Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-19

the senate. II was next proposed to bring
out from the senate archives speech
which the late George f. Hoar of Massa-
chusetts delivered April g. 1888, in de-
fence OF the body Of which he was an
honored member This plan was adopted.
The speech has been printed as public
document and is going through the mails
to thousands of thinking men in all parts
OF the country. And Senator Hoar touched
nothing which he did noe adorn. One of
his favorite themes was the defence OF the
senate, particularly against the popular
elections proposal. While resisted this
scheme vigorously, It is no secret that
many results of the present system were
mighty displeasing to him. He sat on the
senate committee which investigated the
methods by which Clark of Montana had
secured his seat, methods so revolving that
the entire committee would have Joined In
advising his exclusion, had not Clark taken
himself out of the way by resigning his
place"
The Congressional Record contains no ac-
count OF the word jabbng contest between
Senators Foraker and Beveridge in which
they engaged during the statehood bill de-
bate. Those who laughed at the ridiculous
position i'm which Beveridge was placed
by the telegram read by Foraker, showing
that the Indiana senator had solicited the
kilograms which he had read in the sem
ate, will think il they should read the
Record, that they must have been dream
ing. But they were not. The exchange of
compliments actually took place After it
was over the two senators, both natives
OF Highland county, Ohio. foregathered and
decided that it would not do to have the
permanent record show that trick of sena-
tors asking their friends to wire them,
approving their course on certain bills
The telegram which Foraker read. but
which was expunged from the Record,
shows that Beveridge told his friends that
he was going to make the speech of his
life and that he thought about 500 tele-
grams approving his course would help
some. Beverldge's friend, TO whom that
telegram was sent, is city attorney for
Tuscon, Ariz., and the man who told For
aker about it was the mayor of the town.
Senator Allison of Iowa visited the White
House the other day and went in to see
the president. Senator Allison wanted to
talk on very important matter and was
much surprised to find the presidents office
filled with waiting statesmen. The sena-
tor began talking to the president in a
tone of voice that would have made a tel
ephone operator ashamed. When he had
finished the president blurted out the sub
stance of the whole confidential talk I'm a
voice heard by everyone. I'VE might as
/ well carry on our confidential business with
! the presdentN by writing open letters,
Senator Allison declared on his return to
| the senate He is the loudest thinking
man l ever talked with"
| When Senator Reed Smoor was shown
a story that he had three wives instead
of one, he looked at it for a moment and
exclaimed: THAT is a blanked blanked
! lie"
/ He also exclaimed other things
Hey, Bill" said page who was stand
! ing by to another, come on over and hear
an apostle swear"
Congressman Lacey of Iowa made a
speech on the tariff few days ago and
John Sharp Williams next got the floor.
ut used to be said of the bourbons,' be.
gan the Mississippan, that they never
learned anything and never forgot any
thing Under that definition my friend from
Iowa is certainly entitled to claim at least
bourbon royalty. Something about him re-
round and round in a ring. turning mill,
down in Tennessee. He kept it up year
| after year until he got old and blind Then
one night the mill burned down, but the
! next day the old mule that couldn't see
anything at all went back to his place and
! began TO walk round and round that ring
and his countenance bore an expression of
good-natured cOmplacency that showed his
happiness"
The point Of view makes all the differ
| ence in the world. Take the case of Rep
resentative Nicholas Longworth, who mar
ried Alice Roosevelt He was asking a
friend 10 dinner.
Come up on Thursday night" he said.
1T is to be little family dinner. Nobody
will be there but Mrs, Longworth, her
father and mother
And it Just then dawned on the friend
that he had been invited TO dine at the
same table with the president of the
United States and Mrs. Roosevelt.
Colored cloak room attendants i'm the
house of representatives are individually
and collectively voting thanks to Congress
man Hughes of West Virginia because OF
q mistake he made. He favorably reported
from the committee on accounts a resolu-
ton increasing their salaries from $50 to
so a month. The resolution was agreed
to at once. Just as the result was an
nounced Mr.. Hughes realized that ne had
been directed by the committee to report
the resolution with the recommendation
that il should not pass Next day h,
moved to reconsider the sction. But hi,
motion was laid on the table by "A vote NJ
, % TO Al. thus Affirming the increase