Ellsworth American., 1909-08-11
FROM WASHINGTON.
"Touching Up" Western senator
Washington Pcserted Village or
for Home.

Senator Hale aud Senator Beveridge. of
Indiana, enlivened the last hours Of the
extra session. 1t tickled lot OF the older
and more influential senators TO hear Mr.
Hale .'pus it all over'' the irrepressible
one from Hoosierdom. The latter is not
as popular as he might be in the upper
Legislative branch, because he poses much
and fills the days with voluminous
speeches whenever there is good audience
in the gallery.
The Indianan always did have a hard
time getting along in the Senate, because
Of his lack of friends there. At first Sena-
tor Hate tried to befriend him and to
show him how. But it was an impossible
task. For little while Beveridge was a
willing and grateful pupil. Then Sena-
tor Hale discarded him in disgust, and the
late Senator Platt, OF Connecticut, also
kind hearted man, essayed the task. He,
too, had to give it up in despair, and ever
since then Beveridge has been fioundering
around in the Senate, bouncing with
wordy arguments and getting more and
more unpopular.
He thinks he is the author of the tariff
commission idea, although as a matter of
fact the thing was thought out iong before
Mr. Beveridge's advent as senator.
Senators Hale and Aidrich and practically
every man in the Senate from New Eng
land do not think well OF the tariff COM
mission for many reasons. That subjects
them TO Mr.. Beveridge's scathing COM
ments now and then. He opened the other
day, which gave Senator Hale chance to
even up the score little. He had pos
session OF letter written by H. E. Miles
OF the National manufacturers association,
advocating the tariff commission, and
stating confidentially that Senator Bever-
idge advised writing as many letters as
possible to the members OF the finance
committee urging the adoption OF the COM
mission. The Senate always frowns on
such methods as those to influence public
opinion, and Senator Beveridge Is ex-
planning yet why he was put in that posi-
tion by Mr.. Miles. But the Senate is
chuckiing over his predicament. He will
let Senator Hale alone hereafter.
There were high old times when the
closing days really came, and the Maize
tticu NcEt PiSsCnt W nCAP aQAA tuc phsrSs.
The House had hard struggle keeping q
quorum, after the vote had been taken
on the tariff bill, which meant there was
danger Of the general deficiency appro-
priation bill, carrying $4,000 for the
Presidents travelling expenses, and other
important items failing. Men were ar
rested by the sergeant -at-arms as they
were about to leave the city, and others,
who got through the Gordon OF deputies,
were hailed back.
Representative Burleigh always stays
in Washington until the gayel falls, and,
following that practice, was here till the
last hour Of the extra session. as were the
other Maine members of the House. He
and Mrs. Burleigh found they could be
very comfortable, in spite of the hot
weather, and, as a matter OF fact, agreed
that their stay here in July and August
had been very much in the nature of a
vacation. They had cool apartments,
there was no rush of legislative work, and
the third district congressman and his
estimab BILE wife were quite surprised at
what pleasant time they could have at
Washington in the heart of the summer.
There are many very pleasant drives about
The city which can be enjoyed along in the
summer evenings. Then the weather was
really favorable and there were very few
trying days.
Speaker Cannon needed every repu biican
vote, with all the aggressions OF the demo-
Gratis and the opposition of the insurgent
republicans from the West. But the
Maine congressman gave him notrouble.
They always vote straight, and there is no
difficulty in finding "where they are atn.
This has not been the case this session
with representatives of the republican
party from some Of the New England
states.
Gov Burleigh is very well satisfied with
the way Maine has come off with the tariff
bill. He thinks the people in the north
east corner Of the Union will find the new
rates working before long just about right
and business will be booming.
After all the prophets have been discred-
tied and many wagers, which, like most
things, went wrong, have been paid. the
extra session of Congress has adjourned.
The White House is deserted, for the
President has rolled away to Beverly. The
capitol is deserted, for the senators and
| representatives and all their retinue have
gone. Washington, the great capital of a
great nation, is. for the time being, like q
country village.
No grass is growing on Pennsylvania
avenue, and men with unkempt whiskers
are not loafing around the corner grocery
stores. But the population has thinned
| nightly. The interest in the throbbing
life of the city has experienced tremen-
dous drop. There is no more yearning for
Congress to get through, but for the sum
mer to pass and for the officials to return.
1t is characteristic of Washington that
folks here always look forward to two