me grow angry with
the gentleman from Pennsylvania. Nv |
temper IS so good I seldom grow angry |
with anybody, and when ] do, I do it /
with the captain. not with the lieutenant: /
when ] do, II is with Sir John Falstan /
not with his page.
DaIzeII "a Mere APpendaEe."
How could I grow angry with a mere
The time never existed in /
the House or in the State Of Pennsyl- /
vania when my very dear friend, the i
Hon. John Dalzell, ever had a separate /
command of any description.
Mr. Speaker IL is perhaps necessary /
for me 10 recur 70 a few words he said /
the other day. The gentleman INDUCED /
In some language which shows he was /
driven beyond argument and reason. You /
had previously TO that changed your 1
rules and set your hand; you had pre- |
viously TO that broken your plighted word /
and then the gentleman came along and /
said that this side had INDUCED in a plan /
Of campaign that was idiotic that was 1
asinine. that was disgr.sceful for grown 1
men. Mr.. Speaker. do not Indulge In Ian
guage Of that sort. but II were disposed
to do Il / might in a way ask the coun-
try-the country. understand, as we'll as
The House-ask the country whether any
thing could be more idiotic, whether any
thing could be more asinlne. whether any
thing could be more Of a disgrace to
grown men than TO lose their temper
where great parties are fighting for one
another, each according to its notion OF
what is right and possible for great meas
ares?
Predicts Wood Pulp BIZ.
THE President and I are going TO leg
slate a little bit before We get through.
predict now we will get out a wood
pulp bill this Congress. I cannot predict
We viii get a campaign contribution pub
icity bill, because It is too near election,
when you need your campaign funds.
Then Mr.. Dalzen got into the game.
-fe learned from a little bird some days
lgo that John Sharp Williams didn't care
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