Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-05-28
Washington correspondence.
Especial Correspondence to this paper. by
/ Hall

LID. HALL
A fair sample of the overtures to
get together, made by the Repubi-
cans and Progressives to each other,
is shown in the colloquy between
Serene Payne and Victor Murdoch.
Says Payne: "The gentlemen from
Kansas will not run for membership
in the House, because he knows he
win be left behind, but he proposes to
run for the Senate, not because he
thinks he will be elected, but because
he has an idea that it would be big
ger funeral for him than running for
the House." To this Murdoch replied;
s'Does the gentleman from New York
really think I could have a bigger
funeral out in Kansas as a candidate
for the Senate, than he brought the
Republican party through the Payne
Aldrich tariff bill2"
The really big men who took sides
on the repeal Of the exemption clause
of the canal act, debated the question
warmly on its merits, without person
alities or unkind criticisms. Since
the vote was taken these men have
not rallied on account of defeat, nor
gloated over victory. Only the little
fellows have held post t-mortems and
indulged in carping criticism of those
who didn't see the question from their
point of view. Such men may serve
purpose in the body polite, as
Westcott makes David Harum say;
"a reasonable number of fleas are
good for dog because they keep him
from brooding over being dog"
The general popularity of Oscar
Underwood was evidenced in the
House, the other day, by the out
burst of applause that greeted his
first appearance on the floor after
very brief visit to Alabama. On
every hand he was heartily congratu-
lated on his splendid victory in the
race for the United States Senator
ship. If he will now assume active
leadership of the majority on the
floor and put through such legislation
as is urgently necessary, shut off con-
sideration of all freak bills and bring
about adjournment in reasonable
time, he will add greater lustre to his
already brilliant reputation as Demo-
| cratic leader and statesman.
Two bills creating Trade Com
mission have been introduced in the
House. One of these by Stevens
of New Hampshire, requires each
corporation having more than Sc, ,OO0,-
600 capital to report annually its
\ financial condition, it's relations to
other corporations and its business
practices, to the Commission. 1t is
made the duty of the Commission tc
investigate alleged violations of the
anti trust laws, by direction of the
President, the Attorney General OF
Congress. The Commission may con-
slider cases of relief after decisions by
the courts; it may also make investi-
cations to determine the manner II
which the DEGREES of the courts have
carried out. This is one of the trust
curbing bills that is attracting atten
ton.
1t is rumored that the President hal
dropped hint that it would please
him if Congress would run awhile OF
fast mail schedule instead of that o
slow freight. 1t is said that in or
der to make time, he has sanctioned
an omnibus bill to define trusts, pro
hibit interlocking directorates, and tt
place limit on the issue of stock
and bonds by public service corpora
tions. If the prospect of the session
running far into the summer is af
fecting the President, it is givin
some would-be statesmen nightmare
The probability Of continuing unit
the s'frost is on the pumpkin" woul
be Banquo's ghost at the politica
feast of the great as well the "nea
great.n "Speed up" is the slogan.