The Caucasian., 1913-10-14
By ARTHUR w. DUNN.

Washington, Oct II. - Special. j
More than two months ago President
Wilson could have made a bargain
which would have passed the tariff
bill about that time or at least after
only comparatively short debate,
The offer was made in the senate. or
at least it was SO construed. when sen
ators intimated that the tariff bill
could be expedited if there could be an
understanding that no currency legiS-
lation should follow.
No one in the senate felt authorized
to say that currency legislation would
be postponed. and when the matter
was presented to the president he sat
down" on it so hard that talk of post
ponement was abandoned by most of
the Democrats. And the president is
still insisting on currency legislation.
A Plan Suggested.
Senator Shafroth of Colorado, a mem
Der Of the committee, who has been
endeavoring to expedite the currency
bill. says that the only way is to call
a Democratic caucus, take the bill be
fore it, have a majority decide what
amendments shall be made and then
put it through. just as was done with
the tariff. Many senators will be com
PEELED to vote for what they don't like
or bolt the caucus. That was true OF
the tariff There were many Demo
Gratis who did not want to vote for free
sugar or for free wool, but they had
to do it or be branded as boilers. That
is what would happen if the currency
bill were taken into Democratic eau
GUS
Penrose Beats Williams.
John Sharp Williams entered the
senate with a reputation as humor
ist. which he had acquired in the house
He was getting along very we'll until
something like two years ago the Grid
iron club discovered Boies Penrose as
the real humorist of the senate. and
since that time the Mississippian has
been outclassed by the Pennsylvania
Hes the smartest man over there"
is Williams estimate of Penrose Gen
orally Penrose is more or less serious
in the senate. but the last day of the
tariff discussion showed him in a rare
humorous vein. He made it a field
day. alternately rasping and joking
the Democratic side
The House Conferees.
There will be echoes from the great
tariff fight for some time, and while
recording them we must not omit Vic
tor Murdock's description of the house
conferees. the real conferees who set
tied the disputes with the senate.
Four Democrats they were. and here
is what the Kansan said of them:
The suave Alabamian Underwood.
placid ever. urbane even in attack,
tender even in his tyrannies; the smil-
ing North Carolinian Q<itchinD, of in
finite jest, a statesman yet unwrecked
by his humor and a partisan to the
last ripple of his taunting laughter;
the rotund Rainy. Roman in face and
in figure. mentally braced against all
the shifting partisan winds of his ma
tive Illinois: the studious. silent gen
tleman from Indiana Dixonl, hungry
for contest"
Cow the Strongest.
Berating those who violate the con-
stitution. Congressman Humphreys of
Mississippi told how 'olemargarinc
which was largely made from cotton
seed products. was Deliberately out
lawed in the interests of the dairymen
Stand by the GOVT was the battle
cry then, and the vote showed that the
COW had more friends here than the
constitution
Might Be an improvement.
Senators Reed and Norris were dis
cussing civil service. Does the sena-
tor think a civil service examination
would be a proper test for Il United
States senator?'' asked the Missouri
man.
I'VE might have an improvement in
some cases if we selected men that
way" retorted the man from Nebraska
The Senate Rules.
There was dispute over the senate
rules, and during the celloquy Vice
President Marshall said: The burden
rests upon the chair in determining
whether an amendment is germane.
Whether 1t Is relevant is for the SEN
ate to settle. The chair does not know
the difference between the two words"
And when one comes down to the fine
point that rule was made to allow the
majority to do what they want to do
and to restrain All individual senator
or group Of senators from embarrass-
ing the majority.
Short Cut to Recall.
Il believe any judgeship created by
congress can be abolished" declared
Hoke Smith in. discussing the com
merce court amendment Several SEN
ators were quick to point out that If
the view Of the Georgia senator was
correct there would be a short cut to
impeachment instead Of the somewhat
unwieidly machinery which requires
two-thirds vote in the senate.