The Caucasian., 1913-12-18
D. ARgAU9 W. DyhM.


washingtono sAe. 1o.-Ispeeaa2g-
Prating os prece6eocs sounds sathes
QUE OF place 10 Q democracse 9artica
Arly 9hen che seal democracy is in
charge Of overy SrancA oe the eossrn
nene. The senate aas practically gone
On a strike againss social functions
where senator's are ace given preced-
encs evee cabinet officers ana ambae
sadors, as ~eN 40 oehee Nlnctionartes.
fhe oonee OF congress- o6ses Ga
members oe Che 6ouxp, a7ens on Q
strike entf9 essuee8 ohae ealle ehey
made On che 0ives % eaNine 0fh@Vs
woula % seeuraea ~ises os spnaeoss
refuse % Naas orss eelle on oovee "s
sabinee officero Because ah0 eanaeose
claim precedeaoe osee caSinee officers
Shis 'preosdence' esnsisss iso Ono
shall Salk arse in oe cue OF Q eooIn,
who shall be seated searess che hostess
at a dinner cable ana soch oshes sunc-
uon0 where 'sanb' sae Be eonsideIed
Borrowed Pros EUROPA
Nost of shis stuff Is borrower rom
Europe. let Q man in che diplomasic
corps g4 ont of his propee place in
the matter of precedence" ana he is
hustled back mighty quick. All din
ner entertainers are scrupulously care
full to see that foreigners are given
places according TO their rank. But
It Is much harder in regard to senators,
And foreign ambassadors would not
like to be "placed below" senators and
members of the house. Yet the rep
resentatiyes have the same claim to
precedence as given senators because
they compose a coordinate branch OF
the national legislature. But the Whoie
fuss seems out Of place in this latter
day Jeffersonianism.
defender Of the Faith"
James Hamilton Lewis should be Civ
en- the title Of defender Of the falth,
for he certainly beats every other sen
ator to it In standing up for the ac
tions of the administration and 'huri
ing back defiance" to those Republic
| an senators who criicise the admins
! tration's interference with congress
And no man is SO big that this "Jacl
the Giant Killer" is afraid of him
Elihu Root, Senator Cummins, Burtol
| of Ohio. Reed Smoot and, in fact, an.
or all of the Republican leaders ar
1 mot nv the flow of oratorical acrobat1c
from Jim Ham Lewis whenever the.
criticise the policies and actions OF tn
administration.
ION the Other Foot"
All the old adages fit situations Il
the United States senate. Chicken
came home to roost' in the case o
Senator Owen not long ago. He wa
bcrating the Republicans for delayin
and talking long on the currency bill
which he was trying to have passee
and became involved in controvers
with Senator Gallinger.
"I remember" said the New Haml
shire senator, "a prolonged and unir
teresting speech that the senator frol
Oklahoma made not long ago occup!
ing six hours and by filibustering d'
] feating the will Of the senate.
u But that was in another session, Q
|, another bill and under different cr
= cumstances.
Rrandeaee Wouldn't Scare.
Il The opponents of the Hetch-Hetch
5 hill sent tons Of literature. letters an
, postal cards to everybody in Washing
nj ton calling on them to stop this grab
, to prevent this steal" to defeat IL
9rafters.'. These and similar tern
|. were applied to those who We're
favor of the bill Senator Brandegt
of Connecticut took up the matte
!, and said that a senator would be
:, contemplate person If he becan
i scared by such demonstrations wht
two committees of congress had r
ported the bill favorably and no ey
. dence was offered that crooks" "graf
, ers" or the like We're really concern'
In securing its passage.
Why Expenditures Grow.
CONGRESSMAN Sisson of Mississippi
like most members Of the appropri
!. tions committee. has the habit
i preaching economy unless, like all OF
Q er members OF that committee. the pa
{ ing process does not come too clio
. home. In explaining how expenditur
. grew Sisson said to the house:
81 never saw a man In this hou
who was the advocate of a certa
!. great expenditure who was not will
= to vote for the extravagances adv
/. Gated by other fellows" He went
= to explain that it had become part
;. the business of members to get {
4 they could in the way Of federal mon
In order to make their campaigns
a return to congress.
y Had His Say.
Z Congressman Fowler talked on a r
= olution for adjournment the other ds
= but be really talked about trusts a
= the methods they took In regard to
81 cent tariif duties Fowler says it
- evident that certain combinations ha
= / stopped production II orl1e1 70 ma