The Washington times., 1910-02-16
SPEAKER REACHES
ENPYREAN HEIGHTS
Willis [. Moore Gets Six
Miles Up at Press
Club.
HOBBIES RIDDEN
BY MANY GUESTS
Cannon, Peary, Pinchot, Wiley, and
Champ Clark Talk in
Light Vein.

Light Vein.
It's a fine piece OF work 10 make Croe-
sus writhe IN his grave with envy, but
Professor Willis L Moore, who jollies
people along about the weather did It
last night at the National Press Club
with the greatest ease
It's a splendid thing 10 be able in
ten-minute talk 10 lay up enough wealth
for all the coming generations OF this
country. but Clifford ElnchOT ClQ u al
the Press Club without batting an eye
And there were other things done
Uncle Joe Cannon expressed MS opll-
ion that Theodore Roosevelt IS the great
est press agent in the world CHAMP
Clark disclosed his ambition 10 WIG a
nook I'D T-. Harvey w Wiley took
the unusual position that IN interpret
ing the laws. the good of the masses or
the people should be considered
Not to Mention Peary.
Tbs National Press Club Of Washington
had 2 hobby night and the great
men Of the country, not to mention
Commander Robert Z. Peary, Of TIE
North Pole, were invited 10 speak. eacn
for ten minutes. on their hobbies, the
Henry Hall. newspaper coILsS -l,Isll-'
chairman OF the meeting, ana plehG-
fr1IIv supplied with Wit, introduced the
speakers and caliied them oo"N "-'1-
After Mr.. PinchOt had hnlShed eN-
ulafninE what conservation 4sst-S
means-and II seemed 20 mean everything
that was good for this genefaLlo4 anu
the world 10 COme-ColOnel Hail an
nOunced in solemn tone ,.. III,
The National Press Club Quartet VIII
sing 'WOOdman, Spare That Tree
Too, Too Much
This was TOO much for Pinchot-
zone word more. If you please" he
said, as he was about 10 sit down Inc
Forest Service cuts more timber every
z,aar than ANYBODY except one or Two
of the biggest concerns IN the world
on this explanation. the song was
omitted from the program This was
easily done. as nobody had any idea OF
singing the song. anyway
Prof Moore was the first speaker and
he told the newspaper men a lot about
the atmosphere I'm which the people OF
this country live He pointed out that
Tnsny. Of the cyclonic storms Of modern
times originate in this country because
the American mountains run north ana
south. and that Americans are me
ablest peouIe in the world because they
are dry and inEigoraJinS- The professor
then went six miles Into the AR ana
ssid that, after that distance. things got
pretty quiet and storms did not inrruoe-
The Real Seat.
DR.. Wiley followed and expressed his
utter, not to say bored. Indifference 70
what was going on six or sixteen miles
ID IN 1he-sLr- The human digestion.
he maintained, was far more Interesting
10 everybody than what happened q
hundred miles nearer heaven than the
earth He explained. however. that
pure food was not his hobby He had
70 work on that because he had 10 make
a living but his real hobby was the
Interpretation OF the laws. He then ex-
planned how il was that he interpreted
the laws contrary 10 the way some other
Commando. Peary warmed up 20 the
subject Of the coming Antarctic eEpe-
dir1On. and gave the impression that he
viii head the next dash for the South
Pole He neglected to say whether he
expected DR.. Cook 10 beat MN 70 IL al
f-o-Tr7 the Doc Is already reported
as far south as Chile
Champ Clark, who annomcd IN a
o51iet way that he wanted 10 write a
book about the 'CuTiosltles or American
History after he had finished his Serv-
ice in Congress or any other position 10
which I may be called tod OF some or
the important events that had come TO
pass in this country because Of the
casting Of one vote
An Interested Party.
Il showed that he knew more about
history than anybody present except
Thomas S. Rice. who, after the speech
ended. told ALr- Clark that he himself
had been engaged in similar studies Of
history and that he was about the only
man who fully appreciated the lore Mr..
Clark had trotted out
Their came Uncle joe Cannon.
whose speech bristIed and sparkled and
sboue with Wit and epiErammatic
thrusts. With one wave of his hand
and an ejaculation, he showed what he
thought Of the famous, but now extinct,
Tennis Cabinet Of the last administra-
ton.
THAT tennis club-oh, N.Y. he said,
and everybody laughed
he Out Dr. Wiley in the pan in a
good-natured way and roasted him TO
rich. dark brown in a laughing manner
He said that ne-the Spea keT-and jim
Mann had been responsible Tor the pas
Sa &c OF the pure food bin in the House.
but the story had been circulated that
ne had stood In the way Of IL
Il don't say II came from Wiley
declared Cannon, but IL came from
somebody mighty close TO him"
This DIT. Wiley Indignantly denied
later
Speaker a Conservationist-
The Speaker was not auxiuos to give
AIr. Pinchot all the credit for the growth
Of conservation de said he had been
the first man to have d conservation
bill passed in the House He added that
he had no hobby. but was amused by
watching the hobbies Of other people
and keeping them from having too
much money appropriated BY Congress
to indulge those hobbies
You have said. Mr.. Chairman he
said. that PinchOt is still the chief
forester of the country Well, perhaps.
IN the estimation Of the people he IS
chief forester. but he Is not still
Frederic J. HaSkin was chairman OF
the committee which arranged the
hobby night for the club, and he
made the event one of the most note
worthy in club life IN Washington IL
recent years Among other things. he
introduced TO the clubs guests for the
first time last night the new National
Press Club Quartet