The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1914-03-13

Events Of Interest From
the Seat of Govern
ment and Boil
ed Down
AN HOUR IN THE SENATE

10 w- the last hour Of the last day of
the week. and the senators were weary
with the debate which hal for dsy.
brought under consideration every phase
"i tie management cf our grrat post
Office system senator Cummins wn.
urging All amendment u cnrtail tie one
'nan power OF the Postmaster t..n.ral
snd 1t the conclusion Of his sys<~h AN
attempt was made a. prevent roll-calI
tor lear Il wonld disrlose that luorum
Was not present. Prom sonlewhere came
RssSi OF Missouri. evidently suffering from
. crouch. and lac had hardly rcarhsxi the
chamber before he hegsn u talk. There
sAs snsrl in his voice and he intimated
That the expr~s companies were us,n,
s-nators % tie mp the ''par.,.l- t-s-t -
which nowadays among I~,lit. -..nator-
10 plain panel post" Fondextsr of
Washington got in point of Order. ami
IN discn-sing Il had great heal tn -ny
about the Senator from Io-way." with
iecided acrent on the way" Uncle
Ike Strphsn-on of Wisconsin hal f.u,,d
map of the lnitssi Stats amt Nex,co
sf the rear of the room. AMI lee was study
ing the southwest corner in manner
that might iead Ia the susInriom that h.
~a- looking for white pine forest that
Sould net him another uilli"n. Ofcour,-.
he was chewing gum. ~ he il seldom,
without his cud. Possibly b,. wa- ,,on.ler-
ing over his vote, "a sacr,Sl thing with
him, since the Senatorial Vocabulary of
TIE ortoeenarian has been limited from
the out-et u aye" and "no." ami # IA.
aver bal word OF thought l-yond that
it has never is~n expn--sd. not even
when the senats was threatening him
with the boot.
Meanwhile Reel continued to rant. and
Cummins WAS holding on with both har.d.
u keep himself from jumping over his
de~k. As Cummins proose.ls.d with his
rePly. kss,i grew rcdder and re.i,ler. IL
~a- the -~ond time in two days that the
uissourian had been ''calls~l," and lac
followed the Iowa senator and made th.
'sInende honorable" in truly disiin-
ysislesi Senatorial style.
senator Gore. fresh from the tnmnltou.
scenes 81 an Oklahoma court roonn. at-
trscted more than the customary att@n-
ton which ~ always bestowed upon ia.
blind Senator" BankhenI If Alaban.
IN charge Of tire bill, aro~e u admit th.t
ne was In the same condition he often
found himself. in that lac hardly knew
what % do" But everybody smiled
soodnstnreily, and gave their sympathv
to the farIner-statesman, who-.- sentence.
would have fs'en roundly complete il he
had only hal straw in hi- mouth. Fin
ally therr ~as "A recall. and in the mid-t
Of II Pitrhfork Tillman stuInl,IesI into tl,..
room. tirs- all lent, twists-l and bu-t.-i.
Al the exart moment II his entrance tl,.,
cierk called his name on the roll. AMI
South Carolina'- bark numl-.r conG,,-.-ilv
~ked: "WLst H. it, VOTE no -,
responded a Democratic colleague. where
nPon TiIlman said no" aud the Senat,
smiled again.
The amendments having all I-~-n dis
f'o-ed of the struggle Wa over. Everv-
one was really u pas the hill. IAN In
favor of the Pa~age Of the bill will say
aye" announced the vioe President.
'Tho-e oppo-ed will say "no." The
ball is Ps>-s-i." Not q single voice had
r-pondei ~ either request. Silence must
-till 10 golden; anyhow the oId rule that
silence give- consent wa- invoked.
The po-ioiiice ball appropriating more
than t3I4. 4.0O.OO Wa fini-l,e-I.
WOODROW ~ BOSs ROUND HERE
A year ago on March fourth wo,irow
Wilson arrived in Washington. In In.
twelve months he has been in Office he
has held a mastery over Congre-- that no
president has welded befcre. Great con-
-tructive Iegislation has been enacted pre-
ci-ely IN the manner in which lse dictst,-i
T. His master mind has directed the
cour-e Of every phase Of government.
People may differ In their estimate of
Woodrow Wilson; and may approve or
di-approve u his policie-, but they ali
know vho rules the roo~t. Dignitar;e-
of high degree sho at first were inclined
10 srgue have been accommodated hv a
ruler Who has been able b tax them IN
sleep without sign Of fstigue: and they
have xuietly submitted 10 one of the mot
absolute iesder-hips that ever existed in