The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-01-26
SENATE GETTING BUSY
UPPER HOUSE PREPARING FOR
TWO STRUGGLES.
TARIFF AND STATEHOOD BILLS

Solves Problem Of Red Tape--GaI.
linger Not Afraid OF Microbes--kid id
Congressman's Trials.
Washington. Jan. 25.-ISpcclal THE
senate Is preparing for two struggles.
The determination Of the leaders In the
house 10 push forward the joint state
hood blll Indicates that the necessary
votes are hChind that measure to pass
II without any amendments. Rut In
the senate no such methods can bC
used. ANA every possible amendment
will bc proposed. The other hill with
which the sruutc must wrcste IL the
Philippine tariff bill For some reason
these two bills seem TO he coupled,
mainly because the Republicans who
oppose one oppose the other, and there
is what might be called community
of interest regarding them. In the
senate, however, II looks very much ns
If the order would bc reversed ana that
the statehood hll would receive consid
Grafton before the Philippine bill Is re
ported from the committee.
Beveridgc and Lodge.
The men who are in charge of these
contested measures are determined and
energetic. Senator Bcycridgc as chair
man Of territories and senator Lodge
us chairman of the Philippines have
already demonstrated that they are not
"quiucrs" They will keep their bills
constantly To the front and, while nc.
commoduting every senator who de
slres to speak they will force the fight.
ing as soon as IT appears that spccches
are being made to consume time and
defeat the bills 10y delay. Lodge has
been successful In handling a.numbcr
of Philippine bills since he was chair
man Of the committee. Bcvcrdgc was
successful in defeating the Quay three
state bill in one congress ana unsuC.
ccsSrul in trying TO pass the Joint state
however, 10y one vote
Quoted Reed on Portland.
Rev. H. II. Shields Of Arizona was
tcslirying before the house committee
Oh territories and was quite sharply
examined 10y Representative Powers
of Maine. Warming up under Pow
ers' probing. he sitd:
"Although ! lnve been in the terri
tory twenty years | saw more crime
and vice in Portland Me, during II
short visit there than ! ever saw in
Arizona"
"WcIl" responded Powers, 81 can only
repeat what Tom Reed said when Port
land was similarly aSsailcd in his pres
cucc. we have few of those things
TO show our visitors
Getting Around Difficulty.
The senate likes TO adjourn from
| Thursday 70 Monday every week.
! There Is good reason for this, rs Il
gives senators an opportunity to catch
! up with their cOrrcspOndcnc" and 10 at
| tend to committee duties, but last
week there was Il difficulty. The two
senators. Aldrich of Rhode Island AMI
| Hale of Maine. who always make the
motions 10 adjourn over were not pres
| liked 10 make the motion. Senator
Kcan, who was engineering the ad-
| jourumont. declared that such a mo-
! ton must come from some member of
| the finance committee or apprOpra-
! tiOnS committee or at least some mem
( Der old in service. Finally Allison.
! after careful explanation of the needs
] Of e., ,Iy 10 Ia.
J motion ana the senators unanimously
agreed 10 II.
Not So Much to Fear.
Senator Gallngcr Of New IIamp
shire, who IS II physician by profession
had something to say about the food
we eat and showed that he was not
alarmed over the many disclosures
about impure food. IL think" he said
"we are running amuck on that matter
to q very considerable extent. Human
life Is being heightened in place of be
ing shortened decade by decade, not
withStanding all the terrible thing
that we read of, Notwithstanding the
microbes ana the germs and the bacill
and all that sort of thing. OF course, il
we believed all that these scientists
say. these young fellows in the depart
ment of agriculture. we would not dar,
breathe, eat or drink. But do not be
lieve IT., so | am not as much alarmed
as some"
A New Members First Attempt.
Representative Houston of Tennes
see is serving his first term in tn,
house and in his first attempt to ac
complish something ran foul of SOM
of the older members. He wanted L
introduce a bill to make park o
the Stone River battlefield, and HI
wanted map printed with the bill
When Mann Of Illinois, Payne Of Nov
York and Hun of Iowa got throug
with him he was hDwlcd over.
"WouId il bee necessary TO have thi
map made part of the law If it shoul'
! Ia. .urr#.tI s'f ..f..I Mann add futy 60