Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-16
FIVE MINUTES IN READING
Lack of Wordiness in Document
Hailed With Satisfaction.
EXECUTIVE SESSION is HELD
Nominations of Judge Warrington
and Several Postmasters
Confirmed.

: distinct and unmiSi akahe sigh Of re
lef-nay. more. an open expression Of sat
isfaction-greeted the conclusion Of the
Ysading of President Taft's tariff messas
b. the Senate today The message was
Jess than two pages long,
Grown accustomed to long treatises on
All sorts of subjects during the seven
years Of the administration OF Theodore
Roosevelt. the senators had settled back
IN their chairs this afternoon to listen as
comfortably as they might 10 what Mr..
Taft had to say on the subject OF the re-
vision OF the tariff. The message started
out with the customary introduction. and
at the bottom OF the first page the sub
ject matter was Teached.s 1t went along
smoothly TO the middle Of the next page.
And then-without the slightest warning
came the signature
Senator Aldrich OF Rhode Island. boss"
of the Senate. laughed outright with de-
light. Senator Hale of Maine. his right
hand man. followed suit; he fairly
chuckled after the first surprised note of
satisfaction.
Senators Break Into Laughter.
Practically every senator on both the
republican and democratic sides Joined
in the laughter Senators kean of New
Jersey, Gallinger of New Hampshire,
Burrows of Michigan and Scott of West
Virginia were especially loud in their
laughter.
Senator du Pont of New Jersey, who
was sitting between Senator Aldrich and
Senator Dillingham; of Vermont, started
10 applaud. He actually brought the
palms of his hands together twice, the
first time forcibly and the second more
lightly. There was no mistaking that it
was hand-clapping, however, and the
beaming expression his face added to
the effect.
The message was read Immediately af
ter Senator Aldrich and Senator Daniel
of Virginia had reported that they had
waited upon the President in conjunc-
ton with a committee from the House
and informed him that Congress was
in session and ready to receive any
communication he might wish to send.
and that the President had said he would
send a message at once.
Behind Messrs. Aldrich and Daniel, IS
they stood in the center aisle was Mr..
Latta, assistant secretary to the Presi-
dent, with the message in big white
envelope. He was recognized at once
by Vice President Sherman, and presented
the message with due decorum.
referred 1t to the committee on finance,
which will handle the tariff bin when it
gets in the Senate.
The Senate then went into executive
session on motion of Senator Frye of
Maine. The time was exactly ten min
utes after II O'Clock. the message having
taken less than five minutes in the read
ing. Messages of Mr.. Roosevelt frequent
Iy took long over an hour To read.
Nominations Confirmed.
III the executive session the following
nominations were confrmed: John ".
Warrington. 10 be judge Of the sixth ju-
dicial district tOhio and Indiana): Theron
\. Farnsworth. TO be postmaster at Cam
den. y. y. and John e. Young. 10 be
post caster at Portland. ore Senator
Fulton Of Oregon held up this last nom
lnatIon during the session Of Congress
aicn CLOSED March 4 after il had been
made ny President Roosevelt al the re-
quest of Senator Bourne of Oregon Now
t..at MIR. Fulton Is no longer in the Sen
ate. II was not expected 10 meet any op-
position. In fact. it went through with
exceptional rapidity. having been sent in
only today By Mr.. Taft.
Al eighteen minutes past noon the Sen
ate adjourned TO meet at j. O'Clock Fri
day OF this week