New-York tribune., 1911-02-12

reddlng clerks caIled tne ron more uiiieS
in six days than they had in the previous
two years.
The roll is called through twice. TO give
| absent ones a chance TO answer and then
the names Of members who have come in
later are again called. To every answer
made the clerk repeats the answer for the
tally clerk. who sits beside him. 1t goes
like this:
"Mr Adair."
AYE"
AYE; Mr.. Adamson."
AYE"
AYE; Mr.. Aiken"
/ And so on through the list. To call the
= roll takes about twenty-five minutes under
ordinary circumstances. II may take thirty
or thirty-five minutes. In a flibuster, as
soon as it is over. the flibustering leaders
have the machinery all set for another. and
poor reading clerk goes at it again with
his blacksmith voice, which grows daily
huskier, as the flibuster lengthens out.
To save their throats in these trying
times. Award and Lampson have resorted
to some heroic measures. During the last
Williams flibuster. the two men took turns
sitting in the bathroom In the basement Of
the Capitol, with steaming hot cloths
Z wrapped
inflammation down.
As soon as one Of them had completed
a short period Of work the other would
relieve him. and the relieved man would
hurry down TO the bathroom to be swathed
ir bandages by the attendant, and pre-
pared for his service Il short time later.
In this way the two reading clerks man
aged 10 come through the flibuster in
good shape and with practically no assist
ance.
my voice has been so completely used
up at times" says Mr.. Award, that I
have opened my mouth and been unable TO
say a word The spirit and the strength
were there, but the chords l used were
completely frayed out"
In one flibuster the clerks became so
worn out that a hurried search was made
for some big voiced man around the Cap
itOl who could undertake the work At
the Senate end was giant Capitol police
man who had been an auctioneer and
whose voice was believed 10 be strong
enough for at least days work.
He was brought into the House and
thrust into the work OF calling the roll
The names were strange TO him, and the
unusual strain in order TO carry out tho
work. Unable TO save either his voice or
his strength, he strained his whole being
so much that the work ended in tragedy.
The strain brought on an attack OF apo
plexy, and his death not long afterward
was believed 10 be traceable to the unusual
efforts.
Both OF the present clerks had long ex-
perience in legislative work before coming
10 Washington, and the majority OF the can
didates who have appeared in the new con-
test have also had experience OF this char
acter.
Mr. Lampson, who is n native Of Ashta-
bula County. Ohio, and a graduate OF the
University OF Michigan, had been Speaker
Of the Ohio House in 1855 and 1889. and was
declared elected Lieutenant Governor when
T. 3. Foraker lost his third-term fight for
Governor; was nominated for tho state Sen.
ate over James r Garfield and served both
as Senator and as president pro TEN. OF
that body His career as Lieutenant Gov
ernor was brief. for the fight over the place
resulted in his being unseated.
Mr. Award. a native Of Niles. Mich,
served for several years as assistant sec
retary and later secretary Of the Michigan
Senate and has taken an active part in
campaign work Both men have been q
didates for Congress. but have experienced
the bitterness of defeat. Both OF them have
also turned their abilities to the use OF the
Republican party. have stumped the coun-
try in political campaigns and have been
official readers In the national conventions.
II is the boast of the two men now COM
Melting their services that the House has
never been delayed because OF them; and