The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-06-29
Capital Tales

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John C. Carlisle sim wears that old
white stovepipe hat He had it on when
he went to the White House TO make
an argument before the President on
the subject OF what is whisky. It may
not be ths same hat that Mr.. Carlisle
wore in the days when he was a MEM
Der Of the Cleveland Cabinet and when
he was a familiar figure along Penn
syIvania avenue. But r. is eit1er the
same -One or an exact duplicate Mr.
Carlisle has worn white tile Tor so
long he would feel lost without it. His
appearance at the White House, sitting
in the lobby of the executive Offices
alongside of Joseph u. Choate, the two
being at the very top of the American
bar, attracted much notice from the
crowd of callers, members of Congress,
and others.
Even Jove mods once In while. Sen
ator Henry Cabot Lodge undertook the
other day to mix poetry and tariff and
got his poetry mixed. He started to
quote the lines, beginning:
'"Tis. sweet to hear the watchdog
But he left out the word honest"
It remains to be seen whether this VIII
hurt Senator Lodges standing up Bos-
ton way. Some suggest that IL may
cripple him in his race for reelection
TO the Senate.
They cali Warner. Warren, and Wet
more the three guardsmen" Of the Sen
ate They constitute a sort of rear
guard to the Aldrich army OF votes.
Their names come last on the roll call
and they are always found voting on
the side of Sena tor Aldrich and the
Finance Committee and making victory
for that side the more complete.
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Senator Baney's critics about the
Senate are tubllant over the outcome
of the set-to between the Texas Senator
and Senator Hughes Of Colorado the
other day. They think the speech o
the Colorado Senator in which he threw
q few bricks at Bailey was, in the Ian
guage of the street, hot stuff. The fact
that Senator Bailey is assuming the
leadership of the Democratic side of the
Senate is resented by number of the
Democratic Senators though they do not
publicly speak out in meeting about it
Hence Hughes had a lot Of sympathy.
opulent Editors.
Senator Gore, the OTTER day. in dis
cussing wood pulp, talked about the
charge that there aTs opulent editors.
He contended it vas unjust
"a letter was read here this morn
ing" said he which, il seemed to me, /
cast an unwarrsuted and Inprovoked
country. The letter charged that free
paper was being urged solely for the
benefit OF the Opulent editors. There
are, indeed a few editors who have
waxed wealthy, but there is a vast ma
jority, approaching nigh to unanimity, |
who were born poor and have held their
own ever since. There are many who
would not have to journey to Africa
n no 81 Of h val
There are many weekly editors, I know, |
who have 10 wrestIe with the bread /
question like st. George Of old with the
senator. Gore then dwelt on the debt
the Republican party owed TO the Re
publican press of the country.
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Representative Ralph Cole OF Ohio is
telling on Vice President Sherman. who /
is a baseball enthusiast.
he went 10 see the game between Bos-
ton and Washington. The hard-hitting |
Gesslers of the Red Sox, swatted hard
one to Outhelder Milan. Of the Washing
tons.
The bleachers and grandstand stood
up. An excited fan In front of Mr.. !
sherman. watched the progress Of the
He has it! He has itF' yelled the
What the he'll kind of baseball Ian
guage is that2" demanded Mr.. Sherman
Hes got it,"
Senator Taliaferro OF Florida has suc-
ceeded in getting the tariff on pine
apples raised He did il against the OPP
position Of Senator Aldrich, at least Al
drich appeared TO oppose it. This is
how Taliaferro did it:
Not long before the schedule came ND
he imported from Florida a lot Of the
finest pineappless he could find He
sent two TO each Senator and ne put an
exhibit in the clOakrooms. He demon
strated that the Florida fruit was so
good the country didn't need Cuban /
pIneappless
THE moral Of this" said a Senator,
sis that it pays to advertise,
Since the hot weather struck Wash /
ingtOn. the visitors to the Capitol have /
fallen off. The tariff debates ere list /
ened to by comparatively few visitors
While the weather was cool, the gal-
leries were filed with listeners. especi- |
ally with members Of the fair sex in /
their best clothes. Now, the number
has fallen away 10 but a fraction of /
the former attendance.
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Senator Warren of Wyoming has ex- 1
posed himself TO the charge of wear /
ing Senator's Roots vest. At least. he 4
appeared in the Senate the other day
wearing one that looked Just Ike that /
OF the Senator from New York.