The Washington times., 1918-01-26
BY W. V. BYARS.


By W. V
In Committee of the Whole, yester-
lay, the House discussed the rela-
lions of the Agricultural Appro-
priation bill TO the State OF the
Union. A majority Of the members
absented themselves ION committee
business" which might hSye been
postponed if they had k.i"wn That
was coming.
1t came when Hon. E.ckiel S.
Gambler, of the First Mississippi.
District, demonstrated thai the con-
sideration Of boil weevils in their
economic and financial ASPECTS is
consistent with the lOftiest eluquence.
Mr.. Gambler had not been speaking
long, before all present walked up.
They were regrettably few, but when
he began his tribute to American
womanhood, they made up in the
vigor of their applause what they
lacked in numbers.
When Mr.. Gambler reached the
point Of demonstration that Ameri-
can women are the most bsautifUl
in the world" there was Continuous
applause" When he proceeded,
showing that they are as beautiful
as the roses that bloomed in Paradise
ITSELF" the applause was long and
continuous. When he showed thai
the roses OF Paradise, now blooming
untouched by blight on the cheeks OF
American womanhood will be defend
ed by our valor from the blight OF
the invaders polluting touch, he re-
ceived an ovation almost worthy Of
his efforts.
He had delivered a masterpiece,
probabiy unequaled in its chivalry
during the present Cavalier Restora-
ton or that which preceded it in
Seventeenth Century England.
Following him. Mr.. Thomas l..
Rubey, Of the Ozark Uplift, departed
from the chivalric to the economic
methods of the Restoration period.
He thought We ought to find means
of drafting men into labor some
way, and Of doing it under rules that
will compel them to work.
He supported this with vigor.
During the original Seventeenth c. ~
tury Cavalier Restoration, there Is
hardly ANYTHING like this logic in the
eloguence Of gentlemen of birth and
breeding, with nicely curled wigs,
dealing with short-haired plebcians
in the British Parliament.
In the Ozark Uplift they set no
great store on birth and breeding.
No roses of Paradise bloom on the
cheeks of male Missourians in that
locality. But some of them shoot
with remarkable precision. They
originated the famous lyric, You've
got to quit kicking my dog around. =
They often ask to be shown" No
doubt Mr. Rubey is prepared TO show
them. He is an eloquent and force
ful speaker-a credit to the Chivalr;c
Uplift in all its phases, as well as to
the Ozark Uplift-which, as rule,
is different from the Chivalric.
The progress Of the Armageddon
Presidential Campaign developed in
the invitations extended by Mr.. Me-
dill Mccormick to meet Colonel
Roosevelt in the Upper Circles Of
Society at Mr.. McCormick's resi-
dence. With the Republican aristde-
racy Of the House, quite few pie
beians we're included-a well-known
characteristic of the most aristo-
cratic Armageddon methods being
condescension, gracious enough to
reach the humblest and lowest, with
no questions asked as to previous
records.
1t was announced that Hon. Car
ter Glass of Virginia would rise Ill
the House today, or as soon as pos
sible, and reply to the demand for
ousting Secretary Baker in the Ar
mageddon interest. 1t was also an
nounced unofficially that Mr.. Baker
is not likely to appear in his own
defense as a volunteer witness be-
fore any committee of the House.
He is expected to appear Monday
before the Chamberlain Committee.
II being a we'll known maxim of
British law that "the King can do
IlO "TOHRs Tic ElBllIcclbh CChSN
British practice, when kicked by the
king, was to kick one of his secre-
taries or other subordinates, the
weakest preferred. This British
precedent is older than the Bunker
Hill monument, erected to COM
memorate the ruinous precedent Of
defeat for trained regulars by raw
American volunteers. The Arma-
geddon contingent may find it much
easier to kick a secretary and to re-
move him, perhaps, than to remove
Bunker Hill monument and the
precedents it has introduced.
The Chamberlain Committee on
Military Affairs examined Surgeon
General Gorgas OH the condition of
the army camps. He testified can
didly. To sum up from his testi-
mony in quite different language:
When the men drafted and as
sembled were ready in camp. the