Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1905-03-11
HOW OUR SENATE LOOKS.
Dcncanor Of soions While the Message
WIS Read,

DcmcuuOr OF SOlOus WINE the McssaKo
WIS Read.
Under the title of Back In Wash
inGton Again" Arthur Ruhl. writing in
Golfers. describes our eminent work
prs'' In the Senate chamber by saying:
"lhcrc was n copy of the message on
every desk and most of them were
being read. Wetmorr. of Rhode Is
land. how ever. who precisely re-
semblcs the pictures Of the pOnderous.
scli.sntisfc,i. goO,l-naturcd Trust
which appear In many journals. lonng-
cd back IN his chair behind IN open
newspaper: SnOOt. the Mormon, his
desk covered with papers. wrote stead
lily and pninstnking rs might some
careful shopkccpcr auditing his nc.
counts: l'lntt. Of Connecticut. his sad,
world weary face like parchment. gaz-
I'll Oft into space. German gazrd, too,
hut with u certain nustere amusement,
as though he half heard, AMI vaguely
smiled nj what was being said.
"Thc rest. for the most part, read.
lievcri,lgc. who so looks the part Of
the youthful stage statesman that lie
seems always to he giving an imta-
tiOn of himself. bent his brOws on the
message nightly, his chin resting on
his right hand. the first finger extend
ing upward along his cheek In the man.
ner of one posing for the portrait In
NJ! study or Among My Books
"rhr Vice President.elect,t tall even
sitting down. straight and cold as an
iron rod, read steadily. not as one who
eIthU>es, enjoys or necessarily for the
moment understands but as one who
appreciates his responsibilities and will
observe the conventions ana appear
decOrus whatever falls. Lodge wrin-
killed. his forehead, appeared restless
aud lWrei. as though lie had known
all This before
"Itrd. fncctl. twinkling-cyed Tillman
looking like II good intured horse deal
cr talking to Santa Claus. lie clappe,i
his glasses on his nose ana read In an
umlrrtUne from the message, follow.
Ing the lines with Il stubby fOretinger.
Then he looked up. chuckled AMI jab-
bed his colleague In the ribs, and the
venerable leader turned and wagged
his head AMI beamed very much rs
great 81. Bernard begins slowly to pant
when he Is petted. You could not but
speculate on what part OF the mes.
sage they were reading ana wonder
how close the Iowa leader was get
ting to making Il categorical state
ment.
"Some one tried to get him to make
one once on n bet. There were some
| sheep, recently sheare'i, passing In the
road. Fine sheep, those. senatOrT
I'm observed Mr.. Allison, they seem
to hr-a-henlthy animals Just
shcare'l. aren't theyT 'uh,' speculated
Nj. Allison. 'one would-a-think so.
At least, they are sheared on this side
TXtnvagance In printing agricul-
ture, census of live stock. naturaliza-
ti,n.--'. As the clerk read. First and
foremost, let us remember that the
question of being u good American has
nothing whatever to do with Il mans
birthplace, any more than II has to do
with his creed you wondered what
senator Knute Nelson. of Minnesota,
was thlnking-Kmte Nelson, who was
born in Norway back In 10 ana who
has fought his way up through the
ranks from the very bottom as so
many of his blue-eyed cOuntrymen are
fighting their way now there in our
big northwest
neutrality-suspicious. doctrine
- Philippines Suddenly the murmur
stopped and the message was done. In
moment the motion to adjourn was
made and the prellminaries of getting
down 10 work in Congress We're over"
TwOthirds of the dignity we en-