Bisbee daily review., 1911-07-12
harped upon senatorial courtesy.
 infant" Talks straight

harped upon senatorial courtesy.
 infant" Talks straight. Frankly and freely he tall young senator from Tennessee ecoffed al the fetish of senatorial courtesy. 1 It had been misused. he said: and blocked needed leeslahon, had curtailed conscientious action.
 T VIII. of course, be courteous to my colleagues" sa-d Lea, "but l do not propose to allow, without protest, this so-called senatorial courtesy to interfere With the busi- ness of the senate"
 Talk like this from a searor who was considered an infant in point of years and public service amazed the oid-timers.
 To add to the sting Of Lea's pointed words, Senator Kenyon, of Iowa, who is not much older than is Lea, arose in his place and fired a broadside into the senate's cher ished practice. Kenyon asserted his independence fully as frankly as did Lea.
 I And then the new but venerable Senator Works, of California, spurred on the insurrection by making light of such impediments to progress and action as this self-same senatorial courtesy" In set speeches, bristling with biting wit, and showing much study and thought. he too. essayed to discuss deep constitutional and governmental problems, to the aston ishment of the ancient members
 Others Jump in Too.
 And there is Senator Hitchcock, of Kansas, who without hesitation shattered unwritten rules of sen atorial procedure by actively par ticipating in the debate on the direct election of senators bill and by proposing plans for the second Lorimer investigation. His efforts were so well directed that his idea sf selecting the actual L0rimer in- vestigating committee from new and old members of the committee on privileges and elections prevailed.
 Then there is Pomerene. of Ohio, a name to conjure with after three months on the senate roll. More fort unate than some others in gaining publicity for his plans, because he was fishing for whales, Senator Pomerene's name is already written high on the wall of fame This un terrified, new" senator raised the question Of criminal prosecution of trust heads, immediately following the handing down of the supreme eoBrt decisions dissolving the Stand ard oil and the Tobacco trusts. Pomerene introduced a resolution asking whether there had been criminal prosecutions of the trust magnates. or whether proceedings of this character were contemplated by the attorney general The Pom creme resolution was adopted, and Attorney General Wickersham said there had been nothing doing" m the line of criminal prosecutions.
 Militant and Independent as are most of the new senators, Pomerene came back with another resolution, this one directing the attorney gen. eral at once to take stps to pros ecute criminally such financial rocks of Gibraltar as John D. Rockefeller, and the entrenchsd officials of the tobacco trust.
 Kern For Publicity.
 Senator Kern, of Indiana, another new senator, introduced q publicity bill for campaign expenses, striking features of which were incorporated in the bill as framed by the sen ate committee on privileges and elections Kern, Kenyon, Lea and Johnson, of Maine, new senators all, are members of the subcommittee of privileges and elections committee now investigating the election of Lorimer.
 o'corman Takes Part.
 The dignified and new judicial Senator O'Gorman Of New York, has participated without hesitaRcy in the debates Of this session, psrticu- larly those on constitutional sues- tions.
 The really remarkable transforma- ton in the senatorial representation of various states was in the case of Rhode Island. Henry P. Lippitt, a quiet business man succeeded Senator Nelson W. Aldrieh. for long ruler of the senate" Senator Lippitt has not been spectacular in any respect, but has worked noiselessly and has been on fhe lookout for thel interests of his constituents in pre- senting petitions and introducing private pension bills.
 Senator Mclean, of Connecticut, like Lippitt, also has kept out of the senate's legislative maelstrom.
 Senator Townsend, of Michigan. pleasant to everyone. has contentedl himself thus far by delivering a speech pointing out how the widen ing and deepening of the Welland canal and the establishment of chan nsls in the shallow water of the St Lawrence river will turn a mum ber of high and dry towns in hisI state into deep-sea ports.
 Williams Not Afraid.
 There Is one among the new sem ators VITO is not new, John SkarpI Williams. long democratic floor leader in the house. may well be- considered "one of us" by the sem