The Washington herald., 1910-03-18

While THE wearing of the green was
much In evidence yesterday in the Senate
galleries and around the Capitol Building,
only three Senator's bedecked themselves
with the colors Of the Emerald Isle
Senator'S Scott, Warren. and Purcell.
More OF the members of the Lower House
honored st. Patrick. Representative Taw-
ney was there with cute H.tle shamrock
in his hutton-hole. Gouden had a bunch
.of green on his coat that had the ap-
pearanee of a cabbage head, and. of
course. Jim Mann had to be in the green
light
Points of order are coming in vogue
these days in both the Houses OF Con-
gress. The Senate. not to be outdOne by
the House, had occasion TO listen TO sew
eral yesterday. When Senators arose 10
ask the Senator on the floor a question,
they were called down on a point OF
order when they attempted 20. turn their
question into speech. Senator Nelson
was party to one of the controversies,
and later, when he took the floor to speak.
Senator Carter arose to interrupt the
Minnesotan. BE careful" said Senator
Nelson. "and make your interruption In
the nature of a question or you win be
called down.
Il can't put IT in the form of ques-
ton, said Senator Carter. ut is a state
ment I want to make"
Well" said Senator Nelson. put an
Interrogation point at the end Of tt
Senator Carter subsidized, and soon there
after left the Senate chamber.
Senator Alexander Stephens Clay. with
his porcupine hair, has a way OF butting-
in these days. and he IS particularly
lively during the discussion Of the rail-
road rate bill II is no trouble to hear
and understand what Senator Alexander
Stephens Clay has TO say He gets to
going and he goes. He gets mixed in
his words sometimes. but he goes on
just the same. In one Of his questions.
or statements. he had occasion to men
ton the Sherman antitrust law. He got
twisted and called II the anti-Sherman
law. There was & litter over the cham
Der. Again he alluded 70 the anti-Sher-
man trust law. Six times he mentioned
thu uAAA-s1AAEl tilall anu ktlF man
trust law until his audience was con-
vulsed with laughter; but Senator Clay
Numbered on, needless as 10 the cause
of the mirth. Unless some one told
him, it IS safe to say that he would not
know what the Senators were laughing
at until after the Senate adjourned.
When a Ballinger- Pinchot hearing Is
held. the room is crowded. and ladies are
In the majority. What difference when
q hearing on the high cost OF living is
goin on! There are few present, except
those directly interested by order. and
seldom. if ever. any ladies'. II would be
supposed that the investigation Of the
price Of foodstuffs. in which every house
wife is interested, would attract many
ladies' No. they would rather listen 10
a hearing that is airing the grievances
OF an Official and an ex-oficial. The audi
euce expect a sensation in the one while
the other Is a question OF figures and
facts At the session Of the food tnvesti-
CATION committee yesterday afternoon
there were present six Senators, two wit
nesses. one clerk, and eight newspaper
men. The chairman. Senator Lodge, was
not there, and Senator Gallinger acted in
his stead. When you enter the main door
OF the room, you see no one, or nothing,
but on looking around the door you see
the gathering up in one corner. Every
body present who uses the weed smokes.
The investigation committee. when not
in action. beguile their time scribbling on
paper,
Senator Frye is still confined to his
home. Though the Maine statesman Is
seventy-nine years old, he has been in
good health until the present attack He
is chairman of the Committee on Com
merce, which has the rivers and harbors
bill for consideration.
Senator Elkins. second on the commit
tee, IS working overtime on the railroad
rate bill. leaving the third man on the
Commerce Committee, Senator Knute
Nelson. to bear the brunt of the hearings
on the rivers and harbors measure. Sena-
tor Nelson is second on Judiciary and
chairman OF Public Lands. which, with the
Ballinger-P inchot investigation, keeps
the hardy Mlnnesotan on a hop. skip.
and Jump from early morning to late at
night The BalIinger-P inchot investiga-
ton has produced already 1000 pages of
testimony. and the end is not yet in
sight.