Show WITS OF ThE HOUSE Humorists Who tim Proceedings of Congress c Now Allen II Private John Chief Chlof Among Thom Them Is to Fall Fallon Bra Flis Montla Serving HII HI Term on Chomp Champ Clark u ela Correspondence Washington Jail Con Congress gress greSI has hall Its humorist and ot Of them have halt half a dozen There Is at 01 ways sonic mem member er whose keen mIrth provoking drollery and amid talent as 08 asa a story etory teller make him a 0 distinctive character among his fellows Such a 0 character the late lato S 13 S 5 Cox who years ago allo was as the tue hu florist ot of time the House or of thought though he hi W II much ban II a hu hiU humorist morlat So Indeed have Imy been most of the funny lunny mell ot of Congress It well bloke Sunset Coxs heart because th Ih House refused to take hitti seriously lung long enough to make him lie he WAS recognized aa 00 tull fully lit fit for tor that position I Mason now nou Illinois jun lor br won much distinction as 1 a wit and story toilet while serving In inthe the thc house louMe tiers there are others other The Tue gr greatest or of these however Is Private John Jhn M A Albeit II II or of Mississippi who 1 Is Isnow now his term In III having r tu ed unanimous and certain reelection For 16 15 years there lies has been Jeen none noM to 0 his liS Cs the humorist ot of the II 11 use ual nm and oil all ot of his colleague who sho have been beell reel reelected ted to the Fifty s sincere sincerely re regret ret that ho he ts Is not to return I a regret shared nUke alike b by and and even I by those who have hae had occa occasion sion to o wince under the shafts or of his keen wit It Mr Ir Alien Is It a and his Imla are often olen bowl I d cl lit at the or nt at ular Republican member but bUl th rt Is no venom In hl his humor said his opponents laugh liS as heartilY ns as lila hili colleagues at t the droll sto ato stories rica ries with he Is accustomed to il ii illustrate lustrate a Point or oi clinch all an argument Droll stories witty siDe rite and pungent It ItIC I so 0 deftly woven Int into his speeches liS as to make them ns as humor and Us fl argument Mr Allen Alien first took look hit slat seat In In and pari early In his first term earned a than ns as 1 a wit which hue hI has sustained ever since Word that he was on the tho u u u IJ lJ U u LI U www U U U has hias RIIS to omit U the cloakrooms stahl corridorS fill lii th and galleries or of time tho house Inthe lAst when shen Mr Aller Ailer attained a hindu on Oil the committee on the or of second Importance In the he house and when hb ha begun to aspire to a seat lit III the SenA Senate tc ho he tried to cultIvate IL a dignified ed sena senatorial tonal style but he could not let i ithe lass the tho opportunity to tell I a good story and In III the midst ot of a dr dry speech about the ot of nn an bill lie he would convulse the tue House with laughter Some lome anecdote ot of southern life lie was disappointed In his ambition to tu become come United States senator having belll been defeated by br 10 McLaurin Mr Mien Is one ot of the ablest In Mis and one or of the best beet known and best liked and lila his fitness to en In Inthe time the upper branch bronch ot of Congress could not bu be questioned Vas It because his itis pea poo pie refused to take hint seriously that he WM was denied the senatorial t toga ll At Atall Atall all events lie hI has hs given ehen notice that he will retire from life lite after atter the ot of next and will go back to Tupelo and practice law laii Is another phase ot of lIens AlIens charActer besides that ot of humorIst and story Joll 0 r teller Jl I is III n a ablE active end conscientious whose Vote ote and lind voice In Con giese moan to his itis constituents to his country countr and to his hili party It is 1 for his all as A man more than for tor hiS talent as a humorist that John Allen Is highlY regarded II by all his con COli and for he will be 1 lii III the lie next Congress Congre Congressmen fire are already discussing the que question as to who shall succeed Private John Allen lIen as the humorist ot of the he house Champ Clark ot of possesses these more tully fully than an any other man In COli Id gress grels lie He is III the most picturesque fi fig figure uro ure In the house Houe lie He Is keen keln of wit I and a tumid rund ot of anecdote and stor story I I lug HIs metaphors mind and are slier hung mind origInal arousing nt Lit times uncontrollable though givIng giving Ing that there ate are thought purpose character and ability behind the generous Ilow ot of wIt vIt and hunter humor |