The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-22
WASHINGTON
By Roy X, Moulton
The United Stntcs Scuntc.
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Dear Editor 'si'iiis'oh' renruarF IL
one one, OIL the vast ARMY of statesmen who
LOOK like Lincoln. and near him sits
r,pppcit ). Gamble. OF Sankton. y. D..
in the Senate. This. Of course may
! not he saying very much for Mr.
| tooFs his colleagues like sunuowcr
! ~ Eardcn OF winter radishcx. Is Sen
has has th I%s9 hnro " Balley. Of Texas, who
nut who unlike ,Icffries, is able to
| Vorhc Dirk whenever he wants to.
him him mn ,IioEins at, At Bailey and hearing
not wonder that they don't care to
vote against him down in Texas.
The switching OF 4 lambs narrative
is a slow ana tedious process com
bnred with the passaGc oil a bin
Trout, ,hp. The Senatc 1t travels faster
I rnr,lo - n"rconi gram ana is gone and
mas been there. OF course. IL takes the
senate about eighteen years to get
ready to pass II bill. but the pussing
OF it takes up less time titan an UNI
expected event that torEcts to hap
i pen, the presiding officer, Mr.. Shcr-
mat it takes a dozen stenographers
working in relays to get him IT is
something like this
Il have here bill No Umpty- ump-
Sturg Observation-Disclosures
Structadamacrosstll doscphriver. All
neutrality-suspicious. The'aycs'
hayeitumdthebilllsp
me ayes" have 1t always unless
some senator raises a hollcr and this
generally comes while the presiding
officer is putting the fourth biu down
the list to Il vote
Acting upon your Instructions.
went 70 soc senator Curtis. Tho f,ill-
oioodcd Indian member of the uppcr
House, but he han very little tn say.
attributed this, Of course. to his Indian
Senator william Alden Smith. of
uich gan Is chatrmnp Of tho Commit
zee on Canadian Relations. lie has
6 9een more than kind IN Offering to
90 what he can for me. but have no
relatives IN Canada whom / care to
have him do anything for-none about
10 dle ana leave me money.
If he were only the chairman of the
committee on Expenditures; now, |
might be able to use him to great adj
vantage. My expenditures need n
chairman or Something Of that sort
very badly.
terestcd the Senators are in each .ti 9th III
ei's speeches. When Il e..nator gets
up To make n speech 1t seems
strange coincidence that every other
senator suddenly remembers that he
mas business elsewhere Every SEN
ator has his one favoritc orator. ana
N,t''N ''e' WHOM ne VIII remain in the {
chamber ana listen TO. This favorite
orator is himself. When anybody else +
speaks ne goes out 10 lunch. Going oft /
TO lunch is about the best thing the
average senator docs, and they have ,
very surprising appetitcs.
y Senator can so out TO lunch at
amy moment and stay long enough to
eat dozen square meals When there .
Is anything on they go to lunch. When
there is anything important on they
go 10 lunch: and when there Is nothing
at at all on they go to lunch, and It is
shtc TO say that when Gabriel sounds
the final warning II will find one
United States Scnntor making a speech
ana the other ctghty-oid down In the
Senate $ restaurant; The senator who H
IS making ~ speech is not embarrassed /.
in the least. He viii spout lust ms
long as the presiding officer and the
stenogrtphcr stay. and he is ALWAYS
sure of an audience of two. anyhow.
everything he says goes into tho
iiecord, and copies. OF. the Record 20
back home to tho faithful ana admir-
Ing constituency Hence for ali tho
Senator who IS making the speecI,
cares for" his brother Senators can eat
themselves into acute indigestion or
nervous dyspepsia, II they like. Hc IS
for posterlty. and postcrity
will take time enough off from its
eating to read.