The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-22
Capital 7 Ies

nNE of the funniest things that
~ has happened around the Capitol
Tor many a day is the evoluting
vi chairman Serene Payne into fierce
IeNoiuuonist, a rabid insurgent Since
We day when M. Payne got mad in
the conference committee room and. ac-
Coiolng TO one story, smashed his hat
III MS wrath, the House insurgents
nave taken pains to encourage him at
/ every turn When they see your Uncle
serene sailing pOnderously along the
corridor they go up TO him and pat
I MIN on the back and say: Good boy;
soak EN- again"
4 see YOU smashed your hat" said
one of the Insurgents to Payne. "It
was worth the price. Smash a few
more"
And what is more. Payne seems to
like it. II has been so long since he
was really in insurrection that he seems
10 enjoy the novelty of it, The othe
day. not long after the storm in IL,
conference room, that iT0Dlacable foe
of Uncle joe and the House rules.
the redOuDtable Victor Murdoch Of
Kansas, ran across Payne. lie and to-
chairman OF Ways and Means withdrew
INTO one of the recesses by a window
held long and earnest cOnsulta ton.
Vic ga the New York statesman
70 understand that if he'd get into
the game in earnest and help smash
the Cannon machine, he'd be the big
gest man in Washington.
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1t is more than a mere possibility
that Colonel Pete" Hepburn will be
returned to the House of the Sixty
MI
sorely missed. Especially do the men
who are opposed to the present system
of House organization miss him.
Through long service and experience,
Colonel Hepburn came TO know the
House rules as we'll as Asher Kinds,
and he never lost an opportunity to
strike at what ne considers the inOr-
dinate power of the Speaker. It was
supposed when he was defeated by "
D. Jameson Democrat, that he wou'6
be heard of in politics no more. But
situation has arisen in his district IN
Eighth Iowa, that has led many Of hls
friends TO urge him to get into it. II
may Go 1t. He is about to start by aut
sors Iowa, and when he gets back Their
it viii not be surprising TO hear tina
his candidacy is announced.
What is quite as interesting aboUt
Colonel Pete" is that il he runs FOR
Congress again he will quite likely have
the backing OF the CumiTnns forces in
Iowa who say the old veteran has
thrown off the railroad allegiance he
once had in the days when J. w. Blythe
was alive and has become progressive.
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Does Senator Aldrich ever lose his
temper Not often. He is usually
calm. serene and composed and seldom
lets The iibes Of his opponents rufde
him. That is the rule. The only time
since the tariff has been up that he
has been real downright mad in pub
lie and showed it was when DolliVer lit
on him in his remarkable assault on the
wooden schedule and everybody con-
nected with il.
What the vitriolic-tongued Iowan said
Of Aldrich then took the breath away
posed anyone would dare to attack Aid
rich. The Rhode Island Senator not
only got mad then but turned pale with
anger and showed his annoyance plainly.
IT VIII be a cold day when he forgives
Deliver, and a still colder day when
Deliver lets up on him.
on off days when ne is not poking
around to see how he can give the
Democratic Congressional committe
trouble. Representative William D. Nc
Kinley. chairman of the Republican
Congressional committee, is buying an
He has just been out in Iowa and is
reported TO have purchased a big inter-
urban property Centering in Des MOines.
Mckinley. known to his friends as the
Duke of Illinois. is one Of the wealthiest
men in Congress and one OF the leading
electric railway magnates OF the United
States