Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-02-23
IOWA MAN PROBABLY WILL FAIL
70 PLUCK GOVERNMENT
JOB.
sENAroR WARNER, MISSOURI,
COMPETING LAME DUCK
President Must Decide estwesn De.
mands Of heuss and ssnate-oId.
Time Democratic Speech Heard =
Kissing in senate pisturbs Dignity
Democrats Propose Tariff Revision.

teresting race to pluck nice. TAT gov.
eminent Job is on between two lame
ducks, one a member Of the house and
the other a member of the senate. The
job is q position on the Notifications
board. and the lame ducks who are
hopping along to the best of their abtl.
ity in the direction of 1t are Represen-
,ative John A. T. Hull. OF Iowa. and
Senator William Warner. Of Missouri.
House members are cheering Repre-
sentative Hull along, and nearly every
house member has endorsed him to the
president for the appointment. Some OF
the colleagues Of Senator Warner are
working for him and fifteen Of them
have given him endorsements.
The question is. which Is the more
potent at the White House, the en-
dorsement OF about 375 members Of
the house or the support Of fifteen SEN
ators. AS a matter OF precedent. Cap
tain Hull Is entitled to the place, which
generally goes to the retiring chairman.
Of the military affairs committee. 1t
is generally admitted that Of all the
soft. downy berths in the fabric Of a
great government none is more inviting
and comfortable than this membership
on the fortiflcations board.
Representative Sheppard. OF Texas,
"let himself out" In the house the
other afternoon and incidentally ex-
PEELED from his system an old-time
democratic speech that kept the MEM
bers Of both parties in a roar. The
speech was delivered while the naval
appropriation bill was under consid-
Grafton.
His greatest hit was tho coming Of .
new appellation for Colonel Roosevelt.
whom he termed "human eeldlits
powder" He described his remarks a
congratulat tons TO the triumphant de-
mocracy and Q message OF coincidence
to the republicans.
Mr.. Sheppard declared the republican
party was never % arrogant, 90 inso-
lent. % at the close Of the campaign Of
1903.
Today" he continued, "a little moro
than two years later. the republican
party Is 4. mass OF incohefent vvreckage.
Unity Of action ana harmony Of bslisf
have been supphnted BY uproar ana
dissension. It has divided into two
warning groups. insurgents and stand
patters. marked BY Q mutual hatred
that battles measurement. -
ITO an insurgent . standpa4ter 10 .
ver1table prince OF darkness. q vota1y
OF oppression. q tyrant with heart Of
flint. with hand Of iron. ana lip OF
brass: while the most complimentary
thing standpatter can say Of an in
surgent II that he should be shot a. q
traitor. burned 1t the stake. burned In
oil-all three At once.
ssrhA nN1s1srxNO1nafnv.< ~ -
can people may dsduce from the whole
imbroglio 10 that long acquaintance
and intimate association quality each
element Of the republican party to de-.
scribe the other with entire accuracy
and authority.
Even Roosevelt. the human seidlitz
powder. who for seven years held his
party in an undivided and resistless
mass, who. while president evaded the
revision OF the tariff with a skill that
made him the noblest standpatter Of
them all. ceased to hunt wild beasts in
Africa to hunt standpatter, IN the
United States"
A long sibiIant hiss floated over the
chamber Of the United States senate
the other day. rising above the ap-
plause with which the Galleries had
crested q comment rejecting upon tho
Intelligence OF the occupants. So far as
many who have long been connected
with It could recall never before had
. hiss been heard in that digntfied body.
The incident followed q remark by
Senator Bailey, Of Texas. Senator
Crawford. OF South Dakota, had made
statement bearing upon the Lori
mer case that brought forth an express
sion Of approval from unlocking oppo.
nents Of the Illinois senator who sat
IN the gallery.
mo applause Will be permitted from
those in the galleries." said the vice
president severely. The applause. %
said the Te0as senator, who was in
controversy With Mr.. Crawford. I: a .
faif measure Of the intelligence Of the
audience" :
From that portion Of the audience
which had not previously Joined In the
applause came slight outburst de-
spite thep residing officers caution, but
- IL uaiie6. out came t;se ais. No
notice Of It was taken BY &he senator,
or officers Of that body.
II an extra session Of congress IL
called the democrats Of the house Will
set about at once TO revise several
schedules Of the Payne-Aldrach tariff
law.
An authoritative statement to this
e&ect was given out by Reprssenta-
tive Underwood, Of Alabama, who al