New-York tribune., 1912-03-16
THEDA ADINWASHINCTON

crowded dockets Of those courts, ana "o"''
greatly DELAY litigation. adding TO It's eA-
pense the manifest disadvantage OF the
noorer litipant He urged that drastic ac-
tion should not be taken by Congress a'
least until the Supreme Court had an oppor-
tunity to define the respective Jurlsu'o'ion'
Of the Commerce Court and the interstate
Commerce Commission, but the nasty AZ
ton of the committee to-day gives reason
for tho b.Iief that IL sent for the Attorney
General not TO learn the merits OF the case
but merely IN ascertain the wishes OF the
stra,ion-in order that IT might SO
contrary to them
BOURNE'S EMBARRASSMhNl'- Sen
ator Bourne has been telling peop'e mere
that he did not intend to so back 10 h's
state and make a fight Tor reelection th"t
Instead he purpOsed to content hlh''e"
with the circulation OF an open letter set
ting forth an account Of his ste"aroShip'
which. he believed, was all the ehort any
Senator should make to secure his own re-
election But there are other reasons WI!
Senator Bourne will not return to oregon
according to those familiar with conditions
there. or AT least one most potent reason.
Tho willy Senator from oregon. according
ia these persons. fears that If he returns
10 his state and goes on the stump he VIII
fall between the upper and neither hiI-
stones represented by Theodore Roosevelt
and Bob" La Toilette, respectively. Inc
Oregon Senator has been hand and glove
with the Senator from Wisconsin, and he
does not relish the prospect of having
Battle Bob" tell the people oi oregon al
he might be tempted TO tell were his irend
and supporter to 90 on the stump ana eA-
press preference for the eX-Presideht
On the other hand. Senator Bourne Goes
not care to take the stump and risk the
disfavor of Mr. Roosevelt by promoting
the political interests of the Wisconsin
patriot. and therefore he feels that By far
the safer course Is to make virtue OF
necessity and 10 tell the people Of Oregon
of the virtues Of their chosen statesman
in a circular of which they can ask no
embarrassing questions
A SCARED BLACK EAGLE.-In the
good old days when all Minnesota Repub-
licans were regular and the palpitating
hearts of statesmen were not torn with
anxiety as they tried TO discern on which
side of the fence the cat was going to jump
or "yump," as some say in Minnesota
the worthy junior Senator from that state
was known as "the Black Eagle Of Fergus
Falls" And, in truth. il may be said that
it would have done his remote Indian kins-
men good TO have heard the swish of his
tomahawk and the tang Of his good bow
with the poisoned arrows when, I'm the
fastness Of the Republican cloakroom, the
Black Eagle otherwi.e known as Senator
Clapp, told Of the things he purposed 10
do TO that renegade Republican, Bob La
Toilette" But times change and men
change with them, especially in. politics.
Nose" Clapp, as he is called by some
Minnesotans. decided that the cat was GO
ing 10 Jump on the Wisconsin side Of the
fence and that La Toilette, whom he had
held anathema would prove the winner In
Minnesota. Accordingly. tho Eagle Topped
ungracefully over to the insurgent side OF
the fence. Now, however the Black Eagle
is in an awful funk. Every time he thinks
Of the mighty hunter his tail feathers
become mudstsined and bedraeglcd. and he,
too. like the oregon brave above referred
10. dares not return to his state, where he
might he asked the embarrassing question :
"Are you for Roosevelt or for Ia Toilette"
II only some safe and sane astrologist
would impart 10 Uncle Nose" with GER
tainty and exactness the side on which the
Minnesota cat would he found after the
national convention these harassing doubts
would cease, but in the mean time the be-
dragged Eagle OF Fergus Falls will keep
a safa distance from the in0uITiuR Repub-
lcans OF his adopted state. O. g. II.