New-York tribune., 1910-01-24

ahce or Senator Denew chairman of the
committee on Pacific Islands and Porto
nico' 10 secure the prompt consideration
VI t'iS Ieconrlehdat lions by the Senate and
their enactment. and he exnects eo,,ailv
energetic support from Representative
oihistea' chairman OF the Committee on
lnsular Affairs of the House The changes
which the President will advocate for tho
philippines are of less Importance but they
VIII include, as has been pointed out in
TINS column. the creation of a Philippine
ciNh pension list for the benefit of those
VINO have grown old before their time
carrying the white rlan's burden in the
far off archipelago
Just a week ago the purpose of the regu-
lar Republicans in Congress to send some
of their ablest speakers out on the Chau-
tauqua circuit was mslc public in this col
umn The insurgents, particularly the more
radical Of that class have now hit on a
new method of utilizing the Chautauqua
platforms TO serve their purposes Senator
La Toilette is the inventor Of a new meth
cd of muck rakng'' whereby he expects TO
AFFORD diversion for Chautauquans and at
the same time serve his own purpose of
shaking the confidence of the people in their
representatives in Washington. This latest
method of muck raking" is termed the
drama tization of The Congressional Rec
oro An attractive young woman, an adept
at mimicry is being trained in the art Of
mlmlckins the members of the upper house.
She is TO receive a paraphrase. of portions
of The Record and is TO depict the mem
oers or the Senate in the tariff debate imi-
tating the voice and gestures of the leading
members and of certain OF the insurgents,
hpr de
hold up to ridicule the older and saner
members of the Senate, while certain ex-
tremists will depicted as working valiant
ly, if unsuccessfully, for the peoples in
terests. 1t Senator Penrose who de-
c!ared in the Senate that Mr.. La Toilette
resembled nothing so much as a mounte-
bank peddling his wares from the tail of his
cart. and II remains for some other Sena-
tor to find an equally appropriate descirp-
tion for the new form of muck raking"
The Congressional Directory contains
sutobographies of all the members of
Congress. some of them highly entertain
ing, but possibly there is{none more inter-
esting than that of the newly appointed
Senator from Mississippi, James Gordon.
Senator Gordon unblushingly admits that
he is the author of a book of poems, in
others The Senate has been without a
self-confessed poet since the expiration Of
the term of Senator Thurston author of
"Oh, Rose, Red Rose" and other eTusions.
Colonel Gordon served with J. Z. B. Stuart
in the Civil War and later raised regi-
ment Of cavalry. which he commanded.
Having been sent to Europe a diplo-
matte mission in 1854, he sailed into Will
mington. y. c.. on his return, wholly un-
conscious that Fort Fisher had fallen, and
was PROMPTLY taken prisoner. He escaped.
fed to Canada and while there was sus-
pected of completely in the plot to assas-
stnate President Lincoln, but he surren-
dered to General Dix. proved his inno-
cence TO that commander and received
from him a passport enabling him to re-
turn to his home He was disfranchised
for ten years because of his service in the
Legislature of 1857. He later served in
the Legislature from 1878 to 1886 and in
the State Senate In 1S94 and 1906
The news dispatches recently told of the
fact that the two Senators and six Repre-
sentatives from New York had called on
the President to urge the retention OF
Archie Sanders as Collector of Internal
Revenue at Rochester. They did not tell,
however, the facts which preceded that
call. President Taft, having been besieged
by certain friends to find a place for
man in New. York, appealed TO Representa-
tive Alexander for of the places filled
by friends of that statesman. Mr.. Alex
ander declared that he could spare not the
smallest piece of patronage, but suggested
that the head of Archie Sanders was simply
aching 10 fall into the basket, and Presi-
dent Taft had determined to call in the Of
fetal headsman when the Senators heard
of his intention. They. quickly summoned
Mr.. Sanderss friends in the House with
the result announced. And those who were
present declare that after Mr.. Taft had
agreed to retain the present Collector he
declared with mock sorrow that no man
occupied as pitiabe q position as the Presi-
dent with the appointive power over so
much patronage "and only one job that he
could call his own" g. G.. H