The San Francisco call., 1910-03-02
HAYES PARAGON
OF PRUDENCE
Congressman a Fighter, But
Extremely Careful, Says
An Eastern Writer

NNAPiteN PtphSfiSo d IlldI dCltE ShtlCn VI
Congressman E. A. Hayes of San Jose
supposedly written by Sam Blythe, who
says of our California statesman:
When 1t comes TO prudence there
| are few of our fellow statesmen and
patriots who have anything on the
| Honorable Everis Anson Hayes of San
Jose-pronounced Hose-by himminy
Nice name, that. Everis. Poetry for
eternal, [ reckon. The Honorable Eter-
nal Anson Hayes, shy only few
epochs on it-eternalness, | mean-has
a lovely set of red whiskers, whereby
his intimates call him Red Hayes, and
that, to follow the analogy, means he
| is fighting man.
I You may take it from me- if you so
desire, that Red Hayes is a lighting
man. He is one of the fightingest men
we have in our. somewhat bellicose
midst, but he is also a prudent man.
He doesn't believe in doing all his
fighting at once What joy would
there be in the shock of battle, he in
| quires, if after it was all over it was
all over? None whatever, is- the an
swer. Wherefore he is fighting man
who fights just enough to allow him
self to desist and spend sweet and rest
full hours in contemplation Of the fight
ing that is to come. He is a sort of
an Epicurean fighter. He does not want
to gulp down his combat and have none
left His argument is that you can not
fight your. fight and have it, TOO One
must be scientific about these things.
If man is SO constituted that he can
not exist without clashing he gains
nothing by having one supreme clash
and then leading a dun dull life for
many unclashed years. His philosophy
is TO string the ructions out, not to
pyramid them; to fight a little now and
then, instead of fighting a whole heap
all at once
His incarnadine foliage oft may be
observed in the forefront of the van
out OFT, likewise, he takes few days
surcease to devote to stroking said
foliage and musing, prudently, on what
has been accomplished. SO long a go as
February T3, 1909, Red went into bat
tle-perhaps before that time-I have
not searched the index-and gave de-
fiance to all and sundry, including, es-
pecially, Mr.. Joseph G. Cannon and the
rules of the house.
The Indian appropriation bill was
under consideration, and Hayes having
been granted 80 minutes of time.
promptly availed himself of an Indian
privilege and left the reservation. The
previous speaker had attended to the
needs of the Indians by discussing at
great length the Sherman anti trust
law, and Hayes, having in mind also
the pressing necessities. of our red
brothers. arose ct his seat, Haunted his
crimson hedgerow, and poleaxed Uncle
Joe. 1t was one of his fighting times.
Along in his third paragraph he un-
veiled his motive. He had described
how Abe house elects the speaker and
adopts the rules.
Then he said BY these two acts
most of us abdicate the authority with
which the constitution has clothed us;
put our legislative consciences largely
into the keeping of the speaker for the
balance of our term; give to one man
greater power than is exercised by any
living human being. unless it is the
car of Russia; reduce ourselves to the
level of suppliants at the door of the
spea ker's room, begging the permis-
sion of the master of the house to
make any motion or to bring up any
matter in which we may be interested:
and reserve for ourselves power to. do
little pore7than to be counted when |
necessary to make a quorum, and to
vote yea and nay on such propositions
as are permitted to come before us for
somewhat beIligerent then. don't |
you think? He knew it, too for he |
continued: These may seem to be |
strong words,s but they are not |
stronger than l believe the facts war |
rant and all the stronger when viewed |
In the light of the action of this re-
lentless, but prudent. combatant, when |
the two acts to which he referred in |
his strong words were consummated-
TO wit. the election of this czarIike
speaker at the beginning of the ses-
sion OF congress which was drawing
to its close when the strong words
were uttered, and the adoption of the
rules. On that bright, sunny Deeem-
ber day Eyeris voted for Cannon, the
same speaker he mentioned and
lodged when it came to the adoption
of the rules, being recorded both times
on that question in the not voting list.
However, that was one of the times.
when Everis was resting under his
nom de guerre, Sometimesis, and. be-
sides, it is neither here nor there.
Time passed on, Everis, Sin the interim.
voting for Cannon's tariff bill, and we
come to the revolt of January of this
year, when the insurgents, combining
with the democrats, leapt into battle
and battered the speaker by majority
Of three votes on the proposition of
not allowing the SPEAKER to appoint
the house members of the Ballinger-
Plnchot investigation committee It'll
was famous victory, and by the same
token, our old and bellicose friend was
away up in front with his hirsute
orif1amme the guiding gonfalon Fight?
Why,f he fought until the last speaker
zed foe expired He fought like wild
,ats. bobcats, catamounts, catastrophes
and caterwauls He was
superb. 1t was one of his lighting
lays.
We'll, as / have said, it was