The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-01-25
BY JAMES 3. MORROW.

While he talked, Harry Lane, n. D.. the
new Senator from Oregon. used two nrier
root pipes When one was heated. ne
would change to the other. NO ooupt
Harry Lane delights in smoking. Out
smoking with him Is q vent as wen a. =
habit.
BY his word to me. at the time ne wes
a Representative in Congress eno o~nee
a picture gallery and stable OF trotterss
william J. white noticed that Ameri-
cans wanted to be doing something con-
stantly. particularly with their mouths
So he went into the gum business ana
made several million dollars
why chew matches. toothpicks, ana
hay?. he asked. when there Is q chicie
which can be kept out OF sight and Is
much better?"
Yet DIR. Harry Lane is more than nery-
ously energetic He is witty, unafraid.
and purnacious. Grafters are his sport
He hunts them as other men hunt leo
pards and bobcats. The country VIII
hear of him before long. The Senators
already realize that he is getting into
the march Of events
.sThe first item Of appropriation in this
bin" he said a few days after being
sworn into the Senate, "'confers the
right to survey, resurvey, classify, &c.
the lands of the Indians throughout the
country.
.I am told in this connection that after
an Indian has undergone such an expert
ence two or three times and finds him.
self, to his indignant surprise and dis
gust, resurveyed out of his improved
farm and finally landed by allotment onto
a sand dune. being constitutionaiiy OF
rather serious turn of mind, and lacking
that true sense of humor which Is so
essential in cases of the same sort, he
becomes unduly discouraged and under
takes the hopeless task of trying 10
drown his sorrow in fire water and Is no
more a good Indian.
with careful forethought no doubt Tor
tins ensuing condition. the very next item
in the bill provides an antidote Tor ms
distemper by authorizing an appropriation
of 100000 for the suppression Of the
traffic in intoxicating liquors. What
more could any one ask?'
Always Ready for . Fight.
Crooked contractors in Oregon declare
that DR.. Lane is a crank. They complain
that he hinders the free movements OF
currency. That he Is a character, his
best friends will concede- He is afraid
of no man." they say, land will tight
at the drop of the hat" His gray eyes.
GIadstonian nose and giadiatorial chin
are surface signs that they speak the
truth.
What is wrong with the government
of many American cities?" he said, re-
peating my question. "Decentralized
power" he replied.
AS mayor of Portland, he drove the
gamblers out of business. Those were
joyful times" he said. referring to his
experiences in Office Something occurred
almost every day. In Ireland, they date
events from the big wind In Portland,
they say, before Doc. Lane was mayor,
or, after Doc. Lane was mayor I make
no boast of the Portland calendar, but
the people had voted me in. not once, but
twice. and were willing to do 1t again,
and / meant to give them the worth of
their money
"Decentralized power" he said over
again, in answer to my inquiry. I was
Just as DESTROYS of learning about his
adventures as / was to get his opinions,
but thought it best to start the quest
automatically. Nobody is to blame" he
went on to say. THE public can't put its
finger on the guilty man. The mayor