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/AlJLl', -LyfDWAR B. CLAJŽK.. G Gvyri,¢ht419C, by W.A PAMRT~2.N I 1 ~i~,e·c~onel[1SL ý 'l (11 I ~ii EDsaAR ra ftK \ i 0 ~d ~G~a~''hl~p~a6Yt~A~~lip-~ T IS the custom to speak of the SUnited States senate as the most dignified legislative body in the world, while on occasions the house of representatives has been described as a "bear garden." The senate is ordinarily a dignified de liberative body, but nevertheless it is a mistake to look upon the house of representatives in any way, ex cept on the rarest occasions, as an assembly given to disorderly pro <edure. There have been within the last few months mannny scenes of intense excitement in the house, times when personal, political and fac tional temper has run high and when there was the "high spirited excuse" for scenes bordering on the tumultuous. In the main, however, through all the temper-trying times of the attempt to shear Speaker Cannon of his power, and dur ing the intense moments of the debate on the railroad bill, the members succeeded in holding themse'ves in check, and in giving an exhibi tion of self-restraint that was admirable. On only a feb' occasions within the space of sev en years tat one correspondent has watched proceedings in the house, have there been per sonal encou ters on the floor between mem bers. In onl\e one instance really could these affairs be spok n of as personal encounters, for in only one c ase were blows exchanged. A former mu ority leader of the house and one of the leading members of his party, ex ch~ged bblow but the matter was a rsonal ington within a stone's throw of the to the White House. there! o 4,at at' poitical one, and it t e happened outside of the house as well as in side. It was not brought about by the heat of debate, but by long continued friction which engendered heat enough to cause an explo sion while the house was in session. One of the parties to this physical encounter is now dead, and thq other, next March, will take his seat in the senate of the United States. Their names probably will suggest themselves at once. There are many hot-headed members of the lower house of congress, and some of these "temperamental ones" are leaders in their re spective parties. As leaders, however, these men long ago learned that if they were to maintain leadership they must keep a check on their tongues and a check on their birth right willingness to enter on a scrimmage. The members of the house realize that men ,aboring under excitement, will say things that they will be sorry for in a minute, and so fre quently words that positively are insulting, are overlooked by the offended member for a few minutes in order to give the offender a chance to get his faculties back and apologize. If he does not apologize, though he generally does, the one who feels himself aggrieved, has his own way of securing retraction, either by appeal to the house, or direct appeal, some times made in pretty sharp language, to the member who has offended. One of the most exciting times in the house i representatives in recent years was a ver ,a! encounter between Representative Bourke ,'ockran, Democrat, of New York city, and Rep :esentatlve John Dalzell, Rep Iblican, of Pitts burg. Bourke Cockran is known as one of the greatest orators of the United States, and John Ializell is known as one of the ablest debaters on the Republican side of the house of repre sentatives, a small man physically, but abso lutely fearless. Dalzell is one of the chief ad ocates of protection. The New York member attacked the con sistency of the Pittsburg member in a speech, and said some things about the inconsistency )f the Republican party. To Dalzell, this seemed to give the opportunity that he wanted. He stood on the floor of the house and ao cused Cockran not only of inconsistency, but practically of using his gift of oratory, first .o uphold one side of a question, and then to iphold another, and the Plttsburg man did not :ry to conceal the reasons which he thought were responsible for the change of opinion and the change of attitude on the part of the man whom he was criticizing. In that speech against Cockran, Dalzell was s-aspish. There were men on the floor who expected fully to see Cockran attack him, not ,erbally, but physically, but the New Yorker sat through the spech, and when it was ended arose in his own place. The New Yorker con tented himself with saying that if he were guilty of the charges which the Republican member had made against him, he was not fit to stay in the house of representatives, and he demanded that congress as a matter of per sonal privilege to him, should make an in vestigation of his conduct, make a report there on, and if he were found guilty, the fact should be published to the country. The house refused to take any action on ·~: I "·~? ii I:: U O I 3, . ·:: ::-:-·I ,,-;:-c· I:::U *I a 4I h the New ~Torker's demand for an in vestigation, and the whole matter went by default with the speeches of both men standing in the Congressional Rec ord as evidence of a warm day in con gress. In a debate on the ariff last year, the subject of lum ett g ring and smo said and e a :ausing h physical enounter between lepresentative Jo ieph W. Fordney of Iichigan, and Rep -esentative Adam L. Byrd of Missis sppi. The Missis ippian had said that the Michigan member was inter .sted personally in lumber matters and intimated that he was particularly interested in a section of a lumber trust. The Michigan man said something in retort which was a Ulit tle stronger than a mere statement