The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1904-01-15
JUDGE SWAYNES CASE
Florida Man May Soon Face
Impeachment Proceedings.
WAS SENATOR LODGE BLUFFING 4!
His views on the Cleveland Presi-
dental Room - Hill and German.
The Right of Appointments-Con-
test over a. Room.


has been many years since there has
been an Impeachment trial, and it is
vet TO be doubted whether the efforts
being made To impeach Judge Swayne
of Florida will have any result Mem
bers of the house hesitate to begin I'M
parchment proceedings, as 1t means
long and tiresome trial and often
times without result. 1t is the hrst
time within score of years when
case has gone SO far as to start COM
mittee investigation with view or
impeachment proceedings. Those who
claim to know say that we are TO be
treated 10 "A bona fide trial this time,
when the senate will sit as Il high court
and Il committee of the house will APP
pear as prosecutors.
Was Lodge Bluffing?
1t is not believed that members of
the administration share the view of
Senator Lodge or feel JOY in the pros
pect that Cleveland might be the Dem
ocratic nominee. | really believe the
president would rather see any other
man named than the former president.
From the Lodge point of view it would
no doubt he interesting to discuss the
administration Of Cleveland. But the
Democrats would not fight on that
ground. They would declare that the
administration of President Cleveland
closed eight years ago and was an
cient history and that new issues were
now before the people. The Democrats
will naturally make their campaign on
the administration of Roosevelt, and
il is i'm defense of that administration
that the Republicans must meet their
opponents Perhaps the Massachusetts
senator was "blutfing," as Senator Han
na and Uncle Joe Cannon would say.
| Regarded as Leader.
Whatever may be the opinion in New
! York state it seems 10 be quite evident
! that the Republican members of the
/ delegation from that state regard Sena-
! tor Platt as the leader. The dinner
/ rendered him last week had for its
purpose not only compliment to the
/ senator but TO emphasize the fact that
I the congressional delegation regarded
/ him rs the Republican leader. The
members of the congressional delegation
/ believe in the senior senator from New
York.
Right of Appointments.
The right of a senator in the matter
Of naming poStOilice appointecS IS one
of the things that are never actually
settled and sometimes result i'm sharp
clashes between the senator and repre-
! sentative Some cases of this kind are
now pending where members of the
house have not recommended men to
suit the senator's Generally it is the
recognized right Of representative 10
name for appointment all the poStmas-
tiers i'm his district. although courtesy re-
quireS that senator shall be consulted
regarding the appointment of post
| master i'm his own town. Sometimes
this is not done, and the result is Il
good sized row OF course these regu-
lations apply only where there are Re
publican senators and representatives.
Statesmen Agree.
Il see Hill and German agree re-
marked Republican to a Democratic
friend They both criticise the presi-
dent. and especially his policy in Pan
anna"
Il don't see anything remarkable in
that" was the retort You speak of
it as if it were something out of the
ordinary"
We'll YOU know they never agreed
when Hill was i'm the senate said the
Republican WHY, they couldn't even
get together on the tariff bill in 1894.
These TWO Democratic leaders did not
pull together very we'll when they
were in the senate together.
Contest Over Room.
For long time there has been a con
troversy between Speaker Cannon and
Senator SpOoncr over a room in tho
capitol Tie capitol superintendent IN
. arranging the rooms of the part for
merry occupied by the congressional IL
! brary unfortunately found Il space
that he could not separate on the sc
called dead line" between the two
( houses. 50 he made one room of 1t. fan
cying that it might Ice used rs Il confer
, ence room between members of the
7 TWO HOUSES. bul tOulfltI'tS VI Una
character are always held in some
comfortable senate committee room
This particular room across the "deao
70 line" has remained unoccupied and has
been Il bone of contention. The senate
wanted it, but il could not get the
half controlled by the house. The houS'
+ wanted il and could not get the senate
+ half. and so the matter has been goins
= for some years. 1t looks as if com
= promise would Ice reached soon.
The Delaware Senators.
The political differences between th'
Delaware senators. for Ball is a 'regu
i lar" or anti-Addicks man and Alice il
d n union" or AddickS man. does no
j. reach SO far as TO prevent them from
having frequent conferences concerning
affairs of that state. They seldom
= agree. il is true. but they try to. an'
| discuss appointments and general poll
o tics with rs much interest as if the,
really expected to get together ALE
h makes no secret of the fact that he in
T. fends IN dawn Kali i'm tho election il