The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-24
SENATOR'S
AN OCCASION OF INTEREST TO GAL
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@E3ob. Taylor May Not Re Accompanied by Mir. Frasier, His Colleague -Animosities of Ppblic
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| | swearing in of new Senators on the l openind day of Congress is always an event of much interest to the thou | sand or more men and women in the 1 galleries. There is much more form and ceremony about the proceeding | than there Is in the House where the | entire membership has to take the oath | in large groups amid the hum of voices, and owing to the much larger numbers
 the swearing in is dope with something of a rush.
 At the beginning of nearly every E Congress 1t happens that there are Sem ators from at least one State who are not on friendly terms. In several in- stances Senators from the same State have been bitter enemies and, of course, under such circumstances they would have nothing to do with each other.
 Senators Frazier and Taylor of Ten nessee, owing to political and personal differences had falling out, and the understanding is they are not now on speaking terms. The probability is strong, therefore. that when Senator Taylor presents himself for the usual oath the senior Senator from Tennessee will not walk over to his seat, offer him his arm and walk down the main aisle to the desk of the President of the Senate with him as is the time uQnoI6u CuStOHl. ludL COuIlc0y VIII " shown by a Senator from one of the other Southern States or else the Hon. Robert Love Taylor will march up un- attended, though the chances are that the Senator who announces that MT. Taylor is present and ready to take the oath will offer him his arm.
 Berry and Clarke. s
 When MT. Clarke of Arkansas en- tered the Senate his colleague then was Mr. Berry. They were not speaking to each other and MT. Berry declined to make peace. Senator Clarke was equal ly averse to entering into cordial rela- tions with the veteran statesmen who has been succeeded by ex-Governor 'Jeff" Davis. Clarke and Davis are on the best of terms and having trained together politically If~e4tlie contests which resulted in the retirement from Congress of both Senators Jones and Berry will be as sociable as a basket of kittens on the opening day of the session. Probably no senatorial pair will be more congenial.
 Senator LaFollette of Wisconsin was decidedly at outs with MT. Spooner on coming to the Senate. Predictions were freely made that owing to the many bitter political fights they had en- gagged in and the hard things they said of each other that Mir. Spooner would decline to prance down the aisle with the merry cA-GONcTnOT. All cy0S NCEC turned upon this pair of statesmen on the day that LaFollette was to take the oath. To the agreeable surprise of ev- erybody MT. Spooner arose and not only announced the presence of his colleague but graciously advanced towards him and escorted him to the desk. It was a feature of the day that pleased the gallery auditors, and Senators general ly were glad that the Wisconsin mem- bers could at least be courteous even if they were not friends.
 In the Maryland campaign which re- suited in the selection of Isador Ray ner for the Senate, animosities were aroused between Mir. Rayner and the late Senator Arthur P. German which promised to result In permanent es- arrangement. Rayner repeatedly assert ed on the stump and in the newspapers that he did not consider German Democrat. They went at each other in hammer and tongs style.
 Nearly every one had an idea that when the time came for MT. Rayner to take the oath he would not be escorted to the desk by Mir. German, but they were mistaken. While never on cordial terms Messrs. German and Rayner man. aged to pull together in matters af- fecting their party and States and those relations continued until the formers death.
 4NSW humpBuIe Sem0tOEBs
 During the last three years that William E. Chandler and Jacob H. Gal finger of New Hampshire served to- gether in the Senate they were simply at daggers' points. They absolutely re- tnsed to speak as they passed by. and up in the State were allied with polit- ical factions that were in such deadly hostility that it resulted in the retire. ment of Chandler from the national halls of legislation. The intense anil mostly is kept up to the present day.
 And all readers of newspapers know how royalty Senators Tillman and Mc- Laurin of South Carolina hated each other. Their differences finally culmi- mated in a personal encounter on the floor of the Senate during heated de- bate. After their passions had cooled both apologized to the Senate for the unfortunate episode, but to this day they decline to speak. and the chances are they will never make up their diff ferences.
 Senator LaFollette will have for his colleague in this Congress former Rep resentative Isaac Stephenson. They have trained together politically. Sena- tor Spooner got tired of the lively pos lftical game in the Badger State and has settled down to the practice, of law in New Yorlr cfn h ta