Goldsboro weekly argus., 1909-01-21
TITAN OF The
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A New Title For President Elect
william H. Tail.
invented BY SOUTHERN man.


tives and the British House of Com
mons-Few Old Timers Are. Left
Now In the Senate-Capitai Gossip.
1 BY CHARLES w. ARTHUR.
Washington, Jan. IA. = Especial Il
The general suppositfon in this coun-
try is that there is wide latitude given
the members of the British house of
commons, and some Of the insurgent
Republicans Of our house who are try
ing to ride down Uncle Joe have been
complaining that he has his foot on
their necks. Representative Oamsted
of Pennsylvania has taken pains to get
the facts about the Britons and In an
unusually interesting speech has re-
moved many of the Impressions that
have prevailed. He has printed in the
Record a complete statement, In addi-
tion to what he said on the floor, and
his contribution is one Of the most in
teresting documents Of this congress.
Speaker Cannon, the Pennsylvania
shows, cannot hold candle to the
speaker Of the British house when it
comes to choking off debate. If the
English presiding officer forms the
idea that a member is tedious he can
order him to sit down, and the mem
ber obeys. The reader can imagine
the humor Of the thing If Uncle Joe
could do this. He'd be apt to silence
great many members of our house
w',o he thinks do nothing but spout
wba1 fhpv oct the floor
The English Methods.
The British house Of commons has
nearly TOO members, but only forty are
required to constitute a quorum. In
our house there are now 3S1 members,
and 1876 are required to be present to
make a quorum, SO that business can
be transacted, and If the point is raised
the proceedings are stopped until
quorum appears. Private bills which
pass the British house cost in most in
stances nearly $780,. The money is
raised by fees. This penalty cuts
down the number to small limit each
session. No member can even intro
duce a private bill over there unless
referees look into the merits of the
case and report that it is a worthy
of this information is brought out to
forestall Representative Gardner Of
Massachusetts and his band of Re
publican insurgents who are planning
to curb the power Of Speaker Cannon
and the house rules committee.
High Salaries All Around.
There is a strong movement on foot
to increase the salaries of our ambas-
sadors and also to give the ministers
to principal foreign countries more
money The chances are, however,
that nothing will be done along this
line while the government revenues
are running so much behind. Within
the year army and navy officers got a
snug increase in their pay and allow
ances. President Roosevelt is trying
his best before going out to have the
salaries of most Of the government of
ficials at Washington increased. 1t Is
said that the supreme court justices
have hinted that they would not mind
getting in on this little arrangement
for it has repeatedly been pointed out
that the members Of our highest court
get small compensation in comparison
with judges in the leading countries
of Europe.
New Name For Taft.
The term titan of the golf links
Taft by Congressman Morris Sheppard
of Texas. He used this expression II
making a speech in the house in which
Re asserted that he considered Mr.
Bryan greater in defeat than his sue
cessful opponent at the polls.
Few Old Timers Left.
Ex-senator Blackburn of Kentucky
says that 1t made him feel very lone
some the other day when he went int
the senate chamber and found as mem
bers now only four men who were
there when he came, to the senat,
twenty three years ago. The four VIII,
are left are Hale and Frye of Maine
Teller of Colorado and Aldrich O.
Rhode Island.
Political and State Clubs.
The Democrats are getting up a ma
tional club, with its headquarters il
Tits rity 1t will be social as vel
as political organization. The Penn
svlvania Republicans have about tn
only pretentious clubhouse In Wash
ington, 1t has a large membership
and wields considerable influence.
number OF the states have political OF
ganizations here, but they are chief
associations without permanent head
quarters. They meet as rule, in halls
and some give an annual dinner. !
few of the states have association
which include men and women of a
political parties, and their chief all
is sociability. If the plan Of th
Southern Commercial club is carrie
out, as there is every reason to believ
it will be. it will be the biggest thin
Of the kind attempted. That enterpris
will be to boom the industries of tn
south, to have a social club as we
and to erect million dollar building
which the orfginators claim VIII be
paying investment from the start