The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-08
SENATORS Ill
Of INSURGENCY
Epidemic of Retirement Is
Sweeping the Upper House
in Congress.
SENATE WILL NOT BE
RECOGNIZABLE NEXT YEAR
Insurgency in the G. 0. P. Has
Great Deal to DO With
Epidemic.
BY RALPH M. WHITESIDE.

BY Leased Wire to The Tribune,
WASHINGTON, May IA general in
vestigation into the cause OF the lll-health
of senator's soon will be in order. NO
less than eight OF the members OF the
highest legislative body In tho world are
on the sick list, including Senators Daniei
OF Virginia McCumbcr of North Dakota
Tillnan of South Carolina, Depew OF New
York and Penrosc OF Pennsylvania. The
idea that the trouble is due 10 TOO mucn
insurgency is not tenable. as the pallents
are not among those who lind IL neces-
sary TO take this insurgent business very
much 10 heart. The epidemic OF retire
renr among senatorial leaders may per
haps he attributed to this cause, nov
ever The United States senate, By the
way promises to be almost nnrecoSnh@-
able after March 4, 1911. Aldrich VIII De
out certainly. If the Macedonian cry from
the regulars does not Induce him TO
change his determination. There seems
TO be strong chance that the seats or
Senators Hale OF Mime. Burrows OF Micnl-
gan and Dcpew Of New York VIII be oc-
cupicd by other men: while Lodge Oh
Massachusetts,, BeverldGe OF indiana
Dick OF Ohio. Itesn OF New Jersey, La
Toilette OF Wisconsin, and other leaoers'
can hardly be said to have copper
fastened cinch on their places Ihen
Senators Flint Of California and PIeS OF
Washington have announced that theH
have had enough OF the senate. IL VIII
have been long time since so many ne"
faces win have been seen In the senate
Bureau Domestic Science.
Uncle Sam proved such a huge sue
cess with the cook book that Senator
Shelby CuIom Of Illinois Is In faVor OF
going one further and establishing a
btlreau OF domestic science so that Uncle
Sam may show the American women how
10 keep house properly. Senator Cullon
proposes that the government appropri,
n tc $50 900 10 maintain the bureau ana
run 81 in connection with the department
OF agriculture. Speaking OF his measure.
Senator Cuilom said: Homes could oe
made happier and brighter II lsnoThnl
women were taught how To run their
households better II Uncle sam can
show the women how TO cook he can
surely show them how to keep house. L
success and would do much good. There
are thousands Of free-b born American
citizens who will agree with Uncle
Shelby.
Cruisers Of Home Fleet.
The navy department has announced a
Of the home feet. Hereafter II is me
Intention that the fighting vessels OF the
Atlantic and Pacific fleets shall make a
.Sreisn cruise every year Carpg1ng, Eu
the Atlantic fleet viii start on cruise
next fall to the Mediterranean, While
the itinerary has not been worked out
visits VIII be paid 10 several OF the prin-
clpal ports OF southern Europe. AS this
win ne the first foreign cruise for many
or the younger men IN the service IN. rhe
cruise Will be Of unusual interest. The
Pacific fleet will cruise to South Ameri-
can ports late In the summer TO take part
in ce,ebra lions TO be held In honor or the
Tooth anniversary of CEile's indepeDd-
ence.
Awakened at Last,
Deeply impressed by the fact that many
hundreds of American farmers. imbued
with pioneering proclivities, are passing
over opportunities for making homes IN
the west and fiocking TO the frontier In
western Canada. the secretary OF agri-
culture is preparing 10 lnagurate a sys-
tenn whereby settlers will be induced to
occupy arabic tracts within the forest
reserves. AS q starter on this policy
Secretary Wilson has already dispatched
Chief Forester Graves on tour OF the
forest reserves In the west, with orders
TO serve notice on all forest supervisors