that the Mississippian did not know what he was talk ing about. At any rate, Representative Bryd stripped off his coat and started down the aisle toward the Republican side, and toward Mr. Fordney, who stood perfectly still, awaiting the attack. Not many years ago Fordney had worked in the capacity of what is known as a "lumber jack," and he is as hard as any nail that was ever driven into a board. Before the Mississfppian could reach the scene of intend ed action, however, he was seized by several members, and his coat was slipped on to his back once more. Later, the two representa tives made up their differences. In seven years these are the only instances which can be recalled at this time of troubles between members that did, or seemed likely to culminate in serious encounters. The truth is that the house is seldom a "bear garden," and the best test of the tempers of the mem bers was made during the time which pre Day of the all Boy In this day of complaint against incompe tent servants of all sorts it is rather remark able to study the general utility of the apart ment-house hallboy. The resourceful New York woman finds many uses for the liveried lad and where he has been tested and found thoroughly reliable he is often trusted with responsible duties. At one of the upper West side apartment hotels two extremely bright young colored men have been employed for four years and the commissions with which they are trusted are worth studying. One of them was seen at a neighboring bank the other morning deposit ing money for three guests at the hotel. Sev eral other colored boys in uniform were per forming a similar service. The receiving tel ler at the bank explained that many of his women depositors intrusted this work, espe cially on stormy days, to hall boys and eleva tor boys and that there has not been a single case of dishonesty or misunderstanding in the matter. In some houses elevator and hall boys are not permitted to run errands, the New York World says. In others, where two or three lads are on duty, rules are relaxed and super intendents are glad to let the boys serve the tenants. Naturally the boys like to do the er rands, because there is corresponding increase in their incomes. F:. Jlý :e t C3 clocti ula ill 11 , S, 3(i "tý';Ny;mot/" .00 60 ff ii I V loairgm ,su0 ceded the changa in the rules of the lou which was secured bj alition of o-called S t Re s and inc e l ts.Led by - et g r e sentative Nor ris .of Ne braska, the In surgents and Democrats to gether sa u c ceeded in ta king away from the speaker 'h is membership in that committee. It was a great change from former conditions, and it was a direct attack on the power of the speaker, an attack that had in it seemingly much that was personal, although most of the men who had a hand in it, denied that there was any personal feeling. Men sat white in their seats or stood and spoke with shaking voices, so tremendous was the excitement, but during it all each man kept a firm hold on his temper, and while it seemed to the spectators that encounters must come, they never came, and the change in the rules was effected, involving as it did, an air ing of factional differences with just as little outward show of disturbance as would attend the enactment of legislation of small degree of interest. Every man has mannerisms, but of course in the house of representatives pronounced mannerisms of the leading members are the only ones which become impressed upon the public. Sereno E. Payne, the Republican lead er, is the author of the last tariff bill as it passed the house of representatives. Outward ly, Mr. Payne suggests a condition of mind neaan\r~u~re~u~earu."sru, m. ýýu~eavsIvýýnu.,n~nuIu·u,ýnu.ýM~niMý!h ý Elevator and hall boys are also intrusted with all sorts of repairs, sponging, pressing, dyeing, etc. You will see them hurrying toward the uptown shops, their arms laden with all sorts of wearing apparel, from silk hats that need ironing to shoes that need half soling. For such work the boy generally gets two bits of money, one from the tenant for performing the errand and another from the tradesman to whom he throws the work. A busy time for many of the boys is Sunday afternoons and evenings, after the delicates sen shops open. Then housewives upon whom unexpected company has descended whistle for the hall boy, who makes an emergency run to the nearest purveyor of ready-cooked food. On Sunday mornings you will find quite a line of colored boys in uniform lined up at the branch postoffices in the residence districts. These represent various apartment houses and apartment hotels whose tenants want their mail on Sunday mornings and who club togeth er to give the colored attendants a small fee for making the trip to the branch postoffice during the hour at which mail is distributed every Sunday. A very common source of revenue for hall boys is the care of baby buggies. Very few apartments offer room for such vehicles and it is not always safe to leave them in the base ment. A bright hall boy will take care of the carriage, keeping it cleaned and repaired, locking it with a chain or padlock to some clean. safe place in the basement and having and temper indicated by the sound of his first name, but the Republican leader is not serene at all times, although he, per haps better than any other prominent man in the house, keeps control of his emotions. Mr. Payne is fat and he is jolly under ordinary circum stances. Occasionally when his good Republican soul is pierced by an arrow of sarcasm, invec tive or reproach fired from the Democratic