The Washington times., 1921-04-17
watson ate an unusually big meal
after their Indignation had cooled.


ago at the Office Of Congressman
Nick Longworth. his old friend.
"Hew about it7" asked Nick. wink
ing 4 sortsr wicked right eye.
"surs." sad Campbell, and Long
worth walked over and locked the
offioe door.
Proceeding confidently toward q
cupboard In q corner OF the room.
Congressman Longworth took out .
key and flung open Its door. This
cupboard was bare. There wasn't q
thing inside. although LonEworth
fairly strained his eyes peering
CUPBOARD WAS BARE.
"Jimrnisd." he exclaimed.
'T'll be D." said Campbell.
Mind. you, nothing has been said
about what might have been and
had been In the cupboard. Never
theless. the report Of the robbery
Capitol and the latest bulletin was
that various members are purchasing
Yale locks.
While he was Vice president,
Thomas r. Marshall had trouble with
the clerks and official reporters for
the Record who Sometimes cut out
OF the proceedings for the day GER
tain pert remarks made by the chair.
Mr.. Marshall wanted these jocular
sayinYs to remain in. and OCCASION
perhaps the Vice President would
like to have his informal comments
ieft out.
One day the galleries laughed at
sc me sally on the floor below.
Laughter and applause are against
the rule. Vice President Marshall
admonished the galleries to restrain
their laughter, substantially saying:
NO CnNsOR FOR MARsHALL.
THE chair has to hear all this
debate, with q straight face and GER
tainiy IL he can stand the discussions
here the galleries can"
This was left out OF the Record
and Mr.. Marshall had a show down
with the Record revisionisvs and
official reporters. Whenever, there
after. the Vice President took a
fling at the dreary debates In the
Senate, or said anything facettous
nbout other matters, It went right
on into the Record.
The opening day of the Sixty-sev-
enth Congress found on the floor Of
the House. where assembled the men,
bers Of both bodies to hear tho frst
message of President Harding. Gen.
Warren j.. Keifer of Ohio. General
Keifer. now in his eighty-sixth year,
was Speaker of the House in the
Forty-seventh Congress. way back In
the early eighties. A generation later
he came back as a plain member and
served a couple of terms.
This seems routine stuff except
that General Keller wears today the
same sort OF clothes he wore in the
eighties and the same sort Daniel
Webster and other statesmen wore
much earlier in the days of our Re-
public. 1t In difficult to describe the
generals makeup" In brief, It is
daytime dress suit" or a dress
suit worn in the daytime.
LOOKS LIKE OLD TIMES.
General Keifer. fat, aged. bewhisk-
cred and reminiscent saw the install
lation into office OF Speaker Giilett.
who was a youngster when keiter
was Speaker. and was probably the
most outstanding figure on the floor
with the exception Of Representative
William o. Atkeson, a new member
from Missouri. Mr.. Atkeson and his
long whiskers-the longest seen In
Congress in many a year-has pre-.
viously been exploited in this column.
General Keifer's attire for night
and day Is q dress suit with a bla,k
vest, white shirt. low-cut collar and
a black cravat-lst the fashion die
tators in mems wear call the outns
what they will. Indeed, persons who
have Inspected General Keifer's suit
closely say II seems more blue
than q deep black, but the dress suit
effect is there regardless OF the
color.
When he was in Congress before
Mr.. Keifer had the temerity to ap-
pear on the floor of the House at any
time of the day or a night session
those old days, comparatively speak-
ing. General Keifer occasionally
visited the emporiums of liquid Joy
along Pennsylvania avenue and
whether he sought mug OF beer at
midnight or q gin rickey In the morn
ing hours of q hot summer day the
generals dress was always the same.
TOOK HIM FOR GRANTED.
There was a time when members of
Congress and Washingtonians COM
mented upon the old-fashioned way OF
dressing affected by the Ohioan.
Eventually. however. everybody took
II as a matter of course.
His visit to the House a few days
ago was the Hrst IN some tlWe- ouS
Of the regulars in the galleries saw
the old-timer on the floor. noted the
familiar dress suit at the midday hour
and observed:
There's the old general. Hasn't
changed a bit in thirty years, dress
suit and all"
General Keifer Is fatter than he
used to be. He rather bulged out
over his seat as he listened to the
Harding message. A young member
noted that his shoe was united and
feared the old fellow would trip when
he became ready to leave the floor.
"Your shoe Is united, seneral," said
the youngster. Congressman Stanley
Webster, Of Washington State.
Gould you tie II for me?" asked
Keifer. II don't seem to be able to
reach over and touch the floor as
Used to do. Getting sorter fat and
old. you know"
And Webster reached over and
brought together the errant shoe laces
as President Harding read on.