The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-12-12
sy ARTHUR W. DUNN.

BY ARTHUR w. DUNN.
Washington, Dec IL. - Especial. j.
Whenever the senate concludes the
Archibald case and gets the six year
term resolution out Of the way there
will be a nice contest which will have
lust q tinge Of ssctionalism In It, Sen
stor Page has an agreement to con-
slider his bill for extensive agricultural
educational training. This measure is
antagonized by the SO called Smith
Lever bill, a measure backed by Sen
ator Hoks Smith Of Georgia and Con
gresham Lever of South Carolina.
The Paas bill contains all tho essen.
tial features Of the Smith-Lever bill,
but It goes much further and in a way
raises the question Of state rights or
the power Of the federal government
In educational instruction. When such
q contest arises there 10 possibility
Of the failure Of both measures.
Comes Up In New Congress.
Similar measures will be proposed In
the next congress. and Senator Smith
hopes to make his bill the leading fea.
ture OF the extra session while the Or
liz is being considered in the house.
He will have an advantage in the next
congress, as the Democrats will con
troll in the senate. and they are inclined
to support his measure In preference
to that proposed BY Senator Page.
That Nelson Smile.
The smile on tho face Of Senator
Nelson IL one which i1luminates the
senate. II replaces She DARK cloud
which hung on the sturdy Norseman's
| face during the last session when he
was In doubt a. to whether he should
even attempt 10 run for the senate
again. Not only IL there q large Re-
publican majority 10 the Minnesota
legislature, but In the primary sena-
tor Nelson had something like 7l,QO0
majority. Different men have boosted
of their pluraiities In the late election,
but none has much advantage over
Nelson. -... .~.. -.
suIzsr's Promise.
William sulzer. governor elect Of New
York, continues to work 5ust as hard
during the short time he remains In
congress as he would II he was to con.
tinue In tie house for another term,
II am going to give the people OF
New York the best administration that
I can" said Sulzer. THAT 10 the
only promise l have made. and am
going to carry II out" II has always
been surprising that sulzer. who has
had longer service than any other
northern Democrat, should not have
received more recognition from his
party friends. but 1t has always been
attributed to certain Jealousies In the
New York delegation. :-s.... ...
Scheme That viii Faii.
Those people who make It their bust
ness to be trouble makers are trying
to line up the northern Democrats In
q body to go after the good things In
the way Of committee places and GUST
the Southern members. who have tax
en- the best places by right Of seniori.
ty. The trouble with that proposition
is that it won't work. In the present
congress seventy northern Democrats
hold positions on the thirteen leading
committees Of the house.
OF the fourteen Democrats on the
ways and means committee seven are
from northern states. In making this
computation the states of Maryland.
West Virginia. Missouri and Oklaho-
ma are not considered northern states.
Now, any attempt TO upset present
conditions In the house will mean that
men who are satisfactorily placed may
lose their positions. and they will pre-
fer to hold what they have rather
than get into a mixup. which may
mean q loss. Meanwhile the south
will hold the best ehairmanships.
4 More Room Needed.
what are We going TO do for room
when the additional members OF the
next house come hsrs!" different mem.
i sers are asking each other. And near.
~ every time Il starts the old Eroposi-
tion about taking out the desks and
putting In benches, charging the cloak.
rooms and materially decreasing the
size of the present house. That has
been agitated for years, but nothing
has ever been done about 1t.
cios<room Discussion.
When this matter was under discus
sion one day Shackleford Of Missouri
advanced the suggestion chat an en-.
larged cioakroom would be the best
thing that could happen to the house.
1.-THE best debates | have ever heard
have been In the cloakrooms." said
Shackieford. Men are not talking for
home consumption. and they get righ,
down to concrete facts. More than
! that, unless they are saying something
Interesting they will not get anybody
to listen to them.
"The man with a set speech In the
house can make the stenographers lis
ten, but not the members. The fellow
with a good argument in the cloak