The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-03-04
BY ARTHUR w. DUNN.

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If there was not to be an extra ses-
sion of congress there would be little
doubt about the passing of all the ap-
preparation bills even If the conges-
ton was greater than now exists.
Congress can work all night at times
and accomplish wonders in the way of
crowding through appropriation bills.
| have never known the failure of ap-
preparation bills to be the cause of an
extra session.
In the Taft administration the two
extra sessions were on account of the
tariff, the first to revise the Dingley
law and the second to pass the Cana
dian reciprocity bill. Neither meas
ure was really necessary at the time,
but the president thought both were
of such Importance as to need an eX-
traordinary session. At this time, with
another extra session to enact tariff
legislation assured, it would not be at
all surprising to see several appropri-
alton bills fail.
"Mental Pugilistios."
In his address upon the late Vice
President Sherman Champ Clark told
the senate that Sherman was house
product I'VE trained him." he said:
1--WE gave him his promotion. There
| is no finer school under the sun than
the house Of representatives for men
tai pugilistics. Personally we are cour
teous to each other, but there is no
such thing as house courtesy that in
auences legislation"
The World Is Better.
Senator Webb of Tennessee is an old
man, but a new senator. He made
very interesting speech in favor of the
KenyonWebb liquor bill, and in the
course of his speech he said the world
was improving. II am an optimist,"
! said the senator "The world is get
| ting better every day. l saw in my
| boyhood liquor absolutely without re-
! striction. | saw gambling untrammel
ed. | saw public betting on horse races.
Lotteries in my boyhood used the
mails. Dueling was common. A gen.
tleman allowed himself to be punctur
ed into a pepperboX to show that he
! was brave man and a man of honor"
He then said that many of these
evils had been abolished or greatly re-
stricted. Upon the whole, great i'm
prOvements of moral kind had been
made. he asserted
Remembered Another Occasion.
"Knute is having a hard time with
his river and harbor bill," remarked a
man passing through the senate corri
dor.
Yes" remarked a senator. "They
are debating it at some length, but it
is not half as bad as when he was
managing the river and harbor bill
which Tom Carter talked to DEATH"
The senator referred to an event
twelve years ago which caused con-
! siderable interest at the time. Carter
began talking about 7 o'clock on the
night of March and talked until they
arranged the senate for the inaugu-
ration ceremonies a little before ~
o'clock on March 4. This year sena-
tors talked because they wanted to
get the bill amended or wanted some
amendment defeated.
BY Its Right Name.
A bill has been reported by the SEN
ate finance committee for tariff COM
mission. AS introduced it provided for
tariff board. That was the name
which the defunct organization was
called, because there was objection to
the word commission. Now they pur-
pose to call it by its right name if an
other is created.
What Did Lincoln Say2
AS the famous address of President
Lincoln on the Gettysburg battlefield
is to be one of the principal features
of the Lincoln memorial, an effort is
to be made to have the correct version
of that address established. Senator
Root had passed a resolution for that
purpose, directing the committee on
library to ascertain and report the
facts. When it is approved by congress
it may be settled that there can no
longer be a dispute over what Lincoln
actually said on that occasion.
Loading Down Bills.
The senator who does not take ad-
vantage Of the closing days of congress
to load all his legislation on appropria-
ton bills is missing his chance. And
when the gates are once opened almost
everything goes in. Those supply bills
which Chairman Fitzgerald and other
managers of appropriate send to the
senate go back looking like delivery
| wagons ohOut Christmas time
1t looks as if the only way the Gus
tom can be stopped is for the two
houses to agree upon joint code OF
rules as to what shall be put in such
bills. And such an agreement would
be next to impossible, for senators have
learned that the only way they can
"beat the game" and have legislation
considered in the house which has been
smOthered in committees is to load II