The Republican journal., 1910-06-16

put one, to be enacted. The clerk OF the
! House has come this week with that an
nouncement which Senator Hale, as
chairman of appropriations, has been
waiting for many days. !
mat is why the Maine Senator has
come down to take his seat at the head
OF the appropriation table. "He'll take
care OF that bill in just about "a hours
say the knowing once around the Capitol.
1t is little exaggeration which carries
lot OF truth. For the Maine Senator has
seen to it that half dozen other big ap-
preparation bills, carrying hundreds OF
millions of dollars of government money,
nave been pressed along through con-
terence. This is practically the only
ouoget OF Importance left.
Nobody knows better than the Maine
Senator. after thirty years of service at
trat end of the Capitol, how to prod Con-
gress up and make it go home. He, like
scores of others is weary of the weari-
some speeches. He, like many others,
wants to get back to his native heath.
mo" When he puts that one lone appro-
prlatlon bill through and it is fixed up in
conference, there is little use trying to
make Senators and Representatives stay
IN Washington. Away they go on one
errand or another and the two legislative
bodies find themselves threatened with
the absence of legislative quorum.
The Senate knows and the House
knows that the Maine man is relentless
and that he will crowd the appropria-
tons through from this time on. Conse-
quently everybody is hustling to get the
other work done. Everybody takes up
the cry. There is common interest in
getting business disposed of lest it be
left over till another session. Conse-
quently the wheels whir, the inertia of
congress is overcome as never before
this session, and there is feeling of ella
ton everywhere in official circles.
This is in reality high old week at
Washington. The wheels are turning
rapidly every day. Every evening when
the Governments big hired men knock
OF work something has been done. Uncle
Sam has something to show for the money
he spends to pay them.
In other words the Senate is on the
job; the House is on the job; and the
President is on the job. incidentally it
might be added that the department Of
ticials likewise are attending religiousIy
to business and getting things DONE This
is especially refreshing after the long
drawn out winter and spring of bicker-
ings and contentious.
Business is fairly whizzing through
Congress. The passage by the Senate
OF the railroad regulation bill was the
key log that held the jam in legislative
channels. There was great universal
sigh of relief when the last roll call had
been taken there and every Republican
went on record in favor of the recon-
structed bill. Insurgents as we'll as
Regulars put their stamp of approval
upon the measure and had some Demo
Gratis voting with them.
Now there is great pressure from
many quarters to get the work done and
go home. The Republicans seem to have
settled their differences over the Postal
Savings Bank bill so that it will 90 whiz-
zing through the House. The Senate is
graphing this week with the President s
withdrawal-of- public-lands bill. 1t has
passed the House, just as the postal saw
ings bank bill has passed the Senate.
And when the Senate is through with
graphing with the withdrawal bill, up
comes the Statehood bill in all probability
And with all the cheerful industry in
getting done the business of the session
come reports about the House accepting
the railroad rate bill amendments and
thus avoiding the long and tedious con-
ference, which nearly everybody sup
posed to be ahead. 1t would be a great
stroke of policy if that could be done.
The Republicans would score heavily in
the interests of harmony and efficient
legislation. 1t would probably be entirely
satisfactory to the President and would
surely shorten the time to the adjourn
ment of Congress.
All this progress and promise of daily
progress stimulates an era of better feel
ing. The wranglers of the winter are
forgetting their resentments and are
feeling buoyant in the expectation of
getting through good program which
Republicans will not feel ashamed to tell
their constituents all about when the
days of the hustings are at hand. Some
are already predicting that the session
will close about the middle of June with
a clasping of hands across the bloody
chasns. So may it be.
Etna Campmeeting.