The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-05-02
Washington Letter.
(By H. C. Sparkman.)


night. He had only ten minutes al
lOtted to him but made favorable
impression as a speaker and will no
doubt develop into one of the ablest
debaters in the House.
This tariff debate which goes on
in the House with regular mOnotony
from day to day is very amusing to
one who understands the object of
it all. No democrat hopes to con-
vert republican to his point of view,
and neither does any republican or
Bull Moose hope to change the vote
Of single democrat. All this elo-
quence is effused just for the effect
the efluser hopes it will have on the
people back home. This unvarying
sameness of speechmaking grows
wearisome to the members of the
House and at times there is hardly a
dozen members on the floor. At such
times it is entertaining to hear some
orator start off a carefully prepared
speech by saying that he feels it his
duty to rise before this large and
distinguished body of men" to pro-
test Cor commend as the case may
be) in regard to the Underwood ia
riff bill. One night last week when
there was only two democrats in their
seats and the republican Ciceros were
pointing to these two as the cover
whelming democratic majority" that
was forcing ruin upon the nation with
the Underwood tariff bill.
The faVorite expression of the re-
49, IL l. II.
while the democrats point with
pride" to the tariff bill and it is
pity there is not some other express
sion in the English language that
would admit Of originality, for they
have pointed with pride" and
"yiewed with alarm" until those over
worked phrases look ragged around
the edges.
The Bull Moosers are near demo-
Gratis. At least they approve the
tariff bill, but they will vote against
it solely because it is a democratic
measure and they know that if The
present administration is really pro-
gressive the democratic party will
swallow them whole and they will be
known no more in the land as a po-
litical party,
The Temple at the head of the Flor
ida Citrus Exchange is endeavoring
to create the impression that all or
ange growers have turned republican
and want a protective tariff, but sucn
is not the case and some real orange
growers are being heard from and
they talk very differently from Mr.
Temple. For instance, here is a let
ter from a prominent Dade City
orange grower:
Dade City, Fla, April q, 1913.
Hen. Claude LEngle, Washington,
D. C.
Dear Sir:-I see W. C. Temples
letter in Dixie about the tariff on
oranges, also the editorial, Oranges
Luxury"
am an orange grower; have fif-
teen acres. Let the progressive Will
son tariff bill go through. | expect
to be benefited in things | have to
buy, so can afford to come down on
oranges. | know oranges are con-
sdered a luxury by a good many and
so is sugar and many other things
that we ought to have more of. But
oranges are a necessity for health
and happiness. We can take care of
ourselves along with the rest Of the
producers.
You are acting the man up there
all right, and all your friends are
proud of you.
RespectfuVl.
| (Signed) j. W. HUDSON.
Though the new members of Con-
gress-those added under the reap
pOrtionment-have no seed for dis
| tribution and will have none until the
next agricultural appropriation bill
is passed, requests are constantly
coming to Congressman L'Engle and
all kinds of seed are asked. But it
remained for a Columbia county far
mer to make the most original re-
quest so far received He asked fol-
two kinds of tobacco seed-chewing
and smoking.
1t pains me to note that Hon. Franz
| Clark is not doing so much accord
ing to the Times Union as he wa,
doing prior to the time | wrote al
article to some Of the papers telling
=. how these Times Union things were
done. | hope | did not put criml
in this Times-Union way of doing
things, for have not noticed Franz
doing any big things in Washington
and he ought to do things in tn
Times Union or somewhere else a
long as he draws that $500 an
trimmings. Is 1t possible Frank doe
not cut much ice with a democrati
! administration? | leave it for yo
: to judge by reading the dear oil
Crimes Onion" which delights t
. tell what good corporation henchma
, are doing whether they are doing
- or not.
: | have not heard at the time thi
= is written what the Florida legisla
, ture has done in regard to equal sui
- frage, but a vision of loneliness thu
: dropped into this Office a couple c
~ weeks ago and announced that sh
- was going to Tallahassee to work fc
the bill, led me to believe it is a goo
9 thing. | can't see how the legisls
ture can turn her down. | would {
Il anything in the world that V. o.
could ask and | believe Fred Con
Bill Mapoles, Max Brown, Will Lanl
=, ford, Fred Stringer, f. NJ. Cooper al
- the rest of these legislators will fe
-, the same way about it when the
y meet that vision of loveliness. F.
"a once | would like to be a legislat
i lust for the pleasure of being lobbit
II and influenced
- The members of congress a
pretty good sports and it is rath
difficult to secure a quorum when t
mighty Walter Johnson pitches f
Is, the Washington team at home.
ID ought to do some of those legiSlato
VI who are so impressed with their il
tn portance, good to get out and MINIS