Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-05
Senators Display Interest in
Local Legislation.
THERE'S A REASON, THOUGH
Consume Time to Prevent Confrma-
ton of Crum.
TILLMAN AND BAILEY DEBATE
Gentleman From South Carolina De-
tends the Automobile. While
Texan Upholds the Horse.

tends the Automobile. While
Texan Upholds the Horse.
Seldom indeed has the District appro-
priation bin received such minute con
,sideration it did yesterday in the Sch
ate True, il is a big bill, one OF the big
gest that Congress has to pass every SEES
sion, but usually il goes through in
couple of hours by judicious hurrying
the part Of the reading clerk and tie
scrupulousness Of Senator Galinscr who
has it in charge To avoid stirring up
necessary discussions But yesterday the
clerk had to read every word, and there
were mighty few items. either important
or unimportant. that did not have TO De
explained and discussed.
All this was on account of President
RooseveIt's nomination of William ID.
Crum, colored, to be collector of the port
of Charleston. s. G. Under the leadership
OF Senator Culberson, and at the instisa-
ton of Senator Tillman the democrats
are employing every legitimate means ia
their power To delay action SO as 10 pre-
vent the confirmation of Crum. Time Is
short enough as IL j., and If they can
make it shorter they believe the Senate
will have To hurry on with appropriation
bills and let the muchmooted question go
until after March 4. Then Mr.. Taft Will
have to name the collector at Charleston,
and perhaps he won't name Crum.
Bacon and Overman Alert.
Senators Bacon and Overman had app
parently been chosen to keep watch for
every time Assistant Secretary Rose
skipped even 50 much as "a word in the
bill one or the other would be on his feet
to call him down on the ground that
the measure was far TOO importan. To
be considered in a slirshod manner. SEN
ator Bacon even went 50 far adj
monish the Vice President to be careful
about hurriedly announcing that amend
ments were agreed TO, and the Vice Pres
ident apologi2ed.
AS for Mr. Gailinger and the rest OF
the republicans they took il all good
naturedly. In fact Mr. Gallinger at the
very beginning told Mr.. Bacon he was
glad that at last some interest was be-
ing manifested in the District bill. 1t
BODIED good things, he rema rlSed.
Senator Clay took hand in the delay
procedure" at the very beginning. When
he noticed that the Senate appropriations
committee proposed to add more than
Sc.Nt3 $50 to the bill he made "A speech
against extravaganza of the government
the certainty of the surplus in the Tr'as
ury being wiped out. and the tariff Tic
talked the tariff for quite while
remarked soemnly:
Senator Gallinger Sarcastic.
Now that the tariff question has been
settled let's go ahead with the District
appropriation bill
Mr.. Clay WAS highly amused thereat
But the crownins act Of the day was
the consumption of an hour by Senators
Tillman and Bailey. They have seats
do ht- cid
debated in true schocI-boy fashion. They
pretended TO get very much ''het up over
it, too. Their subject was the Horse
Versus the Automobile. Mr.. Timan
made the discovery. He Spied para
graph in the bill giving the local auto
mobile board a secretary at S:arJ year.
All. ha,'' said he, Il will go after
them.
But when lie got on his feet he decided
to 20 after Mr. Bailey. who "A few days
ago had some very hard things to say
about the auto and some very good things
about the horse. 1t was an inspiration
that led Farmer Tiliman to attack eX-
Farmer Bailey on the horse-versus-a
mobile question. Mr.. Tiiman noticed
when he began that Mr.. Bailey was not
in the chamber. but raised his voice to
high pitch and looked through the cloak
room door.
Senator Bailey Appears.
Sure enough, it wasn't long before TIE
Texan issued forth, eyes afame with
meek indignation. Mr.. Tilman pretended
he didn't see him until after he had
finished. Then he jumped up and made
everybody laugh by saying he hadn't.
OF course. Mr.. Bailey defended him
self, and the poetry he composed-prose
poetry-about the horse and the farm and
the dairy maid and the springhouse and
the forest. and the plow and the golden
harvest was enough to make the most
prosaic listen.
Il am for the man" he announced
who tickles Mother Earth with the plow
and makes her laugh rich harvests. Down
with the automobile! You can't grow 'em
on the farm
All, but the senator is opposing the
march of science Mr.. Tillman re-
marked.
And they had il until the hour was up.
and then Mr. Tillman suggested that they
retire tn the cloakroom aud get to the bot
tom of the matter. but Mr.. Bailey laugh
ingly shook his head.
Proviso Stricken Out
AS for the District hil. it was about
two-thirds finished when the Senate ad-
journed at J:lS pm. The Senate allowed
all of the committee amendments to stand
practically they were with the eXcep-
ton of the following proViso in the para
graph appropriating for the salaries of
school teachers:
That ali teachers of manual training.
drawing. physical culture, music. domestic
science and domestic art in the normal,
high and manual training schools and the
assistants to the directors of primary
instruction shall be placed in group -.
class Il. provided, that hereafter no teacher
of these subjects shall be appointed with
out like or equivalent requirements as for
academic or scientific subjects: and pro-
vided further that all principals and
teachers, including principals and teach
ers III normal, high, manual training.
grade schools, and kindergartens and
teachers of special studies. now i'm the
service of the public schools, may be
placed by the board of educa ton and re-
ceive their longevity increase according
TO their number OF years of experience in
teaching in accredited schools. and the
amount of additional longevity pay for
this purpose shah not exceed $4,000 in