The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-14
CAPITAL EAGER ID GREET HOKE SMITH  Is Not a Stranger Among;
 Public Men BAILEY AS A SPEAKER Impressions Made Upon First Hear ing the Great Texas Senator.
 LaFollette's Prediction
 Five Years Ago
BAILEY AS A SPEAKER
By WALTER HARPER

By WALTER HARPER
 Washington, July -(Special)-The an- nouncement that Hoke Smith of Georgia is coming to the Senate caused ripple of excitement in Washington
 do not mean that the people were excited in the same manner as would re- suit from the toppling over of the Wash ington monument or the careening Of the capitol building. It was the kind of ex- citement that stirs neishborhood when a new family moves in. He will be some- thing new His coming will be break in the montony We will watch the un- loading of his furniture, take note of the if he has pianop,ayer or a graphophone, how many dogs, and if there is skele- ton 10 ornament the closet.
 Smith will not be entirely new to Wash ington official circles. though to the per sonnel he will be new. He was member of President Cleveand's cabinet, and riding horseback about the drives of Washington his immense and-erect figure was a familiar break in the landscape in the days gone ny
 Now he comes as a legislator and in the new order of things in the Senate where a new member under the old was suppressed for at least two full terms. Mr. Smith will prohshly be allowed 10 get .s, at e= $ -, ,''tce ''' ,4' st-- contracts 5 boarding account.
 Things are not like they used to was" Ifxt.. rf,y ft In the day he arrives if he wants to and thinks he can stand the exposure. And Hoke Smith is one of those men who IS willing to risk the consequences. He has some ideas and the Senate is preparing itself to share their knowledge before the new senator has time to shake hands all round.
 But MT. Smith is expected to add dig nity to the Senate. Just now he will be a member of the minority, but a mi nority that is becoming formidable. It is expected that before many sessions go by MT. Smith, with his colleague, A. O. Bacon, will be considered among the leaders of their party. MT. Bacon Is al- ready so recognized.
 Speaking of the new order of things in the Senate and maiden speeches of mem- bers. I am reminded of one notable em- bryo effort that really opened the way for the reformation of the Senate.
 Before Senator LaFollette of Wisconsin had been in Washington 24 hours he stood up in his seat and began to speak. It was a set speech of the kind that no senator before that time had been allowed to make on the floor of the Senate until he had served an apprenticeship for at least four years
 Practically all the membership of the senate got up and retired to the marble room the corridors or went off fishing. It was hint to the new senator to de- sist Did he desist?
 Not much. After about all the mem- bers had left the chamber he paused long enough in his speech to make the observation, q cannot be insensible to the fact that senators absent themselves during my remarks I want to say that though my observations may have no interest to the senate, they have very keen interest to the country And take the liberty to observe that seats which are not temporarily vacated will later be vacated permanently"
 Only five years nave pdSSeQ SlHCe La Toilette made that prediction. Thirty five men who left the chamber that day have been permanently retired. LaFol- lette is still speaking and any other member who desires to speak can speak. There is no more muzzling by the inner circle in the old time high priests of legislation were sometimes designated.
 The senate Is almost bran new and its reformation has gone to the heart as well as the head.
 MT. Smith will probably speak the day after he arrives in Washington and a respectable part of the membership will stay to hear him.
 waited a month to day to hear Joseph w. Bailey of Texas make an ex tended speech on the floor of the sen ate. have never been an admirer of MT. Bailey. No man in the country can have the respect for him that is sure to develop after you see the man. know him personally and hear him on the floor.
 I had heard that he is powerful only as he stands on his feet belching forth fervid and appealing oratory like vol cano, waving his powerful arms like the broken sections of West Indian water spout and meeting contradiction with that smile of absolute sincerity that is so wonderfully combined with & scowl of nitv for the man who dares to question his sincerity or the accuracy of his statements.
 heard Bailey Tuesday. It was known that he would speak some time shortly on his proposed amendment to the re- ciprocity measure. He had announced that he would present the farmers free list as an amendment and that he would speak.
 Tuesday shortly after the luich hour or to be exact, during the lunch hour the senate ran out of speakers and Mir. Penrose was about to call the reciprocity from the committee of the whole because there seemed to be no one present with an amendment or a speech on an amnd- mont.
 Senator Nelson saved the day by the