side, Sereno loses his serenity, and he grows quite hot and emits what some mem bers have dubbed bolts of light ning. On occasions of less heat. the Republican leader emits sparks only, but they are of the kind that burn. There are poe sibilities of indignation and at ger in Representative Paynd that no one would suspect who looks down from the gallery upon his ordinarily calm exterior. Champ Clark of Missouri, the leader of the Democrats, loves his joke and it takes an occa sion that is worth while before he rouses him self to anger. "When Champ Clark does get mad he gets mad," is the expressive way in which a Democratic colleague of the minority leader put the matter recently. There was an exhibition of how mad Champ Clark can get at ,ratic colleagues in a solid line in favor of a a change in the rules governing house procedure. I •his was at the time when some of the In- r ;urgents, in connection with the Democrats I vere trying to secure what is now known as :alendar Wednesday. It was at a time long pri. )r to the fight which ended in the removal of he speaker from the committee on rules. The Democratic leader found that he could sot control all his party colleagues, and he had i suspicion that some of them knew that they were to get committee preferment at the hands )f the speaker, provided they deserted the Dem 2cratic leader in the time of need. One New York Democratic member, with some others 'rom different parts of the country, deserted their chieftain in the hour of trouble, and la ter the New Yorker was given a fine committee berth by the speaker. No one will ever forget the castigation which Champ Clark gave this colleague, whom he looked upon as a deserter from the cause of his fel lows. It was a scoring the like unto which few men have ever received. The New Yorker took it in apparent humbleness of spirit, and it may be that he did not have any excuse to offer. Time is a great healer, however, and now the Democratic leader and the man whom he ex coriated are good friends, and seem to be work ing in harmony for the party good in the house of representatives. The hardest worked man in the house of representatives, not even barring the speaker, is Representative James R. Mann, Republican, of Chicago. Mann is known as the great objector, and also as the watch dog. It is his duty to be on the floor of the house constantly, and to watch legislation, line by line, and to see to it that nothing is "slipped over," which the Re publican majority does not think proper. Mr. Mann keeps an eye on amendments to the appro priation bills, and all kinds of things as they come before the house. It is he who objects to the consideration of many small bills when unanimous consent unquestionably would secure passage for them. This dtakes him in a sense tremendously unpopular with members who want to get something through, and can only gC< action under unanimous consent. it ready for use at a signal from the mother or nurse. Landlords may object to dogs, but hall boys-never. A valuable dog is pretty sure to mean a weekly stipend to an obliging col ored attendant. Here again the iron fence or bar becomes useful as an anchorage for the pet in his care and many an uptown hall boy spends his noon hour giving a pedigreed dog its outing. An upper West side boy whose Rooseveltian teeth are the hallmark of good nature said when interviewed on the subject: "Yessir-we all can do most anything. Mis sus Powers, she has me open all her cans, 'cause her hands is shaky, an' I hooks her dresses when Mr. Powers he ain't home. I kin market fur her ef she's feelin' poorly, an' I allus meets her mother at the subway sta tion an' takes her back again. I take keer of her cat w'hen she's away and I feed Missus Brown's bird when she goes. Most all the ladies they give me their keys if they're 'spectin' some one to come while they're out, an' I ain't never made no mistake." HE'D HAD SOME HARD KN :S. ,- - "Fortune knocksonce at every man's door." "Fortune is a knocker, all right" ATTRACTED BY THE GOSPEL Koreans Have Shown Themselves Willing and Anxious to Hear the Word. Rev. C. T. Collyer writes as follows in the London Christhin: "It is more tlhbn twenty-one years since I first left home for the mission field. Never have I known of people being so ready to hear the Gospel as are the Koreans just now. I have had the privilege of doing a good deal of personal work during the past few weeks. Without stretching the point, I can say I have had personal con versation with several hundreds of heathen. Not one to whom I have spoken but has acknowledged that he must become a Christian. The young empress of Korea has not been ma king good progress with her studies, so it was felt she ought to have some young lady companions who are used to study. A young lady from our school was chosen for this position. She has been in the palace less than a month, but she has found many oppor tunities of witnessing for her Lord, with the result that her majesty has definitely set one hour each day for the study of Christianity, and ordered that a Bible and hymn-book should be procured for her. It has been my privilege to order a specially bound copy of the New Testament for her." Foxy Hiram. "Well, now, if that ain't surprising!" ejaculated Mrs. Ryetop, as she shaded her eyes with her hand. "There goes old Hiram Skinflint, and rather than step on a poor black ant he picked it up, and I bet he is going to drop it somewhere out of the reach of dan ger." Her husband laughed knowingly. "Not Hiram Skinflint, Mandy. 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