Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1909-06-02
FROM WASHINGTON.
Senator Hale Watching the Tarim De-
hafe-Xisitnrs from Maine

bate-Nisitors from Maine.
WASHINGTON, June (speciaD The big
Maine figure in Congress through the
weary days of tariff deliberations continues
to be Senator Hale. He stays on the watch
tower quite as long as any other senator
every twenty-four hours and, perhaps,
a little longer than any other senator, un-
( less it be Senator Aldrich, OF Rhode Is
land. There are three New England sena-
tors in row, right in the middle of the
! republican section OF the Senate, all Of
whom stick it out day after day, however
dresry the speeches may become.
First comes senator Aldrich, VINO has a
/ big tariff bill on the desk before him He
/ watches every detail that pertains to that
| measure. When there is a roll-call, he
has one of the long, printed slips bearing
/ the names of senators. His clerk. who
! sits at his elbow, marks of the votes, as
senators respond. Before the result has
I been announced, Senator Aldrich has
glanced down the column and can tell in a
tSinkle whsther there has been any ma
| ierial change that would affect the ma
iority.
/ Next to the Rhode Islander in the row
/ sits Senator Hale. He gets away from his
residence on Sixteenth street little after
o O'Clock every week. day morning " hich
/ is pretty early start for Washington
and is in his little corner room on the gal
lery floor of the Senate by the time the
/ Senate is called to order at 10 O'Clock. In
/ few minutes he is on the floor, and re-
mains there most Of the time till 5 O'Clock
4 in the afternoon, which has been the Gus
tomsry hour for adjournment.
The Maine senator has probably fol-
! lowed thu tariff debates closer than any
other senator. That accounts for the
readiness with which he jumps into the
de bate. As the consideration Of the tariff
bill has progressed Senator Hale has been
taking a constantly more important part,
and his activity in that line promises to
continue till the Senate has disposed of
| the bill
| Bailey. OF Texas, Bacon, of Georgia,
| democrats, and even the insurgent repub-
licans cross swords with the Maine sena-
\ tor almost daily. Right next to Senator
| Hale sits the other member of the New
England trio, Senator Lodge, Of Mssss-
| chuse.ts. No one who sees the part those
three senators are taking in tariff building
can question the influence Of New Eng
land in the senate OF the United States.
Every body in Washington is playing a
waiting game, bat some are working
/ harder at it than others. Senator Hale is
waiting for the last move OF the opposi-
| ton to tariff revision to develop. Senator
Frye, who is one Of the most constant Of
senators in his attendance upon the ses-
4 to be taken.
! Over at the House end of the capitol the
four Maine representatives are waiting
/ for the tariff bill to come back They do
not have to stay on the job very diligently.
/ Like scores and even hundreds OF other
representa- ives, they are simply marking
I time, attending to the letters that come in
| from constituents, and doing odd chores
: about town against the day when the
, House will be humming again with
activity.
''Uncle Amos" Allen, of the first district,
skipped away from Washington for few
| days to plant few seeds up at Alfred and
| look after his garden. He yearned for Q
sniff Of real Maine air, and went away to
get it. All the Maine representatives have
taken brief Journeys out OF town since the
| House disposed of the tariff bill, and
( therefore had nothing to do till the Senate
was through.
/ Representative Burleigh, OF the third
| district, was upto the White House offices
the other Gay, and had quite chat with
| President Taft. They discussed some mat
tiers of Maine politics in general way.
| The President, As the leader Of his party,
keeps in touch with developments, and as
certains from time to time the conditions
and prospects in the states.
Gov. Burleiyh reviewed with him the
republican situation in Maine, and also
expressed the hope that the President
| would find it posi- Die to visit Maine dur
ing the summer. Such a visit is among
the possibilities. The President may take
an automobile run into Maine some day,
while he is ma sing his home at Beverly,
or he may take sail up the Maine coast.
He has both those contingencies in MIND.
Three years ago he had an enjoyable visit
to Maine, on speaking tour, and feels
that he would like to renew his acquaint-
ance with the State from the rear seat Ct
an automobile.
The Maine men are spending their
morning hours generally at their rooms in
the big marble office building. There they
receive visiting constituents, who happen
TO be in town, and attend to current BUSH
ness.
More prominent Maine people have
been down to Washington during the
present session OF Congress than at any
other previous session for years. Some
have come on tariff errands, and some
purely for pleasure, that they might en-
JOY few days at the capital. Two former