The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1913-11-26
HUNG UP HARD AID FAST.

ute books. The session viii end mex
.ionday. and the regular session will
on that day, convene. There Is no
the faintest possibility that the cur
rency bill viii ne passed in the few
days remaining OF the e.:lraordinarl
session, and it viii have to be giveI
la place on the program Of the regular
session, which is already pretty full
with important matters The president
has, however, had his way ABOUT thu
extraordinary session remaining at
work up 10 the time Of the regular
sessions converting. The senators
have paid for their opposition to the
administration plan with their vaca
ton, and they will begin the long term
Of regular congress with an even
longer term Of an extraordinary SEES
sion behind them. If the first regular
session Ct the ed congress f. conclud
ed by June Of 1914, which is about the
average date for adjournment. the
congress viii have been in session
continuously for fourteen months, and
IT viii deserve to be remembered and
recorded as the long congress, prob
ably breaking all records for extended
legislative terms The members OF
congress VIII come very near to earn
ing their salaries this year. ut least,
though they viii run rather shorter
on mileage than they had hoped for
AS IT has been agreed that the con
fless shall sit on Monday at II o'clock
Tor the last day OF the extI aordinary
session and run right along into the
regular session at noon. without even
q constructive recess" to justify mem
bers' CLAIMS for mileage. Which is,
q must be admitted. decidedly touga
~ the members who think and prob
abby bank on the mileage which. Of
course, only few members do, chief
ly those who live in the trans Missis-
alppi region, from and to which is
travel enough to make out very con
siderable mileage warrant These
members win not feel very sweet ana
gentle to MIR. Wilson for having nold
them at work all this time aud made
them miss goodly slice Of mileage
cake. but 1t is not Mr.. Wilson's fault
at all. tie has been perfectly willing
Tor the members To 80 home for all
the vacation they could get between
sessions, provided only that they
would put through Il very plain and
readable currency bill which he had
lhe pleasure to recommend some time
ago, on his third appearance in person
20 address the congress and just as
the tariff measure was being put
through its final stages.
The currency bin went through the
mouse in short order, and practically
without amendment. 1t has been hung
up in the senate committee for long
time, and viii stick In the senate Il
eood deal longer, ii it should ever get
there The amendments that have
oean proposed to the measure are al
most enough 10 keep the regular SEES
sion OF congress busy with debate fot
the whole period OF its sitting. and,
II there are ne compromises on this
bill perhaps ii Will hold them that
long aud, as the regular session is to
take up n piece of legislation that the
special session WAS to have enacted,
SO there may have to be another ex.
traordnary session TO transact the
business that is before the regular
session. Il is, actually, a very pretty
a8ht that is on and some quite stub
born people on both sides of the play,
The president is man not easily
moved after he has really made up
his mind, and he has certainly made
up his mind on this currency bill, IN
the senate there are, OF course, the Re
puhlicans, and there is Senator hitch
cock, OF Nebraska. former friend and
political protege of Mr. W. ], Bryan.
lie has gone TO the point already of
parting company With his Democrat
&c colleagues OF the banking and cur
rency committee. and sits now in
council with the Republicans OF that
committee only. lie has his courage
With him, or his obstinacy, or what
ever else 1t may be that holds him
constant to his IDEA Of the form the
currency measure should take and