Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-02-17


all told.
Taxidermy Now an Art.
The Roosevelt animals only in
small part will be mounted and
grouped for public inspection in the
main halls of the National museum.
In recent years taxidermy has been put
upon the plane of arts, and where
In past years the custom was merely
to "stuf' the animals and to wire them
so that they would stand up, the work
today means an exact reproduction Of
the live animal with every vein marked
and every posture carefully studied.
To the modern taxidermist, the verb
stuff" is abhorrent.
Senators Have Opposition.
Three United States senators,
all Republicans and all men of
long continued service. are con-
fronting contests in their states, and
In the cases of two of them there is
a real chance that they may be "over-
come by the enemy"
Senator julius Caesar Burrows Of
Michigan has been in congress in one
house or the other for over 80 years.
The senator is a candidate to succeed
himself, but a hard fight is being made
by Representative Charles F. Town
send of Jackson, Mich, who for a long
time has had an ambition to enter the
upper house.
Eugene Hale of Maine has been in
the United States senate continuously
ever since 1881. For the first time in
his senatorial career he is facing a
hard fight in the home state. Already
a candidate has appeared who rep
resents what is called the progressive
element Of Republicanism in the Pine
Tree state.
There are three men in the state OF
Maine who before long, it is said. will
enter the field against Mr.. Hale. One
Of these prospective candidates is Carl
s. Millikin, who is known as a young
and active Republican of the Roose-
welt type.
Would Succeed Senator Lodge.
In Massachusetts a representative
in congress, Butler Ames, a grandson
Of Maj. Gen. Benjamin f. Butler and
a son of Maj. Gen. Adelbert Ames, has
announced himself as a candidate to
succeed Senator Henry Cabot Lodge.
1t is admitted by Col. Ames' friends
(the representative was a lieutenant
colonel in the army during the Span
ish war; that he has no particularly
brilliant chance of getting possession
Of the toga Of Senator Lodge, but it is
promised that enough of a fight will
be put up against the senior senator
from the old Bay state to make things
somewhat lively during the coming
year.
In Michigan, where Senator Bur-
rows is trying to secure permission
to hold on to his seat and where
Representative Townsend is trying
his best to defeat the senator's pur-
pose, there is a primary law, and
while the senators are Of course
chosen by the legislature Of the state.
the voice of the voter as heard at the
primary is supposed to be obeyed. In
Illinois the primary law did not work
much as it was expected it would
when the time came to elect a sena-
tor to succeed A. ]. Hopkins. The
Michigan law is somewhat similar to
the Illinois law, but both Senator Bur-
rows and Representative Townsend
have made public declaration that il
the majority of the voters In Michigan
declare for one or the other of them
the wish of the voters must be bind.
ing on the legislature. This means
simply that if Burrows gets more
votes in the primary than Townsend
it is thought that he will succeed him
self as senator, and that the reverse
will happen if Townsend gets the
most votes.
Means Much to the Senate.
If by any chance these three Repub'
lican senators Of such long service in
the senate should be compelled to
give up their seats. each Of them
would leave behind him a position
which can be defined only by the n
word, power" Legislation in the
senate is done largely through COM
mittees, for what a committee recon-
mends ordinarily is passed by the
senate as a whole.
Senator Burrows Is a member of
the finance committee, the most pow
erful subsidiary body of the senate,
and Of the committees on naval at.
fairs, Philippines, postofices and post.
roads, and is the chairman Of the
committee on privileges and elections.
-Four of these bodies are Of the first
rank in Importance, and the power
that they WELD is enormous.
Senator Hale Of Maine is the chair
man Of the committee on a%ppropria-
lions and he is a member Of the com
mittee on finance. The Maine senator
also is the Republican leader on the
| floor Of the senate most of the time,
for Mr.. Aldrich, excepting when tariff
bills are up, rarely exerts his right
Of leadership.
Senator Lodge is the chairman of
the Philippine committee and has a
membership in the committee on f.
nance, foreign relations and immi-
grafton. Burrows, Hale and Lodge
are three of the most powerful sena-
tors in congress and they are made
powerful largely by their committee
holdings. If any one of them loses
out he will drop not merely the sent
torship. but a great bundle of power
and influence.
GEORGE CLINTON.
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