Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-30
OBJECTS TO GIFT
TO MISS WILSON
Representative Gray OF In
diana Would Give His IS
to Charity.
SPEAKS ON HOUSE FLOOR
AGAINST "ANY TRINKET"
Has Resolution Read Extending
White House Bride Heartiest
Congratulations.

rlhiey H. Gray who represents the
old Jim Watson district in the SOW
ereign state Of Indiana, today found
vent for his oratorical ability in de-
nounclng the plans of the members of
the House to give Miss Jessie Wilson
wedding present which will express
to the White House bride the good
wishes and the warm congratulations
OF the members of the House.
Mr.. Gray said, without hesitation and
with a set of gestures which brough,
reeoilections of Walter Johnson warm
ing up for a red-hot delivery Of fast
ball, that as far as he was concerned
this proposed giving Of a present to "a
bride whom few of the members knew
was a choice and rare bit of bad taste,
and that he "absolved himself from all
connection with it
Just to show that it was not the S.
that he minded, he waved in the air a
bit OF paper. which, he declared, was
hts check for that amount, and stipu-
lated that this money would be given
by him to. allay the wistful pangs Of
some little poor child who at Christ
mas time peers through the great win
dows OF the toy shops longing and
hungering for the toys his parents cam
not AFFORD to buy-the child whom Kris
hrlngie overlooks.
Best Wishes for Bride.
However. stepping shortly from this
Christmas fantasy to the present-day SUBJ
scription list for the White House BRIDE
Mr.. Gray, after some parliamentary diff
Guilty succeeded in having read from the
Speakers desk resolution which he de-
clared would be in far better taste than
any trinket'' CHS name for the two-thou
sand-d dollar present. that the House could
obtain. The resolution WAS this.
Whereas the marriage Of the Presi-
dents daughter, Miss Jessie Wilson,
has been announced to be celebra ted
in the peoples mansion, the White
House, at an early date:
Therefore, be it resolved, That the
members of the House of Representa-
tives extend to Miss Wilson on APP
preaching this great step in life's high
way. their heartiest congratulations
and best wishes as the symbol Of the
solicitude Of this great nation for the
happiness and welfare of all our peo-
pie.
If possible. Mr.. Gray would have had
the resolution which he had framed, in
troduced in such way that it would
have been part of the measures intro
duced at today's session. but Representa-
tive Pou of North Carolina objected and
blocked this. However, Representative
Gray WAS allowed to have his substitute
wedding present resolution read as
matter Of information to the House.
Money to Go to Charity.
Mr. Gray then produced his check for
So and offered it to Christmas charity.
He was interrupted once or twice, and as
he had only. three or four minutes for
his ideas. lie was forced to ask that he
be allowed to extend his remarks in the
Record
Representative Mann of Illinois, who
started the movement to give the White
House bride a present from the House.
said he would rather not have this done
he wanted to hear all of Mr.. Grays ideas
Representative Gray ihereupon asked Mr..
Mann to make a reply, not from polit-'
ical grounds. but from the standpoint of
Jeffersonian simplicity. Mr.. Manns reply
was short:
After hearing the gentleman from In
diana" he said. II think it would be
hopeless to try to put into his soul the
expression which finds itself in the heart
of every other member of this House.
Other members do not need to be told
why
That was the end of the incident