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Mr. Smith Goes To Washington Page #5
JIMMY:
Sure. Didn't you see about the
terrific forest fire all around
Sweetwater?
HUBERT:
I did. What about it?
PETER:
Well, Jeff put that out himself.
HUBERT:
Himself!
JIMMIE:
Well--Jeff and the Rangers. He was
out camping with 'em--and they saved
hundreds of people and millions of
dollars--
OTIS:
And not one boy even scratched!
JIMMIE:
Now, if you really want a Senator--
HUBERT:
I do *not* want a Senator. And I do
*not* want any more of this nonsense!
Emma!
EMMA:
Why, I think it's very sweet of the
children--
OTIS:
He's the greatest *American* we got,
too, Dad. Can tell what George
Washington said--by heart. An' "Boy
Stuff's" got the swellest stuff in
it.
HUBERT:
What stuff?
PETER:
"Boy Stuff." That's the name of Jeff's
magazine. He prints it.
(Pulling one out of
his pocket excitedly)
Look--here's one--oh, it's great--
*everybody* reads it--all the kids
in the State--a million of 'em. Look,
Pop--let me read you a--
HUBERT:
Peter, I'm in no mood to hear childish
prattle!
JIMMY:
Prattle!
PETER:
You're all wet, Pop! Listen to this:
(Flipping back to a
page)
"What makes a man humane to man--to
give and not to take--to serve and
not to rule--ideals and not deals--
creed and not greed--." How about
*that*?
OTIS:
No, *sir*! You couldn't do better,
Dad.
HUBERT:
Than what?
OTIS:
Jeff for Senator.
HUBERT:
(his anger rising)
Emma! Will you *please*--?
PETER:
(leaping in on the
attack)
Want to get out of a pickle, don't
you?
OTIS:
(leaping right in,
too)
Always looking out for votes, aren't
you?
PETER:
Yeah--an' here's fifty thousand kids
with two folks apiece--and *they
vote*!
JIMMIE:
(attacking too)
If you want to do yourself some good
in this State, Dad--
OTIS:
If you're ever going to stand up
like a man some day and tell Taylor
to go to--
EMMA:
Otis!
HUBERT:
(rising frantically)
That settles it! I will not be
attacked and belittled by my own
children in my own home! My nerves
are strained to the breaking point!
He throws his serviette down and rushes from the dining-room.
EMMA:
Hubert!
LITTLE JANE:
Papa's mad, Mama.
The scene dissolves to Hubert Hopper's STUDY, at night. Hubert
is pacing miserably as Emma enters, carrying his dinner on a
plate and setting it down on his desk.
HUBERT:
(in quiet, heart-
breaking appeal)
Emma! I'm a man at the end of his
rope.
EMMA:
No wonder--without your dinner.
HUBERT:
Emma, which is it--Horace Miller or
Henry Hill?
EMMA:
(starting out)
Well, your children are very bright--
and *they* say Jefferson Smith.
And Emma, without pausing, passes on out. Hubert is beside
himself, and begins to pace again.
HUBERT:
(to himself,
distractedly)
Henry Hill--Horace Miller--Henry
Miller--Horace Hi--uh--Henry--
Then on a desperate impulse, he takes a coin from his pocket
and gets ready to flip.
HUBERT:
Heads--Hill. Tails--Miller.
He shuts his eyes and flips. The coin falls on the library
table. He rushes to it. His eyes pop.
The COIN is seen standing on edge, leaned against a small
stack of magazines and papers.
HUBERT is at his wit's end. Then his eyes travel over to the
paper on top of the pile. We see the NEWSPAPER HEADLINE:
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