Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1909-02-03
FROM WASHINGTON

| WASHINGTON, ID. c., Feb. Especially
Senator Hale has been exerting himself of
recent days to get Congress geared up to
the proper pitch 80 that it can attain the
! required speed to dispose of the work be-
fore it in advance OF March 4. For this
has been a tagging session. The House
must first dispose OF appropriation bills.
The Senate has to wait till the House is
through with given supply measure. As
the leader of the Senate and as chairman
OF appropriations, Mr.. Hale can usually
find some diplomatic way OF choking on
the flow Of talk at that end OF the capitol,
and OF persusding the Senate to get to
work when the time has really come when
it should work with might and main.
1t is more difficult to speed the House.
Then the Maine senator has to work with
outside forces. And so for the last week
he has been putting on his hat occa-
sionally Of an afternoon and walking over
to the House for little seance with your
''Uncle Joseph" Cannon. The two are old
| wheel-horses, who have touched elbows at
many a session. Senators sometimes go
upon the House floor when they have
business at that end of the capitol. Sena-
tor Hale very rarely indeed goes there.
hn''eau ne swings Aiou"u 'ne eoffioof 10
the little corner room where the speaker
has his Office, and they talk together there.
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Many rush days are ahead, and by and
| by Senator Hale will probably have to call
for evening sessions. The House is far
behind with the sessions program.
which means that the Senate is far behind,
and, unless extra good time is made with
7 the work to be done, the lost days must be
| made up at night, when, as a rule, both
! houses of Congress are loath to sit. But
! the inauguration OF a new President is
now not far away, and there would be
great reluctance to allow any OF the
appropriation bills to fail and 20 over for
consideration at the extra session of Con-
gress in the spring. MIR. Hale would be
very averse to such an outcome, and unless
there arises some big quarrel or some
other very unexpected occurrence, the
budget bills will all have their finishing
Maine senator. and pIaced npon the Pres
! ident's desk in time for him TO sisn them
| prior to the hour when Mr. Taft taxes the
! oath of Office on the east front of the can
| itol.
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inis nas oeen quie' winter ior most
SENATORS anu Representatives IN congress
Up 20 oa'e congress mas peen Hucn occu-
pieu ~ lansing aeaihs' 'ime' anu none Vi
Inc aaine sen'aors OF MAINE represent
''es Is ions oh 'ha. aceonphsn'aen''
Aney .aiA ~nen they nave anything 10
say other"hse permit the TRANSACTION oi
pubic business 10 proceed.
Ane oroi"ary TASKS Oh tne Maine con-
eressineh al washington 90 no. oiher
materially from winter 10 WINTER "hat-
ever the oass prins ior.n III requests from
eohs'itueh's' .he Niaihe men give lheir
attention TO ana Try to keep their desks
latiop tn take care of but not enouob tn
rush them. because this is nre-emipentlv
q winter n, augmentation hin. ard
I senator Hale is the only Maine man serv-
ing on an annronriations committee
Representative Burleigh has had his full
share of activities. along with the other
Maine men here He handles his corre-
spondence. which is quite large eyerv-
thing considered from his room in the
House office building. He goes there
every morpipo bright and early 10 GOT his
start for the day. and that room. No. ga.
is the base from which he operates most
of the day. His mail has been delivered
there in the morning ana keeps coming in
by patches at intervals during the after
noon. He can have it delivered at his
residence. 100 Vermont arenue Il ba 90
chooses. as be sometimes does. esneciaiIv
when he wishes TO remain with Mrs Rur.