Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-01-24
KING COAL IN CONGRESS
Likely to Hold the Boards For
Some Time.
BOTH HOUSES MEAN BUSINESS.
senator tewnr and General Gros-
venor After Facts - Massachusetts
to the Front - senator's RoundIy
Scored-Mr. Tongues Successor.

Scored-Mr. Tongues spccessor.
Washington. Jan. 10 -ISpecial.l-
The last week or two have seen Il food
or bills for relieving the coal situation.
ranging all the way from a mild reso-
luton of inquiry ais 10 why there Is
not d sufficient coal supply 70 PROPOSE
tons FOR the United States to seize and
operate the mines. But congress about
reached its limit when il passed a bin
allowing coal TO come ID free OF duty.
The constitution aud laws Of the United
States stand In the wax Fl radical Leg
islation, and perhaps it Is just as well,
for upon eyery emergency there would
be a general demand upon the general
government ia step III and take care Of
the people Ia distress. As the coal sit
uatson develops there Is constant proof
or hlyw neeessars Il was for President
Roosevelt 10 act when IL did, and the
settlement Of the strike, late as II was,
prevented great disaster. Realizing
that fact. many legislators are seeking
some method to prevent q repetition OF
the trouble another season.
What Reed Intended.
Since the death OF Tom Reed there
has leen some discussion as TO what he
Intended doing had he lived The as
sertion wss made that. having ccunu-
lated 4 fortune, lie WIS going back to
Maine ana return to congress Then
this story ,gae denied. The fact Is it
was p3rtiailg trlp and partially untrue.
| Reed had accumulated sufficient mean
| SO that he did not feel that he needed
to work hard All the time. | was told
hy a man who ought TO know that he
intended to spend the summers in
Maine and the winters in Washington.
He would have engaged only in such
law practice as would haye permitted
such d life. much Of It requiring men
OF his standing % appear 1kWashing
ton IN tae supreme court OR in the
presentation OF affairs OF great impor-
lance TO congress. This view sounds
more plausible than that he Intended to
come to congress.
Champ clark's Quips.
Champ Clark made a speech in the
house recently which the average re-
porter called characteristic" Perhaps
it was, but ii was filled with curious
things. making the house laugh and
calling for many rctorts. I will pick
out a few Of them. Referring to Cen
erai Grosvenor's well known %penchant
for making figures, Clark said:
"Out In Ohio and even beyond the
ample confines OF that state my friend
bears the sobriqnet Of Old Figgers.'
Today | Unopened to be standing in
the hall by the %postofice. An old en-
ployee Of the house was talking to a
tenderfoot. The general swept by in
his majestic manner tenderly fondllng
his prophets beard, and the old en-
ployee said to the newcomer, There
goes the stud bug Of arithmetic"
or course the house laughed. Clark
said that Maine might be apportioned
SO as to elect a Democratic congress
man, w%hereupon Littlefeld pointed out
that only one county in the state went
Democratic and asked Clark to ex-
plain.
LET me tell you about that" said
Clark. IF you will repeal that pro-
hibition law you have got UP there
[laughterl = that sounds very funny,
but you repeal that prohibitory law
that is used as a Republican election
machine, and that state win 20 Demo
cratic tomorrow" ILaughter.l
Clark was critieising a law In Kan
sas when Grosvenor interrupted him
with the statement, THAT very wise
provision In the Kansas law was cop
led from a law long on the statute
books Of Ohio And Clark retorted:
THAT does not make it a bit better.
GLaughter.l think more political
deviltry has originated in Ohio than
In all the rest of the states of the
American Union put together" [Great
laughter.l
viii Talk on Pensions.
Senator Scott OF West Virginia will
deliver n speech next week in the SEN
ate on the subject OF pensions. lie will
discuss the subject from the standpoint
Of a man who carried a musket for
four years and went through all the
hardships that such a service entailed.
This speech has been In contemplation
a long time. aud the West Virginia
senator has given more attention to 1t,
prepared Il with more care and done
more hard work upon It than he will
" give 10 another speech In the sen
ate. Probably IN the future when he
speaks Ills efforts win be upon such
subjects Gs iaay come up In which he
is interested and which do not require
the time and patience that he has given
to the subject Of pensions. II was
about two weeks ago that he gave no.
tice cf making the speech ID order to
pre-empt the date.
TWO Leaders Jest.
Senator Beveridge often goes over to
the seat occupied By Senator Quay and
discusses the statehood bill and the
various things Ia connection with the
contest.