Evening star., 1924-12-14

The new bug is hummer;
Kind of bug that's dry
he lives his best In summer
When rain has passed him by.
That old boil weevil bug
Feasts when the showers fall
But when Its dry the plug
VIII never make a call.
Just as the weather man
Directs the sun and rain,
Inese bugs stick to plan
10 watch the weather yane
Like old Jack spratt and wife.
Who licked the platter clean,
These bugs sustain bug life
The farmers left between.
And thus the farmers way
Toward the River Styx
Is pestered every day
He's in "one he'll OF a 6x''
Insects new and insects old;
Insects shTewd and insects bold
Insects wet and insects dry;
Insects tame and insects shy;
Insects rough and insects tough
God knows we've had insects enough.
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By any chance have you given any
one, or has any one given you, during
this season of hectic financing of the
Christmas spirit, small check for
less than one good American dollar :?
II SO, beware-the issuance of such a
Congress makes these laws, and
yet very few members of either
House or Senate know that the is
suance of a check for less than 81
is strictly prohibited under the Grim
inal code and the penalty is a heavy
fine and Imprisonment.
One Of the leaders in Congress was
about to write such check the
other day and was warned not to do
so by Joel Grayson. the presiding
genius Of the House document room,
who has been custodian of all the
laws for nearing half a century, and
who knows more about them than
hardly any Congressman.
1ndexed under the title Punish
ment for issuing of less than one
dollar for use as money" Mr.. Gray
son showed this Congressman that
section 17S of the Penal Code, Six
tieth Congress, page 1122, Statutes at
Large, Volume 35. says: mo person
shall make, issue, circulate or pay
out any note, check. memorandum,
token or obligation for a less sum
than ST. intended to circulate as
money or to be received or used in
lieu of lawful money Of the United
States. and every person so offending
shall be fined not more than $500 or
imprisoned not more than six months,
or both"
Now if you buy and use, or con-
versely if the street railway COM
pany sells you or accepts from you a
token" in lieu of cash payment of
fare-it is contrary 10 the explicit
provisions of this law, Mr.. Grayson
argues. But if this is so, Grayson
himself violates the law, because he
purchased and used some Of
these tokens" the same day.
OF course, this law about checks
for less than 81 is not enforced and
never has been as far as records
show-even though it is the duty of
the President of the United States
under the Constitution and under his
oath of office to enforce all laws.
Grayson thinks that some conscien-
have this law repealed-in the inter-
ests of good form" and sincerity in
government.
1t isn't often that a member of Con-
greSs gets as frank q statement from
his constituents as to the real reason
they support him for office as Repre-
sentative G. B. Hudspeth did recently.
There is in his district a large Ger
man section with some 1000 votes.
L
and decide who they will vote for EN-
bloc, and the meeting is then pledged
to these candidates.
Just after one of these meetings
happened along and with
out introducing himself asked a big
German: well, who did you fellows
decide to vote for?' Oh, We votes a
right: We vote for La Toilette, Ma
Ferguson and that men Hunchpeck
La Toilette, he for us Germans; Ma
Ferguson, she opens saloons, and that
in Washington, he an
swers our letters same day he get 'em."
Representative Hudspeth never let
the constituent know who had been
asking him about the slate, but he
has boasted of his good standing
among the Germans often since in
chatting with his colleagues. 90"
Representative Sol Bloom is a Jew,
and proud of 1t, even though he can
appreciate a. pleasantly about such
popularity of his people as the ortho-
1ox abstinence from pork. In his
recent campaign for reelection on.
the night before election there was
a big rally on the East Side, thick1y
settled with orthodox Jews. Senator
Copeland was the principal speaker
and Representative and Mrs. Bloom
sat on the platform, while the hall
was packed to overflowing with the
of Abraham and Isaac,
Rebecca and Esther.
Senator Copeland waxed eloquent
and eulogistic to such an extent that
Mr.. Bloom leaned toward his good
wife and whispered, There's nothing
to it after that speech, I'm elected
~
reached his climax, saying. ''And I
assure you that just as sure as to-
morrow is Tuesday, you will wake
up the next morning and find that
Sol Bloom has brought home the
bacon Sol saw his chances Of cleo
tion go glimmering, for those or
thodoX Jews are anti-pork and "off"
bacon. But he was elected all right.
Then on Friday there was a bill
up in the House from the committee
on claims "for the relief of Louis
Leavitt," from Mr.. Blooms district, to
the extent of s620,623.sa on account of
losses through purchase of surplus
war supplies from the, Government
said supplies being bacon. In the
course of cloakroom chaff among
Mr.. Bloom remarked,
See all the trouble this fellow Lea
witt got himself into, If he had been
a strict orthodox Jew and let the
bacon alone he'd have Jared much
better"
Representative Tom Blanton of
Texas overheard this and a few min.
utes later on the floor raised con-
siderable laughter by saying, "If he
were an orthodox Jew he would have
let that bacon alone. Whenever you
find a Jew slipping around and buy.
ng $500, 600 pounds of bacon he is likely
to damage himself one way or an
other"