Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-06
CONGRESSMAN MooRE'S
LETTER
Aptness Of the Rhyme About Mr..
Mesrs and His clock-Georae w.
Coles and Cornelius Haesarty,
Jr., Visit the Capital.
Washington Gossip
Washington, Aug. @,

Washington, Aug. @.
A BIT Of doggcrcl which some Of the old
boys will remember especially those
who freQuentcd ''Thc Bungalow at Harvey
Ccdars, runs like this
There was man. he had a clock,
His name was Mr.. Mcars.
And every day he wound II up
For more than thirty years:
But when at last it was found out
An eight day clock to be.
mndd"r man than Mr.. Mcars
You'd never want to sec.
II Prothonotary Henry +. Walton or
Judge John NJ. Patterson will look up the
records they will find that this verse was
very popular about the time Edwin F.
Diy"y. the Philadelphia pioneer in min
Ntrclsy, after n vain effort TO drive a picture
nail straight in the wall, struck his thumb
with hammer. But as Judge Bccber. in
ono of those oratorcal fights for which he
i~ famous. would say "bc that as il may
tho bungalow vcrsificaton if recitcd in the
House of Representatives when the Prcsi-
dent sent in his notice requesting Congress
TO stay In session to reduce the high cost
Of living and raise the wages of railroad
men. would have fitted the situation like
the paper on the wall. To say that the
House mad. but mildly expresses 1t.
Both Democrats and Republicans were dis
gustCd. while many Republicans. remember
ing that the Wilson campaign cry in 1912
was reduction of the cost of living. and
that the administration has had six years
to produce results. saw nothing but poll
tics in the whole procedure. Most of the
members. however. have buckled down to
the inevitable. They will remain here
whether or not they have anything to do,
but if wise counsels prevail in the Repub-
liCan ranks the investigating committees as
to living cost and war expenditures will
continue their work Just as it was arranged
they should before the President exploded
his bombShcl. The only difference is that
the committees, instead of being unham
percd. may be subjected to House rollcalls
and thus delayed in the work they had un
der way before the White House nterfcrcd.
CEORGE W. COLES. the handspring of
~ the Town Meeting party. and Cornelius
lIaggarty, Jr.. who Is one of the live wires
of the Democratic organization in Philadel
pha. were both in Washington one day last
week at about the same time. Ostcnsibly
Penrosc about the mayoralty situation. and
Mr.. IIaggarty seems to have been inter
ested principally in the happiness and well
fare Of William Findlay Brown, who is not
necessarily a candidate for Mayor, but who
might make a good one. Neither of these
gentlemen appeared to have avoided the
mayoralty issue. and with true Democratic
instinct Mr.. Haggarty pointed out one or
two candidates that the Republicans might
take up. lie left the intimation that the
Democrats would probably have a straight
ticket, leaving the Republican factions to
fight out their battle without fusion.
TNHE Boston proceedings of the Atlantic
l. Deeper Water Ways Association are
being circulated about the capital They
are always welcome here and help to keep
alive the Philadelphia interest in national
improvements. The present volume which
was printed in Boston, and which will hold
Boston on the Atlantic coast map. touches
UP number of Philadclphians who made the
record trip through New England and met
the "flu'' on its introduction to THE Hub. y
They include William f. Bernard, Wilfred
H. Schoff, Howard u. French, Director
George S. Webster. William II. Wetherill,
Franklin NJ. Harris and strong list of
waterways enthusiasts. Mayor Charles II.
Ellis. of Camden, and Mayor Fred w. Don
nelly. of Trenton, also figured in the pro-
cccdinps The next convention is to be
held Mt Charleston. South Carolina. after the
November elections. and we are informed
that many Phiadclphians are preparing to
60. by that time it is expected the last
hitch in the taking over of the Chesapeake
and Delaware canal will have been removed
and government work ON that project will
be under way.
,Eo'"r p.>nNo"' 'ne mus. an''ao'e
~ member OF the l'hlladelphla delegation