The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-04
SOME NEWS AND GOSSIP
 FROM NATIONS CAPITAL
BY WALTER HARPER

your enforcement of the pure food laws. You are the greatest friend in the coun- try to the people who are vulgar enough to eat, but I do hope you won't persist in working overtime. You can earn your salary with half the effort. Hit the regu- lar gait that is pursued in the other de- partments and bureaus of the govern ment. Don't overdo the thing much. The dear people will never know the diff terence and the administration will not become embarrassed by the demands, of the food interests that you be fired. Now, for my sake please do not worry your Grandfather Wilson any more."
 Then he will slap the genial doctor on the back again, offer him a Key West cigar and they will stroll out into the presence of the assembled newspaper men arm In arm.
 If tariff revision at this time is dan gerous to the democratic party, why should the republican newspapers be so solicitous of democratic action? The boy who does not want a companion to have apples from a certain choice tree will usually try to persuade the other boy that those particular apples are green or sour
 Oscar Underwood smiles when you mention to him the possibility of the apples being sour.
 
 One of the Washington papers that seems to be uncertain about it's po- litical policy sounded a far-fetched alarm yesterday morning. In its lead ing editorial on tariff Legislation Git has one every morning) this paper points out the serious temporary con dition affecting a small cotton mill community in the Carolinas where, for lack of water, few mills are closed. The editorial points with a finger of extreme alarm at this condition as one that may result in a permanent form following the adoption of the Under wood cotton schedule This paper is de- lending the President in the position that he should veto all tariff legisla- tion during the extra session. If revi- sion is so dangerous to the democrats. would it not be to the advantage of the republicans to allow the democrats to proceed with their programme and suffer their tariff laws to become ef- fective without the signature of the President? The President may not ap- prove or disapprove the laws officially thereby throwing all responsibility on the democrats. President Cleveland did not approve of the Wilson democratic tariff bill but he did not veto it. He simply allowed it to become law be- cause the people had demanded revi- sion and this was the best revision |
 Fred Blackmon, the newest congress man from Alabama,i performed his first public official act Tuesday when he was called to preside over the committee of the whole House, which was con sidering the report of the ways and means committee on the cotton sched- ule. He presided with dignity.
 MT. Blackmon. while having had large in, lao isaf state senate of Alabama, Is spending his rirst term in Congress studying con ditions and methods and has made nc attempt to make himself conspicuous ] or active in a public way.
 However, he is very active in LOOK = ing after the business of his constlt- uents and is making one of the most attentive and efficient members of the Alabama delegation.
 Congressman Rucker of Missouri, one | of the ablest and most active members of the house. majority, looks like a | farmer and one. too. who is careless l of his personal appearance and Of in- different success
 l He is loose jointed and his clothei hang about him awkwardly. His move ments have the grace of an elephant and he appears about as active. 1 He wears broad brimmed slouc' | hat that is very slouchy, and you gel an instant impression that his rect are very large and clumsy. He smokes an old, darkened cob pipe with plain cane stem He even smokes II ouiiis the sessions of his committees. | But Fucker is magnificent on his Ift, ', | in debate. He is really brilliant anu terror to republicans. lou are aIiiaIel ~ '.
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