The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-07-10
Senate's Measure Expected to
Pass Eventually.
TO FORBID OPIUM EXPORTS
Donovan Of Connecticut Arouses Ire of
Hardwict- of Georgia by Voting With
the Protectionists - Senator Lanes
Quest For His Lost Classic-Bourne
Still Worker
BY ARTHUR w. DUNN.

Washington, July r. [Special.] i
Well, they will soon start on their long
journey in the senate. It may be six |
weeks Or two months before they get |
over the tariff route-prediction vary
but we are near the end, and we will |
I'LL get good and sick of the debate be |
fore it comes.
There is one real satisfaction-there |
is not going to be very long wrangle |
between the houses. The house had q |
low tariff bill; the senate went lower
The house is not going to stand out for
higher rates, so that we may expect to
see the senate bill accepted In almost
every particular
But all that is a long time ahead. We
have not really started on the long
winded senate debate, but was mere
" saying what we may expect when
we reach the end of the route.
Still Unsettled.
Still unsettled is the power of this
country to do what it wants to do
that is, in the minds Of great many
statesmen. In reality it has long been
determined that the people OF this coun.
try can do what they want to do. If
they want to remain one nation. one
nation it is; if they want to give the
negro the vote, the law is passed; If
they want to have a war with Spain.
they have 1t. and in time to come If
they want the women to vote there will
be votes for women.
These few remarks are on account of
q recent explosion in the house be-
cause bill was about to pass prohibit
ing the expectation of opium. You
can't do that" said a stickler for the
constitution, because the constitution
says no export tax shall be levied" But
we can absolutely prohibit anything
coming in or going out or passing be-
tween the states. And that's what we
will do with opium.
ls jerry an Outlaw?
Bold Jerry Donovan OF Connecticut
Is In d fair way Of becoming polit-
ical outlaw. Jerry flew the track
when the Underwood bin was being
considered and several times voted
with the protectonists 8 you are not
d Democrat, and you ought not to be
sitting on the Democratic side" Vi
ciously declared Hardwick Of Georgia.
one day when Donovan wanted to in
terrupt him.
The same day Chairman Clayton
Of the judiciary committee had a
''run in with Donovan. and when the
latter objected to a bill Clayton want
ed to pass Clayton remarked. II hope
he feels better now
Jerry protested TO the speaker
against Clayton's remark, and Champ
replied that "the speaker has no con-
troll over Clayton when be makes
side remarks to his cronies."
Hunting For Speech.
Lanes Lost Speech; or. The Hunt
For a Classic came very near being
| the title Of congressional serial
Senator Lane made a speech bris-
ting with warm words and classical
and poetical quotations. Then we
all waited to see it illumine the pages
Of the Congressional Record, but 1t
could not be found. Somewhere be-
tween Lanes delivery and the govern
ment printing office the Oregon sena-
tors speech had disappeared. But
nothing can be permanently lost in
congress
Rich Men III Public Life.
1t has been considered quite remark
able that Senator Bourne, though no
| longer on the payroll, is giving just as
much time to public service as be did
when senator. II am not a wealthy
man, said Senator Bourne. but ! have
| enough to live on and have no desire
| to devote my time to accommodating
more And see no reason why man
so situated should not devote bis tai
| ents and such knowledge as he may
possess to the public good. prefer
doing something for the country as a
whole and the people than to spend
my time in making more money or
idling about doing nothing"
/ There are not many men who look
upon public work IN the same way.
A Young New Yorker Works.
ii Almost on the same order might be
classed Francis Burton Harrison of
New York city He remains In public
life although wealthy, He is the sec
ond man on the ways and means COM
mittee and in line for the chairman
ship IN case Oscar Underwood should
be advanced to a higher station. Har-
rison has made good as a member Of
/ the house.
1 House Furnishes Senators.
That the house Of representatives is
] d school for senators is shown By the
fact that Of the nInetysix senator's
thfrtv-six have seen service in the
house Among the new senators who
graduated from the house are Shep-
4 pard Of Texas, Bnrlelsh Of Maine,
\ Hughes Of New Jersey. James Of Ken
lucky. Norris Of Nebraska, Ransden Of
Louisiana. Robinson Of Arkansas. sha-
froth 81 Colorado. Weeks Of Massaehu-
Il eetta md Lewis DC Hlinoia