The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-12-06

Esther man he declines 10
discuss extensively
much Of the proposed legislation for the
District.
i am open to conviction, he says, and
everything that comes up viii be heard
by the committee. All sides will be given
a chance TO present their views, and
hope the best thing will be done. Hence
IL Is useless for me to express opinions.
until l am fully informed If the people
In the District have anything 10 say the
committee will be glad TO hear from them
on any subject whatever, for that is the
only way equitable legislation may be
obtained. District citizens have little
enough representation. so they must take
the next best thing
Mr.. Smith is a good sort of citizen to
whom troubles may be told. for he is an
affable listener and cordial 10 all visitors
TO the committee room. He is a man be
low average height-almost in class with
Burnett. Of Alabama-but he is a hard
worker. and that his place as chairman
Will be utilized TO further what he sin
cerely believes to be the best interests OF
the citizens Of the District is the opinion
OF all who have talked with him. This Is
his sixth Congress. and while he has
never done anything spectacular. he has
always been ION the job and has done
things.
Much has been written about Senator
Tillman's fire-eating propensities, and his
alleged possession OF a metaphorical pitch
fork. but his voice and his manner OF
speaking have been little touched upon.
The combative Senator from South
Carolina is the possessor of the best de-
veloped Southern drawl in the Senate.
and yet his voice has metallic quality
that carries it 70 the furthermost corners
OF the biz chamber He speaks IN an
ordinary tone when he arises 10 address
the chair. but somehow those incislve
steel-like tones cut Their way into the
consciousness Of every person in the
House.
'Yo' is the Senator's pronunciation OF
YOU and most OF his words. especially
those in which the "r''-aImost impossible
OF pronunciation by Southron's vocal
apparatus-occurs. belong 10 the soft.
flowing lingo Of Dixie.
Senator Borah. Of Idaho. left after adj
journment yesterday for Boise. where he
viii be the prosecuting attorney In the
trial Of George A Pettibone. the selection
OF the jury for which purpose is already
we'll advanced.
Mr. Borah. It viii be remembered. was
prosecuting lawyer also in the case OF
Haywood. who was tried for the murder
OF former Gov. Steunenberg. Pettibone
is accused OF completely in this crime.
which was accomplished by the use Of a
dynamite bomb.
The Vice President is a close student Of
cartoons. and thoroughly enjoys Them.
even when they ca1cature himself.
you know i am a third cousin OF Ho-
mer Davenport" said Mr.. Fairbanks.
and. Of course. that accounts FOR nv in
terest in caricatures. Yes. I realize that
l am great subject for the picture
makers"
While John Sharp Williams Is doing the
best he can to select good men to be
designated TO the Speaker for the minor
ity places on committees. and members
Of the party are trying TO take that
power out OF his hands for the aid OF
harmony IN the ranks. they are telling a
story about how he took care OF Tim
Sullivan. who finally left Congress 70
become State senator in New York.
Tim, when he first came TO Washington.
called on Nj. Williams, and said:
Well Mr. Williams I would like TO
talk over committee assignments with
you
Mr.. Williams. who had been besisged
for the good places. supposed the New
Yorker was about to ask for place on
Ways and Means or something equally
important, and was eorrespondingly wor-
ried. After he had told Sullivan 10 take
a seat the Big Tim" said:
Now, John, I don't like this iay town.
and ] want a committee that don't meet
but about once a year because I don't
want TO have 10 come down 10 this
place"
Mr. Williams almost jumped to his seat
for Joy. and gave Sullivan a place on
the Committee on Coinage. Weights and
Measures. with the assurance the COM
mittee never had business enough TO re-
quire a meeting.
When measure for the adoption Of
the metric system came up and required
the committee to meet frequently subj
van resigned his seat.
Julius Kahn, of California, is one OF the
good mixers in the House, and ever since
his return TO Washington has been I'M
pressing upon his colleagues the fact that
San Francisco has rehabilitated its NOR
ais to the point that the city is now one
at which Ito point with pride"
When sixteen out of eighteen members
OF the board Of supervisors confessed
they had been getting brides it must be
things are in about as corrupt a
rordition as could be imagined. But the
,hange has come, and We are going 10
spend S2S.OOOOO0 bond issue. without a
bit of graft, for the rebuilding of the
city"
Concerning the President and his mes
sage. Mr.. Kahn said: 1--WE are going TO
ask for a bill to exclude all Japanese
laborers- We must have Il. As for the
President, the people in California were
so incensed at him last year they would
have gone to almost any length 10 de-
feat him. Now, the whole Coast is for
him. CALIFORNIA; only Presidential senti-
ment is for Roosevelt. no other candi-
dates have crystallized the feeling as vet.
doubt If any other man in the country
could have made such a change, in pub
lie opinion as he has done in the South
and on the Coast"
The only bin 50 far introduced by
Peter Porter, the man without a party"
IS one for the appropriation OF money for
the erection Of a post-offlce at Batavia.
n Y. lie has not yet been officially for
given by the Republican caucus for rid
ing into Congress on a Democratic ticket.
but will probably be invited to attend
the next caucus.