The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-03
Sharp Williams Cannot Get
 Used to It
HEYBURN'S PET HOBBY
The Senate Fairly Oozes Forth Dig nifty, But not Enough of It to Reach Over to the House
 of Representatives
By C. E. STEWART

 United States Senate is a dignifed body. You have probably heard that. It is true and is hereby confirmed. There is prob ably more plain and fancy dignity on tap in this interesting and always entertain ing collection of statesmen than anywhere else in captivity. It pervades the atmos- phere and oozes out from the corridors and obcesses the very doorkepers, but none of it ever oozes as far as the House of Representatives. is good, strong oozer as oozers go. but not that strong.
 Poor John Sharp Williams, he is out of his element. He was a giant in the House; full of wit and heavy with the repartee in debate and a terror to the op- position, and withal sound in judgment and honest in convictions. In the Senate he squirms uneasily in his seat, over powered and overaNed by the decorbm. It him. He is the peer of any member of the body and he knows it. but he is not used to their style of delivery, and 1t is going to take him a long time to get himself perfectly in tune with his so that his associates will not shudder every time he comes to bat, for fear that he will say something that will make them smile. Awful
 Not Stingy With Talk
 They are not stingy with their talk in the Senate. Not at all. When little question like the Lorimer case for in- stance. is up for consideration, a senator will solemnly rise in his place of business and proceed to talk for four days or some such trifie, while all the remaining mem bers attend the ball games. He will dis euss everything on the calendar from the the birth of Thomas Jefferson up to date and never mention the Lorimer case, only 
 Senator Hepburn of Idaho does not be- lieye in the election of senators by the di- rect vote of the people. Senator Hepburn, 1t will be remembered. is the red hot always on tap when anyone mentions the south or the Confectionery. He Immediately rises and climbs out on the roof and bites the fiagstaff when some one Is tnoughtless enough to say anything about the late unpleasantness. He is a pompous looking person with snug ego tism written all over his face. He sug- sests Pecksniff, and has the thin veneer of learning that Pecksniff had, not sufficient he wisely thinks, for him to go before all the people of Idaho seeking a job in the Senate. His colleague. Senator Borah, on tho contrary, is strong advocate of di- rect elections, and is a strong man in his state, as well as in Washington.
 Bankhcad Keeps Busy
 Senator Johnston of Alabama can al- ways be found on the floor when the Sen ate is in session, and Is one of the hard porl<arS in that hndV Ia tc fiy,, in his efforts to do his full duty and he does it. He is every ready to extend a courtesy and give information.
 Senator Bankhead right now Is some busy. He is managing the Underwood presidential campaign, and he is delivering the goods.
 The senator is highly pleased with the position that his candidate now occupies, and he is firmly convinced that Under wood will be the nominee of the party. He mixes with them all, and is winning many friends to the southern statesman S cause.
 He has kept the campaign on a high plane, and while vigorously pushing his candidate to the front, has done so In a manner that there will be no sore spots 10 heai after the nomination is secured.
 Senator Smith of Georgia fits well in the Senate. He is a big, quiet man with el iuNcHSIludl idte, anu t0tTe IS no dOuDt but what he will be felt in the legislative acts of the country from this time on.
 Root, Lodge, Penrose, Warren and other big republican leaders of the standpat crowd made up their minds to allow tne democratic schedules reducing the tariff to pasa the Senate by absenting themselves and taking no part in the vote, thus leav- ing a democratic majority which will en- able the President to veto the tariff bill when 1t reaches him, and not offend the insurgents.