Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-04-24

and that the United States authors:
ties could do nothing else than to dis:
avow the naval officers act, s,5s Il
Admirers Of Major Andrew S.. Ro-
wan, u. s. A., who Is still living, have
put in a bill appropriating $4,000 for
some memorial of his famous exploit
In 1898, when he was sent by Presi
dent Mckinley to Cuba to communi:
cate with General Garcia, the leader
Of the Cuban revolution. He made q
landing from an open boat near Tur.
quino Peak and with much difficulty
succeeded in reaching Garcia. s. n.
Mann 10 Friend Of Poultry.
Representative Mann Of illinois,
who is the leader OF the Republican
minority on the floor OF 4 the house,
has introduced bill to require all
common carriers engaged in inter
state commerce to provide food and
water for poultry in transit, and to
prevent suffering from over-crowding
by providing crates of sufficient size
to be humane and to be open on at
least three sides so that proper venti-
lation may be assured. y.5
Congress has acted before this on
behalf OF cattle in transit and now 1t
lis proposed, to extend the humane
effort to chickens. One congressman
said that because chickens wore
feathers It was supposed that they
were not susceptible to cold. He
added, however, that feathers, while
warm, did not provide food and drink.
The bill has gone to the proper com.
mittee, and there is a fair chance Of
its passage. E,t; tis. u. &;
House Babies" Have Frolic.
At one of the Washington res
taurants the other night there was
q frolic OF. the babies of the
house Of representatives. Men to
the number of one hundred serving
their first terms in congress gathered
for dinner at the restaurant. They
formed a house OF Representatives OF
their own and passed the time MAX.
! Ing fun of the methods Of their older
scolleagues and the personalities OF
some of their own number. In the
main. however, they pointed with
pride" to themselves as the real
statesmen and referred to members OF
longer service as being entirely out
Of date and belonging In the pigeon
holes with the archives rather than
on the floor OF the house with the
live ones" 4
No party lines were drawn at this
gathering. Republican and Democrat
ic babies had fun together. The tar
III came in for a bit of by-play. Il
Protective Duty on Cats.
A high protective duty was put on
cats in order to protect the home
industry. Every feline, whether a
wildcat polecat or q domestic cat
Imported into the United States or
its island possessions, it was decid-
ed, must hereafter pay 81 head IN
order to be admitted to full American
catizenship. AS rider to this bill
catnip was placed on the free list.
"a prize was offered to the member
who could make the most stirring ora:
ton on the American flag. Repre-
sentative Littletoq was chosen aa
Judge, but the oratorical flights OF
Representative Cornell of New York
and Witherspoon OF, Mississippi were
so nearly equal In grace and distance
that the. Judge gave each the FIRST
| prize. s4.,.5 II
The senate galleries broke out into
applause the other day when the
name of Theodore Roosevelt was
mentioned. The senate gallery has
i applauded at times the names OF vii
liam Jennings Bryan and OF many
other Well-known Americans without
4 regard to political party, but 1t must
be understood that If is against the
rules OF the senate to allow applause
in the gallery. 5 81 MS i 4. MI
Mustn't Applaud In Senate. /. a
It makes no difference who it Is
that is receiving the applause, the
! vice-president must bring down his
gavel while the noise is continuing
and say with all due solemity and
severity that all demonstrations OF: ap
provals are not allowed and that II
they do not cease the galleries will
be cleared. :. IA; III. sy
This word from the vice-president
has been said thousands OF times in
the senate and its effect has never
been visible for more than an hour al
a time. 1t is only rarely that the
senators themselves laugh and it Is
only once in a lifetime that they ap
plaud. The cases where senators have
broken the applause rule can be count
ed on half the fingers Of one hand
The senate, however, has its Jokes
frequently and while laughter is sub
dued. broad smiles are always in evi
dence.
When Senator Jonathan P. Dolliver
now dead, referred to Senator Fran
els E. Warren of Wyoming as 'the
greatest shepherd since Abraham
the broadcast Of broad smiles was visi
BILE on the face OF every senator. The
wool bill was under discussion and
Mr.. Warren Is said to be the proprte
tor OF a considerable fold Y
An Idle Question.
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