The New York herald., 1922-12-10
TIMOTHY HEALY.

to leap on him like tigers on their
prey-eager but afraid. Biggar would
procure all the Government Blue
Books in which there was line re-
motely bearing upon the subject that
he was supposed to be discussing, and
with truly devilish delight dancing in
his eye would hold the squirming
| Speaker and the raging House In their
seats while he read the book from
beginning to end, not consenting to
spare them even a little footnote. II
must say" said the tired Speaker once,
in hopeless endeavor to discourage the
eager Biggar-"I must say that / can
hardly hear what the honorable MEM
Der for Cavan is reading" "Yes, sir"
Biggar replied imperturbably, "the
acoustics of this house certainly leave
much to be desired-I1l come nearer
to you" And to the Speakers horror
Biggar embraced an armful of Blue
Books, marched right UP beside the
chair, while Tim Healy. as a faith
full discipline, followed. aggravatingly
groaning under a larger load Of Blue
Books. for him.
"And now, sir" said Joe, with the
wouldn't for worlds have you miss one
word of this highly important docu-
ment, I'll begin again at the begin
ming" The poor Speaker groaned, the
dazed House moaned, and Joe, revert
| ing to page one OF the thousand-page
book, turned on again his Belfast burr
that was narrowing both TO the sense
and soul OF every Britisher present.
Well might the poet laureate of the
Irish Parliamentary party. T. d. Sui
Ivan. in his song, THE All Night Sit
ting" sing "And Joseph ellis Biggar
with his big Blue Book came in to
give us readings till the mornin'."
Tim sadly shocked the British sense
of reverence for titled ones when on
one of these gay nights he described
an Irish peer as "this bigoted and
malevolent young puppy" And he
threw the House into a rage by advis-
ing the British benches: "I had as lief
reason with horde of Zulus as with
you, set OF British asses" But he
dumfounded them when, breaking
| the sacred tradition of hundreds of
years, he with cool rascality not mere
iy questioned the Speakers ruling,
but actually began an argument with
that British divinity!
When the boisterous, ranting,
Orange leader. Col. Sanderson, reply
| ing to a taunt from the Parnellite
benches, moved the House to mirth
with his famous bull: "I was born an
Irishman, and have remained 30 ever
since" Tim Healy stimulated the po-
lite mirth of tho House to a roar
by answering--"So, despite plenty or
| circumstantial evidence to the con-
trary. I presume there is no founda-
ton for the accusation OF his enemies,
that the honorable member transferred
his nativity TO the nation OF Choc-
| taws"
The brilliant but eminenuy erratic
and supereminently egotistic Frank
Hugh O'Donnell. early noted member
OF the small Parnellite party. who,
however. could never be broken TO
work In harness. had his political doom
sealed when Tim most happily named
him "Crank Hugh ODonnell."
once when an old Tory Die-Hard
member, a retired major, having
poured a buckctful of bile over the
heads Of the Irish, 1opped back In
his seat, unfortunately squashing
beyond cure his silk hat, Tim arose
TO his feet with "Mr. Speaker. allow
me to congratulate the honorable
member who has Just sat down upon
the fact that when he sat upon his
hat his head didn't happen to be in
| It,"
After Tim had been flaying an
English Conservative member who
was a landlord in Tipperary-naying
! him for injustice 10 his tenants--thc
smarting and indignant gentleman
answered hlpl; 'If 7 am as vile \
landlord as the honorable member