The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-01-14

likely to have rough sailing peiore
they reach the harbor OF passage. anu
such may be the voyage OF the tarin
commission measure.
1t was said not long ago that the
bill for the tariff commission would
follow the lines of one onereo Dy
Representative Lenroot OF WISCONSIN,
but that the chances we're the meas
ure would not carry Mr.. Lenroots
name. The Wisconsin man Is an In
surgent. SO strongly determined IN IN
surgency that 1t was feared many or
ganization Republicans would not look
kindly on the bill which carried his
name.
The measure upon which action VIII
be sought will bear the name OF Rep
resentative Longworth of Ohio, but
1t Will contain most of the features OF
the Eenroot measure and so, while a
regular" will attach his name to the
measure, an insurgent will get a good
deal of the credit for It's preparation.
In this way the Republican party
hopes to get harmony, but whether 1t
is to come or not the succeeding weeks
alone can show.
Foraker RevisIts Washington.
| Former Senator Joseph b. Foraker
of Ohio came to Washington for the
purpose of filing in, the supreme court
a brief attacking the corporation tax
law. 1t happened that congress was
taking recess when the Ohio sena-
tor was in the capital and therefore
| the curiosity of certain speculative
ones who wanted to know whether the
Chioan would revisit the senate scene
of his former legislative activities was
not gratified.
There are former senators OF the
United States who frequently appear
on the floor of the senate, privilege
which is given to them because OF
their one-time membership. There
are other former senators, however,
who, no matter how many times they
visit the capitol, never by any chance
pass through the swinging doors OF
the senate chamber.
There are reasons which appear to
be conclusive to some former senators
for their determination not to go onto
"
of the one-time members of the up
per house have gone back into private
life to practice law, and some of them
are connected in legal way with
corporations which at times are in
terested in legislation which happens
to be before congress. Some men
who have served in the senate and
,hz
tons, fear that If they go on the floor
their presence there will be construed
as being for the purpose Of lobbying.
and so they refuse to 60 within sight
Of their old seats.
Lorimer Affair Is Interesting.
No matter what legislation the Re-
publican majority may try to put
through the senate this winter, 1t
seems to be certain that the case
of Senator Lorimer, which must
be passed upon, will excite more
heat and interest than anything else
which the lawmakers Of the upper
house are to have brought before
them.
1t was believed at the outset that
because of the finding of vindication
agreed to by the majority of the SEN
ate committee on privileges and cleo
tons. the report declaring the Illinois
senator's claim to his seat free from
faint would be put through without
much demur, but during the recess
there developed strong opposition to
such a course and 1t is now assured
that some OF the old guard senators
who were supposed to be favorable to
the Illinois man either had their po-
sition misunderstood or have had
change OF heart, for some of them are
going to take issue with the findings
of the committee majority.
This is the way the Lorimer case
may be put as it now stands: There
are many senators who think that
his right to his seat cannot in any
way be challenged, while others say
that 1t can in every way be chal-
lenged. There seems to be no half
way opinion on the subject, and for
this reason 1t can be understood how
hard fought the battle Is to- be and
how much bitterness of feeling will
enter into II.
Wilson and Foss Not "Ananiases."
| Governor-elect Woodrow Wilson of
New Jersey is among the possible
neutrality-suspicious. he would like the
word probable better-for the Demo
cratic nomination for the presidency.
Governor Wilson has Just had an in
terchange OF pleasantries with James
Smith, Jr., who wants to be United
States senator from New Jersey. Mr..
Smith tried to put Mr.. Wilson into the
Ananias club membership. but the
| governor declined to accept the prof.
fered honor and made an equally
strenuous effort on his part to confer
a like membership on the ambitious
Mr.. Smith. Eugene N. Foss, recently
elected governor of Massachusetts.
also is possible candidate for the
Democratic nomination for the presi.
dency. Mr.. Foss once escaped en-
forced membership in the Ananias
club by the proverbial skin Of his
teeth.
About five years ago the Massachu.
sets gentleman visited Washington
and called upon Theodore Roosevelt.
The day after Mr.. Foss had been At
the White House he was quoted IN