The Republican journal., 1909-05-13
..ters From Washington.
~. and the Mum Twins" The
II =" Maine Congressman.

.rd the Mum Twins. The
III ''' Maine Congressman.
,.-roN. D. c., May 10th. Every
E'sp something new is popping in
. o', ,,,o. But that something new
';''s invariably about the tariff.
''o' VS., peopIe around the capitol are
'' l''' a',npantly about Make and
lS's One would think these were
S'''.. can't personages as the new prin-
pilV. House of Orleans in Holland.
8 n we is so green as to ask in
81 ' ,nsl circles, he probably would
l1s' or. at sea over the answer:
~ n. Mum twins, of course. p"
WIZ ,r-snmatical person might re-
'N nh two Mum twins, you know.
,b, like TO work out abstruse
'' arr. IRVING to accustom them
'' ,,. leaning of conventional
". ami general tariff" 1t takes
!" .,snDrg to get these terms on
. sefps a little to remember
''s g.y means the same as "gen-
y ,fr and Minnie" means the
. ,..og As a conventional tariff. y
' .,s-s always were long on hard,
-..us hat there is touch of
'....osn also in conventional tar
t means the tariff that the
.r. Senate are now enactlng. In
,.s these are the minimum
" ... Minnie" But there is to
..,oro .aIiff, which will be high
Va. ~. Hentional tariff, and it
, ,.. ations that do not treat
hat will be 20 per cent
.... -tr -ling like it, according as
..-a committee of Senate
Haas, at along in the hot days
-o. .. .e.t. Those high rates will
Az qg. Tariff or the Maximum
b. Make, as very many peo-
.a-a 9at.,tedly persist in calling it.
SHIRT sharp terms seem to have
,,st w41ar fancy in Washington
oro,s. they will spread to the rest
No m....- Belfast, Maine, in the
,,s .f d tsw months, may expect to
.r ar-lt -o application of Make
.Na. lie kippered herring with
a. familiarity as blase New
..p --r- On the cost of six cylin-
r-s.n su'omohiles at Make" and
Iaa..
I've Man. CNgressmen, Representa-
j.; svr- and Guernsey, have been
,re ... TO Maine to refresh their
MS sut the aspect of things at
.e au, John Swasey has re-
-sf .a- il bathing himself almost
qr s, sunshine of Senate debate.
ra. aa.s Allen has been sticking
.sta ami begging away about a
ala the departments. He
.rrt U. soon to be absent sever
.p chs. Burleigh has been m-
I .9.... .,Nn. if he would. That
-5s 81. bill providing for the
ID. H.. next census has struck
Z. s.. Is one of the conferees
81. pas been tramping around
a- .0numittee room almost
gt s. f~ provisions over and see
a, IVES 1u1 O. be done with it. Just
Gd s.sn. to be plain sailing once
II 'n the work was apparently
De- Western Senators clicked
a-.a- --.re was no provision to
Es rt~ Of other States, resid-
~ u agton, from taking Civil
r,g -1tions. And then there
"a W at the Department OF
an, Labor over the amount
at'm slowed upon the Director
ae a and it looked for few
Ta' Secretary Maggie of Mis-
l1. Tor North, of the Census
lta- F lave to resign. President
a.H n.eStion as to whether the
Tf g.. a. tpnsus bill could not be
ll0 f'al the question of authority
ae We satisfactorily fixed for
ca'4m Maggie.
a-aT" nenbers of the House have
E ''t away to their homes on
0@ '. ets-ncr. as the House is meet
gnu ,N'tt "a week and then only for
" rra'r There is now no quorum
.'I an. rordingly it is impossible
'A1 Up thu ensus bill for considering
ane'"9NIts the Senate and House
'-issr e4Sal agree upon. For that
Po. f.. f51sIs bill must wait till the
"I ,4n tatIa session and all the Con-
-'+ a zach "'het up" about it,
WY Dali them would like to get out
"'' fol good and forget about the
.'ae'at'r Vi the population on the
'l'al and tependencies.
y" scout the Tariff. The Census Bill.