The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-03-30
FEAR POPULAR UNREST
REPUBLICAN APPREHENSION AS
TO NEXT CONGRESS-.
VOTERS GROWING INDEPENDENT
Bennett Defends New York City--Li.
brarian Too Busy to Read-Commlt
tee Service Makes Strange Friend
ships-How Beveridge Won Out.

ships-How Beveridge Won Out.
Washington. March 29.-Spccal--
Probably there IL doubt In the begin.
ming Of every campaign IN to the out
come, but II IL rather strange TO hear
30 long before the coming COngrcsslOn.
nj elections expressions OF npprehcn.
sion among Republicans OF success. It
would seem that they fear the unrest
In the country, the tendency toward
Socialism In the great cities and tho
general independence OF people. Even
those Republicans who have most enr.
nestly supported tho rate legislation
and other measures demanded by the
people seem to have some fears that
their efforts to please the public will
not save them. Some Republicans nrc
very pesslmlstic and 20 80 far us 20
say that the next house OF representa-.
tlves will be Democratic. This view IN
not shared by the house leaders, who
expect to retain control, but not by the
overwhelming majority they have IN
the present house.
Defended Now York.
Representative Hopkins OF Ken.
tucky made n speech OH immigration
In which he attacked New York city.
Representative Bennett defended the
city In speech that showed Kentucky
more illiterntc than New York, even
with Its foreign born population. To
was saying that when people made
la, n,N Gt,,t.
they usually went to New York to
spend II.
"Do they get their moneys worth"
asked Representative Sims OF Ten.
nessce.
IL have no complaint to make Of
what get for my money" replied
Bcnnet and added, "I desire to say In.
cldcntnlly that there Is one senator
who Is building what | assume Is a
house In New York, but who Is not,
think, getting the worth of his money"
This ullusion to the paatlal residence
of Senator Clark of Montana caused n
sniclier In the house
Bennet said that no man In New
York was molestcd night or day as
long as he had sense enough to mind
his own business.
| Too Busy With Books to Read.
Some one called the attention OF
| Herbert Putnam, librarian of the Con.
gresslonal library, to some new book
recently published and asked how he
! liked 1t.
IL haven't read IT," replied Mr.. Put.
nam.
mot read ltv was the astonished re
ply. "Why, 1t was written by friend
II not II relative, OF yours"
"That makes no difference" remark
ed the librarian. 81 never get time "a
read books"
This was surprising, as the supposl
tion was that the librarian was rather
familiar with books.
Committee Service Makes Friends.
Continual service on committees
makes warm friends In the senate
Men who scarcely knew each other
when they first began to work In the
same committee often become the best
| Of friends before q session ends. This
is true of Senators Knox Of Pennsyl
vania and Taliaferro Of Florida. These
men have been together for weeks OIL
the interoceanic canals committee ant
they have found many tastes in com
mon. Both are fond of good cigars
and are expert judges Of Havanas
They go to lunch together, and they
discuss the canal matters with eacl
other, although they do not always
agree. At the beginning of the hear
ings there was some objection to smok
Ing, Senator Hopkins OF Illinois be
ing especially vigorous. Knox ant
1allaferro Joined forces and insisted
ON the right to smoke In one end of thu
room. So they sit together and smoke
and Hopkins remains as far away al
he can get.
Hot Times In Arkansas.
"There must be hot times In Arkan
sas," remarked q senator who wal
one day figuring up the possible votini
strength Of the senate on certain meas
ures and reached the names Of Berr,
and Clarke of Arkansas on his list
Both of these senators are at home,
|
very deep. Berry is fighting to retaii
his seat In the senate and Clarke 4
trying to defeat him. 1t Is certainl!
an interesting situation, when two sen
ators In the same party are 6ghtini
each other so vigorously"
6everidee's Original Bill.
Some time after the vote on the state
; hood bill a man was commenting ol
the subject as though he thought
was n defeat for Senator BeyerldgC
chairman of the committee on terri
tories.
"You needn't be sorry for Beyeridge,'
was the reply. 81 have just been talk
ing with him, and he has won out
The senate has passed his original bill
That's what he said. oklahoma an,
Indian Territory joined was my orig
: nal BILL is the way he put 1t. Don
s YOU remember when QUAY was fight