The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-01-20

| tuTe IudL the DeulOCTdlS Will nJu u
hard to take exception to Its provt
sions. In congress, even when the
weather apparently is calm bills are
likely to have rough sailing before
they reach the harbor of passage, and
such may be the voyage of the tarih
commission measure.
1t was said not long ago that the
bill for the tariff commission would
follow the lines of one offered by
Representative Lenroot of Wisconsin,
but that the chances were the meas
ure would not carry Mr.. Lenroot's
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 Will
be sought will bear the name Of Rep
resentative Longworth of Ohio, but
1t will contain most of the features OF
the Lenroot measure and so, while "a
regular" will attach his name to the
measure, an insurgent will get good
deal of the credit for its 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
brief attacking the corporation tax
law. 1t happened that congress was
taking a recess when the Ohio sena-
tor was in the capital and therefore
the curiosity of certain speculative
ones who wanted to know whether the
Ohioan 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
the floor of the senate. A good many
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 a 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
who have legal corporation connec-
lions, 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 go 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
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
lions, 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 it 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 a
change Of heart, for some of them are
going to take issue with the findings
Of the committee majority.
This is the way the Lorlmer 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
his reason it can be understood how
hard fought the battle is to be and
now much bitterness of feeling will !
enter into it.
Wilson and Foss Not "Ananlases."
Governor-elect Woodrow Wilson of
New Jersey is among the possible
;andidates-perhaps he would like the
word probable better-for the Demo
,ratic nomination for the presidency
Governor Wilson has Just had an in
exchange 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
cred honor and made an equally
strenuous effort on his part to confer
| like membership on the ambitious
'Ir. Smith. Eugene N. Foss, recently
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