The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-03-12
TIRED LOT OF FOLKS
THEY SAW THE BIG SHOW; NOW
FOR THE RETURN HOME.
Grim Gray Dawn of the Morning After
Found Washington Asleep; Some
of the Statesmen, However, Are
Considering Future Prospects; Joe
Cannon'S Attitude; Tariff Matters.
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Especial 10 The Free Press.1
Washington. March, 5-The grim
gray dawn OF the morning after, found
the national capital almost as quiet
ii not SO deserted as Il haunted Gene
terry at midnight during the dark OF
The moon Paid as ghosts, worn and
weary and with not cheer left in
them hundreds of belated visitors are
hurrying To the stations TO board
trains for home. Washingtonians are
sleeping late this morning, business is
almost at standstill, and those whose
occupations force them to bc up and
doing wear the stupid air of those who
celebrated over much on that grand
aud glorious Yesterday that marked
the passing of Roosevelt and the ar
rival of Taft The decorations of in
auguration day look sadly torn and
dragged this morning
Future Is Considered
Despite the tired feeling SO preva
lent today, there are not few states
men who are already considering the
future of the new administration and
thc Things TO be accomplished by the
legislators. and among these the priu-
cipal topic of conversation is the spe-
cial session of the new siXtyiirst con
gress which will convene ten days
hence. Although ma jority OF the
members of both branches of the Ia
tional legislature have gone home to
rest during the intervening interval,
many of the leaders will stay in Wash
ington TO discuss with the new presir
dent the plans for the special session.
Unless present signs fail, dog days
will find congressman sweltering over
tariff schedules instead oil toying with
long glasses filled with ice and straws
ON the verandas of summer resorts.
There has never been Il general tar
i'll revision bill framed and passed in
less than l3l days. In addition to this
congress has got to be reorganized
This is going to take some time. \
speaker must be elected committees
framed up and other preliminary work
done
Attitude of Joe Cannon.
Speaker Cannon has refused to con-
slider anything that would take his at
tentiom from congress before the last
of July, and it is even intimated that
he has suspicion that the special
session may run right up to the open
ing of the next regular session in De-
cembcr The attitude of the demo-
Gratis is not going to help matters
along any. With the insurgents, they
propose TO take all the time they want
in discussing the various phases of the
tariff bill. They may not have bill
of their own to offer, but they will
have few remarks about the one
presented by the republicans And the
senate will probably not break its
long established deliberative methods
when il gets hold of the bill.
Those who want the triff legisla-
ton fastened are not losing oppor
tunities to get information of the prob
able long session before the people.
They hope to arouse the business in
terests which are waiting to see what
the tariff law will contain, to put pres
sure on members of congress to the
end that the tariff schedules shall be
established and business become nor
NAL again after the suspense of pend
ing tariff legislation.