The Washington times., 1909-06-10
Capital Tales

II HESE are busy days for Senator
Aldrich's lieutenants IN the SEN
ate. Every day new "sihsstion'
comes up which needs to be examined
into and explored It is necessary to
feel oct" Senators and see whether
they VIII stand for this proposition Or
that wnether they Will give way here
or insist there, whether they are going
to insist on an income tax or viii COM
promise on a tax on dividends. whether
they are irrevocably bent on a tarin
on hides. and how they stand on the
customs court.
If Senator Aldrich had to look litter
all these matters himself he woVid be
even more busiIy occupied than he is
now But he turns the. details over to
his aides and assistants. Senator Muir
ray Crane is the most invaluable man
the Rhode Island Senator has under
hts banner, Senator Crane never makes
a speech in the senate, but he is as
busy as a doctor would be with ninety
one fevered patients, and he studies
their pulse daily, records the facts, and
advises Aldrich OF the state of the case.
Senator John Kean Of New Jersey IS
another Of Senator AldFich's assistants
in this matter OF controlling the senate
and keeping the organization intact.
Senator SmOot is another. Senator
Aldrich can walk over TO the DEM
ocratic side any day aRd get more or
less assistance. also. Uncle Joe van
non himself not as adept az using
men to suit his purposes as the Senator
from Rhode Island, and rev new sen
ators enter the body that he fails 70
win over. In a difficult case, ne does
not trust any subordinate, but takes
the situation In hand himself. HIS re-
lations with Senators personally are
such that he can go to practically any
4Fa Hp~ nd
freely with him.
Representative J. sloat Fassett of
New York has turned missionary. He
is not trying to convert the aeathen
but TO spread the gospel of ala fo5. the
darkness and insist on kicking about
a shin subsidy. M. Fassett has been
making speeches for the ship subsidy
cause in his own state. in Michigan
and elsewhere
La Toilette to Expound.
Senator La Toilette has practically
given notice TO the Senate that he pro-
poses to let the public know more about
the tariff question this summer than
it is able TO learn from what gees on
in Congress day by day. In coiloquy
with Senator Warren of Wyoming ne
told Senator Warren that he thought
the results Of his efforts to break the
lines of the Senators who we're serving
the great interests had been pretty sue
cessfuI that when he began he stood
sS5ne in the chamber but now he had
about dozen voting with him and
would have more. he said he thought
the lines of the Senators who serve
the interests would be more badly
broken than they are in the middle and
far West and in the East as well
II think 1 know what I am talking
about said Senator La Toilette sig
ut II is acknowledged that not a little
of this breaking OF lines is due TO the
with which Senator La Fol
lette has read the Congressional Record
up and down and 10 and fro IN the
country And there Is good reason 10
bellows that he viii do mEe reading
his summer and fan
VIII selator Jen Davis breai5 loose
and make a speech on the tarifT3 This
is a question the answer to which the
Senate is TREMENDOUSLY awaiting. Sena-
tor Davis, having been unavoidably
kept away from Washington this special
session by death In his family has. OF
course, taken no hand in the debates.
Now however he has returned and il
opportunity to smite the trusts hip and
thigh before the tariff bill is passed.
In compliance with the demauS Of
Senator Gallinger of New Hampshire,
lemonade is now being furnished to the
members, but the amount is vastly less
than that of year ago Then every
committee room was kept supplied.
This year the beverage IS kept on tap
only IN the cloak rooms. The reason
Is that many carpets were ruined last
year by spllling lemonade on them, and
the Secretary OF the Senate does not
care to swell the expenses by the pur-
chase Of hundreds Of new carpets every
tins the lemonade season comes
around.
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Senators are making themselves as
comfortable as possible in these DAYS of
much humidity. Most of them have
discarded their frsck and natty busi-
ness coats, and appear daily IN thin al
pacas.