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6usinessY " TRANSACTED WIN piH-
eulty-Landslide III New York Kept
Eifhu Root on the Supreme Bench.
The Future 81 Speaker Cannon.
BY ARTHUR W. DUNN.
Washington, Dec. 49,, Especial
For fear that it might attempt TO do
something besides passing the appro.
priation bills the house has tied itself
up by. having the code Till; take up
Wednesdays of'eacht week, which day
was heretofore the only outlet for leg.
/ islation., t
Now everybody who wants anything
passed is told that the only day upon
which the bills could be considered is
taken up with the code bill. AS this is
a revision Of the United States laws
relating to- the judiciary 1t will be
fruitful theme iiofE debate. The pro
posed Legislation relating to 'injunc.
tons may be considered in this bill.
For those who fear certaln legisla
ton may pass the code bill isI most
satisfactory. It also assures those
who do not want to hustle that they
may take things easy.
Tho Usual Bear Garden.
The house OF representatives Is mole
dlsorderly than ever, II that is a posi-.
BILE condition. PerhapsFit Is because
so many members have SO much 10
say to one another that they are I'm.
usually noisy atlthe beginning Of the
short session.
No one pays much attention to what
is going, on savesthe member interest
ed In the bill which may be pending
and perhaps the member who may be
opposed to It. Much time Is wasted
III trying to maintain sufficient order
so that business can be transacted.
1t becomes more and more apparent
that II the. sapporttonment en-
larges the house membership the desks
must be taken, out and benches sub
stitlted such as they haye;in the Eng
lish house Of commons. 7.
Would Have Rsen Chief Justice.
Elihu Root would have been chief
Justice of the supreme court IL the
New York legislature had been Re
publican. AS; ititat Boot will sremain Iii
the senate 1t ts not q disappointment
d to him, but rather d relief! 1tiis true
that he would have liked the honor,
but he would mot hareErelished tying
himself up to perpetual for the
balance Of his life: 5i ls is
Now that It Is all over some doubt
is expressed .ashto whether Root could
have been confirmed, but it would
have been a strange thing for the SEN
ate to refuse confirmation to one of its
members. Ityrefused to confirm an ex.
senator when Grant. named George H.
Williams for chief Justice, but there
were reasons for so doing which were
not made public at the time nor since.
Tennessee Versus Scotland.
Congressman Austin OF Tennessee
was at one time consul at Glasgow,
Scotland, but when an opportunity
arose TO represent, a Tennessee district
in congress he promptly gave up the
consular position -
1.-The change from Tennessee to
Scotland was too great, for me- he
said. at rained 226 days'of the year,
and I had to havefa fire in my Office
every day. The fog and damp wealth,
er were very trying. burned a light
! all of November during the daytime.
4 And all the while sunny Tennessee
seemed pretty goodito me. The bright
cheerful days, the warm weather, the
dry atmosphere Of the mountains, ncv'
! or seemed SO good as when l returned
, might have enjoyed the consular
service In n better climate. but as be
tween Scotland and Tennessee I'll take
Tennessee every time
|: To See Uncle Joe In Action.
!. "There Is one great segret l have III
not being member of the Sixty-sec
v ond congress- said Congressman OIL
colt OF New York, and that is the
!, fact that will not be there to sec
!, Uncle Joe in action. can well fancy
/. that he will be. a terror to the Demo
Gratis and that he will hit them hard
n when he Is a free lance on the tlool
e of the house"
g With many years experience ant
e eight years. service ias speaker It |.
supposed he Will be better equipped
= for the duty Of n private member tina,
+ any other man on his slde0f,the house
d Pennsylvanfas Was There.
q = -
\ There was q pennsylvania claim bil
Y before the house, md the member.
I, !, from that state were present IN force
!! / s-ItRIs u great pleasure, .. remarked