The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-05-06
WASHINGTON LETTER.

The brazen girl of Freedom, crowned
Upon the dome,
Smiled yesterday and glanced around,
And seemed at home.
A light flashed sudden from her eyes
That tain would tell
Of fear, and from her lips great signs
Like zephyrs fell
She shook her Phrygian cap and cried
There's something wrong |"
Then turned her head upon one side
And listened long.
Then unused aloud "Itseems to me
do not hear
The yell of Champ, which usually
Smites on the ear;
And Bakers scream and Cushman's shout,
That toot of Payne's,
And Bourkes sweet brogue has petered out
Not one remains
Platt's megaphone from week to week
Has worked, 1 trow,
And Dalzells twang and student squeak
Where is it now?"
She stopped and slipping lightly off,
And lingering,
Glanced quickly through the crystal roof
Of either wing;
And bark her voice +" Ha !-ha He hel
Her laughter slipped,
.'Great Scott Why, goodness gracious me
The kids have skipped"
There is no doubt about it. The brazen
Girl of Freedom is lonesome today.
- z..,oadad Tho rp-,, h1a ou6
roar beneath her feet, for there is nobody
there to shout "Mr. Speaker |" fight for
recognition on the floor, and squirt to-
bacco Juice into the ventilators. The
hundred coupes that clamored for pas
sengers in front of the central steps have
given up the quest, and gone down town.
The last week was notable one. The
complimentary salutation of the Speaker
by both parties was memorable event,
for such unanimity does not often occur.
The intellectual and oratorical combats
of Dalzell, Rep, and Bourke Cochran
Dem, and of Little6eld, Rep, and John
Sharp Williams. Dem, sharply brought
out the issues of the campaign. Bourke
Cochran and Little6eld, with an elo
ouence certainly not to be matched by
any others on the floor, confirmed their
regulations as orators of the first class.
Littlefeld wildly reals ingalls, in his
prime. He is tall, slender and graceful,
like ingalls,; like ingalls,, startlingly pic
turesaue in his choice of words, and he
has the refined face and the long. high
head of the Kansas orator. He has an
agreeable trick of speech which charac-
terized Mr.. ingalls,; striking deliberate
ness which seems to call the attention Of
the hearer to the importance of the utter
ance and a short pause before the last
word in a sentance, which is finally
pumped down upon the ear as if it would
turn the scale. Little6eld's tailor seems
also to be conscious of the resem-
blance. for he furnishes him with hand
some gray frock coat such as that affect
ed bv the late forensic orator of the Sun
flower State.
If the gifted Bourke Cochran made a
faux pas in coming out fat-footed for free
trade, it is equally obvious that Mr.. Little
field has embarrassed his party by declar-
ing himself a tariff revisionist, demand
ing reduction of impost duties when
ever they encourage the creation of
trust and whenever they enable the man
ufacturer to sell his goods in Europe
cheaper than he sells them at home Both
these gentlemen will be interrupted in
their speeches by curious questioners
many times during the campaign.
Burton French, Rep, of Idaho, is the
youngest member of the House, being
twenty-eight years old. He is lawyer
and is made of such stuff as indicates he
has future before him. There are two
brothers in Congress from North Caro-.
lima, VIM. Walton Kitchin, and Claude
Kitchin. Claude has just made sensa-
tional speech against the President
mostly extracts from Mr.. Roosevelt's
books. They are in their thrties and
were trained to be ready speakers by their
father who was also member OF Con-
gress from North Carolina. Indiana this
year also sends two brothers, Charles and
Frederick Lands. They are both Repub-
licans and Charles, the elder, has already
become useful legislator, making very
efficient chairman of the Printing Com
mittee. Tawney, Rep, Mimi, worked
twenty-one years as blacksmith before
the idea entered his head it would be a
good thing TO come to Congress.
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"The appropriations authorized at this
session." said Mr. Hemenway, Republi-
can Chairman of the Appropriation Com
mittee, including those made in the reg
ular annual bills of deficiencies, together
with amounts in special acts, aggregate