Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-04
GOATS AND POETS
MAKE HOUSE ROAR
Garner Gets Back at Moore
With a Little Verse All
His Own.
FEW STATESMEN HAVE
"MOHAlR ON BACKS"
Texas Member Resents Charge That
He Put Something Across
in Schedule K.

Representative J. Hampton Moore OF
Pennsylvania. who recited a verse
about Representative Jack Garner 8
goat Friday night. heard himself called
hell of poet on the floor of the
House yesterday afternoon, when Mr..
Garner himself arose to defend himself
from the charge that he had been able
10 retain in the tariff bill a high duty
on angora goat wool and the manufac
ture thereof.
Moore must be a hell of poet
If he knows not a sheep from goat
sang Mr.. Garner, while the House
roared. including Mr. Moore. \ few
minutes later Mr.. Garner caused an
other roar when he declared:
There are 200 men in this House
now, and all of them wear wooden
clothing. Yet l suppose not ten of
them have any mohair on their backs. "
Evidently not The House rocked
| with glee at the thought of con-
gresham with mohair dangling from
his back.
REPRESENTATIVE Garner took about
fifteen minutes to excoriate everybody
| who has been poking fun at him and
his goat district of Texas:
II did not make up schedule X" he
declared Il voted for a duty on wool.
i wanted protection on 1t.
The republicans cheered. while the
democrat from Texas continued:
Democracy Before Goats.
But the majority of the democrats
on the ways and means committee told
me / was wrong. l am democrat,
and therefore / will stand by the ways
and means committee and this bill.
There is duty on goat wool in the
bill while other wool is free. but |
have no interest in the goat industry.
There are but few goats in my dis
trict Probably not 300 men out OF the
100000 people there own goats There
should be apology from the men
who have been talking about my posi-
ton regarding the goat industry and
the meat schedule.
on the republican side believe you are
i'm position of great influence with
the ways and means committees" ask
ed Representative Mann of Illinois.
"Ah" replied the Texan, but l have
never exercised any influence [ might
have for the benefit of Texas to the
detriment Of the rest of the country"
He went on to say that the demo-
Gratis had been divided over some of
the tariff schedules, but it is not dis
honorable to take advice and sugges-
ton from the head OF the party in
order to keep the G. 0. p. out of power.
The u. -. l.. IS now Out lOTcNcT. mere
was never any reason on earth for it
except protection"
Moore's Rhyme of the Goat.
Representative Gamers goat" leaped
into fame when Representative Serene
Payne Friday night arose and declared
that the democrats had retained tariff
on certain goat hair products because
Representative Garner lived in goat
raising district and was also member
OF the ways and means committee.
..There are 3,OOO,O0O,OOO goats in the
United States said Mr.. Payne land
. 800 $50 800 are in Mr.. Gamers district"
The extra goat is loose somewhere. Rep
resentative Moore of Pennsylvania, an
author. it seems. Of delicate goat-hair
verse. arose in the debate Friday night
and solemnly acclaimed this little effort:
or all the creatures in the land.
or Dedigrees supremacy grand
There's none that do respect command
Like Carriers goat of Texas.
The modest sheep may browse around
From Maine way out TO Puget sound.
Rut they don't count a cent pound
With Carriers goat of Texas.
The noble steer may be OF use
II freed from tyrant trust abuse:
hut even that would be the deuce
To Garner's goat OF Texas.