East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-03-05
WASHINGTON IS
QUIET CITY TODAY
"MORNING AFTER IS
GENERAL APPEARANCE
Few Ovcr-zealOus Statesmen Are
Only Ones Who Seem TO BE Up and
D0lng-Belated Visitors Are Hur-
rying TO Get Away While Local
Citizens Are Sleeping Late.

Washington, March 5.-The grim
gray dawn of the morning after,
found the national capital almost as
quiet IL not so deserted, as a haunted
cemetery at midnight during the dark
of the moon. Palld as ghosts, worn
and weary and with not a cheer left
| in them, hundreds of belated visitors
are hurrylng to the stations to board
| trains for home. Washlngtonians are
sleeping late this morning, business Is
almost at a standstill, and those
whose occupations force them to be
up and doing wear the stupid air of
those who celebrated over-much on
that grand and glorius yesterday that
marked the passing Of Roosevelt and
the arrival of Taft. The decorations
Of Inauguration day look sadly torn
and draggled this morning.
Despite the "tred feeling" so prev
alent today, there are not a few
statesmen who are already consider
ing the future of the new admlnistra-
ton and the things to be accomplish
ed by the legislators, and among these
the principal topic of conversation Is
the special session of the new sixty
first congress which will convene ten
days hence.
Many Congressman Remain.
Although a majority of the men,
bers of both branches of the national
legislature have gone home to rest
during the intervening interval, many
OF the leaders will stay in Washington
to discuss with the new president the
plans for the special session.
Unless present signs fail, dog days
will find congressman sweltering over
tariff schedules instead of toying with
long glasses filled with ice and straws
on the verandas of summer resorts.
There has never been a general tar
III revision bill framed and passed In
less than 131 days. In addition to-
this congress has got to be reorgan-
lied. This Is going to take some time.
4 speaker must be elected, commit
tees framed up and other preliminary
work done.
Speaker Cannon has refused to con-
slider anything that would take his at
tention from congress before the last
OF July, and 1t is even intimated that
he has a suspicion that the special
session may run right up to the open
ing Of the next regular session in De-
cember The attitude of the demo-
Gratis is not going to help matters
along any. With the insurgents, they
propose to take all the time they want
in discussing the various phases OF
the tariff bill. They may not have a !
bill of their own TO offer. but they
will have few remarks about the
one presented by the republicans. And
the senate will probably not break
its long established deliberative meth
DDS, when it gets hold of the bill.
Hasten Tariff Legislation.
Those who want the tariff leg!s-
lation fastened are not losing oppor-
tunities to get information of the
probable long session before the peo-
Pile They hope to arouse the busi-
ness interests which are waiting to
see what the new tariff law will con-
tain. to put pressure on members of
to the end that the tariff
schedules shall be established and
business become normal again after
The suspense of pending tariff legis-
atlon.