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majorits o. Che senate can case any
bio ID detesmines 60 que Shsough.
Sometimeo ~ Cakes oeSve ana soroo.
Nuf II she onajorite 0ils stand Hsm u
can aiD yhae 10 ~AS clotuee does
not get mucA supporG. Nns olinority
that woul6 undertake ." eal& eariff
or currency Glib 60 deaAb ~ouIo COG GO
ceive popular euppor@
The Democrats show~a coussgw %
forcing long sessions 60 que shrougb
the currency Gill, Nothing like % eas
been known 10 che senate ac sucO an
early verio0 % che orGesdinge end.
what 70 nors. mo enc oeesne Go sec
ano sympathe On Wyine oue againsa
the meeting Aoun 40 70 e'csocS ana che
nigfn sessions ontD - IN she evening
The country % Derfeoely eatisfis3 g.
9a&o 1Ao OenAte 0Ork
9hs oons ssisas.
a'he Sfieze. giving 0istoricas essnss
% the new world. which partially sur
rounds che dome Of ne capitol Mas
been uncompletea for more chan Calf
a century. The civil war was the last
great epoch which was suitable for
the remaining picture, but it was nev
er adopted because it could not be put
in without offense to southerners- The
frieze begins with the landing of Co
lumbus, and the last picture is the dis
covery Of gold in California. The gap
can be filled with "a picture of the
completion of the Panama canal.
Brief Biographies.
Short biographies seem to be popu-
lar in the house Of representatives, as
1T members have limited themselves
to seven lines or less ine the Congress
sional Directory. Only seven senators
limit themselves to seven lines or less.
Lindbergh of Minnesota and Wingo
of Arkansas occupy but one line each.
but Lindbergh's line is the shorter.
Two lines suffice for Donovan, Conn.,; !;
Clark. Fla; McAndrews. H.; Pepper
and Woods, Ia; Hamilton and S. w.
Smith, Mich; Hensley. Mo-: Whitacre,
O.: Ragsdale. S. c., and Buchanan
Tex.
Three lines tell the story of Minority
Leader Mann, Ill; also Rogers, Mass; $;
Shackleford, Mo-; Stevens, n. H., and
volstead. MINI.
Those who require but four lines are
Hardwick, Ca; German and McDer-
mott, Ill.,: Hamlin, Mo-; Tuttle, N. j.;
Fairchild and Driscoll. n. Y; Kelly.
Pa; Sells. Tenn. and Jones, Va.
Jones has the second longest service
in the house, being now in his twenty
fourth year.
The senators coming under seven
lines are Bryan, Fla; Borah. Ida
Kenyon, Ia; MARITIME and Hughes. N
J.; O'Gorman, n Y. and Jones. Wash
Parliamentary Lawyers"
Whenever an effort is made to ar
range for taking up bill in the sem
| ate there is more talk about prece-
| dents, rules, parliamentary practice.
| ETC., than would fill small volume.
On one occasion a bill which Senator
Chamberlain wanted considered was
the subject Of the discussion. and aft
| er long wrangle the Oregon senator
remarked. 'It seems to me that if we
could get rid Of some Of our great par
lamentary lawyers here and get
down to prompt disposition Of bust
| ness there would be no trouble about
arranging for this and other measures
without consuming time which be
longs to the people in our wrangles."
Underwood's Power.
An omnibus claims bill was being
considered in the house. and all propo.
sitions save Of certain character
wood proposed an amendment, and ii
went through. Minority Leader Mann
made strenuous fight, declaring that
It was put in because Underwood had
the power and the Democrats Of the
house did not dare deny him his wish
although it violated general under.
standing In relation to claims. But
Underwood won. showing his power
and popularity In the house.
Ash1.st's Suggestion.
One day when the senate was going
through all the agonies of adjusting
legislation to the us.animous consent
basis Senator Ashurst.of Arizona re
marked. II do not care how we pro
ceed, provided it is in constitutional
manner. so long as we abandoas. periph
rasis, circumlocution and the hoy not
to-do-it manner In which we have s;eer
proceeding"
But Ashurst will be no more sue
cessful in this reform than he was in
the other when he tried to get the
senate to stop ''pingponging from Mon
day to Thursday and from Thursday
to Monday" Ashurst Is not yet Ions
enough in the senate to understand
why the senate prefers to take sucf
adjournments week after week as Il
| did during tho fall and then hpcif