Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1922-10-27


n''et lei one Of ms speeches ,,,oo
.n,>,. "'s'esSiohai krc"rd SIN. "a.
a., '"'ershlp and speaking r,,r
Nv, p"'t! he lets his sppech.. o., il,
= sen""ihnn by his sId. * tInjs
t " tennessee. Who acts y, ~.
'''"n' minority Leader. Mr. t:.,rr.,;
" HIS ninth teru,. IL is k.p,
an" can roast the I;.pul,jc,,.
anu '"eir measures in more. poyi.h..d
viewer ana entertaining way I'm, o,,.
'' 'ietln"r on hi- sid. of The. h,u..
Only LADY R.,-
i"S. the lady on ti,..
hT. That Is Miss >I..,. Al
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h"mm ~ Year, A., iI.. y.,,,,',,. .,,.'
m!S>i"nnly (, ,l,.. ,r.....,.. -,
Alice has h..",, I,.,rh,.r =, ,,,.,,,,.
OF iir>t-,.'u>, office. y, N,>l.,.... .,
III Recent Years h,, c,,,,,,,.I ,.,.,.
successfully the. bureaus, ...,r,..i
Oklahnna Sh. i, u., what .,,,, .,,
pl.ns sell 1, term ,,a,,...,,,, ..
woman She Is . ,i,tI.. ,,J r,,,,i,,,,,,
In way. Cor she stand. hv y, 400,
victiuns uGd Is not essiIv inaua,cad
by organizations outsjja NJ h.r &C.,,
She was never surfroyist ,,d l.. NO..
seem an irony Of fate thut the on,v
woman In congress- did not favor votes
TOT women. Miss Alice Ia a popular
MEMBER. She accepts things as they
are. asks no favOrs on account Of her
sex and has more good horse sense
and Is less afraid to stand by her con-
victions than are most OF her fellow:
members.
That old hoy up In the press gallery
Is General Sherwood Of Ohio. H.. WAX
a member Of the SiIty-si1th congress.
but was retired by the Landslide. Gen
erat Sherwood was elected to congress
"a Republican In 1877. the yrnr Tn
cl- Joe Cannon first came in. Then
he came hnrk In the Sixii-lh congress
eS Democrat AMI served II years.
Tn" general Is ei2hty-spven years OF
age. When retired from congress he
took up newspaper Hork. his former
profession. When asked the other day
II he would run agnln. h. said: "No,
I cau't afford IT, have got 10 work
now and lay up something for oil age
But late newspaper reports ludiata
that he may have changed his mind.
Not the Place for oratory.
Who arr. the orators Of tn. h.uSc7
Well. that is hard To say. You hear
many sp,.crhpS in IN. house, bur little
nratory. know several gentlemen
who are noted orators In their home
states whom have never h.nrI make
a speech in IN. house. Those who
have been used to Swayinv In. multi
lude with their pra,ory don't get very
far with n In the house and soon be.
come disnppojnt.d In their au.Jiance
| mus, say The house is not a very
attep,iy. listener. The members gel
fed un on speeches. They don't care
for -loauence. What they want arc
facts. Order Il not very good Mem
ber5 come In and 90 ont thew talk
and rend: they listen IL something of
interest Is being Said. but they are not
sitting there for entertainment and
fOwery Speerhes do not draw large au-
diences here.
4 speaker is often interrupted by
questions. Any member may rise at
any time and ask If the gentleman will
Weld for O question. The gentleman
usually doe. Weld. and he often gets
his set speech badly punctured and
comes out with a dat tire, Macy mem
berg read their speeches. President
WUson and President Harding, whom
,nneahnq before conpress have AL
..,, road l,ts aNooch Of