The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-03-16
UNCLE JOE FORGt|FUL
HAS NEGLECTED RESOLUTION
FOR DIRECT VOTE.
THERE is STILL TIME, HOWEVER


Iiams Invited to seanoes only, Sen.
ator Long lndulges In Rhetorical
Vinegar-A Spooner Idiosyncrasy..
Washington. March l5-Spoclal.--
Although congress has been in session
more than three months the house OF
| representatives has not yet passed Its
Joint resolution proposing to amend the
constitution by having senators elect.
cd by n direct vote of the people.
ut IL an oversight" said one OF the
| older senators, "Or II ls nn evidence
that the senate has been conducting IT,
self In manner more satisfactory to
the house than usual. Some morning
when Uncle Joe IL dissatisfied with the
way we perform over here he will have
the resolution passed and send II over
to us." ForNnany years the resolution
has been passed unanimously and
without debate by the house, but 1t
does not even get report In the senate
"Should the house pass such reso.
lutlon In this congress-" said Senator
Burrows. chairman OF the senate com
mittce OH privileges and elections, I'VE
Will give them n very prompt report
from this committee"
"A nice adverse rcportF" asked.
"A nice adverse report" he replied.
And beyond few speeches In the
senate that Is as far az the proposition
to change the method OF ecctlng sen
ators will get Mt this session.
Whom Aldrioh 10 Busy.
When Senator Aldrlch of Rhode Is.
land Is busy ii means that something
Is going on, that there are things do
ing" about the senate, as one man puts
II. Since the railroad rate bill was re-
ported AldrCh has been very active,
and the impression seems TO be that
this activity BODIES no good TO that
most important measure. 1t Is an old
story that AldrlCh goes about with
ChlOrofurm bottle and administers
dose here and there to senators. That
IL II senate Joke But 1t is fact that
Aldrich is seen everywhere, on both
sides of the chamber In earnest con
ference with first one ana then anoth.
er senator, ana all the time those who
watch him are convinced that he Is
urging amendments to the Hepburn
bill. All the time he maintains smil.
Ing cOEnlcnnucc ana shows not the
least sign of defeat. 10 look at him
one would think he was quite confident
, OF success.
Williams and tho Rules Committse.
Representative Williams of Mlssis.
slppi and Representative Gardner of
Massachusetts were wrangling over
free hides, and there was quite n give
and take debate.
Lets have little experience meet
b. Ing here" said Williams.
| "A modus vivendI," said Champ
Clark.
Gardner went on to say something
about "thc committee on rules, OF which
the gentleman from Mississippi Is IL
member
"NominnlIy, nomInalIy," interjectcd
Williams
"And sometimes invited to the meet
lngs, presume" continued Gardner.
IL am invited to the scances," re
piled Williams, but never consulted
AS to Santa Claus.
Williams went on to show how hard
Ii was to get anything done looking to
I changing the tariff with the Republic
an leaders all arrayed against 1t.
"Thcn you do not think it prac-
tical question:" asked Gardner
1T Is practical If you Republicans
who say you are in favor of it would
coerce your leaders"
"If the gentleman says 1t could be
DONE" suavely remarked Gardner,
may l be excused for asking him II
lie believes In Santa CLAUSE"
IL do in way" answered Williams,
adding, II believe in it just as | be-
leve In the New England fetch that
the Republican party will revise the
| tariff"
All OF these bright remarks were
greeted with laughter and applause by
| the members of the house.
Senatorial Tartness.
Senator Long had called up a bill,
and Senator Kean demanded that the
report be read. Senator Lodge sug-
| gested that as the report was very
| lengthy an explanation be made in
stead of consuming the time with the
report. Long made the explanation,
saying that it proposed that the town
of Oklahoma might use 100000 of the
amount derived from the sale of lots
for improvements in the town. IL
hope" he concluded, with some show
of sarcasm, that this explanation will
prove satisfactory to the senator from
New Jersey"
1.-The senator from New Jersey" re-
sponded Kean, accounting the words he
had repeated, "has no objection what
ever to the bill, but he thinks it is just
as well when people are trying to get
| o., Tor,