Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-16
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them are here, some are on their way,
and others will be coming, and it's
all the fault of Jim" Mann, the be-.
whiskered, incorrigible, irrepressible
and pugnacious Republican floor
leader of the House of Representa-
tives.
There isn't a thing in the world that
the House can do for the next two
months. The Democrats have agreed
that there shall be no further legis-
lation in that branch of Congress at
the present session, except by consent
of the Democratic caucus, and the
caucus has decided not to consent to
anything more, and that seemed to be
all there was to it. With the tariff
out of the way, the currency bill
passed and it's few other appointed
chores done up, the members OF the
House, for the most part, just quiet
ly packed their bags and went home
to their districts, to look after little
jobs of fence-mending and other po-
litical farm work needing attention.
A good many of the new members
are more or less accidents, and more
or less unknown in their districts,
but very anxious to get acquainted
with their people and be reelected
next year. Many of them were in a
big hurry to get home.
The House didn't adjourn or take
a recess. The President didn't want
them to do that. He told the MEM
bers who went to see him about it
that he didn't want them to do any
thing more until the Senate got
through with the currency bill, as he
wanted that to have all the news
paper attention it could get. He did
want the House, Mr.. Wilson said, to
be ready to get back to work at a
minutes notice as soon as the Sen
ate had passed the currency bill, so
that there would be no delay about
the conference and final agreement on
this measure. So the House didn't
adjourn or take a recess for any
definite time. The majority leaders
just agreed to quit work.
'All right, boys, you can go home
now for a few weeks" the leader
told the impatient others. "a few
Of us will stay around and go through
the motions of meeting and adjourn
ing two or three times a week, and
when there is anything really to
do We'll send for the rest OF you.
So-long, and have a good time"
And the exodus began. Then Mann
sprung his little joke.
EITHER adjourn or stay in session"
said he I'm here to stay and to
work. l insist that we work. Where
are the others?"
"Gone home" said the bunch Of
leftovers We are all that's left"
"Send for the. rest" insisted Mann.
81 demand quorum"
When somebody demands quor-
UNI while the House is in session, the
only thing to be done, dnder the rules,
is to get a quorum.
So, when Mann insisted, Speaker
Clark, Oscar Underwood and the
other majority leaders began tele-
graphing the others to come back,
and to come prepared to stay. There
isn't a quorum yet, but Mann says
he will insist upon a quorum being
produced and kept here until the
House adjourns or takes a recess,
whether there's anything for them to
do or not.
Can he speak French" somebody
inquired of Congressman Jim Ham
ill, concerning a recent appointee in
the diplomatic service.
Good Lord, no. said Hamill, "he
can't even speak English"