The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-17
SENATOR STONE ASA PROPHET
PAINTS a PICTURE o. THE
FUTURE o. THE SENATE.

We sees "a PGllstie assn Mains the Plaeo
e Alarlsh Cummihs snoeesdlng
Male. nrlatSW n the Plaes u Ledge
and Nelssn DllplAeiRg Galllngsr.
wAamTRSToN. May 70 Senator Stone
% Missouri. Who has rooently tried bis
hand on several ocasioas e. 'humoFist.'
reviewed to-day tho Developments %
last Friday IN ne senate which resulted
In the adoption of the long and short
haul amsndment 10 the irailWay bill.
He gave this account Of the -oasuAltiss'
Everybody Knows who arr tho dead
and injured. Men Who have assumed the
lsaderShip % the party for years, have
a last dropped 30 the lsvel Of unwilling
followers. q b a sad tang 10 o0ntsm-
plate. hut thSre b no loRgeF any doubt
% the fact that the regulars have capt.
nlated There may b. a sporadic attempt
az uniting on thsir part. but the old guard
led By the Senator nom Rhode Island.
h0istad the white Aag add stacked their
Arna on Friday. the 18th instant The
actual surrender was made 10 the insur-
RnntA'
Senator Seons with mock pathOs pic
tured senator AldFich dOlAng his plumed
helmet and entering The insurgsnt camp
Il cannot help bat conGxatnlate upon
their success the forInaS insurgents,
said the Senator from Missouri. a. he
turned HIS face IN the dlrsctlon Of Senators
LAFollettS and Clapp. who may wei
lay claim 10 b regulars. They have not
only attained victory over the Attorney
General, who drafted tho railway bill
but over the President % the United
states ss wen. who ussd the ssductlve
powers Of his great once 10 bring about
ila enactment Tbs action of the HOUSE
inno Ices significant than that Of the senate
in IL traatEnant Of this Administration
measure. The bill received by the senate
! frum the nouns Waa emascilated. The
President and his Attorney General
would hardly recognize 10. The haeoo
ahOuld serve a. q warning against ESecu-
tive attempt az intsrference With legia'
lation.'
The senator from Missouri turned
prophet and painted picture o. the future
a. 80 aaW h. Ne behsld Ia follette tax
inR the place OF Aldrich as the senate
ssRdar, C,lmmins succeeding Hale and
Brisiow IN tho plAce u LOdee.
These Will 10 the new tgtumvtrs,
said the senator FROM Missouri. In that
picture the intrepid Swede, Nelson OF
Minnesota. displaOes 0allinRsT. ever
Wntchful and sNicisnt. and Clapp. The
Black lads o. Minnesota. suoogeds the
6gnator from Wet virginia a. chairman
q the lnteralAte Commerce COmmtttse.
That viii bs q long time from nov.
intsrjected Senator Elktns
In The retlna % his mind Senator stone
aaW Bgveridae Of Indiana busting about
In an effort 70 secure harmony andlregu-
larity among the factions. and Dolliver.
with his silver voice. he perceived a. the
Senates musical director
-AnOthsr picture loOme up heiore me
cuntinued Senator stone. with the White
House In full VisW. The President can
not bs Oblivboua % popular opinion,
and u Ne u like hia predeceaaOr he VII
about face and take credit a. tho originator
q the new situatioa. The Old insurgents,
who are nov the regulars, will Oi course
receivs q almmOna 10 the White House
They viii not wait In tho anterOOm a.
they have In the past while they listened
10 the voices 81 the more favored SENATORS
from the inside. ! can zee the Old regulars
waiting their turn now with TIE Demo
orata and the Cannon people. until tho new
leadefs can b heard