Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-04
JUNGLE JOE" MUCH AWAKE
Speaker Vigorously Resents 1nsinua-
ton That He Was Mapping.
MEMBERS SING SWAN SONGS
Lame Ducks" and Other Orators En-
terrain and Amuse Crowded
Floor and Galleries.

| Floor and Galleries.
| The youngest member Of the House in
appearance. his step the sprightlfest, his
eye the clearest, Joseph G. Cannon Of
| Danville, ILL.,, ushered in his last day as
Speaker Of the republican House with a
ringing declaration Of his vigor and alert
ness.
| All night the Speaker had ranged
! through the House chamber and the lob
bies, sitting for time at the clerks
! desk to sign bills that had been passed;
| poking fun at members who had gone
to sleep on the lounges and in chairs. and
! taking an occasional turn at sitting in
his place in the Speakers chair. He
was there a little after 4 O'clock when
: Chairman Tawney Of the appropriations
committee arose to ask for a further
e. conference On the sundry civil appro-
, priation bill.
D.: Mr.. Speaker" began Mr.. Tawney.
1.-THE Speakers asleep" interrupted
some member on the floor in an aside
| to Tawney. The figure In the Speakers
chair galvanized into action.
THE Speaker is not asleep he shout
| ed The Speaker is very much awake.
| and his gavel struck the desk with an
| emphasis that brought men tumbl1ng on
! the lounges in the cloakrooms 1t was
| general farewells among the members of
| the House. The flood of oratOry turned
! toose an hour or two before midnight
spent itself by O'Clock. when Repre-
! sentative Rainey Of Illinois, wont to turn
his oratorical shafts upon law-breaking
| trusts Of the country. poured forth an
| eloquent memorial to the Irish patriot,
| Robert Emmett.
Broke Into Song.
| Some one in the back of the House
| started the strains of 'Suwanee River,
| and in few moments the members were
gathered in the open space in front of
! the Speakers desk. barking back to
! school days. and endeavoring to remem-
| Der the words and pick out the parts of
Aunt Dinah's Quilting Party, Annie
Ground and other old favorites.
! Vice President Sherman wandered
| down the main aisle of the House when
the singing was at its height. His APP
! the signal for 9 rush from all parts OF
| the hall.
"a message from the Senate" shouted
! Representative Olcott Of New York.
speech! speech. came from various
quarters When the Vice President
showed no intention Of transgressing the
| already badly broken rules of the House,
an enthusiastic voice struck up Hes a
Jolly Good Fellow" and the crowd sang
| 1t with lusty voices.
Lon Livingston's Farewell.
Actual business was at standstill in
| the House until o'clock. Representative
Twin Of
| feated for reelection. was called forth as
| one Of the few remaining Confederate
| soldiers in Congress. and babe farewell
| to his associates after twenty years of
service in the House.
| likewise a defeated member. was hailed
| before the House in the full regalia OF
| evening clothes. and protested that the
| reason for his defeat was that every
| of coming to Congress. Mr., Cole and his
| evening clothes remained a feature Of the
session until 5:33 o'clock. when he with
drew to escape the first peep of dawn.
! AT 3 block the House took up the post
| Office appropriation bill. reported in from
the conference committee, and from that
time business held attention until $40
when recess was taken to 7:15. Speaker
night practically without a rest Occa-
| sionally he would steal into his room
nearby for few minutes repose, but his
! absences were short.
Filibuster "Blew Up.''
| The House reassembled at o'clock
last night from its dinner recess to face
a near-filibuster. conducted by Represen-
tative Garner Of Texas and some Of his
colleagues. The minority employees had
been notified by Speaker -to-be Champ
Clark to warn all democrats that the
ilibuster was about to come off and there
was a big attendance on hand. Repre-
sentative Dwight of New York, the re-
publican whip. had also beon busy and
the republicans were likewise out in force.
But after the near-filibuster had been
in progress only a few minutes Mr..
Clark. for some reason best known to
himself. lost interest In the proceedings
and went home. But the filibuster, di-
rected against the tariff board bill, which
came over from the Senate wearing
amendments in the morning, went on
meTily for some little time.
Mr.. Garner used the sundry civil APP
preparation bill as the vehicle for his
attempted obstruction tactics. When the
lney Of Minnesota. chairman of the ap-
preparations committee. brought in the
sundry civil bill, which had passed the
Senate. and asked to have it sent to con-
nous consent to take that action and
started to roll a few powders on the
legislative tracks. He expressed consd-
cradle indifference as to whether the
appropriation bills failed or not Indeed
he was quite willing II it came to that.
he said, to let the next House handle
them.
Mr.. Garner Serves Notice.
Mr.. Tawney then moved to suspend the
rules and send the bill to conference,
iwhereupon Mr. Gardner. being entitled to
twenty minutes for debate. proceeded to
inotify the republicans that they might
las wei shut up shop and go home unless
they abandoned their project of ultimate
lily passing the tariff board bill
Representative Clayton of Alabama fol-
Flowed in a similar vein OF defiance, and
was interrupted by his colleague, Rich
lmond Pearson Hobson who, announc ng
that he was after information asked
lClayton if he had ''polled the democratic
side OF the House and conferred with the
leaders OF the minority with reference
to the filibuster.
II have not conferred with those whom
the gentleman considers the leaders"
suavely replied Mr. Clayton. because ii
is sometimes difficult to know who are
1.-The democratic leaders. My idea Of a
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