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By this time TIE Congressional Record
must be getting tired For two weeks the
house has debated the election bill, and we
have reached the end Of the ninth week
since the senate took upthe silver b1l- IL
has been a long and tedious coatsss IN the
latter body. People who live al distance
from Wasairgroa are unable 70 s<,e why 50
much time has been consumed or how neu
can be found to do such great amount Of
talking. II you viii carefully examine an
average days session Of the senate you Will
quickly SCI. hon time Is murdered in that
bady. The senate has been meeting AZ II
O'Clock in the morning. As q rule, routine
business. such a. the presentation Of petf
tons, takes gcod part OF an hour. Then
some senator introduces or calls up a resf'-
luton which he wants TO dtseuss-Hr- Du-
bois' resolution to postpone action TIL thres
vacant seats are fIlsd. Mr.. Stewart reso-
luton To investigate the president, Mr..
Chambers resolution to inquire into the
doin.s Of the Fairchild commission Oh
Talking Against Time.
Thus the time Is consumed TIL O'Clock
when the morning hour is supposed to end
though often by courtesy the morning hoar
rams on till near 2. Then the silver bill Ii
called up, and the senator who is entitled
to the floor addresses the chamber For j
man to talk three or four hours in the sen
ate is nothing at ali. That is a short speech
in that body, where nine speeches out of ten
are prepared largely by private secretarier
and steno4raphers. II a senator writes d
short speech. the chances arr he VIII DE IN
terrupted h>if dozen times during ITS de.
livery. Often some one VIII interrupt the
interrupLer, and another him, so that The
senator who Is entitled TO the floor is abb
To sit down and rest for half an hour o.
more IL doesat matter to him, for ht2
time is unlimited. Ii other senators TAX
half day with their interruptions ant
crosafirings, it is all the same. He Is entltl,t
To the floor till he has finished, whether i
takes a day or week.
In this way the time is filled in from | 81
= till, say. half past 5 o'clock, and by thi'
time the senators begin To yawn and Trims
of their dinners Some one moves an exec
utiye session, the doors are closed, and whei
they open again the senate has adjourned
another day gone, and perhaps only on
speech or half u speech has been worket
of. The senate could 90 on in this WAY
discussing a question like the silver ques
ton all winter 1t has been at it now abca
nine weeks. and so far As any one can see i
able To keep it up for nine weeks more. A:
vet the amendments have not formed Z
- N hon they a -
up. they will precipitate the whole question
over again.
Where Time Counts.
One great difference between debate il
the senate and debate in the house Is tina
III the former body there is not limit of time
while there is limit in the latter In tn
house the time is apportioned between th'
two sides Of the hall-the Republican an'
Democratic-or, in the case of IA nonpa
tisan measure, between the advocates am
opponents of this measure. Each side has
manager, and he yields 80 much time L
members who wish to speak. While tn
senate babbles on in sort of perpetual mo
ton fashion. time is often precious thin
in the bouse, where the manager of Il hi.
counts his minutes as il they were nugget
OF gold Not iufrequently "a member ha
one minute yielded TO him. In the scnai
a minute Is scarcely sufficient for an oratC
To address the presiding officer, clear h
throat and utter the first sentence
Another great difference between tn
house and senate is in the matter OF dignity
Sheer at the senate ms much H. we please, J
is the most dignitied legislative body o.
the face OF the earth. The rules of debat,
which require a certain considerations All
decoruIn, are pretty strictly observed. Man
senators were shocked when Mr.. Mills M
consciously rolled up his shirt sleeve
through overmuch earnestaesa, but If
senator were To remove his coat, rs a men
Der Of the house did not long ago Will
making u speech, probably the senat
would go into IA compton 1T. The yer
least il would do would he to 90 at ono
! into executive session, in order to turn on
the public and screen the offending senate
from the gaze OF the outside world.
Senatorial Personalities.
| ocrd sinhaily there are personalities IN II,
/ senate, like the little row between Senator
/ Wolco1t and Go.man a few weeks ago, bi
when a scrap like that docs occur it create
I tremendous sensation. The Woicot'
! German affair attracted much more after
/ ton tudn IL GtstrFeu hiuipiS bet.tuAt u y
/ OF this sort is of such rare occurrence III III
senate.
/ During this debate on the silver bi'
! the feeling has often run high. Men hay
| been exceedingly earnest and at tim,
much wrought up. All the passions an
prcjudices known to public men have be,
I played upon. Senators have lost patienC
I with other senator's and have even suspeC
/ ed the good faith and the motives Of the
4 fellows But only on two or three occ;
siona have there been ebullitions of temps
: or indulgence in personalities. Wolcut
/ did accuse German OF being "stecref
and German retorted that Woleott mus
have gained his information from cave
! droppers But each was prompt TO explai
! that he did not mean anything oiienS!Y'
Senator Palmer did remark that Senate
Z Stewards speeches were rather windy, b)i
/ that was aboat rs bitter a personal all
/ sion as has been heard in the whole deijat,
i Over in the house the lie is frequent
passed Members glare at each other an
; sometimes rush at each other with iEteu
/ to do bodily harm. The dignity Of Tia
senate has not in many years been violate
I by anything like a personal enconnte'
! while the house has had a number of dl
{ graceful serimmages. If senators wish :
! say cutting or di4agreeable things ahoi'
each other in their public speeches. The
| veil their thrliSts under covering of pa
! liamentary pOliteness-