The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-04
Of Uncle Joe's chief lieutcnants on the

OF Uncle JOeS cHicA iiu"tVhdhls OH tnS
floor.
.cat,t three mon tils--Decenibe I TO
March 4---is all the life LETT in this
Congress OF tariff tinkcrings. and insur-I
gent imbroglios, and nearly good
m, by Christmas holiday. Washington
birt(iday and tho usual Sabbath rests
This leaves about sixty good WORKING
days for an overfu1l Legislation sctc-
dule.
dozen OF routine appropriation bills
providing the wherewitlial for running
tfi,e royernmcnt Then President raft
Will press tho following bus which no
is eagcr to put through pe.oro Dem.
ocratic Speaker is ei lii,a 60 to the daia
Limiting the issuance of injunctions
without notice by Federal judges.
1nst1tuting government inspection o,
locomotive boilers.
Elimination OF overhead and side.
ways projections along railways, under
government direction,
Government control of coal phos-
phatc, oil. gas and water power on
public domain.
Z New laws for Alaska.
Improvement OF the merchant marine
In addition. senator Aldrioh will do
through tho national MONETARY COIN.
Then. too, the next session may be
called np9n dosix new ttoy f a Of con
or the last CENSUS, whose totals will
shortly be in the hands Of Congress :
In Esnr FL Gf the the De mo, n ,,
the leaders This lis the frst short
session to test the new mouse rules
made by the Democrats and 1n5urgents
Under which only three days week
can be given to the twelve great APP.
preparation Bills. This means that only
thirty working days can be devoted to
them, whereas their consideration has
| required an average OF sixty days here
toforc. So the, Democrats or Insur-
ment of the new rules can block the
passage of one or more OF these appro.
priatlon bills. This would stop the
session Of the Congress elected oniy D
month ago we're called In the spring
by Presidentf.Taft. And special SEES.
sion, the sEepubIicaIn , leaders tear; would
| next few months instead OF a years
rest.
Planning some Master aIoye..
The lead .e Of escn party viii com.
At these the moves to be made on each
side OF the great board which lies
| spread out before tho Speakers desk
viii be carefully and Systematically
The Democrats Will discuss the adj
buster against the appropriation bills
ana ti OF thus isSretting an extra session
spring. At the same time the Republi-
cans VIII be considering the advisable
~ OF snearins the Speaker OF. practi-
adjournment OF this session. ii the
power of appointing committees were
taken from him. and If he were made
ead Rsrs and as msf
~anted to make him at the Last ses-
| sion---then his qualifications would DO
inherited by his successor, the DINO
gaass sRsaser ct the
would then have to stand the test OF
leaving him shorn or of restoring his
former imperial authority.
Msmbers who VIII be promoted to
Ing short session in the House, are
John Sharpe Williams. OF Mississippi,
] who vies with Champ Clark for the
honor of being the wit of the House;
J who was Joint author of the Esoh-
! Townsend anti-rebate law. aud Hitch
cock. Democrat, of Nebraska. who, un-
l der the Oregon plan" in force in that
State. seems destined to succeed the
4 Progressive Republican Senator Bur-
kett, even If his State Legislature goes
! Republican.
Nine New Fnces Monday.
i | iNIHG uGH lIleiI illdhe COll-
gressional debut next week, ell of them
recently selected to succeed members
claimed by death since last session
4 One of those coming to the Senate is
Lafayette Young. editor of the Des
4 has Just fallen tho toga Of the dead
! Insurgent leader. Deliver, of Iowa,
This genial Republican. poopularly
i known as "Lafe" Young, is the man
who nominated Theodore Roosevelt to
i. ha Cfre- gf6nncv a fho Phtlad del
phia convention OF 1900 he is also a
popular member of that distinguished
club, the Taft Tourists" whose mem-
bership is composed OF the perrsonages
A Philippines on the tour which resulted
In the engagement of Alice Roosevelt
and Mick" Longworth. IIc was also
war correspondent with s.. Sha re, r :
with Spain. after which he wrote a
book entitled with Roosevelt II San
Juan HILL He Is siXty-two years old
and a native of Iowa.
A new Senator from virginia VIII be
4 Claude Augustus Swanson, who sue
ceeds the late Senator John w. Daniel.
l He served in the House from 1883 until
1 1896. when he resigned to become COY.
ernor of Virginia. He is forty-eigh'
who has just been promoted from tho
II House to the Senate to succeed NJ. n.
johnson, OF North Dakota. was farm
boy and country ScnoolmaSter IN MIL
nespta Then he moved to Dakota
Territory in 1879. and, growing up with
Il the country, became merchant, banker
and ranchnan.
Two other new Senators will be ]. r.
Thornton. who will take the. place OF
the recently deceased McEnery. OF
4 louisiana. and Ex-Governor Joseph NJ,
| Terrell, who has been chosen as the
successor Of Senator Clay, of Georgin,
! who has just passed on.
On the House side, II. Garland Dupre,
ri Louisiana, and r. NJ. Levily, of
Tcyas, both Democrats, also William
Fl. Wilder, Of Massachusetts, and u. ID.
/, Massey, of Tennessee. Will commence
their legislative careers next week TO
! MI vacancies that have occurred IN
\ their states representation since the
last session.
! If the coming session fixes new
ratio for representation In future Con
rresses the problem will arise as TO
| 9hether the membership Of tho hall OF
the House Of Representatives shouln
be reduced. The present House IS TOO
large In membership for eHectlve &c
bate. Originally there were siXty--lve
| members. each representing 10000 peo-
Me. and in CivS War times there were
a4S each representing 1900. To-day
| tlia ratio is one representative for each
| loIs1Sa citizens, or sol representatives
In ali. 1T Is now predicted that the
new superintendent. based on the cen
| sus lust completed, will be. 400 mem
! Se.rs' ,,f the lower house, each standing