Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-03-02
SENATOR SPOONER
MUCH IN EVIDENCE
Statesman From Wisconsin Has
Plenty to do in important
Legislation.
IS ON THREE COMMITTEES.
Fry Surprised Senate BY the Remark
able Way lie Reelcd on Actual Fig
urcs of Trade and Commerce.

! Special Correspondence.
Washington Feb. Ex-senator Spoon
er is In demand. In fact the Wisconsin
senator Is always busy during session
Of Congress, but his time Is PARTICULAR
| ly occupied just now. He is a memoer
| OF three very important committees
! finance. foreign relations and judiciary
but In addition to his activity on these
! committees he is expected 10 do much
more. There is a general belief that
| he will write the most important pro-
| vision Of the rate making act, because
the suggestions which he has made
meet with most favor at the White
| House. As he was the author OF the
I law under which we are constructing
/ the Panama canal Spooner VIII no
I doubt have much to 10 with any leg
/ isation that Is passed relating to the
| canal. IL The treaties concerning the
| Isle Of Pines and Santo Domingo are
| ratified at this session II seems quite
| probable that amendments will be writ
/ ten into them by the senator from WIS
/ conein.
FRYEs FIGURES.
Senator Frye has participated very
/ little IN debate since the death OF vice
| President Hobart, for nearly all the
| time since he has been presiding over
| the senate as president pro TEN. When
| the ship subsidy bill was under consid-
GRAFTON Frye was again heard In the de-
! bate and was welcomed by the senator's
He again exhibited that marvellous
! knowledge OF figures which has so Oft
| EN- surprised people. Without reference
/ TO book. paper or even notes he Will
reel off figures by the score. not IN
/ round numbers, but the actual ngures
| of trade and commerce OF the world
( There Is no other like him IN thls re-
/ spect
cLAssED ALLISON DOUBTFUL
| A newspaper man made an alleged
/ polI of the senate on the railroad rate
| bin and in It he classed Senator Allison
as doubtful.
What right has he to put me IN a
| doubtful CLASP" asked the Iowa sena-
! tor OF another newspaper man. II
! he had come 10 me | would nave toiu
/ him where | stood
"Where do you stand on the Dill
/ asked the newspaper man.
/ Are you making CANVASS asked
the senator.
NO" was the reply.
well" remarked Allison, his eyes
\ twinkling, when you get ready 10
/ make a poll Of the senate come around
and I'll tell you how to class me.
TIILMAN WAS SURPRISED.
Senator Tillman Is so accustomed to
introducing reform measures and nav
| ing them rejected by the senate tnal
he has not vet recovered from his sur
prise over the ready acceptance Of his
resolution providing for the inVestl-
CATION OF the relations Of the railroads
to the bituminous coal business lie
| suggested the resolution In the senate
committee on interstate commerce. ana
| Chairman Elkins told him to put the
resolution In shape and he would guar
antee that It would be adopted by the
committee unanimously.
Eyes, but will you choke 1t of In the
senator" asked Tillman.
mo, won't. ! will extend my guar
antee to the senate, too" replied Ell
| kins.
Tilman didn't believe It. but he Of
| fered the resolution, and the commit
| lee passed It, Senator Elkins tells the
story and says that Tillman looked
around in astonishment. He thought
he had strayed into the wrong pew
but | told him he need not gather his
skirts so tightly about him, as he was
in no danger of getting them soiled. dc
YOU know, | think he mistrusted mt
until stuck 10 MIN In the senate anc
saw that the resolution was adopted,
said Senator Elkins, "and ! am AFRAID
We made him a little doubtful or M
own proposition. He would have beer
| a uttle hatter ratisned IL we had pro.
tested his plan"
HEPBURN BROKE A RECORD.
"In all the years | have been here,
said Representative Hepburn, Il have
never changed my vote when once 1
was cast, but I voted inadvertently OF
this bill, and am going TO break m!
record"
And the Iowa veteran. before the
vote was announced on taking up TN
bill for the consolidation Of collection
districts. changed his vote to supper
Chairman Payne. although the hous'
leader had already suffered an over
whelming defeat
LONGWORTHS REPORT.
Among the documents printed 10
the use of Congress Is one dated Feb
10, which says: "Mr. Longworth, from
the committee on foreign affairs, sub
mitted the following report" II wa.
not published until Feb. II, the dal
when Lougworth took a star part Il
one OF the most interesting events II
Washington. The bill was one which
Longworth has been urging ever since
he has been in Congress and provide
for the purchase Of homes for ambas
sailors and ministers In foreign CAPT