Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-27
Washin gton Life
Some Interesting Phases
ana conAitioaa Observed
- che Wataon'R Capitol.

MANY gem Of purest ray serene" loses
its luster in the pages OF the Congressional
Record Here is one specimen resuced from
the avalanche OF railroad bill debate;
Mr.. Bristow-Now, the law forbids the
railroads TO charge one man a less rate
than another for hauling the same COM
modify to the same point.
Mr.. Lodge-Precisely.
Mr.. Bristow-That would be a rebate.
Mr.. Jodge-Precisely.
Mr.. Bristow-Why should the laws not
forbid a railroad to charge one city more
than another for the same kind Of service
Mr. Lodge-Because a man is not a city.
That is the principal reason.
Mr. Bristow-But a city is an aggrega-
ton OF men. is 1t notP
Mr. Lodge-Yes; but an aggregation of
men and one individual are two totally
different things
Mr.. Bristow-They are totally different
things, but in the application of this rule
what is the differenceP
Mr. L1odge-The difference is most OBJ
vious to anybody who has undertaken to
study railway economies.
Mr. Bristow-It may be very obvious,
and suppose 1 am dull. do not see 1t.
las old Knute goes so goes Minnesota &"
That is the theory on which the great
mass of republican voters in Minnesota
decide public questions OF moment, ac-
cordlng to a member of the house from
that state, quoted by the Washington
Times.
They tell a story In the senate cloak
rooms about campaign orator who was
delivering speeches in Minnesota, He mar
yelled at the hold Nelson had on the people
of the state. One day he was discussing
the subject with a Norwegian political
boss. To his amazement he discovered that
the rest OF the folks in Washington who
were generally supposed to have something
to do with shaping the destiny of the ma
ton were a lot of amateurs when COM
pared with Nelson. He therefore decided
to put the matter to a supreme test.
"Knute Nelson" the Norwegian boss had
declared "he ban smart Teller. Smartes'
Teller in whole worl,"
do you think Nelson is as smart as the
Almight?" the campaigner asked.
WAL" answered the Norwegian, scratch
ing his head reflectively. "Knute he ban
young fellar yet"
Chairman Tawney of the house commit
tee on appropriations plans to have the
air In the legislative halls of congress fresh
as the ocean breezes or the stream-cooled
atmosphere of a shaded mountain resort.
1t was decided by him that he would in
sert in the general deficiency appropriation
bill an item Of $4,000 to equip both cham
bers with an invention by Or. Stratton,
superintendent of the government bureau
of standards, which dries and cools the air
by removing all of the humidity. 1t is not
designed to hasten adjournments.
Several years ago the senate chamber was
| equipped with an apparatus to refrigerate
the air. 1t was never used, however, be-
cause some physician reported that such
artificially cooled air would be fatal te
men OF sixty years or more.
Wisconsin has gained the honor Of fur
nishing a $1,000 COW that will produce al
the milk and butter that President Taft
and his family will use, and Senator Isaa6
Stephenson of the Badger state Is the
donor. Hence the managers of the 'latter's
stock farm at Somers Kenosha country
are in a state OF citation and excitement.
"Mooley," erstwhile tactical provider fol-
| the White House recently was killed In ar
accident, and Senator Stephenson has guar.
anteed successor, essentially regular
and devoid of all traces Of 'insurgent" oil
| conservation ideas.
"Pick out the best bred cow in the herd
and the one most satisfactory for all pur-
poses" was the order Of Senator Stephen
son to Manager James P. Torrey, and Paul.
inc Wayne, granddaughter Of the great
Gertrude Wayne, has been elected to be the
official presidential COW, and will be in
the pasture near the White House within
two months
AS COWS go, Pauline Wayne is an aristo-
crat of the first water. She is Of the pur~
est Holstein blood represented among the
herds OF the United States. She will be 4
| years old in July and her grandmother
Gertrude Wayne, registered as No. 1865, re-
Gently broke all records for s-year-old
cows.
| Senator Smoot doesn't care a rap whether
he has an audience when he addresses the
senate or not. He even objects when an
associate insists upon quorum.