The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-07-14

upon his ordinarily calm exterior.
Champ Clark Of Missouri the leader OF the
Democrats, loves his Joke and 1t takes occa!
sion that is worth while before he rouses him
self to anger. when Champ Clark does get
mad he gets mad" is the expressive way In
which Democratic colleague Of the minority
leader put the matter recently There was an
exhibition of how mad Champ Clark can get at
the time when he trying to hold his Demo
cratic colleagues in solid line In favor Of a
change In the rules governing house procedure,
This was at the time when some OF the In
surgents, in connection with the Democrats
were trying to secure what is now known as
Calendar Wednesday. 1t at time long pri-
to the fight which ended In the removal Of
the speaker from the committee on rules
The Democratic leader found that he could
not control all his party colleagues, and he had
suspicion that some of them knew that they
to get committee preferment at the hands
Of the speaker, provided they deserted the Dem
ocratic leader in the time Of need. One New
York Democratic member, with some others
from different parts of the country. deserted
their chieftain In the hour of trouble, and la
ter the New Yorker given fine committee
berth by the speaker.
No one will ever forget the castigation which
Champ Clark gave this colleague, whom he looked
upon a deserter from, the cause Of his fell
lows. 1t scoring the like unto which few
men have ever received. The\Eew Yorker took
it in apparent humbleness of spirit, and 1t may
be that he did not have any excuse to offer
Time is a great healer, however, and the
Democratic leader and the whom he ex-
coriated are good friends, and seem to be work
Ing in harmony for the party good in the house
OF representatives.
The hardest worked man in the house OF
representatives. not even barring the speaker is
Representative James R. Mann, Republican, Of
Chicago. Mann Is known as the great objector
and also the watch dog 1t is his duty to be
on the floor of the house constantly and to
watch legislation, line by line, and to see to 1t
that nothing is Slipped over" which the Re-
publican majority does not think proper Mr.
Mann keeps eye amendments to the appro-
priaton bills. and all kinds of things as they
come before the house. 1t is he who objects to
the consideration OF many small bills when
unanimous consent unquestionaby would secure
passage for them. This makes him in sense
tremendously unpopular with members who
want to get something through, and only get
action under unanimous consent.
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it ready for use at signal from the mother
or nurse.
Landlords may object to dogs, but hall
boys-never. A valuable dog is pretty sure
to mean weekly stipend to obgng col
ored attendant. Here again the iron fence or
par becomes useful as an anchorage for the
pet in his and many an uptown hall boy
spends his noon hour giving a pedgreed dog
its outing.
An upper West side boy whose Rooseveltan
teeth are the hallmark Of good nature said
when interviewed on the subject:
"Yessir-we all can do most anything Mis-
sus Powers, she has open all her cans
cause her hands is shaky an l hooks her
dresses when MIR Powers he amt home
kin market fur her eff she's feelin' poorly, an
| allus meets her mother at the subway sta
ton an takes her back again. | take keer Of
her cat when she's away and | feed Missus
Browns bird when she goes. Most all the
ladies they give their keys IL they're
'spectin' some one to come while they're out
an amt never made no mistake