The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-04
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 very serious question before many leg
 islative days are passed.
 In his character of Objecter-in- Chief
 for the House organization Mann was
 supposed to rise and make points of order interpose other obstacles to
 the passage of measures that did not
 he was also supposed to jump, some 1 what lightly it is true, on bills that | the Administration was pushing in or | der to find out just where the opposi- tion stood and how much ammuni- tion it had in it's cartridge belt. If the ! diplomatic objections of the Official 1 ObjectOr developed the fact that the 1 opposition was 'loaded for bear" the l necessary tactics to drive it through or slip it through, as the case happen ! ed to be, could be adopted in ample 1 time to insure their success. l According to the story now being 1 told, some of the leaders became milf
 fed over the altogether too vigorous l in certain of the appropriation bills,
 and asked the Speaker to have him
 presentaticve Dwight, the Republican
 "whiri i'-aDEaroac ched Mann and inti-
 mated that he would make a greater
 hit with the Speaker and the other 1 would object a wee bit less strenuous ] ly here and there, to put on the soft : pedal, so to speak, when given the l tip
 l Now, Mann is somewhat independent | in his manner, somewhat sudden in his l temper, and somewhat outspoken in his views. Just what he said to the l enfssary is. not known, but it is un- l derstood that when Mann concluded 1 lis heated remarks, the gentleman ad dressed had a perfectly definite idea ! of just what Mann thought of him, of 1 the House organization, of the Speak | CT, of the resident, of the party in power and everything and everybody bearing on or appertaining to the sub ject under discussion. He also quite certain, that Mann would ob- ject as much as he pleased, whenever he pleased to any bills he pleased, and if he didn't like it he knew what he could do about it now or in the fu ture.
 Of course this is all hearsay, b--+ l those who have watched the proceed ings on the floor during the last few ldays have observed that Mann is in his seat every minute and seems to take great delight in swatting items in the appropriation bills. Here's a new idea in conservation. Associate Forester Potter proposes to conserve ffthe good old summer time.'' Away up the mountain tops in the National Forest Reserves, Potter tells Secretary Wilson that there are any number of winding lakes and cry staI strea ms fringed with coal woods that would make ideal rest cures for residents of our western metropolices. His scheme is to provide for the poorly paid and overworked slaves of capital, at the cost of about s5 per annum, tracts of nature which they may fence in and use for their very own, with no restrictions other than the ten commandments and the regulations of the Forest Service.
 Under Potter's plan permits would be issued to applicants good for ten years, unless revoked by the Secretary of Agriculture. There are now seV- era1 special permits issued by the For est Service for summer homes and one for hotel, or club house, on the San Bernardino mountairs in California. These are good for only year at a time. The club house permit however. has been renewed for several years and has become a quite permanent institu- tiOn.
 Potter's new plan is now passing un- der the critical eye of Solicitor McCabe of the Department of Agriculture, be- cause Secretary Wilson does not intend starting anything again unless he knows it is legal even to the crosses of the t's. Unless the Solicitors stern regard for duty compels him to ob-- ject, the plan should be in operation before long and the people of the west will be able to put in their applications for country seats'' this spring.
 How General Grant made a p1ucky boy a second lieutenant in the army was told to the House by Representa- tive Kiefer CRep., CD during the dis cussion of the military retirement pro positions hitched to the army bill by the Senate.
 The boy, now Col John L. Glenn,
 
 Department, fought at the battle of Chickamagua when he was 12 years old, and served throughout the war At the close of the conflict, he wrote to General Grant and asked for an ap- pointment to West Point. The great commander gave it to him, but he fail ed miserably when he was examined. He was too short in stature, was de- ficient in mathematics and fell down. in practically every other branch of knowledge. On the way bs ok home the disconsolate youngster stopped at Washington to thank the President and tell him of his il1-luck.
 ttI'nl glad you failed" remarked President Grant, sternly. ''Now you take this to the Secretary of War"
 As he spoke, Grant handed the young CIem an envelope containing a card upon which he had scribbled a few words. This cards an order to the Secretary to give Glenn a second lieut. chants cOmnliS iSSiOn.
 An unwritten law of the House says that no one shall be recognized to make the motion to adjourn except the Republican floor leader the chairman of the committee in charge of the bill under consideration.
 It calender Wednesday and sev- i nc