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for debate in a legislative body
whose rules strictly limit the
time any one member can have
the floor.
Famous Story Teller
He was master of resonant,
Sonorous and occasionally sar-
castle eloquence, who inter.
rupted his polysyllables fol-
rapier thrusts at opponents
arguments. He was a famous
story-teller who enjoyed inject.
ing anecdotal illustrations int
the most serious public discus
sionS.
During the debate on the
neutrality bill he recalled the
fast answer of a former Georgia
Senator in a tight spot during
the early days of the Civil War
Senator Connally had the flool
in opposition to an amendment
that would have prohibited the
sale by this country Of poison
gas, flame throwers and similar
weapons. In order to leave the
impression that one side ir
World War I would use these
weapons whether the other side
did or not, the Senator tolC
about the Georgian, who
boosted:
I'VE in the South can whir
the Yankees with cornstalks.
When the war was over, the
boast was recalled for the Sen
ator by a crowd Of GeorgianS
who asked:
you told us before this wal
that the South could whip the
North with cornstalks. What
about it?"
well, I did say that" the
Senator agreed. But the trou.
BILE was the damn Yankees
would not fight with corn.
stalks"
Backer of New Deal
During the Roosevelt admin
IiStration, Senator Connally wa
a reliable supporter of the New
Deal on most Of its legislation
He worked hard for that part Of
the Presidents program which
he favored, behind the scenes
and on the Senate floor. In re.
ply to the late Senator Boraf
during the debate on the neu-
trality bill at a special ses-
sion in 1899, he was an espe-
cially effective friend of Presi-
dent RooseVelt's position.
Senator Connally, however
was one Of the most vehement
opponents in Congress veal
after year of the antilynchine
bill He once managed a two
month filibuster against the
bill which insured its death fol
that session and hung a pal
over its future chances for pas
sage. AS a Southerner, he OBJ
Ijected to the authority over
State police affairs which the
bill would have given the Fed
eral Government.
Mr.. Connally had been ir
Congress 16 years when Mr.
Roosevelt was inaugurated in
1933-four as a Senator an6
IL as a Representative. He was
born in McLennan County
Tex, August 10, 1877. Twenty
one years later he was studying
law at the University Of Texas
when the Spanish-American
War broke out and he tramped
away to the front. His law
degree was sent to him at mill
tary camp in Mobile, Ala.
Elected to House in 1916
BY 1901, he was a member OF
the Texas House of Represent
atives for the first of two terms
He was a graduate of Baylor
University, class of 1896. In
1906 he was elected prosecutor
for Falls County and reelected
in 1908. In 1910 he took up the
private practice Of law. In 1916
he was elected to the House OF
Representatives.
Two years later Representa-
tive Connally again heard the
call to war. He enlisted in the
Army and became captain and
adjutant of the 22d Infantry
Brigade, 18th Division. While
he was still in the Army he was
reelected to Congress, and he
kept his seat in the House until
1929.
Representative Connally was
elected to the Senate in 1928
for the term beginning March
4, 1929. He devoted much Of his
first year in the Senate to
INVITING the Republicans, who
then were split up into the
"Old Guard" led by Moses of
New Hampshire, and the "Sons
Of the Wild JackaSS," the West
ern liberals. During a debate
on the Senate floor, Mr.. Con-
nally defined the wild jackass:
1.-The jackass is a great
animal. When ne is docile and
performs the tasks his master
imposes on him, everybody has
respect for him. It's only when
he becomes wild and gets his
tail over the dashboard that he
becomes the object of derision
and scorn."
In 1854 Senator Connally
published his autobiography
MY Name is Tom Connally, "