The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1907-03-05
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well. He has been appointing youn
men mostly to the important office,
They do not mind the unusually sever
Washington weather During chillin
storms they are prancing around a
lively as the members of the tenni
cabinet have to do when the snow
off the courts at the rear of the Whit
House offices and battles with raquet
are in order. The grip, which frs
swept the adjacent city of Baltimore
SO that at one time one-ffth Of all tn,
people there were down and in bee
and which subsequently made IT
ravages felt in Washington on a larg,
scale. has had no terrors for these
young bloods. The work in the execu-
tive departments has been proceeding
at full tilt in all kinds Of weather
1t has been otherwise up on Capito
HILL Young men have rear seats there
Old men rule the Senate and, 1t might
be said, also the House of Represen-
tatives. And these old men have had
hard time with the Washington
weather, that brings grip, severe colds
and pneumonia. They have been abb
sent from the sessions of Senate and
House a great deal and the work of
both branches has suffered to some
extent because of these absences.
Speaker Cannon, almost seventy-one
years old, is only out of his house af-
ter an attack of grip. He returned to
the Capitol very weak in the knees
and having no energy for work. Col.
Pete" Hepburn, of Iowa, seventy
three years old, the ablest debater in
Congress, perhaps, and chairman of an
important committee, has been away
much of the session because of colds
almost seventy-four, has stood the
rigors of the present winter better than
any colleagues of his years. There are
few other septuagenarians in the
House. The other leaders are in mid
die life or only along in the three
score class.
The Senate's old men have had lot
of illness because of the hard winter.
Senator Teller, of Colorado, now al
most seventy-seven years of age, Is
still i'll at his apartments and has
not been in his seat for two weeks. He
is an aggressive figure on the Demo-
cratic side of the chamber Senator
Pettus of Alabama, almost SO, has been
III much of the winter. He is the
Nestor of the Senate. His colleague,
Senator Morgan, almost SO, is now
quite i'll.
On the Republican side Senator AL
lison of Iowa, now almost IS, is in
feeble health. When the cold winds
blow or the weather is at all inclem-
ent he keeps within his hotel and even
on the most sunny days spends only
few hours at the Capitol Senator
Proctor of Vermont, who will be 76
years old June l next, has been laid up
with colds considerably, but was able
to get out to handle the Agricultural
Appropriation Bill that comes before
the committee of which he is chair
man.
Senator Frye of Maine, who is near
ing his seventy-sixth milestone, has
been in good health, but he is never
theless very careful and does little leg
islative work, except what is impera-
tive. Perhaps his long life in the
hardy Maine climate is responsible fer
his immunity in Washington this win
ter. William Pinkney Whyte, Senator
from Maryland, and So years old, has
stood the Washington winters better
than any other octogenarian. He Is
new Senator, who succeeded the late
Arthur p. German, although Mr..
whyte had one term in the Senate
thirty years ago.
Senator Cullom of Illinois. now II,
has been in feeble health most of the
winter. but has not missed many days
at the Capitol.
Most other Senators who carry quite
burden of legislation are in the Cos,
except Senator Hale of Maine, who Will
soon be II. He does more work than
any other Senator. and does 1t as
easily as though he were but 60. He is
rarely absent from the Capitol or
misses doing a big days work.
Senator Spooner of Wisconsin, the
leading lawyer of that legislative
branch, Is 63; Senator Foraker, also
leading lawyer there and regarded by
many as the ablest man in the Sem
ate, is GO; Senator LaFollette is al
most 80; Senator Aldrich Of Rhode Is
land is Sc; Senator Elkins OF West Vir-
ginia is also &c; Senator Tillman of
South Carolina is 50; Senator Bacon of
Georgia is g.. Bailey of Texas, who
might have been the Democratic leader
of the Senate, but for the ordeal TO
which he has been subjected this win
ter before the Legislature. is 4s. one OF
the numerous young Senators.
ERNEST G. WALKER.
BEkFsTEAK ROLL.
Take a large and tender steak ana
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