National Affairs: Burnt Brand

The House is a sporting body. It loves a fight. And the House is a sportsmanlike body. It loves to see the biter bitten, especially after the biter has barked loudly and snapped from behind.

One day last week the galleries were crammed and many a Senator strolled over to what it pleases Senators (but not Representatives !) to call the "lower" chamber. For days beforehand, a speech had been advertised by the man who was going to make it. The subjects were to be Agriculture, Secretary of Commerce Hoover and Ohio politics. And the...

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