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Show TOO MUCH F0I1 "TOM" REE3. I caker Waa Unable lo Entertain Offered Of-fered Reaolutlori, Conrreasmnn William H lovcrlnt of MusMachuxctt told this story ol the lata "Tom" Heed tha other even tug: "It waa one of those long night ao einns In the House when the Dlngloy tariff bill waa In the conference com mlltee, and we were nil worrying Icat the rtchato on tha mnaaurn, when It ahould emerge, would paa all the bounds of our strength and patience, "I won, to the Speaker's desk at one stsge and asked Mr. It red if ha would entertain a resolution to tha effect that no one nhoitld be allowed to speak on tha tariff unless ba had something; new to say. Mr. Reed gave me one nf those qulralcnl looks of bla and drawled out: "'Mr. levering, tyrannical as I am, thoroughly depraved and bad aa I am I have not yet reached tha point of heartleoannsa where I can condemn this House to a stlonca a profound as that resolution would entail. I will not entertain It, sir." New York Times. |