Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-12
nrrs OF WASHINGTON LIFE.
Minor scenes and Incidents sketched
on the spot.

Minor scenes and sketched
on the spot.
lows put In a strong lick and partially
corked countless Original packages" OF
booze by putting through the lower house
a bill which takes the sting out Of the
original package decision of the federal
supreme court. The bill is now before the
senate. The essence Of the measure is to
restore home rule to communities in the
regulation OF the liquor trafic. 1t pro-
vides that all intoxicating liquors trans
ported into any state or territory, or re-
naming therein, for use, consumption, sale
or storage, shall be subject to the opera
ton and effect OF the laws Of such state
or territory and shall not be exempt by
reason Of being introduced therein in origi-
nal packages. II further provides that all
interpretations and persons engaged in in
~terstste m shall. as to any shipment
Of intoxicating liquors, be subject to the
local laws and police regulations Of the
locality to which the shipment is con-
signed" Express company Offices all over
Iowa have become mere retail liquor estab-
lishments and the prohibition law has been
nullifed. The amendment to the law OF
1890, provided by the bill which has passed
the house, overcomes the "originaI pack
age" decision by including liquors going
into the state as well as the distribution
after entrance. and will make is possible
for every prohibition states in the union
to enforce its laws thoroughly. The demo-
cratic members Of the house supported the
bill because 1t was in harmony with their
ideas regarding states rights. They held
that a state had a right to enact any
legislation It saw At under constitutional
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should be made interfering with that right.
Speaker Reed was so sharp with his
tongue and so accomplished at r~epartee that
few men, IL any, could tell of him being
worsted in a wordy bout. 1t seems to have
become the fashion to tell now Of the
prowess Of Mr.. Henderson, the present
speaker, in the same connection. That is
why a good story of how the tables we're
turned on him is particularly relished
here. 1t was on the day near the close Of
the last session, when the house voted to
unseat ]. ]. Butler, the member from St.
Louis. because of the frauds practiced in
his district. After the session Jim walked
over to an Avenue street car and boarded
It near the front where the narrow seats
permitted Of his own bulky form being
%ensconced quite comfortably, but left little
TOOm IQT OIueTS. lueTe are only n lew VI
these narrow seats near the front OF the
car. Just before the signal was given to go.
ahead Speaker Henderson came putting up
to the car and boarded it just beside
Butler. He noticed neither Butler nor the
fact that he was at the narrow, seats, but
attempted to push his own liberal proper
lions into the space which would hardly
have been sufficient for a 10-year-old.
Butler sat stolid and Indifferent, as the
crowding proceeded until the speaker mani
tested some impatience and began to be
more vigorous. Then Butler suggested:
Look here, Mr.. Speaker, you have crowded
me out Of one seat today, but I don't pro-
pose you shall crowd me out of another"
His Illinois colleagues In senate and
house are having a lot Of fun at the ex-
pense Of Representative George e. Foss,
relates the Washington Post. Mr.. Foss
would like very much a seat in the United
States senate. as would many another
statesman on the house side.
The stalwart Chicago Inter Ocean,
which is. naturally enough, for Mr.. Hop
kins, sneered editorially the other day at
Mr.. Foss, ambitions.
What has he done for Chicago?" asked
the esteemed contemporary.
About as much" was the Inter Oceans
reply to its own question, "as a cipher
with the rim knocked off,"
The Department OF Agriculture is the
greatest patron of the Fart preventative"
In Washington. Last year the department
issued ISL different publications and a
total of 10, $50, 900 copies. The allowance
last year for printing for the department
was, to begin with. $3.50, 900, to which should
be added a deficiency appropriation Of $780,
900. This did not include cost, from va
rious funds, for binding and printing de-
livered to the department which amounted
to $255, 900. To this must be added the sal
aries of the editors, writer's of bulletins,
the artists and clerks who address and mail
the publications. This came to 1888, 900.
But there was more. There are special
funds for particular kinds of publications,
such as the Year Book, the soil surveys,
the annual industry books and similar mat
tiers, which cost $400, 900. Leaving out the
weather bureau printing, the grand total
amounts to over 81. 900. 900. or this large
: sum but s107, 500 was spent for farmers
: bulletins, the publications that go directly
: to everybody on a farm who wants them
: and knows how to write to get them. The
bulk Of the rest Of the stun was printed as
SO much dough" for senators and mem
bers OF congress to send out to voters to
! curry their favor. "If the items Cor bun
combe printing, for the ranking privilege
. and similar perquisites Of the representa-
tives of the people in congress should be
assembled says a Washington letter, at
|, would present a spectacle of waste, at the
. expense Of the taxpayers. that would be as
appalling as it is monumentally ridicu-
lous."
. Can / say that you rave been talking
! to the president on the trust p%roblem?'
! asked a reporter of Senator Hoar, when he
came out Of the presidents ONCE this
> morning. The senator smiled his most
7 seraphic smile. stopped, looked at the sky
and said.
y Let me see. Yes. you could say that
, Certainly you could say it,
= Then, Senator the reporter inter
rupted.
y Senator Hoar waved his hand.
Yes" he said again, you could say
: that, but It wouldn't be true"
: And the venerable man from Massa'
Y chusetts chuckled for three blocks.
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