The Washington herald., 1908-05-05
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lican county central committee Of Knox
County. Was elected a member of the
general assembly Of Illinois. serving two
terms.
Mr Prince was the candidate for at
torney general on the Republican ticket
In 1892. His triumphal entry into the
national political arena was the Fifty
fourth Congress. and the people of the
Fifteenth district of Illinois have had
compassion on him, returning him ever
since. and they haven't made mistake.
for the Hon. George W. Prince is heard
from on all occasions.
He is a member Of two important COM
mittees, both Of which entail much work,
and one of which, Banking and Curren-
oy, has been before the public the greater
part Of this session. The work Of Mill
taFy Affairs is about over His other
committee is Levees and Improvements
OF the Mississippi River, Of which he is
chairman.
Representative Douglas, OF Ohio. is not
| only statesman Of some note, but evil
IDENTIFY lawyer and diplomat as well.
During the discussion Of a complicated
point Of order yesterday-at least, it
seemed complicated when the subject Of
grammar began to enter into the discus
sion-Mr. Douglas rose 10 make some OBJ
serYations.
| Representative James Watson. who Is
going TO be next governor OF Indiana II
the Republicans can bring it about. was
acting chairman Of the Committee of the
Whole.
IF your honor please" said MT. Doug
las, addressing the chairman. Several
members near him laughed Mr. Doug
las smiled and changed IT:
IF your exeeFeney please, I should
have said"
Over the urbane countenance Of Mr
Watson spread the smile Of contempla-
tive thought "Excellency" sounded good
| to him.
II there is any one in Washington who
is possessed Of an lnsatiate desire to talk
currency who cannot find the man who
is able to keep up his end, let him stroll
gently 10 the House wing OF the Capitol.
| There he will find three Represent
atives, Fowler Hill, ard Prince, all mem
bers Of the Committee on Banking and
Currency, and all ready 10 talk financial
legislation from dawn 10 dark
Many conferences these three have, and
as they are usually Of somewhat the
same mind on the subject OF financial
legislation-the same mind meaning just
now that no new banking law is needed
this session-thelr gatherings are more
pleasant than some OF the meetings OF
their committee.
Still. II any one wants to talk currency,
let him hunt up any one Of the trio.
Much favorable comment is heard
around the Capitol building over the vic
/ tory Of Senator Bailey In Texas. The
young statesman had great fight on HIS
hands. and after weeks Of hard work has
put his enemies 10 rout. and will return
to the Senate flushed with victory Not
| withstanding the criticisms Of Senator
/ Bailey, he is recognized by the Senators,
| both Republicans and Democrats. as a
! strong man in debate and when he Is
/ scheduled 10 speak, IL means a large and
/ attentive audience
/ Uncle Joe has always been dictatorial,
but never as much so as during this ses-
| sion.' Thus spoke a Southern member
Of the House Of Representatives, an opin-
ion shared by the minority and a nsmber
OF the majority. Several times there have
been revolts and rumors Of revolts
against the Czar, but as yet they have
not amounted to much, and failed to ma
! terialize. Representative Pete Hepburn
has been mentioned as leader OF the
revolution and he would. no doubt. be
good one, but he is in poor health, and at
/ present unequal 10 the task Uncle
joe is almost always around. and when
he is not, there is Payne. Dalzell. Sher-
men. or Tawney, with their eagle eyes
| and keen intellect, watching things. They
carry out the orders OF the leader OF the
Big Five TO the letter
| Speaker Cannon has discontinued his pic
/ turesque visits to the White House Of
/ fees this session. He used to go up there
quite frequently and. going snd coming.
/ indulge in striking comments about af-
4 fairs always, however, uttering gener-
alities that would do no particular person
any hurt.
He has met the President and talked
weeks, as a matter Of fact The Speak
er's erFands 10 the White House offices
are Of two kinds One are the errands
the Speaker, as a Representative in Con-
gress. has to perform Perhaps some one
over in Danvilte wants an office Then
| the Speaker goes to the White House to
see the President on his own initiative.
The other kind comprises errands that
the Speaker as head of the House Of
Representatives has to perform. Such
errands have to do with legislative pro-
grammes. The Speaker rarely makes
those visits to the President on his own
initiative. The President has to send for
him.
The Speaker has been TO the White
House two or three times during the win
ter, but he has generally gone TO the
White House and not to the White House
Offices. That is because the President
has asked him to come, which means that
he went on legislative business as Speak
er and not on personal business as a
Representative.
When Champ Clark. in the absence of
Minority Leader Williams. let the House
approve the journal of Sundays proceed
ings without a roll call yesterday, there
were fiutterings Of hope in the Republican
breasts that the promise Of doing some
thing in the rest Of the session had had
the result OF letting up on the Democratic
hlibuster.
But these were stilled a moment later,
when, on a motion to go into Committee
Of the Whole, to further consider the sun
dry civil appropriation bill. he demanded
vote By yeas and nays, and the weary
round of the past month was resumed.
The motion was agreed to, and the bin
va TAKEN 4rar- L. a..