Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-16
FOUR DAYS ARE TO
BE SPENT In TALK
Said that Senator La Toilette Will
Launch Presidential Boom in Talk
Against Reciprocity.
mo LOVE FOR PRESIDENT TAFT
Realizes that the Strength of Chief
Executive L. Gaining Rapidly
ThrOuEhOut Country and He
wouId Check 1t.
CFrom a statf cOrrespondent.l

WASHINGTON, d. c., July 15.-(Spe-
ciaL )--Senator Robert M. La Toilette, IL Is
expected will launch his boom for the
presidency through his speech to be made
to the senate In opposition to the reel
procity pact. There are those who say
that La Toilette will talk four days and
in his address, which is to be a review OF
the republican party and its achievements,
in the past fifty years, will point to its
days of progressiveness and the days
when, according to La Toilette, 1t stood
still-marking time, as It were, while
other parties came into power and then
in the fullness OF time went the way Of
the world
Robert NJ. La Toilette bears no love for
President Taft. He realizes that Taft is
growing daily. and II is only through
daring criticism. even unto vtuperation,
that his own candidacy may be furthered.
Tenacious as a leech la Toilette Is not
banking so much upon the outcome Of
1912 as he is upon that Of 1916 when he
hopes to be the republican nominee for
president Down in his heart La Toilette
does not expect any great showing In the
convention next year. He will haye his
state behind him., although there are GER
tain Taft, persons who believe that IL
anything like a strong Taft campaign
should be inausurated In the Badger
state that at least two districts could be
carried for the president But Mr.. Taft IL
not worrying over his denomination He
likes La Toilette in a mild. decorous fash
ion and went out OF his way at one time
to make friends with the senior senator
from Wisconsin, but the little giant
would have none OF II and he kept on and
is keeping on knocking the president
wherever a knock will tit on the prin-
clple that a knock is better than a
boost"
La Toilette Restless Member.
Robert NJ. La Toilette Is a most inter
esting study. especially during these dog
days. His nervous energy seems to be
peculiarly fitted to atmospheric conditions
where the thermometer is over q hundred
degrees in the shade and the humidity is
about sixty. The doughty warrior. for the
rights Of the dear pee-pul" is the most
restless member of the senate. Hither
and thither he goes talking to democrats
and his progressive associates on the re-
publican side OF the chamber, a bit of rep
artee with Bailey funnyism with John
Sharp Williams story to Bristow, who
follows his leader with blind devotion
that is sublime. and thus he works. Sen
ator La Toilette Is "agin" reciprocity as
agreed to by the minister OF finance OF
Canada and the American representatives
now before the senate waiting for vote.
He is for the farmers free list bill with
a string and for the democratic woolen
schedule with a ball OF yarn thrown In
and Robert NJ. La Follettes platform will
be La Toilette and the dear people" How
long will ne last? Who is there amongst
us can tell?
Browns Trip On the Sea.
1t transpired during the recent weekend
trip OF President Taft on the Mayflower,
when he had as his guests eight senators
equally divided between the two great po-
litical parties, that Senator Brown of Me-
braska and Senator Bob Taylor OF Ten
nessee were "bunldes," and they had the
stateroom fitted up for Mrs. Ogden Goslet
whose husband formerly owned the magnif-
icent presidential yacht which came 20 be
government property by purchase during
the war with Spain. In this stateroom Mrs.
Goelet had built a magnificent bath tub as
high as you are and as long. and here
when this floating palace was going at a
speed OF twenty or more knots an hour
she would take her bath surrounded by all
| the creature comforts afforded by a New
/ York apartment house. Senator Taylor
/ eyed this luxurious bath tub enviously and
finally confided to Brown that he proposed
to take a bath in the marble basin erected
for the comfort OF its once beautiful
mistress. It chanced that neither Taylor
4 nor Brown had ever been to sea before
They were 'landlubbers' sure enough, and
/ they knew little or nothing about the con
traptons the push buttons. the faucets ant
other things that one meets with on ship
board. Brown was little scared sbou
Taylor's taking the bath and suggested tha
Taylor might drown II he got into II.
"AwfuI Power of water"
"Oh. you can't xiii q democrat with
water" said Taylor and 1 am going 4
see whether the water is wet or not"
Together they got the water started int
the tub and then Taylor plunged in. bu
for some unknown reason they couldn
shut off the flow Of water and II poureC
into the tub In a manner than looked as Il
the ocean was determined 70 run out oi
the faucets. and the water grew deeper and
deeper. until Brown became alarmed ovel
the situRtion and began pushing buttons
Wherever he saw q button he pushed Il
Bells rang all over the yacht and in Jiffy
Il looked as II an army had been marshallec
In the saloon A grab was made for Tay-
lor - he went under the water for . sec