Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-12-20
IN HorsE sAVEs TIME.

AAla AA''A 'If t'aA lsiH D aA r.
Titles of bills, setiuons and resolu-
lions are read in the senate. This re-
Quires much time. That custom was
abolished in the house during the Fifty
first Congress. when Thomas b Reed
was speaker. The Democrats nubus-
tered desperately in those days, and
under the old rules If they wished 20
clog the wheels OF legislation 90 pre-.
vent the passage Of measures TO which
they were opposed they demanded the
first and second reading of bills no
matter how lengthy they were Reed
put a stop TO that method by having
new rule requiring that bills should
be dropped I'm a box and the first and
second reading dispensed with, some
day move viii be made along that
line in the senate TO save time, too.
PLEASED AND AsToNIsHED.
The thousand or more delegates to
the national rivers and harbOrs tonven-
ton. according TO opinions heard ex-
pressed in the hotel Hobbies. were prob
ably more pleased with the address Of
the French amba ssador than with any
other delivered. Aside from his fasci-
mating accent and several humorous
illusions. the delegation was delighted
when he said his country owed its
prosperity more 20 the Improvement
spending OF millions of francs upon
the seabo8rd harbors. The main OBJ
jet was 10 impress upon congressman
the necessity for looking after the in
land waterways. An astonishing state
ment Of NJ Jusserand's was that the
inland city OF Paris had a tonnage
greater than Marseiles on the sea. The
canals made this possible
A PROFITABLE SOURCE or IN
COME.
Senatorial lectures are quite the
fashion these days. Tillman of South
Carolina Is said 20 have baged nearly
$4,000 this year under a contract with
a leading lecture bureau. Senator Boo
Taylor OF Tennessee was lecturing tm
year from Feb. / TO the middle Of No
veInber and IL Is understood that MS
contract called for $1,000 a week. Sem
atCr La Toilette OF Wisconsin also
raked in considerable ChadtauQua
money during the summer season, and
. did Senator Dolliyer Of Iowa.
THE PRESIDENTS IMMORTALITY
Theodore Roosevelt has more people
take luncheon and dinner with him -
formally than any OF the presidents.
The Invitations come so suddenly that
men often haze their breatns taken
away from Them well known man
get an appointment with the presi.
dent The time IS not sufficient to dis
pose OF the subject under discussion,
ana just as likely as not Mr.. Roosevelt
viii say: Lunch with me today. We
can discuss the matter more fuAs
then. have no time now to talk
further ON the subject
LEGIsLATING AGAINST A THIRD
TERN
Indications are chat the resolution
offered In the house by Representative
Clayton Of Alabama declaring that IL
Sc the sense OF tho members of that
body that a president should not 12 "a
candidate for a third term VIII be
buried IN the committee on elections OF
president, vice president and o,ncr
members of Congress. 10 which ID was
promptly referred. However. Mr.. Cay
tom and John Sharp Williams, the mi
ncritv leader. are trying To hatch somo
plan by which the resolution can be
made q privileged one and called up az
ana early day for discussion and yote.
n they are ruled against by Speako,
cannon and the other Republican
members OF the rules committee they