The Penn's Grove record., 1911-06-09

Uncle Joe" Cannon even in this
period of eclipse has not lost tina
ms Of humor which is n of his
many saving graces. He scorns
Democratic pretensions to unpreju
diced tariff reform and in luiring why
not free rice If there is to be fret
wheat, launches this story:
Il am reminded in this connection
of an eminent member of this house,
now dead and gone. With three OF
four drinks his tongue would become
%loosened, and one day at Wizards
(hotel) he fell into conversation with
Judge Ella of New Hampshire. Said
he. Judge, l recollect very well our
service together In congress. The
judge replied, oh. 1t was most pleas
ant to me. We were on opposite
sides of the house, but we were both
called watch dogs of the treasury
His friend answered, so we were. SO
we were And having had the fourth
drink he continued. But we always
had the true instinct of a good watch
dog-we knew enough not to bark
when our friends were around"
kent's Apostle Illustration.
Over against the Cannon scott may
be set the opposite illustration of the
working of the tariff scheme furnish
ed by Billy" Kent, a new Republican
insurgent from California who shocks
his brethren by making near-free-
trade speeches. Mr.. Kent puts it this
way:
"It is argued that by taxing one
industry for the benefit of another in
dustry, and v~ice-versa, we create a
wealth. This brings to mind the story
told by David Starr Jordan concern
ing the eagle and the blue tailed liz
ard. 1t seems that the eagle one day
swooped down upon the lizard and bit
off and ate the lizards tail; whereup-
on the eagle acquired sufficient ner-
gy to lay an egg. The lizard climbed
the tree, sucked the egg. and
through the encouragement thus af-
forded grew a new tail. This process
continued through many years, ap-
~parently without much profit to eth
er party ave as it added to the in
terest Of existence.
"A tale of similar import, but more
profitable sequence, was related of a
man who lived near the Potaluma
marshes and started to raise carp. He
was doing fairly well selling carp
from his pond, when he suddenly
conceived the idea of raising a side
line of cats for the fur. He discov-
cred that he could feed the carp to
the cats and the cats to the carp SO
that he increased nightly In his out
put of cats and carp and become
wealthy"
Many other humorous anecdotes,
each having its pertinence to some
solemn subject, like reciprocity or the
farmers free list might be added to
its printed record is as dull as the
nation thinks.
Senate Gains Youth, Loses Wealth.
Some newspaper genius with a
mind for statistics-even though the
figures are drawn somewhat from
the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS the 9th
er day the story that the recent
Democratic uprising had left the
United States senate about $780, 00, 900
poorer than 1t was during the
last session of the Sixty-frst con
gress. Among the owners Of
great fortunes who have disap-
peared from the senate he mentioned
Nelson w. Aldrich, Stephen B. Elkins,
James P. T%alliaferro, N. B. Scott, John
Kean and Chauncey M. Depew. Fig
ures as to these individual fortunes
were given, but figures of that sort
can have no definite basis and are oft
en- Observation-Disclosures when sor.
rowing heirs make up the appraise-
ment for the Inheritance tax. Yet 1t
is probable that the estimate that the
senate is $50. 000, 900 SHY" this year
is about correct. The only new n
tor in the class Of the millionaires
named above is Clarence W. Watson
Of West Virginia.
But If the senate lost in cash 1t
gained in youth. virility and the pro-
gressiveness which usually accom-
panies those qualities. 1 print a table
compiled from the new Congressional
Directory showing those who either
died during the last year of the 61st
congress or were retired with 1t, and a
list of their successors, with the ages
of both:
Elected. Succeeds.
L. Percy, Miss. 81 A. J. McLaurin. SO
C. A. Swanson, va.4s J. A. Daniel....89
j. M. Terrell. Ga..50 A. q. Clay......5S
j. R. Thornton. La.5o s. D. McEnery.73
A. ]. Gronna, N.D.53 M. N. Johnson..61
W. Watson, W. g. 3. Elkins. 10
Va. .....-........H
N. P. Bryan. Fla. SO J. F. Taliaferro. "a
W. E. Chiffon, W. N. B. Scott.....69
Va. .....-.-...b3
Luke Lea, Tenn....32 j. B. Frazier ...53
H. F. Lippitt, R.I..55 N. W. Aldrich..7 7
G.. M. Hitchcock, E. ]. Eurkett..44
Neb. ...........52
{. F. Johnson. Me.62 Eugene Ha1e...76
]. w. Kern, Ind....62 A. ]. B~evsridge.4 40
e.. p. McLean, M. G. Buckley. IA
Conn. ..........64
]. e. MARITIME, N.J.61 John Kean.....5s
H. L.. Myers, Mont. 40 T. H.. Cartur...57
]. A.. O'Gorman, C. M. D~epeT...77
N. Y. ....,........bl
M. Poindexter, 8. H. Piles.....53
Wash. .............43
Atlee Pomerene, O.8 Charles Dick...63
]. A. Reed, Mo....51 w. Warner.....71
E. Townsend, j. C. Burrows..74
Mich. .............55 H. D.. Money...72
J.. s. Williams, F. P. Flint.....59
Miss. .............57
]. D. Works, Cal..& L. Young......es
1t will be noted that of the new
Corners only four senators, Hitchcock,
Kern. MARITIME and Works, are older