The Newtown bee., 1909-12-10
BABBLE IN THE BASS CLIFF. Revelry of Adjournment Day. By John Rodemeyer in The Hartford
 Post.

Lars Charlie Burnes of Greenwich, by the Alae Gods hH sWOfN That the great H0Lke of Nutmeg Reps should HditCI Banks no m0Ff, By tho Nine Gods be swOre 1t, frd called tEe speaker down To abd hle ln taY 1r of the nan from old
 NeNtTYn,
 The Speaker made no protest, for he
 knew 'tw0uld he no use As the House was in the humor then Co
 raise the very deuce, Then Johnson was elected by q vote that
 raised the roof, But shook his head determlnedly and
 w0nldn's move | h00f. Just count me out" au0th Johnson,
 Choose some one else to roast, " And fast he sat behind his desk, stiff as
 . hltehing post. "Go bring him up" Bill Ml0dgett.. cried,
 with all the speed yo may" "You bet your llfe" Alb Hayes replied, He's called, and must obey" And forth went Hayes Co fetch him up,
 amid . storm of cheers And books and lnkstands, cuspid0rs and
 letter-hles and shears He reached his man In safety, but alas'
 likewise alack! In spite of his persuaslveness hA couldn't
 bring him back. Then up spake Alb. appeallngly-deter-
 mined then was he: "This Johnson Is husky cuss, but may
 be moved by three. I, with two more to help me, can put him
 In the chair; Now who will stand on either hand and
 help me drag him there% Then out spake Major Danny Dunn-a a. fOuFhOrgp team was he. To, l will stand at thy right hand and
 drag him there With thee" And up spake Hall of Wellington, a holy
 terror he.
 Put me down for the other chance
 I'll drag him there with thee" And Clark of Bridgeport took the cue,
 and started with bound: "Here! count me in! I'll get behind and
 push my little pound" Then yaliantly they went to work; their
 combined strength they trusted And pulled and tugged at Johnson until
 his suspenders busted. Right gracefully he yielded then, and
 mid the cheers and din Proceeded in triumphal march new dig
 mites to win. Then freedom from her mountain height unfurled her standard to the air, As Speaker Banks laid down his sledge
 and Speaker Johnson took the
 chair.
 The lid was off. the curb removed, the 7 bars were down and for one hour All sorts of things came hurling down,
 like 'pitchforks" in summer
 shower.
 "The House will be in order!' Speaker
 Johnson solemnly proclaimed, Then jumped in tin to save his head, at
 which a letter-file was aimed. Dormitzer yelled, Fire out the lobby"
 That was where he made his blum
 der,
 For books, confetti and amendment - blanks completely showed him un
 der.
 Fay Clark of Bridgeport raised a point, . then ducked to keep from being hit But stopped so low that Parker spanked
 nim souncly where he ought to sit. The joker-cleric, Rector Humphrey,
 made the comprehensive motion That "All of Johnson's hobby bills, that
 died in spite of his devotion. Be now recalled and passed, and sent to '. the official bill recorder" "So ordered" ruled the Speaker, for those bills will always be inorder." And then he brought the house down. in
 a laugh that banished indigestion, By asking Helm of Windsor if he wish.
 eu lb llONC lilc pl SNiouo lucsNioii' Move we adjourn" yelled Nelson, but
 they squelched him with hissing
 chorus.
 This is the most important thing Fred
 Norton said, that's come before
 us"
 The Speaker deftly dodged flying vol ume of the Statute Laws Of which Dick Higgins rose to move to
 strike out the enacting clause The motion died a'bornin', for as Scott
 got up to second it, The second volume killed him, Tin tiff, "
 as Ogden reckoned Il. The voice of Colonel Tomlinson was
 heard above the din and chatter, But Johnson had no time to ask the
 Colonel what's the matter? For resolutions, bills, amendments, blot
 ter pads and tutti-frutti Came flying at him in a storm that gave
 no chance to tend to duty. 1.-TWO megaphones. for Dunn and Ogden.
 were clamored for by Suffield Full Whereat Schumacher hit him on, the
 bugle with a last weeks cruller. Bill Blodgett tried to count quorum,
 as if life depended on it, When Johnson damned basket on him, like Merry Widow bennett. Well have a song," the chair announc-
 ed, "Die Yacht am Rhine,' by
 Meinherr Loos. But Dunn yelled, Wearing of the Green
 and Loos collapsed with Whats
 the use?"
 Burnes struck up Honey Boy" when Burke and Bishop started in to
 skir him.
 And thus the minstrel boy from Green which died with all the music in
 him. "No further business on the desk,' said
 Johnson, who will move adjourn
 ment?
 A shower of paper bullets warned him
 of the flaw of his discernment. The riot was progressing in way to
 please the riot seeker, When presto! all the hubbub ceased
 and enter Banks, again the
 Speaker. He shook the hand of Johnson and most
 graciously he patroni2ed him, While Johnson with confetti sprinkled .. Banks's head and thus baptised
 him.
 The House then settled down to see what
 it's officials would inherit, And vented it's approval of each well
 bestowed reward of merit. And sweet it was to note that after
 months of scrapping with each
 other, Each member had for all the rest the
 warm affection of brother. And so the session ended, and became a
 part of history Though why it wasted seven months
 must always be mystery.