Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-27
WHY IS A CAT?"
Burning Question Causes Split
Among Representatives.
FATE OF FELINE UNDECIDED
Baby" Members of Congress Fail to
Agree on Tariff Duty.
YOUNGSTERS" HOLD BANQUET
Cornell and Witherspoon Both Get
First Prizes for Speeches
on Flag.
FATE OF FELINE UNDECIDED
YOUNGSTERS" HOLD BANQUET

| y miniature House of Representatives.
made up of a hundred or more of the
| by members, who are serving their
| first term in Congress- convened at
Rauscher's last night and spent the even
| ing joyously. 1t was the first banquet
| of the kind ever held. Party lines were
forgotten, the methods of the House,
the personalities of the older members,
were burlesGued by the youngsters
There are 129 members in the House
serving their first term, the greatest num-
Der since the beginning of Congress, due
| to the political upheavaI in 1910.
| The business of the evening, after the
banquet had been cared for, was a bill,
| introduced by Representative William c.
Redfield of New York, placing a duty of
81 on all cats, and parts of cats, whether
wild, pole or domestic in type, brought
| into this country or it's possessions.
Purposes of Measure.
The bill also provided for a special adj
ditional duty on Maltese cats of 40 cents
per pound of malt contained in each cat.
Catnp was to be placed on the free list
The measure declared its father, was to
protect the American cat industry.
The democratic opposition to the bill
was led by Representative Frank b. Viii
lis of Ohio. He denounced Representative
Redfield as representing the cat industry
! Free cats, MIR. Willis declared, were indis
pensable to the American people Rep
resentative Linthicum of Maryland made
a stirring address, upholding the catsup
| industry.
Representative Catln of Missouri indig-
nantly opposed the bill because he de-
clared that under it he might be forced
to pay duty to return to the United
States should he journey abroad.
Littleton Makes Plea.
| Representative Littleton made a plea
| for the free introduction of mice rats
milk and all kinds of food which cats
eat for the benefit of the American cats.
Others who took part in the debate We're
Representatives Prouty of Iowa, Difen-
derfer OF Pennsylvania and Connell of
| New York.
| Whether the measure finally was pass
ed or turned down was never quite de-
cided. The burning question which de-
veloped from the debate was WHY is
| a cat?"
First prizes were awarded to both
Representatives Council OF New York
and Witherspoon of Mississippi, who had
been chosen to see who. could speak
| most touchingly on the American flag.
| Representative Litteton was judge.
| Those in charge of the banquet were
Oscar Galloway of Texas. Edwin c. In
derhill of New York. Asher &. Kinds OF
| Maine William u. Stephens ne California
j. Charles Iinthicum of Maryland. Henry
| g. DanfOrth of New York and Steven 3.
Ayres of New York.
Those in Attendance.
Among those present were:
Representatives Akin of New York,
Ainey of PENNSYLVANIA. Allen of Ohio.
| Anderson of Minnesota, Ayres OF New
\ nf
Alabama. Bowman of Pennsylvania
Brown of West Virginia, Browning Of
! New Jersey. Buchanan of Illino,s. Ruik-
ley of Ohio. Burke of Wisconsin. Byrnes
of South Carolina, Galloway OF Texas,
Catlin of Missouri. Claypnol of Ohio,
Conne.l of New York, CoEiey OF Illinois,
chusetts. Danforth of New York.
| Daugherty of Missouri. Davis Of West
| Virginia, De Forest of New York, Diff
enderfer of Pennsylvania. Donohoe of
Doughton of North Carolina. Exams Of
Illinois. F'aison of North Carolina, Farr
| of PENNSYLVANIA, Fields of kentucky,
| Fowler of Illinois. Francis of Ohio. Cooke
Gould of Maine. Gray of Indiana. Green
of Iowa, Hamilton of West Virginia,
Harris of Massachusetts. Harrison of
Mississippi Hartman of Pennsyl-
vania. HelgeSen OF North Dakota,
fIensley of Missouri, Kinds of Maine,
Holland of Virginia, Howard of Geor-
gla. Jackson of Kansas. Jacoway of
Arkansas, Kent of California, Kin
dred of New York, KONG of Maryland.
t<onop of Wisconsin. La Toilette Of
Washington. Lafferty of Oregon, Lee
of Pennsylvania. Lewis of Maryland.
Linthicum of Maryland, Lttlepage of
West Virginia, Littleton of New York,
Lobeck of Nebraska, Mccoy of New
Jersey, AIcGillcuddy of Maine. Nickel
lar of Tennessee, Mckenzie of Illinois,
Maher of New York Matthews of
nnsylvania. Mott Of New York,
O'Shaunessy of Rhode Island. Parran
of Maryland. Patten of New York, Pat
ton of Pennsylvania, Pepper Of Iowa,
Porter of Pennsylvania, Post of Ohio.
| Prouty of Iowa, Raker of California,
Redfield of New York. Rees Of Kansas,
Reilly of Connecticut, Reyburn of Penn
syivana. Roberts Of Nevada, Rubey Of
Missouri, Rouse of Kentucky, Scully OF
New Jersey, Sells of Tennessee, Sloan OF
| Nebraska, Smith of New York. Smith of
| Michigan, Speer of Pennsylvania. Stack
| of Illinois. Stedman of North Carolina,
| Stephens of Nebraska, Stephens Of Mis-
| sssippi Stephens of California, Stone of
| Illinois, Sweet of Michigan, Switzer Of
| Ohio. Taggart of Kansas. Talcott Of New
| York. Thayer of Massachusetts, Towner
| of Iowa, Townsend Of New Jersey. Trib-
| BILE of Georgia, Tuttle of New Jersey. Tn
derhill of New York, Utter of Georgia,
| Warburton of Washington. Wedemeyer of
| Michigan, Whitaker Of Ohio. White of
Ohio. Witherspoon OF Mississippi. Young
|