New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-29
From The Tribune Bureau

Washington, Aprll N.
1--WE. THE PEOPLE" ETC.-Despite
the fact tina, Senator La Toilette was com
PEELED by his insurgent brethren to sub
nit his protest against the assignments OF
the committee on committees to process
OF expurgation which robbed 1t OF much OF
its normal beauty. and left 1t, according TO
the canons Of insurgency, tame and In
sipid affair." there still remains about II an
aroma which is unmistakable. After re-
citing the preamble to the resolution he
introduced In the committee on committees
and was later obliged 20 withdraw, in
which he seeks TO pre-empt for the In
surgents sole title to the adjective pro
gressive." Mr.. La Toilette asserts that II
was not from any motive of personal am
bition that he sought place on the Inter
state Commerce Commttee-far he IT
from such-but solely because he did not
want millions of people denied their
rights ito be fairly represented or
course such representation could be
achieved only by placing Senator La Fol-
lette on Interstate Commerce and Senator
Bristow on Foreign Relations. From the
point Of view Of the Wisconsin Senator. 1t
may be truly said OF the insurgent move
ment. there's millions In it, Senator
Cummins is nov a member OF Interstate
Commerce, but. OF course. he does not
represent Senator La Toilette or his mill
ions" Probably there are few who will
realize the enormity of 'the crime OF 1911
which has Just been perpetrated by the
committee on committees until they learn
from the La Toilette protest that 1t Is "a
violation Of the very fundamental princi-
pies Of representative government and Is
indefensible from every standpoint Of
justice and equity" IT is regarded as fort
innate for the vocabulary of the Wisconsin
patriot that a place on Finance was not
refused TO him while IL IS remarked that
nothing but the expurgation of the la FOL
lette statement saved the country from the
demnition bowwows.
HEPBURN IN ERUPTION.-when a
mild hammered and simple looking little
bill designed to correct certain errors made
by the enrolling clerk IN the rush of the
closing hours Of the last session was called
up in the Senate to-day Senator Hepburn
erupted in a manner which amazed ana
startled his colleagues and sent tim,d
spectators in the galleries fleeing for safety.
The pillars of the republic would be shaken
to their foundati ton. according TO the irate
Senator from Idaho If one Congress were
permitted 10 tamper with the legislation
passed by preceding Congress. why, II
this were permitted, this, the ed. Con
gress might even take liberties with leg
islation passed by the LIST Congress. There
was absolutely no telling 70 what anarchy
and disaster the establishment of such a
precedent might lead. it was all too hor-
rble 10 contemplate, while the Idaho
statesman rapidly worked himself up into
such a rage that he laughed to scorn the
suggestion that every time a Congress
amended a legislative statute it tempered
with the work OF the preceding Congress.
1t was all as inexplicabe as it was en-
Pertaining until a certain New England
Senator carefully examined the innocent
little bill. Then the mystery was made
clear. The sundry civil bill. as passed by
the Senate al the last session. contained a
provision for paying the University OF Idaho
$500 for a bond that had been lost in trans
mission The House conferrees refused TO
accept the amendment, and. according to
the record, II was stricken from the bill.
but in the rush the engrossng clerks failed
TO take It out. The pending bill seeks to
correct the error. So irate was the Sena-
tor from Idaho at this revolutionary at
tempt to carry out the expressed wish OF
Congress that ID was necessary to allow
the bill to go over TO another day to per-
NIT him TO cool on il not TO reconsider.
REAPPORTIONMENT IN SENATE-A
determined effort Is being made by Repub-
llcan Representatives to induce the Senate
materially 10 amend :he reapportionment
bill which was passed by the House this
week The Republicans in the House con-
tend, and with reason. that the provision
that the Tedistricting OF the states shall be
confded TO the legislatures is simply paw
ing the way for the greatest injustices and
inequalities They point to Missouri. where
the Republicans. despite the fact that they
cast more votes than the Democrats last
November were able to elect only three
Representative out of delegation OF six
teen. In that state the districting has been
so unjustly done by Democratic legislatures
that to-day there are 26500O persons in the
district represented by Mr.. Bartholdt while
the district which sent Speaker Champ
Clark to Congress has only $4,000, and the
Sth District-Democratic Of course-has
only $4,000 population. II has long been