Evening star., 1915-03-10
DISCOVERY Of THE BASE
OF BOB 'GORDON'S S|GHS
Grieves for Friends Temporarily
Separated From the Capitol
Salary Rolls.
Genial Official. However, Has Thrust
Upon Him an Opportunity to
Meet Emergency.

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cd. and then sighed again rs he Fazed
through the barred windows OF MS
office III III" Capitol His office is d.
rectly beneath that of Spea ker 1iarh'
and recently has been the scene OF
some very touching fareweiis Mem
hers going home always stop in to
see Bob. and draw their mileage, ana.
according to Bob. there hasn't been a
member yet no hasn't drawn every
cent Of it, When asked whether Rep
t.=sentative Blank. who delivered a
powerful! speech against mileage on the
roor oE the House, had drawn the m
E,:Iitous sSno which represented the
round trip to his home. at 20 cents
:, mile. Bob said
,Nhar" Him Nhy ne was the first
min u, TO the window
ASKED about R"pres"ntativ tive Blank de
Bit:;t. ho urged tn" House never TO
depar: from, its expressed prfncip'" OF
a"c"T'tit'G "nlH : cents : mil" tor ira ~
cling "sp"nses. Sergeant -at-ArtnS Bob
Gor.icr Gn;.i:
Why. a. early broke his leg get
tin" here to get il.
His Reason for Signing.
EHt tftIt is not what Bob was sigh
i~r for
IL WAS wondering what he could
ti- ur =, the ray Of Jobs for some "'
bus friends: who arc acstcrinS him for
= little government pabulun in the
dIil tim" between now and III" next
session textra or rcCtilar,. There are
-I,,a,s y large collection Of patriots
a. @Iourh hats hanging around the cap
;'"I Hing TO sacrifice their time at
auytHirtg involving salary and not
ntfs II
j." s,royi7t.,d for. somehow. thought Bob.
and IS he Mas thinking horutN Ser
..naut-at- Arms Eetron reminded Rob
Than hs, rl.rce ir"eded fixing.
Sv sf"crge. that's q good idea
50 the mace which hasn't been used
since .irtsu Wesley Gaines vas on deck
VIII l,c sent tn NcN Yorl, TO he fixed, it is
,,launed Although Speaker Clark once
told Mr.. k+tTon that the mace is a piece
ri i,oaSensc and ought to be thrown out
If SO "iuiow. the House cannot meet
nnles.s the mae. is sticking up a few feet
east ard Of the Speaker.
Silver Mounted on Ebony.
I'll" mace is long and thick piece of
silver. mounted on ebony, at the business
.54i II which is silver globe. repre-
santns the terrestrial body on which man
made parlaments take themselves SO
seriously and surmounting the globe. with
1trt c4i 'fit floit IL an es1Sit HiS
,iiecA of work is the emblem of authority
%: ,it serGeant-at-arnls, and when two
,,s.mbers get 10 fighting COR rowing) the
t"-geant-at-arIns is supposed to walk
aoiemniy down tie aisle and present the
.el.ice. whereupon the trouble will dis
solve like sugar in water. The last time
his mace was really used on riot call
''~ivite John Allen was iii the middle Of
the r,ix-up.
Don't hit me with that dam-f fool
ira ne is alleged 10 have said.
Another time a sergeant-at arms
charged the rnadding crowd of strug-
cling con ,ressmen in some debate
where temper got the better of logic
ard as he reached the scene of the dis
order lie stood there like a child, Won
,i-ring what was coming next.
What do ! do now?' he asked. IN a
stage whisper.
member. to whom the mace was no
more than a slapstick.
Center of Grand Comedy.
Il Is around this mace. which in real
ity i the center of some of the grand
eSt comedy in the House of Represent
stiTes. that all the solemn gloom of
Governmental authority gathers in
.arse blue clots. II any one lost il il
would be ike losing the key to your
,sloto> car.
The rules of the House say the mace
las got 10 he sticking in its marble
pedestal right side up when the House
meets, SO If il should be borrowed for
al umbrella some night and not re-
t1rned the House couldn't meet until
L got new mace. Whenever il is re-
paired solemn-visaged guards watch II
every minute
Now the old mace has been leaning
BIZ 70 the sta a'board of late SOME If
the punctiiious members protested at a
crooked mace. and the others kicked
because IL got on their nerves to see
the old club wahbiinp about in its
I'ac.- Therefore il will have TO be re-
paired.
=. Chance for the Faithful.
II mas been discovered that the mace
as made BY one ADAMS of New York