Evening star., 1913-06-22
No danger Of your ever being either
he yelled across the aisle


he yelled across the aisle"
Senator Boies Penrose of PENNSYLVANIA.
who has himself been the hero Of many
debates. also regards Tom Reed as his
beau ideal OF the man with the lightning
retort.
One of Reeds sharpest shafts was
flung during the debate on the Wilson
tariff said Senator Penrose. The argu-
ment had been bitter and the fight
against the measure had been determined.
When the bill finally passed the House
a group of Wilson's friends. among them
William Jennings Bryan. picked him up
on their shoulders and carried him about
the chamber.
TON Reed had been watching the pro-
ceeding in a saturnine sort of way. When
Wilson and his triumphant bearers reach
ed the center doors Of the chamber Reed
lifted up his raucous voice and shouted:
You may carry him out now. while
YOU have the chance. The people OF the
United States will carry him out next
November.
And 1t turned out to be Reed had
prophesied.
What clings to my mind as one Of the
most amusing incidents ever witnessed
in debate said Senator John Sharp
Williams of Mississippi grew out Of not
exactly retort. but a speech that was
delivered by the late Senator Robert
Taylor of Tennessee. IN this address the
senator. using his pose of preternatural
solemnty, announced that he had lis
tened in a state bordering on stupefac-
ton to the splendid tributes which had
been paid to various American industries.
Then he turned toward Senator Hev-
burn of Idaho. whose speech In behalf
of duty on cattle and hogs had been
lengthy and earnest.
But chiefly. said Senator TAYLOR.
was | Impressed by the orotund sylla-
bles which issued from the esophagus
of the senior senator from Idaho as IN
accents of Homeric rhythm he poured
forth his defense of the American hog.
THE picture. coupled with Senator
Heyburns dignity. was SO utterly ridicn-
lous that 1t took the Senate several min
utes fully to recover its gravity
"One of the quickest flashes of repair
tee which l have heard in a long time.
said Senator William Alden Smith OF
Michigan occurred while Senator Pen
rose of PENNSYLVANIA and Senator Sim
mons of North Carolina We're recently
debating the tariff in a desultory sort or
way.
Senator Simmons had announced with
great earnestness that he was going to
vote for free lumber.
Senator Penrose, with a courteous
gesture, congratulated his opponent on
his versatility.
"I did not grasp the senator's re-
mark said Senator Simmons.
II made the polite observation ex-
planned Senator Penrose. that the SEN
ator shows all of the earnestness in his
argument for the removal of the duty
on lumber that he showed at the !ast
session, when he insisted that the duty
on lumber be retained. The senator Is a
man of talent.
II think that the story told by Mr
Strickland Gillian at the seventh annual
dinner of the Indiana Society of Chicago
is as good one as ! have ever heara,
said Dr. Harvey w. Wiley. the pure 1000
champion, who is a raconteur or note
'aThe combination of the classical ant
the cockney is certainly enough to ticKl'
"A cockney was chosen for a prominen
part in one of the historical pageant
during the week when George last O
England was jumped into the king row
This cockney had been selected, purei!
because of his figure, as the one TO per