Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-12
DEBATE ON SUNDRY BILL
INCLUDES MANY TOPICS

Telescopes, cuckoo clucks, Walter
Johnson's fast ones, mosquitoes and Cali
fornia ground squirrels all took high rank
| in the House debate on the sundry civil
bill yesterday while the thermometer
| scared and congressman in every con-
ceivable summer attire delivered impas-
| stoned oratory. firm in the conviction that
| there would be no point Of order against
a lack of quorum because Of the fact that
Representative Buchanan of Illinois. the
solo filibusterist, was in New York de-
livering a speech.
Representative Mondell was responsible
for this avalanche of heterogeneous ideas
when he picked up the sundry civil bill
and called attention to an appropriation
expense on the Mount Wilson, Cal, teIe-
scope.
II was not sure he said, that this tel
escope was for the purpose of seeing il
any one could discover any prospect for
either the democrats or progressives in
California
To this quip Representative Fitzgerald
retorted:
IT was under the impression that per-
haps the telescope was used to ascertain
whether by any possibility any OF the
calamity depicted by the official s. O. :.
of the republican and progressive parties
scopes in existence had disclosed no I'M
seemly conditions"
Representative Mondell continued. say
ing that the powerful telescope at Mount
discover a little Of the increased pros
perity which the country has been prom
Used under this administration. He
claimed that the prosperity is not visible
to the naked eye.
Arises to Defend His Party.
During all OF this hot weather repair
tee Representative Taggart Of Kansas.
who rarely breaks into debate. drew
upon his resources of dry wit and good
natured manner to crush the vindictive
and sarcastic Mondell.
lis it possible that news of misfortune
is a comfort to the gentleman on the
other sde?" he asked. rs it possible
that he would like to go into partnership
with famine? I am astonished In the
middle west, especially in the great state
of Kansas, the greatest prosperity. that
was ever known is at hand The harvest
is ripening in Kansas and 175OOo.elo
bushels of wheat are about to be gath
cred in -.
docs the gentleman take credit to his
asked Mr.. Mondel
IT do not take personal credit for it,
said A1r. Taggarf Il was just getting
ready to rebuke the gentleman for ,ciain-
ing to be APART Of Nature & Co, for
forty years. 1f-you are telling the truth
about that combination, 1 wish to advise
you that the firm has been rearganized
tn Kansas, and the republican party y
not now part of 1t. Speaking of tele-
scopes. Prof .Petctyal Lowell of HARVARD
has remarked that II there was q ~tele-
scope on Mars of the same power as the
one at Flagstaff. Ariz.. they could see
the color come and go on the wheat fields
of Kansas
There was wild applause on the demo
cratic side. =
: Talk about advertisement. prosperity
and telescopes, l want to say Kansas has
indeed reached the stars. There lis moth
ing the matter with Kansas; it Is al
right; and whenever you see a crowd OF
men standing on Pennsylvania avenue
watching the bulletins, either johnson Of I
Kansas is pitching or Funston of Kansas '
Is lighting
"Or Taggart of Kansas Is talking
growled Mr. Mann Of ulinoiA