The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-24
HefIin Recognized


ish and generous conduct on the part
of the committee on appropriations has
touched me deeply
IL must apologize for an impression
that l have had regarding that COM
mittee / have mistaken the zeal and
jealous care with which the members
of that committee have guarded its jur-
isdictional bounds. | had thought that
when that committee once laid its
hands on anything in the way of a bill
1T would never give its consent to re-
lease its hold in behalf of another COM
mittee claiming jurisdiction, and | have
been of the opinion that in no instance
would the committee on appropriations
of its own motion deliver over to an
other committee for consideration
bill once in the sacred precincts of its
jurisdiction--so unanimously and mag
unanimously as it has in referring to
my committee this emancipation bill
U.aughter.)
"Mr. Speaker, | have done the COM
mittee an injustice, and ! hasten to
apologize. G.aughter) | am glad to
make this acknowledgment and de-
sire to express my appreciation for
this unasked for, unselfish and gem
erous action on the part of the COM
mittee on appropriations. G.aughterp
Mr.. Speaker, If / should live until my
head is as white as a Norwegian rats
back I could never make my graft
tude to these gentlemen fully under
stood daughter and applause on the
tablets of my memery shail Nfite
their names in letters that cannot be
obliterated daughter and applauseo
''Mr Speaker, il The House in It's
wisdom ratifies the action of the com
mittee on appropriations in delivering
this bill over to the committee on IN
dustrial arts and expositions, shall
| cheerfulIv acquiesce in that decision. !
! am chairman of hat committee ana
am reminded of the fellow VINO went
| half shot. uninvited. and unannounced
| into a ballroom on the second moor
where the dance was on in fun swing.
He whirled In the maze of the misty
dance until two able bodied men seized
| him and escorted him to the door anu
| hurled him down the stairway. bump
| ing and bruising his head against me
sidewalk. He arose, pulled hlihseil TO-
gether. and gazed for moment at
the angry gentlemen at the top Oh 'ne
stairway and said: Gentlemen, you
can fool some people, but you can't
fool me. ! know why you throwed me
down from up thar. You throwed me
| down from UP thar because you didn
want me up thar cloud applause and
| laughter) A.,
II am reminded of another story MIR.
sneak er. A genLftfllejl oNht' =" p'N>r "
land of 120 accessibility, rocky ana
rough. He said he could work one sine
as well as the other, that 1t hung up
/ like a slate. I.aughtei) lie met a gen
tleman in the road with yoke OF
| steers and he said: :, will give you 90
acres of land for .cur steers. lie SAID
| Good They went To Justice OF inc
neace TO make the deed to the land, and
| the ifan who owned the land had Tor
gotten the name Of the fellow VINO
owned the steers, and the Justice ala
not Know it, so when they reached the
place in the deed where Ii SAYS, BAR
gain sell and convey he said TO the
| fellow, Write your name here. He SAID.
4 cannot write Then the land man
whispered to the Justice and stood back
behind the door and laughed. he went
| his way rejoicing, and when ne reached
his home he was still laughing. and his
sister said, What Is the matter?' He
! said. gave fellow 60 acres Of land
for these steers, and when l went to
make the deed I found that he could
not read and write. and | put the
whole 120 acres off en- him. (Applause
The bill was referred to Mr., Heflin's
committee