Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-21

Representative Albert Sidney Burleson
of Texas gave a dinner at the Cosmos
Club last evening in honor OF Representa-
tive James a. Tawney OF Minnesota,
chairman Of the House committee on APP
preparations, and the other retiring mem
bers of that body. Speaker Cannon and
Representative Oscar Underwood of Ala
bama, the ways and means chairman and
democratic leader i'll the next House,
were invited guests.
An Oil portrait of Mr.. Tawney, by Col.
Freeman Thorp, whose studio is in
Washin ton but who spends great deal
of his time at Hubert, in Mr. TaWneys
to the retiring chairman by his colleagues
on the committee. Mr.. TaWney imme-
diately announced that he. following the
custom of appropriations chairmen in the
the committee so that it might be hung
In the room at the Capitol that he has
occupied for the last six years.
Mr.. Burleson, the host of the evening;
Representative Fitzgerald Of New York,
who will probably succeed Mr.. Tawney
mittee; Speaker Cannon, Representative
Sherley Of kentucky and Representative
Walter l. Smith of Iowa. recently NOM
mated and confirmed a district judge
Of his state. made brief speeches. Both
democrats and republicans paid high
tribute to Mr.. Tawney as one of the
greatest appropriations chairmen of all
the distinguished men who have occupied
that position. Special stress was placed
on the fact that during Mr.. Tawneys
six years of service as chairman there
had been reduction in the annual def
cit in connection with the expenditures
for conducting the various branches of
the public service of from 10000 OND and
$4o.npOcD to less than s1,OOO,OUO Refer
ence also was made to his service in
curblng the growing power of the execu-
tive and in restricting expenditures from
the federal treasury for state purposes.
Tribute of Mr.. Burleson.
Mr. Burleson, who, with Mr.. Fitzger-
aid. has served on the appropriations
committee for twelve years, told Mr..
Tawney-and the sentiment was echoed
by other members of the democratic
party present-that if his retention in
Congress depended upon a vote of the
House his reelection to the seat he has
occupied for the last eighteen years
would be unanimous
Those attending the dinner We're Rep
resentatives James A. Tawney Of Min
nesota. Henry H. Bingham of Pennsyl-
vania. Walter I. Smith of Iowa J. War
rem heifer of Ohio. Edward L. Taylor of
Ohio. George r. Malby of New York AL
bert F. Dawson Of Iowa. John j. Fitz-
gerald Of New York, Swager Sherley Of
Kentucky and John \. keliher of Mas
lions committee; Speaker Cannon. Rep
resentatiVe Oscar Underwood of Ala
bama, James q. Courts and Marcellus
Shield, clerk and assistant clerk, respec-
lively. of the appropriations committee.
and Irving &. Norwood.
The portrait If MI. Tawney was hung
In the appropriations committee room
this morning and was greatly admired.
Col. Thorp. the artist, is regarded as che
OF the foremost portrait painters of the
tah lo
works being portraits from life of Presi-
dents Grant, Garfield, Cleveland and Nc
kinley, Speakers Blaine, Henderson and
Cannon and Andrew Carnegie. At the
end of the session Speaker Cainon's por-
trait, which now hangs in the rooms of
the appropriate ms chairman, will be
moved TO the lobby. where the portraits
of ex-Speakers of the House placed,
and Mr. Tawneys will be given posi-
ton In the room he has occupied for the
last SIX years.