The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-07
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WASHINGTON Dec 6-(Special)-
Now that congress has met more specula-
ton than ever ID being INDUCED in re-
garding the probable length of this ses-
sion The Republican politicians who
nave something to gain by an early re-
cess are hoping that there will not be
any unusual delay In pushing through ad-
ministration measures Of moment, so that
the session will not run so far over into
the next campaign that 1t will injure the
Republican party, not only in the con-
gress1onal election, but in the presidential
contest as well. Supreme efforts there
fore are to be made by such men as
Senators Hanna Plat, Davis, Nelson,
Hansbrough, Peprose, Allison, Cullom,
Spooner and othefs of like prominence to
push matters to the utmost limit In
order that the Republican measures,
which this congress will enact into laws,
VIII reach the people before they are COM
PEELED to vote at the national election in
November 1900 The Democrats, how
ever, are not SO certain to permit their
Republican opponents to have their own
way about this matter. They can readily
see that II the recess between the two
sessions can be delayed as late as August,
or possibly as late as October in 1900, it
Is going to benefit the Democratic party
more than the Republican. 1t is stated
upon excellent authority that the Demo-
cratic leaders in both houses of congress
are just now organizing to prevent all
the important measures from slipping
through that the Republicans hope to
hurry through early in the coming year.
Representative Bailey will. without
doubt, be able to demonstrate to the sat
isfaction of his Democratic associates,
and to the disgust of his Republican col
leagues, that he is much better equipped
to carry on fight in the interests of
his party than the man chosen for the
minority leadership of the house last Sat-
urday. That Mr.. Bailey is a strong man
on the floor is not questionedby his Demo-
cratic associates, though, because he is
a young man. they have endeavored to
cripple MIN in every way and prevent him
from becoming the prominent figure that
he later on will be if he has good luck in
congress. Mr.. Bailey is we'll equipped in
every way to assume the leadership Of
the Democrats, and 1t is probably mis-
take Of the chamber to have worried him
so much that he is seeking peace and
qu1etness by attempting to secure a seat
in the United States senate from Texas
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lteved that Mr.. Bailey will succeed in Sc
curing Mr.. Chilton's seat and the record
OF his life Will be made in the dignified
upper branch of congress, place where
men Of Baifey's cahber are always rec
ognfzed and always given due considera-
ton at the proper time. He will probably
show himself to better advantage in the
upper house than in the lower branch. 1t
Is a rough and tumble fight on all oc-
casions in the house, while in the senate
nearly all the time the associations are
so dull that they drive a majority of the
members gthei cloak rooms for consola-
ton, and the spectators to the beautiful
streets of the national capital. If such
men as Bailey, however, talk to the SEN
ate there may bean opportunity for some
OF the most prominent slumberers in this
branch Of congress to be awakened oc-
casionally. Bailey may be able to &C.
complish this There are one or two
other men in this branch of congress who
are able to do this, and among them are
Mr.. Wolcott, of Colorado; Chandler, of
New Hampshire, and Mason, of Illinois.
The only great orator in the senate is
r Wolcott, Heels soen to disappear from
the legislative halls of the government.
Mr.. Wolcott; cannote return to the senate
from the Centennial state when his pres
ent term expires. This he comedies and
AIC VIII pAOpdUIy 6nuedNOr make a for
tune for himself, and may some time in
the future come back to congress much
better qualified than he is at the present
time He has been picturesque figure in
the United States senate for eight or ten
years. and the only man who has equaled
him in this peculiar picturesqueness is no
less person than John j. Ingalls,, who
is now ending his career as a space writer
on metropolitan newspaper at $40 per
column. ingalls, will not get back to con-
gress for the reason that he is too old
man to make an uphill fight That
Wolcott may return Is conceded by his
enemies. He is a young man yet, not
over fifty, while Ingalls, is over sixty.
The advantage, as between the two great
orators in the senate in recent years, now
favors Wolcott, because he is younger
man. He may come back to make trouble
for his enemies, but it Is doubtful now if
the great Kansas orator is ever permitted
to again occupy a seat in either house
Of the national congress- Van.