The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-05-25
Capital Tales
Frisky Depew.


future. He refuses to admit that age
is making him stale or diminishing the
keenness of his intellectual powers, and
there is no doubt that if the signs look
suspicious a year hence he will be in
the race for the Senatorship in New
York State
At least. that is the way his friends
are talking now. They say that if SEN
atoT Depew Keeps up his gait he viii
doubtless be in the contest. and so Tar
there is no reason to believe he would
not be strong They admit that there
are likely to be number Of aspirants.
Tor instance. they suspect Governor
Hughes Of wanting Senate place.
Also, there is the evcT-present question
of what is to become OF Roosevelt. And
there is plenty of other timber What
Senator Depews friends hope is that
candidates will be so abundant that he
viii be allowed re-elect on by general
consent
Elihu Root is telling his friends that
he is finding much pleasure in his work
as a Senator; that the work is not
burdensome to him. and thai it is
great relief as compared with his
strenuous duties and heavy response
bilities in the Cabinet Like other Sen
ators, he is finding the tariff brings its
trials and tribulatiOns. For instance, he
is flooded with all sorts of letters. Some
are on this side Of mOoted tariff ques-
tons and some on that. Manufacturers
and importers. likewise ultimate con-
Sumers. being thick about the city and
state of New York, it seems that good
snare of them are engaged in telling
Mr.. Root their troubles. and he is find
ing IL no easy task to make up his
mind about some of the propositions pre-
scented.
=
TTr~rprv ,rs,fof-,.~ .r,r,v,-- fE,o v~,cyr
lar Republicans in the Senate over
the behavior of number of the
new members VINO began their terms
with the extra session. Some Of those
who We're elected as insurgents have
turned out to be about as regular as
Hale and Aldrich: others are on the di-
viding line with leanings toward the
camp of regularity.
Take Martin Johnson of North Da-
kota IT is now we'll understood that
Mr.. Johnson had the support of the cor
poration interests that had long con-
trolIed the State. Hansbrough was COM
monty supposed to be the corporation
candidate, but he wasn't. he wasn't,
simply because in the last term of his
service he had cut loose from the Hill
railroads and supported uniformly and
vigorously the Roosevelt pOliticies- But
/ he never convinced his people of his
/ sincerity, and they refused 70 take on
/ the corporation label that he had long
worn and deserved Marshall was the
/ real insurgent candidate: he was the
man whom the corporations were es-
peciaiIy anxious TO defeat, and they ac-
! cumplished it. They got Johnson in,
/ and he las been voting with the Aldrich
! forces ever since he took his seat. Mar
/ shall il is said will be a candidate for
/ McCumber's scat at the next election
] Senators Burton and Root were
| watched with deep interest When they
FIRST took their seats. The insurgents
! hal lingering hopes of them. But they
I know now that their hopes were without
/ cause. The two have gone over entirely
/ TO the camp Of regularity
I Wesley Jones of Washington IS an
/ other whose course has re1oiced the
hearts of the regulars. lie was supposed
I 10 be a budding insurEeut OF the La
/ Follette-B Tis-OW school. But ne WASH (.
/ He defeated Ankeny, an oid-time resu-
Iar-and then became as reguplar as An
/ kenv himself Local interests which de-
mand protection are credited with much
/ Of the resuonsfbiIity ian the case Of
| Jones So also are they IN the case OF
BOrah OF Idaho. vino has not turned out
/ nearly as much of an iEsurreeto as ne
was expected 20 be
senator McCumber Of North Dakota
gave the Senate something new 10 medi-
tate on in connection with the conserva-
ton of the timber supply in one Of bis
lumber speeches. He went back TO the
/ timber supply of Tyre and Sdon and
JOppa and quoted from an authority Il
show that the brooks and small streams
I OF Palestine no longer exist. After
dwelling for "a time on Syria and Pales
tine he quoted Plato OF deforestatiOn
Cicero on devastation Of woods, tolC
about McSOpOJamia, Greece Rome anc
Sicily described how the Euphrates had
dried up and even quoted from HerodO
tus When he got through the antae
Onists of conservation were temporarily
| speeches.
= VERY day that ancient Senate ira
+ dition about the new Senator:
keeping quiet ans allowing theil
seniors TO talk is getting smashed flattel
and hatter.
Senator Hale looks panied and Senator
Frye looks weary, but there seems M
, wav 70 prevent the new members from
talking. Ever since Senator La Follett
/, insisted on speaking almost as soon a.
he had entered the Senate this rule ma
{ been growing to be observed less an'
| less.
/ The latest now member TO jump int
the fray IS Senator Oliver OF PenHsyl
vania. Senator Oliver made a larg
share OF his large fortune in the TOi
! and steel business. and he has taken
= leading part in the discussion OF tn
E iron and steel schedules. Some say h
has a voice like his predecessor. Knox
In physique, he is of about the siz
of the present Secretary OF STATE Nh
- Oliver denies he now is interested IN tn
! iron and steel business In the course D
the discussion of one phase of the iro
tariff he said Senator La Toilette wa
e speaking without knowledge of the sui
! ject.
mr.. President" said Senator La Fol
lette, II confess. of course. TO lack o
b practical experience in this business.
, have not any interest in and never haV
q had any conn ..tion with it."
Il This pointed thrust led oliver TO reply
II want to say that neither have I'D
Bot a dollar IA this business, or in an
other enterprise applied to this, busi
ness.'
I am very glad to have that an
! rouncemeut from the Senator" sal
q Senator la Toilette.
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y Bailey's Tribute.
= Senator Bailey of Texas paid a nc
d markable tribute to Robert J. Wake
/. in his speech this week on lumber. A
a the same time he denounced this one