The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-07-03
WHO SHALL FEED THE HOUSE?
A AMOMENTOt y o. ESTTON CHAMP
CLARK EDDGED.
And Turned over to the Committee on
Public Buildings ami Grounds. which
Has Wrcsticd " ith II for a Long Time
and wishes some Onr Else Had the job


tended series of star chamber sessions
surrounded by mystery and impregnatec
with gloom. tho members of the Com.
mittee on Public Buildings and Grounds
will meet next Thursday to decide ths
momentous question of who shall fcec
the House Of Representatives, for the next
two years The committee has not en-
joved the job n hit either, for every mem
Der appreciates To the full the latent
possibilities for mischief involved in the
impending vote.
Just SUPPOSE" groaned one disgusted
Democratic committeeman tonight. "tha,
We pick somebody for the job Of House
re0taurafeur who Immediately pro-
Ceeds to commit u violent assault on the
collective internal mechanism of the
House membership. What will lie the
result? There will he wran Cling until
adjournment. insurgency will he rampant
the tariff programme will I've rem; to nhreds
the Constitution will rock on its POUNDS.
tion and the party of jefferson will blow
up with a loud report. OF course, il
would not make much difference to Champ
Clark and some other folks of similar
tastes whom we might select. Champs
lunch invariably consists of glass of
water, a glass of milk,a cup of coffee and a
piece of pie But most members. particu-
larly my own brethren. are pretty generous
feeders. and il our committee makes a
bad selection it will he up to us 10 shoulder
the blame: and wish somebody else had
the job"
The selection OF the House caterer by
the Committee on Public Buildings and
Grounds is brand new proposition
Formerly the Speaker had the say and
did the choosing. But Champ Clark. who
frankly confesses that he has active
Presidential aspirations and who has
been passing the buck on all important
questions with great regularity this ses-
sion, lodged this ticklish problem as well.
He wants to keep all the friends he has
and il possible to land a few more So
he turned the Job of selecting the caterer
over to the Buildings and Grounds Com
mittee. and chuckled when he did it
And the committee. without any marked
evidences of gratitude. invited all candi-
dates for the job to step up and state
their qualifications
About dozen men. all of them Of long
experience in the catering game. re-
spcnded. Several announced thai they
had managed hotels, one or two were
dining car experts. three or four more
knew the lunch room business backward
and each and every one seemed positive
that he and he alone was capable of min
istering to the tickl. and varied Congress
sionsi appetite Tn. committee was i'm
pressed with the tart that not a single
candidate for m" job of running tn,
restaurant would consent t. explain his
plans TO the committee when any other
candidate wSs present
DO you th!nh. said one of them in
dignGntiv to Il CpinTute.m N who ask ed
him Why he was using IN" soft pedal.
that | am going to ~ nd mp here and
tell all the thlne- | h.v" l. trnei as n
result o. yeils experience 10 the rest of
these hash house NUTS; Not on your
life"
And the othar candidates. av videntlv
from their individual points OF view. felt
just tne same Way about il. of course
this resulted in drICglng the hsiring ~
out, and with g, cry indliit" damanding &
plenty of TIM" 70 .yplllq his pllns for
running the rest IuraiIt soma o. them
took three days on III" iob-the committee
thinks il will be- a lolE, long time before
it " i'll become interested IN food again.
Evel back n the days of Terra pin Tom
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