The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-08-02

OpJlmlSCiC people mere DelleNe IHdC |
Congress will adjourn sometime. 1t
will if it works like it did last week.
The Senate passed several important |
bills, among others the Lafollette Wool
Bill, the bill for an excise tax and the
bill reducing the tariff on sugar to such
an extent that the people will be saved
twenty million dollars year.
Senator Hoke Smith and Senator Ba-
con both had big part in the weeks
work.
Senator Smith started in Monday by
waking up the Finance Committee of
the Senate.
In May the House passed a bill for
the investigation of the Money Trust
and it has been buried in the Senate
Finance Committee ever since. Sena-
tor Smith introduced an order discharg-
ing the Committee from further consid-
GRAFTON of the bill and directing that it
be reported back to the Senate. The
Committee agreed to get busy and have
the bill back in the Senate within a
week
Senators Smith and Bacon led the
fight for the Wool bill and, with the aid
of the Insurgent Republicans, passed
the LafOliette measure. The Senate
worked all that day, Thursday, and I'M
til half past eleven at night.
Although Senator Smith was in the
Senate until near midnight Thursday
night he was up at FIVE o'clock Friday
morning preparing for the fight over
the Excise Tax. which is really an in
come tax. He had been selected to lead
the Democrats and made fine impress
sion with speech of two hours dura-
ton. The bill was passed Friday night
about eight o'clock.
Senators Smith and Bacon also did
effective work in bringing about the
speedy passage of measure by Sena-
tor Smith of South Carolina appropr-
ating $25, 900 with which to fight the
army worm that is doing such damage
to the corn crops of the South
One day, when he was not specially
busy Senator Smith took occasion to
knock 4 quarter of million dollars out
of the Sundry Civil appropriation bill
which it proposed to give to the negroes
for celebrating the fftieth anniversary
of the signing of the emancipation pro-
clamation. He made point of order
againt the appropriation and was sus-
tanned by the President Pro Tempore
Saturday afternoon late the Senator
settled himself in one of his big Office
chairs, which he had not done in
week, and actually confessed that he
was tired. He had been working night
and day and had not even seen the
Georgia papers. Had not read Hooper
Alexander's speech about the Railroad
SOAjlulSSIOtl, HOt CIlS HuiIleTOuS 6uLOTldl
comments thereon, nor all the stuff
about the division of patronage when
Wilson becomes president. And when
Monday came he started in for another
busy week.
By the way, see that Colonel Will
lam H. Fleming may run as the Tom
Watson candidate against Hardwick in
the Tenth. I'll believe it when see it.
Tom Hardwick is not only one of the
ablest men in the House, he is the
gamest political chicken in Georgia. He
pulled handful of tail feathers out of
certain red-headed person in 1910 and
ne would not leave pin-feather on
Fleming.
see by the advertisements that Mr..
Perry, of Hat. is still running. or
running still. against Senator Bacon.
All Of which seems like a contradiction
to me. How can man be still running
or running still, unless maybe that is
really what he is doing. Somebody
ought to explain to Mr.. Perry. He
runs for Office on too slight provocation.
And it costs money to do things like
that. JOSIAH CARTER.