Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-19
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Thus it came about that the import
ance. from Democratic standpoint
| of having the new senator here forth
| with was not altogether pressing. He
| could have helped during the consld-
| Grafton of the cotton bill, somewhat,
| in the maintenance Of a quorum. The
| Democratic Jhsurgent coalition found
| IT no easy task to maintain a quorum,
| because there was little disposition on
| the part OF the regular Republicans to
| STAY around and help Senator La Fol-
| lette lord it over them from that cor
ner seat on the main aisle. which was
SO long occupied by the late Senator
| Frye.
| Just as soon as the crepe was re-
| moved from that seat last Saturday
| morning, following the funeral at Lew
| iston. Senator La Toilette took the pa
| pcrs out of his desk over on the Dem
| ocratic side and put them in his new
desk. For the past week he has been
sitting there quite regularly and max
| ing himself very much at home. He
sits next to Uncle Shelby Cullum,
| the veteran Republican from Illinois,
who does rot seem to take very KIND
| " to the idea of having the Insurgent
| leader fI the 0tiieitt - fl'fSS "
The Wisconsin senator has already
made one vigorous speech from his
new seat. When he had been there but
a day or two, he started in with
Crane and canister for Senator Smoot
Of Utah, and denounced the procedure
by which the -Aldrich-Payne tariff law
was put through the Senate. Mr.. La
Toilette requires room when he makes
speech and his neighbors have to
stand around. True he can step out
into the center aisle. for Senator
Frye's seat was right upon the center
asile, but he likes to have room to
walk also laterally, Uncle Shelby
wisely took to the eloakroom while La
Toilette was laundering and made
room for his vigorous little colleague.
1t is not settled vet who will sue
coed to the important chairmanship
on commerce, which Senator Frye held
for so long. Probably it will not re
settled till next winter. Senator knute
Nelson, of Minnesota undoubtedly
can have the craftsmanship if he wants
| it for he is the senator next in rank
on the committees. But Senator Nelson
is already chairman of public lands.
which is a desirable committee for
Western senator, The next Republi-
can, in point of seniority of commit
tee service, is senator George c. Per-
kins, of California. Maine man by
birth. but he is in feeble health and is
already chairman of the desirable
committee on naval affairs. 1t is not
likely that he would care to change,
| for senators are allowed to hold but
one Craftsmanship of committees.
| Accordingly if Senator Nelson does
not care for the place, it will probably
go TO Senator William Alden Smith,
of Michigan, now chairman Of terri
tories. He is comparatively a new
senator and would be glad or a chair
manship of so much Importance
With a postponement of the reor-
ganization of the commerce commit
tee till next December, the committee
employees, all of whom are Maine men
Senator Frye brought here, will hold
their places till that time in all prob
liability. They will have to yield thei"
places, however, soon after the begin
ming of the next session of Congress.
/ Having obtained appropriations or
something more than 100000 for the
Fourth Maine District. or at least hav-
ling been active in obtaining that
amount with the assistance of other
| Maine men, Representative Guernsey
will go home at the close Of the extra
| session of Congress in good humor
The President has just signed the bill.
authorizing 100000 for the new pub
lie building at Bangor. While Mr..
| Guernsey gives due credit to the
Democratic House for what it did IN
Ivoting the bill through without dis
cussion and also to his two Demo-
cratic colleagues from Maine who
helped with all their might, the legis-
Ilation belonged to his district and was
under his protection all the time from
| the moment that he introduced the
tbill the day after the Bangor fire.
| But he has been pegging away for
| appropriations ever since he came to
CONGRESS and little over year ago
obtained $235,000 for the improvement
of the st. Croix river. Then there
have been appropriations at his re-
quest for public buildings at Old Town
and Caribou which go to help swell
the total. In these matter of-fact
days, success in getting appropriations
that are needed in ones district. is
taken as a measure of a Congress
mans usefulness at the Capitol.
Now that the Bangor, appropriation
| is assured Representative Guernsey
has been hustling around the treasury
department to get the officials there
| to busy themselves in buying the
ground and awarding the contract for
the building. If he gets the construc-
ton work started by next spring Mr..
Guernsey will be doing wonders, but
he thinks he will come near to bring
| ing it about as soon as that if there is
not too much delay over buying a site.
AT NoRTHFiELD.