Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1905-12-20
FROM WASHINGTON.
Sen. Hale Busy as Usual What Others
OF Maine's Delegation are Doing.

Sen. Hale Busy as Usual What Others
OF Maine's Delegation are Doing.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Dec. 10, special
Among the hundreds OF nominations for
| warded to the Senate in the last three
weeks has been one of interest in Hancock
county, where Aulick Palmer, marshal of
the district of Columbia, is well-known as
summer resident. He has just been
named by the President for third term,
| having made a capable official. When iiv-
ing in Maine Mr.. Palmer had interested
himself in local affairs and proved his
good citizenship.
The Office of marshal, in the old days,
used to be regarded as one of the most
desirable here, because the marshal was
attached to the Presidents household as a
social factor, introducing visitors to the
President at formal receptions and the
like. That long ago passed out, although
the salary and usual emoluments OF the
office have been retained. The courts of
the district have increased, and the mar
shall is now entirely an official engaged on
legal business.
Senator Hale has rounded cut a very
busy period with the adjournment of Con-
gress for the holidays. The Senate has
bestowed upon him another important
committee place, that ON finance, which is
the committee that passes upon tariff bills
for the Senate. As sessions usually go,
the finance committee disposes OF but
little work, but when a session comes for
revision of the tariff the committee is all
important, and membership, on that COM
mittee is reserved only for the influential
men of the Senate.
There was general acquiescence by all
the New England senators in the honor
going to Mr.. Hale, who would not consent
to becoming a candidate for it in any
sense. AS there is no Maine man on the
corresponding committee in the House,
called the ways and means committee, it is
certain that Maine will have a strong
friend on guard should the tariff be re-
vised in the course OF few years.
Mr.. Hale closed out hard task just be-
fore Congress adjourned in reporting to
the republican caucus the list of COM
mittee assignments for the next two
years. He was the chairman of the con-
mittee which arranged these assignments.
He also did some excellent work in the APP
preparations committee in examining wit
nesses regarding the Panama canal
appropriations.
Congress is just closing the initial stage
OF its session, comprising three strenuous
weeks. Its members, including most
of those from Maine, are hurrying away
for the holidays. Nearly everybody seems
glad to have the little vacation, which will
be for about ten days, although the work
ing period has been brief But nearly
everybody came here after busy summer
and found a lot of work to do in the de-
partments.
Besides that, the sessions OF Senate and
House have been long ones about every
day. The debates have been energetic.
Democratic. orators have had full swing,
especially in the House, where they have
washed their dirty linen and engaged in
general criticism of their republican OF
ponents, much OF which the srepublican
leaders did not deem worthy of answering.
"Unele Joe" Cannon, the speaker. has
/ been putting his leaders through their
PAGES, and he has demonstrated more than
ever before the capacity of repu olican
majority for transacting business when it
is working under full head of steam.
Climbing Capitol hill daily at noon. after.
jogging around down town, visiting de-
partmentsl chiefs on errands for their
constituents, they have found the speaker
had plans for them. During the last few
days many members have found their
foreneons also occupied with work on
committees at the capitol. The sessions OF
committees are almost always held in the
morning, beginning along about 10
O'Clock. As rule they come to an end at
noon, the hour for the assembling OF both
! houses.
The republicans came together for Con-
gress this year in fine spirits. They found
Washington enjoying the finest kind of
weather, it being almost as balmy here in
mid-December as it usually is in June.
| But before Conpress adjourned for the