Daily Kennebec journal., 1893-10-26
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cungrsa and dcinG uncse - ~ - ssetls
tie stlvsg Qusssiun. tAair pnl11inal ens0in.
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Geld q bona u GsurxiA. ~ tns1anes. ~
young Mr.. Wafsun. Tie sanqueat sx-ona-
pesman. b nAing Up and dOun thssfaas
making speecA whessvs ioD sabsesthssu
- his papr - q p9 ysr aRs guasantssa
him.
Nearly esssy aiehs in IL vssk Ae nAkss
speech 70 . crowd u fAxuess and cosson
sAisen, and ssiw their pnulons - telling
them thai whsse they azs nOw aeestnG bat
cenfs pr poand fus costna. = a1ainss .
cents per pound laae ysAr. thsy woald have
received - csan pr poand I'D tA<y snc-
eeedsd in eieceinx GsnaEal Wsav1r psSsi-
dent of the Cnited Sea&eA NJ. Waksca in
duiges in the well Known II told yoa 80 !"
and Informs hs heasss thas sAs s,sctton
of Grower Cleveland cat the psiss ct cotton
down exactly cents pr poond. This sort
OF argument gues . long vays with ths
poor people Of that regioa Who aRe sarue-
Cling from day 70 day 10 make hosA ends
meet The psics of COTTON b phenomsnally
low, and the DemncrAsie party b 70 b
made to suffer foe H.
Senators and representative arc thets-
fore anxions to gss homo in order TO cuun-
teract the influence oe shsss Populiss
preachers They want 70 have ehancs 10
explain to the deiudsd FARMERS and cotton
sponsible- for the low price of productA
Some Of the Democratic Statesmen from
the south think that II they are no< per
public interxwts in their region the day will
tle Of the Democratic party lelt south Of
the Mason and Dixon line.
The senate IL ChaAg1no.
During the fight over the silver question
the senate hAs been noisieF, moFr hutsterous
and less dignified than Il any other period
Of its history. The truth Il, the senass ia
gradually changing It's character. Instead
Of asmail body Of large men. IL b becoming
large body Of small men. The rales are
not as strictly enforced ~ they were. and
the thousand and one small traditions Of
the body which have no iodgmsnt In the
written rules arc becoming moss and more
obsolete, and the result II . constantly In
creazing amount Of couversation and disor-
der. Thai extreme Of politensas which
formerly marked the cDuEse Of sennton In
debate Is gradually becoming extinct.
The senate il growing b, b more like
the house Of representatives. and very
much less like the old time senate that atr
txined reputation ~ being; the moss dig
nifiesi legislative body on tArth- Some Of
the old time senator's feel very hadly about
the change which - constantly creeping
over their body Some performances dur
ing the past six weeks have grated upon
their nerves and made them very uncom
Portable. The climax was ivached one day
last week when an excited spectator ahout
ed out his objections to the pfoceedipgs On
the floor. aud an infant In its mCehers
arms interrupted the debate with its shrill
comments
Nr. sssvensoa - . PsussaiaG O0sss.
Vice President Stevenson doc mot wisld
the gavel with one-half the sigos that
characterized the rule Of Ingnlls and otheI
recent presiding oflicen- M Stevenson IL
one Of the most polite and urhans men in
the world He never gives cause Of ofense
il he can help II. and consequently b one ol
the most popular public men ever known in
Washington He has elegant manners and
q fine old time, gentlemanly bearing which
charms all who come In contact with him.
But as q presiding officer be b NOT quite
sharp enough. Now that the senate IL grow
ing large and cumbersome there u the more
H. - ~ IL ~r.1
In enforcing the rules and In preserving
ORDER
When the spectator rose in the gallery
the other day and announced to the senate
that he would go out because demand
had been made that applause should be
suppressed In the gallery. the vice presi-
dent astonished every one in the chsmber
by replying to the spectator, saying. The
chair is only doing what be Is commanded
to do by the rules" One senator said he
was afraid Vice President Stevenson was
going to apologize TO the man who had left
the chamber in anger. or at least TO argue
the question with him
Eiosssnec at Disessst-
Senator Lindsay Of Kentucky was recent
ly discussing the question whether on not
the race Of great men has run cut in con-
gress. lie gave it as his opinion that the
men who achieved such fame years ago did
so largely through their orstoricsl powers.
There Is no evidence" said Mr. Lindssy.
.rhat Webster, Calhoun. Benton, Clay and
other great men of 40 or 80 yean ago bad
any better business ability than the ssns-
tors Of our time In fact, the evidence n In
the contrary direction do not believe
they were as good business men, nor ~