The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-08
T'lnies-Dispatch Bureau,
Muiisey building,

WI 3WaShtnBtons ~ Ga Dec Y. u
Senator JEFF Davis. Of Arkansas, will
open Ills trist-busting campaign next
"Wednesday. On that day, as soon after
the Senate convencs as possible, ho
VIII address tho Senate on his bill In
PRODUCED two days after Congress con-
vened. drawn to KILL put ont OF
business, disrupt, and otherwise do
away with every combination. pool
monopoly or organization iii restraint
aol trade forever, even those which
have thor homes In foreign lands.
Mr.. Davis has indicated that he will
speak, at considerable length. 1t has
been suggested that the Senate, which
Us not used to new members presumlnE
ITO address the chair, VIII not listen.
But Senator JEFF Is undlsmayed. tic
says frankly no does not give u copper
farthing whether tho Senate listens
or not. thatit is his duty to present
his views and that he intends present
Ing them. II the Senate refuses to hear,
then the loss is the Scnate's, etc.
1t is very doubtful whether the Sem
ate will listen, but 1t Is we'll assured
that tho galleries will be crowded.
Little care the correspondents and the
public whether q tradition OF tho Sem
alto Is being busted through Senator
Jeff's undertaking to bust trusts before
he has been here two weeks. They
want good thing" and It will be
distinctly good to SEQ tho Junior Sem
ator from Arkansas trelnpling under
foot the sacred rulo Of the Senate that
no member thereof shall make a set
speech before hc has served a year.
Senator Beveridge broke tho rule.
When he had struggled through three
months OF silence he broke forth and
consumed hours talking for expansion
and imperialism. He Ind Just returned
from few weeks stay in tho Philip
pines. and discussed the islands. the
people and general conditions with the
aplomh and confidence OF man who
had spent years in intimate association
with the little brown brothers. Sem
ator Hoar. the recognized leader OF tho
anti expanslonists. disappeared soon
after Mr. Beveridge began his speech.
and somebody found him in his COM
mittee room munching red apple and
reading Cicero.
what do you think OF Bcveridgc's
speech2" asked the friend.
II think lie could have read his
looks in more comfort at home" re-
turned the sage OF Massachusetts,, and
turned again to his book and his apple.
Senator Dayis's speech Will be heard
sIOE--d tlue AZ leuSl. lIlCIc ~ luISubS
curiosity to hear what lie has to say,
and many old fellows are going to
hear IT. though they listen to the
smashing OF hoary precedent in doing
so. But others will depend upon the
version OF their colleagues, and march
to the cloakrooms or their committee
rooms while the new Senator is speak,
ing.
Doubtless it has occurred to the
reader by this time that it does not
make continental's difference wheth-
er the Senator has been member q
month or decade. so far as his being
entitled to the right to express his
opinions on the floor OF the Senate is
Senator Davis may be crit
icized and laughed at, even sneered at.
but he has just as good a right to
speak as mas Senator Allison. who has
been in the senatorial harness over
thirty years and, by the way, has not
a single gall or blister showing over
work.
The two Senators-to-be from Okla
homa-r. p. Gore and Robert l.. Owen
are taking very kindly the refusal
of the Senate to allow them to take
their seats upon the presentation OF a
certificate from Governor Haskell set
ting forth that they had peen nomlna1-
ed in LOCALIZED Democratic primary
and would be elected this month. The
Senate would not hear 10 such an un-
precedented thing as allowing a MEM
Der to take his seat before election.
and as a result Mr.. Gore and Colonel
Owen are suspended between heaven
and earth-not of either; not quite
Senators and not quite as those NOR
tails who have no hope.
Mr.. Gore, the eloquent sightless Sem
ator-to- be, was in conversation With
Senator Burrows, of Michigan. and
Senator Elkins. OF West Virginia, on
the subject.
IT should like to be sworn in before
/ reach my. thirty-seventh birthday.
said Mr.. Gore. but II tina Senate post
pones admitting us until afteS tho Ok
Iahona Legislature acts, l snail not be
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