Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-02

Minor Scenes aad Incidents sketchsd
ON the sp0t.

Minor Scenes aad Incidents sketched
on the spot.
Senator la toilette Of Wisconsin is not
saying much In the senate. but what he
says and does is effective. Through his
watohfulness and knowledge of schemes
he has prevented the contamination OF a
deal through the Ave tribes bill whereby
corporations might have secured possess
sion Of 100000 acres OF Indian coal lands
valued at $4,000 The senator has
not as yet taken part in the rate regulation
debate, but is actively cooperating with
the supporters Of the Hepburn bill. When
Senator Bailey was called away by the
death OF his father, the Wisconsin senator
took the Texas senator's seat as general
counsel to Senator Tillman, custodian Of
the rate bill. The New York Times corre-
spondont says this combination between
a republican and a democrat is a curious
Illustration Of the extent to which party
lines have disappeared in the debate. 1t
attracted no comment, and It seemed per-
fectly natural that a republican senator
should take the place of a democrat as
counsel to another democrat. From the be-
ginning OF the session the progress toward
this remarkable state of affairs has been
continuous The statehood bill. sent over
by the house as party measure and
dragooned through that body by appeals to
stand by the organization, was disposed
OF in the senate without the slightest at
tention to partlsanship. There was no
party division in the disposition Of the
Philippine tariff bill. There had been lin
gering traces Of party division. however,
prior to the advent Of the rate bill. What
finally broke 1t up was the sensational
performance of Mr.. Aidrich in placing
Tillman, democrat, in charge of Presi-
dent Roosevelts interests"
The other day Senator La Toilette sat in
Delivers seat in the back row listening
intently to McCumbers speech, when Rep
resentative Babcock entered the chamber.
The two are foes to the death. The sem
ator nearly bowled Babcock out of con-
gress two years ago and has long knife
whetted for his scalp this year.
Babcock rolled along back of the seats
in a preoccupied way and flung himself
| down in Alger's seat, which is next to
Delivers. Then he turned about toward
the Wisconsin senator to see who his
neghbor might be and shake hands with
him in the customary manner OF repre-
| sentatives when they visit the senate.
| When he saw who his neighbor was, a
| look Of horror possessed his entire coun-
tenance, his jaw fell and he hurriedly
| gathered himself together and fed through
the side door.
La Toilette sat through it all with a
castiron smile
| Every day is Tillman's day in the senate.
The senator from South Carolina has de-
| veloped into a poet. He was asked when
he would write his book i'm response to the
criticisms of the senate
II have neither the ability nor the time
to write a book" said Senator .Tillman,
but l can write poetry. Watch me-"
Senator Tillman sat down and wrote
these lines on a typewriter:
Teddy and Till went up the hill
To get the people a good rate bill;
| Teddy sent messages, Till he snorted.
And all the while the lawyers cavorted.
When in the senate the vote was over
| The people were not in ii, the railroads In
VIII Teddy fall down and break his crown
And Till come tumbling after?
During a speech in the senate Mr. Till.
man quoted Mr. Spooner's recent speech
devoted to pointing out the necessity for
careful legislation AMI also made mention
of cartoon illustrating the effect OF Judge
trust cases. The Wisconsin senator OBJ.
kjected that his friend was going too far
and declared that Il was the first time
that he had ever known a judicial opinion
to be impeached by a cartoon.
Cartoons often point out some pertinent
facts" remarked Mr. Tillman.
THE last cartoon I saw of the senator
from South Carolina" said Mr.. Spoonci'
showed him being kicked over by
4 donkey"
THE last / saw" said Mr.. Tillman
showed me riding a donkey and the ele
plant tied to the donkey's tail"
There was a roar of laughter in the gal
leries which extended to the senate floor.
Il saw q cartoon of myself" said Mr.
spooner, when he could again be heard
(which showed me in a suit of Secretar!
Taft's clothes, but / did not illustrate an,
principle"
At another point Mr. Foraker made al
inquiry as to what question was before thu
senate.
81 am before the senate" responded tn
South Carolinian.
Nothing unusual in that The senate
is always before the senate" retorted Mr.
/, Foraker.
Speaker Cannon was undertaking to la!
down the law of party regularity to Rep
resentative Mondell of wyoming the othe
day on statehood. He held that Mondel
was playing into the hands of the demo
! Gratis by opposing the Cannon policy Mon
dell had only one answer to every ,argu