The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-13

bounded qualification by saying: II
am glad to know that a ship never
grows old" A great deal of similar
information was stored away before
Perkins lodged into the forecastle. On
the next day Senator McCumber of
North Dakota, and Chauncey NJ. De-
pew launched themselves upon the sea
of eloquence. McCumber had a fair
wind and escaped without interruption,
but Chauncey ran into a nest of cat
squalls that waved him from his
course. and gave him unbounded
trouble. Senators Bacon and Teller
were so annoying in their search for
information that he finally forgot all
I about the bill, and began to talk about
Tammany Hall. His peroration. how
ever, drew applause from the galleries;
likewise a threat to clear them if it
was repeated Etiquette requires this.
On the following day. Senators Berry
and Perkins tried to hold the attention
of the nation. Berry was opposed to
the measure, and Perkins was hot
footed in its behalf Berry was hetch-
elled numerically by Senator Hanna,
while Perkins got away scot free. Even
Senator Allison failed to ask him any
further questions concerning the last
ing qualities of ships. The California
senator wound up in a vein of pleasant
try. He expressed his regret that Sem
ator Proctor of Vermont would get no
benefit under the bill, because it ap-
piled only to deep water fishermen.
The fight grew hot when Senator For
aher SHE'D his castor into the ring. It's
worth a days wages to hear him talk.
His speeches are limpid streams of elo-
quence. The man who can confuse him
by propounding questions while he is
talking, has not yet been born. OF
course, he was quizZed, and of course,
M, -, IL
he needed no help. Foraker prefers OF
take care of himself under any and all
circumstances. AT his heels on this
day came the modest senator from
Mississippi, Anselm J. McLaurin, who
riddled the bill in a carefully prepared
argument. A field day followed. Sem
ator Teller opened the ball, and was
followed by Senator Elkins. The Sen
ate then turned itself into a regular in
tellectual whirlpool, in a catch-as-
catch-can discussion. At intervals 1t
seemed as though dozen senators
were talking at once, making trite
sug ges lions, and asking one another
questions. Everybody seemed to be
either giving or receiving information.
The Senate was rapidly descending to
the dead level of the House of Repre-
sentatives when the venerable Edmund
Pettus of Alabama induced them to
close the doors and go into executive
session. This is strictly according to
etiquette.
And then came the round-up-the
nicking and the branding. 1t was an
eventful day. The rain poured in
torrents outside, making the Senate
chamber in contrast as cozy as a pri-
vate parlor. Fifteen minutes speeches
were the rule. The opponents to the
measure were on their mettle. Senators
Vest, Money, Clay. and McLaurin of
Mississippi used their pixies anew. and
were met at every turn. by Perkins,
Hanna, and the man from Maine.
sioner of Navigation. He held
the Office under both the
Cleveland and Mckinley admins
trations, and is still in place. His
opinions as Mckinley officeholder
were quoted in support of the bill.
and as a Cleveland henchman against
it. MIR. Money said he reminded him
of an old colored man who wanted to
teach school. He was asked whether
he taught that the world was round
or fiat, he answered that he could
teach it either way. just as the trus-
tees wanted. That appeared to be the
case with Commissioner Chamberlain.
He can make the world round or fiat,
just as the authorities say.
| As the time approached for taking
the vote, the atmosphere became filled
with amendments. julius Caesar Bur-
rows of Kalamazoo was in the chair.
, The amendments came so free and
fast that 1t required the services of
an expert to dispose of them. Bur-
rows had had years of experience in
such business under the eye of anoth-
er man from Maine, and had become
an effective parliamentarian.
Aside from this he was we'll versed
in senatorial etiquette. There were
nineteen roll-calls before all the
amendments were disposed of. Mr..
Allison offered nine, of which seven
were agreed to. Mr.. Spooner sent up