Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-01-05
OUTLOOK FOR
STATEHOOD BILL
important Measure Scheduled
For Early Consideration in
The Senate.
MAY DELAY THE SHIP SUBSIDY
Representative Ketcham u Veteran
How the President Helped
Dawson.
Special Correspondence.

Special Correspondence.
Washington. Jan. /, Senator CALM
ger had the ship subsidy bill up In the
place of advantage before the recess.
As unfinished business It requires a
vote OF the senate to displace IT, and
there may be a test vote upon this mat
ter when Senator Beverage under
takes to bring up the statehood bill.
While there has been nc meeting OF
the steering committee to determine
what legislation shall take precedence,
u has been generally understood that
the. statehood bill viii be among the
measures first considered, especially IL
the house acts promptly IN passing the
Pill approved By the Republican eau
Gus The Republican senators are by
no means agreed upon the shipping bill,
and while Gallinger may have a ma
iority with him, he will have a fight on
bis hands before he gets vote on the
measure.
THlRTY-FoUR YEARS SERVICE.
John II. ketcham Of New York. rep.
fesenting the Twenty-frst district, has
thirty four years TO his credit as a rep
teseptative. His service has not been
continuous, for it began in 1866 and has
twice been interrupted or the men
who were in Congress when Ketcham
entered, Allison and Cullom remain.
and they are In the senate. Speaker
Cannon will have thirty-two years to
his credit at the end OF the present
term, but his service was interrupted
by one defeat. When Ketcham came TO
the house Colfax was speaker, and
among the men prominent In the body
were Garfield, Hayes. Conkllng, Blaine,
four Washburns Thad Stevens, Dan
Voorhees,, Long" John Wentworth and
score of others, Alabama, Arkansas
Florida, Georgia. Louisiana, Misslssip-
pi North Carolina. South Carolina
Texas and Virginia were not repre-
sented in Congress- as their status had
not then been determined. President
Roosevelt was not then eight years old
but Ketcham had been brigadier-gen-
eral In the war and was afterward bre-
vetted major general.
STORY ABOUT A NEW MEMBER.
Here Is "A story told at the EXPENSE
or Albert +. Dawson new representa-
tive from the Second Iowa district.
II happened when the president went
through Iowa last spring: The train
stopped early In the morning at Clln-
ton. and Dawson was on hand to make
a speech introducing the chief execu-
tive. II was his first speech since he
had been elected a member OF Congress.
and when he was once fairly started
he couldn't let go. The crowd was
cheering wildly at every reference TO
Roosevelt. and Dawson kept going UNI
III the train began 10 move. As he
climbed down the steps OF the car Mr..
Roosevelt thanked him. saying that his
throat was so sore that he could not
make speech TO the good people OF
Clinton. but they had been well enter
tained by their brilliant young con-
gresham. There Is no doubt that
among the friends whom Roosevelt has
In Congress none Is more loyal than
Bert Dawson, who remembers how the
president helped him out OF an embar-
RAISING situation.
TEN SMITHS IN THE HOUSE.
The Smith family Is well represents
ed In the present house Of representa-
tives, There are ten of them. and they
come from every part of the country.
David II. Smith IL from the Fourth
Kentucky district. George w. from the
Twenty fifth Illinois, Marcus A. from
Arizona, Samuel w. from the Sixth
Michigan. Sylvester C.. from the Eighth
California, Thomas A. from the First
Maryland, Walter ]. from the Ninth
Iowa, William Alden from the Fifth
Michigan, William o. from the Twenty
seventh Pennsylvania and William r.
from the Sixteenth Texas. Quite an
array. Marcus Smith does not have a
NH.aaA LAs.. n IL
figure on the roll call.
SHY OF VOTES.
According IN tho tAraaopt nptl,oL Tho