The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-01-28


In the senate.
The Republicans already are dis
cussing the question of who Is to sue
coed Senator Nelson w. Aldrich OF
Rhode Island In the leadership OF the
senate when he retires from office In
March. Senator Hale of Maine, who
ranks next to Mr.. Aldrich. also VIII
leave the senate.
The next Republican In point OF
long service is Frye. also of Maine,
but Mr. Frye is an old man. and
while apparently still vigorous. 1t Is
known that he does not feel strong
enough to undertake the labors OF
leadership.
CuIlom Wouldn't Undertake II.
Next to Frye comes Cullom of ILL
nois, who has been many years in the
service of the upper house; but Sena-
tor Cullom, while still strong, also
| Is an old man and there Is no likeli-
hood that he will be willing to shout
der the burdens of leadership, for the
director of the party counsels not
only has work to do. but he has all
kinds of troubles due to the tracking
factional difficulties which frequently
beset the majority which happens to
be In control.
The "old guard" Of the senate has
In part been mustered out of service.
Ultra-conservatism in the Republican
probable that when the next senate
meets there still will be more so-called
conservatives than progressives on
the Republican side of the chamber,
but the leadership and the spirit OF
the ancient conservatism will be gone
and 1t seems likely that the leader
ship will be given to man who has
occupied middle ground between
the two factions and who is acceptable
personally to both. u
There are no fewer than 700 law
yers from various parts of the coun.
try actually engaged and being paid
to take major or minor parts in the
great trust and corporation tax cases
before the Supreme court. These
cases, so important to the future of
the country, have stirred the interest.
ed parties to unusual activity.
Supreme Court Needs Building.
This paragraph on 700 lawyers has
a direct bearing on plan to erect
building in the capital to house the
Supreme court. Chief Justice White
and his colleagues occupy at present
the old senate chamber in the capitol.
1t is a small room and frequently 1t is
damned to the proverbial suffocation.
The justices themselves have barely
elbow-room, and the crowding within
is such that probably nothing but the
fear of the court and respect for the
surroundings keeps the hustled ones
from violent temperamental out
breaks. The Supreme court on a big
day is a place to swear in.
If congress shall agree to vote the
money to put up new Hall of JUS
preme court room probably will be
reserved as a show place. Certainly
there are memories enough clinging
about 1t to make 1t interesting, and, to
the emotional. bit sacred.
Postal Service and Politics.
President Taft is trying to remove
the postoffice department bodily from
the field of politics. The Democrats
say that President Taft In his civil
service ideas is much like Grover
Cleveland. There Is some resentment
among both Republican and Demo
cratic members of congress because
of the seeming set intention of Mr..
Taft eventually to secure con-
gressional authorization for the plac-
ing of all presidential postoffices I'M
der the governance of the civil serv-
ice.
It was Just a year ago that Wash.
ington heard that before long a civil
service order would be issued which
would bring establishment and per-
haps chagrin to the politicians Of both
parties. In the summer an order wasl
issued, which became effective about
a month ago. putting the positions Of
assistant postmasters in all the first
and second-class Offices of the country
under the classified competitive serv-
Ice. The order also included all cler-
ical positions in first and second-class
Offices which had not been classified
up to that time. Now virtually all
the positions in offices of the first
and second class, except those Of post
masters, are under the rules Of the
civil service.
Little Left for Job-l1unters.
Today all that there Is left for the
politicians friends who are looking
for jobs in the postofice department
are the postmasterships of the pres
idential class. 1t is Mr.. Taft's ex-
pressed intention to remove these
Offices from the field Of political In
fiuence II he can do It,
Even the presidential postmasters
In a sense now are under the protection
of the spirit of the civil service. The
department chiefs refuse to remove
when their time expires
provided they have done creditable
service for the government. II q
member of congress wants a removal
made and favorite appointed, he Is