Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-03-06

" uiI LudI lHe ulfeCtoIS Vi Une 95.UUU,-
900 investment company entertained
sufficiently high regard for their quail
fications to tender them the two most
important positions in the company,
and in this qualification all Iowa peo-
pie will share.
MIR. Lacey on Senatorial Courtesy"
Congressman Lacey's pointed sug-
gestion that although the senate of the
United States is run without rules and
entirely upon senatorial courtesy, that
the deliberative body really should
have rules-Queensbury rules-seems
to have struck close home, and every
congressman is passing the jab along,
with a gratuitous comment as an adj
denda 1t may be said that the senate
is extremely sore over the effect of the
Tillman-McLaurin episode in view of
the traditions of that body and the
claim that in such deliberative body
no rules are necessary save the I'M
written rule that every man is a gen
tleman and that the rule of courtesy
is amply sufficient for the guidance of
that body. Nowadays the less sena-
tor hears about senatorial courtesy"
the better he is pleased. However,
the members of the house ring an in
definite number of changes on this
proposition and the senators are be-
come rather weary of it.
Senate Jealous of House.
In this connection it may be said that
the senate and house are exceedingly
jealous of their perogatives and rights.
Each body has the notion, and perhaps
rightfully, that it is the main driving
IN, hn oie1n nj
promptly resents the assumption of
the other that this question is subject
to question. For example, it is we'll
established proposition that all legis-
lation relative to the raising of reve-
nue. must originate in the ways and
means committee in the house. The
senate holds off, permits the house to
originate the legislation and pass a
bill, then proceeds to5mutilate the work
of the "lower house" in manner that
is scandalous. AS a matter of fact oft
times the bill that the senate sends
/ back to the house for concurrence
bears no semblance to the bill the
house sent over. In this way, while
not actually originating legislation for
revenue purposes, the senate SO ma
lnipulates the house bill that it amounts
to the same thing. heard an old re-
publican congressman speaking of this
matter a few days since He said 'it's
no wonder the senate tears to pieces
legislation enacted by 4the house; we
do not debate a bill; we introduce it;
bring in rule jamming the measure
through the house in two or three
days, and then sit by while the senate
debates it two or three weeks and
sends it back to us in a finished con
dition. The way things are run now
we might as well have lot of printed
blanks, reading, be it enacted by the
senate and house of representatives
that---' and send them over tC
1.-THE senate and let them fill in the bal
Il ance."
Dolliver Getting Ready.
Senator Dolliver is spending a grea
deal of time in amassing facts to BIZ
employed in the debate upon the olet
bill soon to be brought forward il
the senate. The fate of the bill is still
a question. Under rules setting tim,
, for close of debate and the taking o
a vote there would, it is said, b.
Senator Dolliyer, be no question as t.
the outcome. The senators represent
ing democracy are largely from tn
southern states, producing cotton-see,
Or cattle, and naturally these senator
will exert themselves to the last de
gree in opposing the bill. This is yer.
natural. The blow aimed at the ole
industry by the house means con
siderable loss to the people of tn
south 1t will naturally decrease tn
consumption of cotton-seed oil and tn
faff IF md tot
of Texas will wage a very effectiv
!. warfare against the proposition. 1t /
estimated that Senator Bailey, who's
inclinings are VIGOROUSLY constitution
alward. will have some arguments O.
that line to propose.
l. However, the great fear is that tn
bill will never be permitted to come t
. vote. If it is apparent to the oppos
ton that on vote they will be de
feated the program will involve tn
talking of the measure to death. If tn
opponents to the oleo bill can hold on
and keep the debate there is no quel
: ton but that the bill will simply dit
There is no method of procedures saw
: through some counter move, to pr
2 vent any senator talking four week
t upon that bill, to be followed by al
ioIilci oSudtOI WHO Slldll Talk d Slnlld
r length of time
t Incident Closed.
2 The Tillman-McLaurin incident
officially closed and as far as possibl
: forgotten save by the active partic
l pants. 1t is not thought the case wa
: handled as well as it might have bee
5 and when it became apparent that a
l error in judgment had been made an
$ that from that time forward the pres
{ dent pro TEN would be upon the defel
: sive in way, it was decided to e.
the case out of the way in the quicl
g est possible time, hence sort of cor
promise. The false step of Senate
:. Frye seemed to take all the life out
: the affair SO far as the republican
l. were concerned, and the incident VIZ
: closed with the least possible della
S The dignity Of the senate has not bee
q satisfied; Senators Tillman and M
l. Laurin have been officially informe
s. that they are censured; matter
d no consequence to man like Tillma
f and it is intimated that McLaurin
J. not losing any sleep over the humili
;y plo