The Washington times., 1909-06-14
Capital Tales

day afternoon with disserta-
ton upon art ''Pitchfork Ben" TIL
man had just got through telling the
Senators that ~ works ought 10 be
admitted free as a means of elevating
the thought and inspiring the artistic
genius of our people. He told the Sen
ate. IF you want 10 whaek these mil
lionaires cut oEt some Of their special
privileges" Then up rose Senator Car
ter who looks like Uncle Sam, and who
but a little time before had talked
learnedly on wool, and proceeded to
talk feelingly of art He showed him
self as much at home in the atmosphere
of art as if he were just graduating
from Xassar or completing a course
| in Washington finishing school.
He told Of the Milwaukee pork packer,
Layton. who, after building up a fortune
in killing hogs, had secured the world
for the great works of art, and had
finally turned his great collection over
to the city of Milwaukee; of W. A.
Clark, the Montana millionaire, former
~ a Pennsylvania mail carrier, vino.
when favored TO an unusual degree by
fortune. had searched all Europe for art
| treasures, which would at his death be
turned over to some great public gal
/ ieFy. Examples like these, said Senator
Carter, ought to be encouraged. Then
he told of a visit to Hamburg. where
ne attended great celebration in
honor of Rubens and Nandyke, and re-
lated how the population was stirred in
tribute to the great artists and their
productions. Altogether it was an In
/ teresting exposition on art that the
Senator from Montana gave, and 1t was
the more surprising to his colleagues,
as he Is rated as one OF the most in
tensely practical members OF the Senate
Tawney's Tariff Clothes.
There is a good story illustrating how
the House management views the Sen
ate's reorganization Of the tariff bill.
During the wonderful recent spell Of
Washington weather, Chairman Tawney
of the House Appropriations Commit
tee drifted into Speaker Cannon's Of
fee one morning. arrayed in a light
spring suit, straw hat, no vest-and an
overcoat. Asher Kinds, parliamentary
authority In extraordinary TO the
| Speaker, looked up and took IN the hy-
Bird tnter-season costume
"Tawney," he said, your clothes
make me think of the way the Senate
! IS revising the tariff,
.'HOWs that?'' asked Mr. TaWney.
Why, theyre taking off the vest and
putting on an oEvrcoat.'
IT HE death of K.au.itz Olsen, one of
the mes engers on the soldiers
roll Or roll Of honor in the
House, has brought to attention
anew the strange circumstances under
which Olsen got a place on this roll.
He served as soldier in the civil
war as an artilleryman. He settled
down in Winona, Mimi. and was the
man who always had to fire the town
cannon when there was any saluting TO
| be done. Olsen .'oined in the celebration
when Harrison vas elected in 1888 and
was holding tighJ to the hammer when
| some overenthusiastie person fired the
gun prematureiy. The result was that
| Olsen had one OF his arms blown of.
/ In the Fifty~hrst Congress he was put
on the roll Of honor That Congress
was Republican. The Eifty-secOnd was
| Democratic aud Olsen was turned out
/ to make way for Democrat. There
I was a great uproar. Olsen became a
/ political issue.
/ Grand Army of the Republic organiza-
items all over the United States took up
/ his case and the war was fought over
again all on account of Olsen.
Served him right for firing a salute
1 for Harrison" sad the Democrats
This only made his friends the madden
/ and made them work the harder In
/ the end they forced the House. even
/ though Democratic, to return Olsen TO
/ the roll Of honor. He remained there
/ until his death.
Date of Adjournment.
Wsnted-Some one who can tell when
/ Congress win aGjoUrn.
/ The President Of the United States
/ would like 10 have such information, as
would Senator Aldrich, ali the other
! members of the senate. and all the
members Of the House. But at present
nobody knows anything about It. At
/ least, everybody knows, but everybody
4 knows il wrong.
/ Callers at the White House put the
+ date for the adjournment on almost
/ any day between July I and August /
! Mr. Taft himself believes that the tariff
! bill will be out Of the way and Congress
/ will adjourn By July 3 To this there
are many contradictions.
! AS matter of fact. 1t is impossible
/ 10 tell when the lawmakers viii get
/ away. It all depends on when the Sen
4 ate VIII vote on the bill ana how long
\ the conferees viii take to dispose of
/ it. Il Is now pretty generally conceded
/ that the cOnferees mean to whip the
/ measure into such shape that the Presi-
/ dent will not feel Obliged TO veto IT, In
1 order to do this, they win have 10 have
i many conferences with MI Taft, and
/ the process will take long time.
/ According to the most expert opinion,
] Congress viii do well 70 finish with the
/ bill by July 9.
/
IIIII NcLE KNUTE" NJ LIS o n
wanted TO get the provision as
10 admission of art works free
so modified thai only works
/ intended for public purposes should be
4 admitted free And lest he should be
thought wild. woody, and untutored,
] Senator Nelson said:
II do not want to be held up as !.
! barbarian from the wild West. If there
/ is anything I enjoy It is a fine painting.
! I never go to New York but that I go
up to Central Park and visit that fine
\ art gallery. I am reminded of an Incl
/ dent that occurred some years ago. 1
/ was going up one Of the corridors OF
/ the museum. and on the wall there was
| a fine lot OF paintings of the Flemish
/ school of the seventeenth century
/ BARNARD scenes; elegant; in the finest
! colorJ; lifeiike.
a stout old lady. with a black silk
| dress on, and her daughter We're there.
/ They had more jewelry and diamonds
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