The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-07-17

Ing year should be considered appro-
priated for the next year.
Having been familiar All my life.y
said the senator with long experience IN
New York, with party leaders and
party bosses, | pay tribute to the gem
tleman who absolutely controls the I'M
ionist party for having displayed a
skin in securing a power and maintain
ing II which places him in the front
rank OF political leaders. He dominates
the house Of delegates, having named all
its members They do not even decide
upon legislation without publicly sum
moning him and his executive commit
tee to their deliberations, and in reach
ing out for the control of The local ili-
dietary under bill which would com
pei the governor to appoint those nomi.
mated by him in every locality DO
would have under his control not only
the legislation Of the island, the appro-
priation bills, and the expenditures, the
Offices and the salaries but also the adj.
ininistFatioon Of justice and the decis-
ions Of the courts
That Is little more than Senator
Aldrich tried to accomplish.
They spent considerable time in the
Senate debating the question as to
what was meant BIZ the promise Of
tariff revision contained IN the nation
al Republican platform. Senator Hey
burn, (Rep. 1daho), said ia speech:
ITO revise means to look into. to see
again, and 70 review for the purpose Of
correcting errors That IS all and
nothing more. All this talk about re-
vision meaning revision downward Is
merely captiotrs and frivilous sophistry
and quibblng'
A reply by Raynor dem. Md, that
caused much merriment was to this ef
feet. "The senator from Idaho IS cor.
rect Revise means to see again. It
comes from the Latin word re- again,
and 'vidre' TO see Translated into
French it Is au revoir;' in German. it
Il wiedersehn," and translated into
every dead and living language 1t has
but one definition and means but one
thing, and the expert who framed the
Republican platform, being a lawyer Of
great distinction. now Occupying a high
place in the federal service. knew exact
" what Ne was doing when he put the
word revision into the body IF the i'm
strument. He meant .au revoir, we
viii SEQ you again. We viii look over
you, we will review you"
To every one who realizes the force
Of the styling that "a man Is slave
to his habits" must have come at least
qualm Of sympathy for those old
senators who, deprived Of their accus.
toned summer jaunts, have been sit
ting steadily in Washington, in the
heat Of the Seaate chamber. speaking
when necessary, but mainly present to
vote and 10 maintain a Quorum
Take Senator Wetmore, Of Rhode Is
land for instance. He vas one Of the
most lonely Of men during the whole Of
the tariff discussion It was a sub
ject in which he was not interested, ex
cept so far as It affected the industries
of his state Neither his mind nor his
training caused the intricaeies Of I'D
yaiorems and specifics e. be a5Mring
to him. Rather were the Joys Of society
at the fashionable seaside resorts of
and Narragansett Bay appeal. |
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when the roll was called, and strangely
enough he was seldom spoken to, Other
senators we're too busy. Yet during
the whole eleven weeks of the tariff /
debate Senator Wetmore was Id constant
Somewhat Of a contrast was the con- |
duct Of Senator Richardson of Delaware
He secured pair with a consistent I
Democrat and them satisfied that hisI
vote would count, and not being over
burdened with a weight of eloquence,
from Washington early ia (
May and had not been seen since. It'll
Is suspected that he is reeuperating up
at Frontenae. But Richardson conducts
d large canning factory, and every one
knows that this is the season fer cam
ming. Consequently there have been
those who have been mean enough 70
suggest that perhaps his interest in 10
cal Industries has kept him away.
Meanwhile his colleague, Mr. DUPONT,
was present all Of the time, and secured
an increase Of 20 cents a bushel in Nol
tariff on potatoes
when they were talking about art
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