Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-27
CAPITAL CHAT.
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ton Of the State for little or+,.-
which would remind him of his vo,,,s' e'
er days when he rougi1ed It IN -
with "Bill' Sewail of Islands Fails
On his last visit to Maine. when h.
spoke at Augusta and Bangor ~
President enjoyed himself irnrnenoa,'.
and has not forgotten it.
Probably he will make several tr,..
this summer, but he has been too b,r"'
to decide where they win be. II iq ~,
intention to remain in Washinpto, ~
sometime in June and considerable :.
his. summer, between July ~
October / will be spent at his coun,-..
home at Oyster Bay. After Congre.,
goes away next week the Presider.
will have at least three months To o..
to purely executive business and MIN
have no Congressional troubles in tha.
connection. There are many Irattors
for him to take up and dispose ~
When Congress is not here he has few
er Congressional callers in the fo-a
noon. Usually his time between 10 4
NJ. and noon is in large part occunisG
with the visit Of senators and mem.
bers. The result is that he has to A.
his heavy work in the afternoon ara
evening. These days the disposftinr
of bills, enacted by Congress, alota
take up much of his working davs II
the last week of the session Of Con.
gress the President will have to sign I.
least 1000 bills, sent to him from ths
Capitol. The most of these are private
pension bills, but nevertheless reauirs
his signature before they become law.
Representative and Mrs Burleigb
will remain here for week or two al.
ter the session. Mrs. Burleigh's health
has been poor of late and they prob.
ably will not go North till after tina
Maine weather is little more sunny
Gov. Burlcigh will call to see the
| Pre- sident before he leaves for Maine
and will also lock after some Maine
matters pending before the depart.
InentS.
Senator Hale has been plowing
through q lot OF work Of late. He be.
came tired of the endless talk talk in
| the Senate on an appropriation bill
| the other day and went TO his residence
| to spend the afternoon. He had a
| bad cold and thought it would be
good opportunity to rest. The Word
| went around the Capitol that at last
the senior Maine senator had given Up
and that probably he would succumb TO
| the grip as so many senators and MEN,
| bers younger than he have done at this
| session of Congress.
But there was where Mr.. Hale fooled
them all. He was back in his seat next
day and a very lively sick man. For
| that II or hn
| prepared not only to sit days but also
to sit nights TO get the appropriation
bills out of the way. Mr.. Hale never
asks the Senate to do anything he is
unwilling to do himself. He was ready
to work night and day because he real
| lied the necessity of giving the ap-
propriation bills careful consideration.
| If the Senate had not loated as much
| earlier in the session and had not
| talked as long on other matters-much
of the talk probably having been un-
| necessary-Mr. Hale would not have
needed to prod his colleagues 10 ac'
ton.
| But some one has to look out for US"
said a prominent Republican senator
| recently. IF it was not for Senator
| Hale We should drift on and find Inc
| close of the session confronting Us
without having accomplished our
| tasks"
The senator made an especially soOd
record this year with his navy ap-
propriation bill. AS soon as it came
over from the House he called MS
committee together. They met IN 'ns
| morning at 10 o'clock and by noon,
when the Senate convened, the bill haa
been completed and. with its total u
over 500, 900. 900 was ready for report
Following that Mr.. Hale secured wv
| passage of the measure in the eena'
| in the exceedingly brief time OF O. lam
utes. 1t used to take three VI -
days to pass the navy appFop1ia'.On
bill. but Mr. Hale has the conhaen1e
| of the Senate to such an extent thal
accents his statements without qus''
| tinn