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Show IlotheHni: oniireslnial Oralorfc Many congressmen are inclined to lie 1 nettled by interruptions. Only the oth-I day Cteii. (Jrohvenor, of Ohio, was speak-in-', when he was interrupted twoor thru times by his collea-ue, Mr. Outhwaita. I Finally the latter broke in once mora, I savin"-, "The burden of your speech" ' "the burden of my sM-ech just now," retorted (irosvetior, "are the interruptions interrup-tions which you persist in making." After several interruptions from Senator Sen-ator Kdmunds, which Senator Casserly look pood humoreilly, tho latter finally turned to F.dmunds and said. "Now, will my friend permit mo to ask him a iiuest ion?" "Certainly." "Then 1 ask my friend whv not, ailow me to ko on?' "Yes, or ko Off." retorted Edmunds. But Cusserlv had tho best of it, and from that day to "this Mr. Edmunds has.uiade i it a rule not to interrupt others. ! Jud;e Thtirman did not like to be in-; in-; terrupted. Oiex- ho was tliunderin' j awav when Senator Cameron (the elder) ' ndd"eiily iiiterrupled with a motion for j j an executive session, i "I am a thousand times obliged to the S polite and thoughtful senator from Perm- nylvania for interrupting me in the mid-j mid-j die of ft sentence," growled Thiiriuan. "It will give tho senator more time to I reflect on the rest of it," said Cameron j smilingly, and the neat reply softened I tho old Roman, mid an executive session i was ordered ninid general kkm1 humor. Tho chronic interrupter of tho present congress is Mr. Kerr, of Iowa. A Democratic Demo-cratic member somewhat irriUbly waved Kerr aside, exclaiming: "Vou would have interrupted tho sermon ser-mon on the mount if you had beeu there." |