The Washington herald., 1912-03-04
OLD MAN MOMUS
YIELDS HAMMER


etbook scandal-and arose after having
mauled the question into insensibility
and knocked every one within hearing
distance.
Frank A. Kidd. than whom no finer
toa stma ster ever lived. even squared
things with the poor old "Houn' Dawg''
and the poet, LongfellOw. leaving his
audience to guess who was knocked the
worst. He said:
Into town then came the young man.
Strolling TO the country village
And behind him came the hOun daWg
Faithful houn' daWE. in his footsteps
And the youth within the village
Did proceed 10 swat the hOun' dAWE-and then
more.
But Capt. Kidd-that is POSTMASTER
Kidd-was no poetry monopolist. Sena-
tor Smoot in describing his feelings
anent the pocket book scandal, sang
this little ballad:
Oniy a little Tsnsy,
Only a blade Of sTasS.
Yesterday ! a daisy
To-day ! am jackass.
In the Congressional burlesqUe, which
opened the evenings entertainment, the
venerable and Vesuvian COgressmen at
the Speakers table received everything
that was coming to them.
Appeals for Eggs.
For instance. F. y. Whitehead, who
was cast in the part Of Victor Murdoch.
suddenly forgot who he was and bolted
headlong into an appeal for eggs
''GiEe." he said with tears in his voice.
give us one egg for Easter. You have
had butter all winter. You Congressman
have got to give us that egg-Or by
George I'll quit my job and g. some
where else
Seventeen members of the House OF
Representatives and seven members of
the United States Senate went through
their pockets industriously seeking an
egg.
Strange" muttered Representative
Kahn. Il thought 1 brought one with
me. We must find an egg for that young
man."
Representative Wilson. the friend of
the people. agreed TO introduce a bill to-
Gay providing an Easter egg for every
member of the Government Printing
Office.
Representative Victor Berger. the So
cialist Congressman. must have felt burn
ings similar to those he suffered Satur-
day. when he heard John +. Atkinson,
representing him in the Congressional
skit say this:
Mister President OF how an apind-
ment to offur. orr give ut to the clurk.
Lave him rade it."
It is the first time Victor, who comes
from Milwaukee, has been cast in an
Irish role.
Reads 1911 Scroll.
There was q long and CHASTITY siIerAe
when Frank Smith, accredited chief
knocker of the District of Columbia.
Maryland. and Virginia, read the scroll
of the 1911 meeting. Julius Kahn. who
attended last year, and recovered in time
to attend again last night bowed his head
when Mr.. Smith scathed him for his
eulogy to Uncle Joe" Cannon and warn
ed him never again to air his love
affairs in public"
A singularly unhappy look crossed the
face of Representative Wilson, OF Penn
sylvania, when he was reminded of his
coal mining days and when Mr.. Smith
recited as the final knock how the or
chestra played Back to the Mines" when
he spoke a year ago.
Present at the banquet were the fol-
lowing:
John J. Allen, Hon. Carl c. Anderson,
Eugene II. Andrew, w. II. Anglin. DIR.
James r. Armstrong, A. J. Arnold, John
F. Atkinson.
Raymond N Babcock. William n.
Bailey. Philip E. Baker. Harvey F. Bal
mer, wilfred Bancroft, Hon. ]. A. Barch-
field, Mark II. Barnum, Samuel D. Barr,
Charles C. Barton, Charles S. Bastian,
Charles F. Bauers, Fred ]. Beaman,
William c. Beddow. Russell o. Beene,
Joseph N. Benner, Hon. v. L. Berger,
W. II. Beringer. Sidney Bieber, Peter
Blaauboer. David G. Bodenhsmer, Marsh
A. Bodenhamer, B. F.. Bodine, Henry
Bobby. Hon. Fenton w. Booth. Arthur
H Bowen, Thomas Brahany. Leroy d.
Brandon, George w. Brandt, Edward
Brice Howard G. Brown, Hon. Frank
Buchanan. Brady N. Buckholz. VIII E.
Burchfield. William r. Burgess. Edward
Charles w. Burnett, Charles
Burns, L. NJ. Burton, Charles w. Bush,
B. W. Butler. T. A. Bynum.
E. E Calhoon, Hon. Ralph II. Came
ron. Hon. Joseph G. Cannon. William