The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-04-08

Senator Bacon, usually cool in debate,
goes awry once in awhile. and when he
does he shows it all over. He took the
floor in the Senate yesterday to make a
few remarks on the loan shark bill Sen
ator Dillingham;. who had the bin in
charge. was engaged in conversation with
his colleague, Senator Page. Senator
Bacon hesitated and. addressing the pre-
siding officer asked for the attention OF
the Senator from Vermont The chair
raped for order but Senator Kean. who
was also talking to Senator Warren, did
not heed the sound Of the gavel and con-
tinued with his talk
Senator Curtis. acting president Of the
Senate, kept banging the gavel until
finally Senator Kean woke up and re-
turned to his seat While this was going
on Senator Bacon was getting warm
under the collar. In between raps he
found his voice. Mr. President" he
said. Il didn't seek the attention Of the
Senator from New Jersey. When you
had secured the attention of the Senator
from Vermont / was satisfied. and was
ready to proceed. but you kept banging
the gavel so that il was impossible TO
do so. l now yield the floor
Senator Curtis politely apologized for
his seeming undue exertions 10 secure
order. and said. ''The chair viii come
to order. The Senator from Georgia is
recognized" But the Senator from Geor-
gia was mad. He went into the cloak
room and stayed there during the fur
| Their consideration of the bin.
Members of the House got so used to
a roll cali during the troublous times OF
few weeks back that they stiH have
the habit Before one was ordered yes
| terday however. a vive vOce vote was
! had, a division and finally teHers. The
call was ordered only to ind that there
was no quorum and the same long drawn
| out procedure had 10 be repeated. Much
| time is thus wasted on trivial matters
when there are so many measures of
vital importance awaiting action.
/ The vision Of the steam roller still
hangs over, not only the Republicans.
/ but also over the Democrats as well. and
/ the death-dealing machine Is often al
/ luded TO in debate in the House. The
| latest reference to the historical roller
was made by Judge Adamson. of Georgia.
/ The judge is usually a happy-go-lucky
/ chap, but be has moments Of depression
and occasional nightmares.
| Representative Mann. the irrepressible
Mann. had introduced a resolution IN the
| House in reference TO a bill 80 create
an interstate commerce court" &c
Shots had been fred back and forth by
| the majority and minority, when Judge
| Adamson. one OF the minority members
| OF the Committee on Interstate ana
| Foreign Commerce, got the floor and ad-
| dressed the House. concluding his re-
marks with Mr.. Speaker. If the motion
| OF the gentleman from Illinois prevails,
We win have an opportunity TO debate
and amend the biz IN the House, but Il
| il does not prevail, I look for the steam
roller to go over US and carry the bill
with it,"
The word "insmgent' has become so
familiar that its meaning has been made
subject for consideration IN examina-
lions for the various branches Of the
government service. Victor Murdoch. one
OF the real insurgents. had a young
friend who recently took an examination
for the Revenue Marine Service.
/ The examination IN grammar dwelt
largely on the feminine Of certain words.
and the applicants were asked TO de-
scribe their understanding OF the word
"insurgent." Victor was very much
elated to think that he had helped to
make the word so prominent.
"Of course. you gave the proper defni-
ton. he said 10 his young friend.
7 think I did" responded the boy
Did they ask you TO give the feminine
OF fnsurgent2 % asked the fiery Victor
No; they did not, and II they had I
couldn't have done so" said his friend
/ why. that's easy" said Victor THE
/ feminine Of 'insurgent' is 'sufragette.'