The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-01-27

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from time to time its duty to the ma
lives Of Alaska. They never had any
land to sell, as did the Indians, by
which fund could be created for their
benefit, and It is incumbent upon con-
gress to make suitable provision for
them.
Reperfected Resolutions.
Resolutions in the senate calling for
expenditures must be referred to the
audit and control committee. One day
such a resolution had been introduced,
and there was considerable sparring
about It when Senator Borah made
this observation: 1T makes no differ
ence as to which committee this goes
to first II 1t is perfected in the labor
committee it win be reperfected by the
audit committee as long as the dlstin.
guished senator from Mississippi, Mr..
Williams. is chairman. because he en-
tertains certain views in regard to
state rights"
"Blunder by Congress-"
Serene Il. Payne Of New York has
never hesltated to express an opinion.
So recently when an attempt was made
to show that certain legislation passed
years ago, which a pending bill pro
posed to correct. was passed for the
benefit Of corporations Payne burst
forth with the declaration that this
legislation is to correct a blunder of
congress. No one believes that it was
inserted by corporations or by any in
tent It was a blunder. and that ia
all there is to It."
And then the bill was passed With.
out further discussion.
Washington, Jan 'S-lspecial. III
a man lives long enough he may ger
what he wants. That seems to be the
case with the Hon. Isaac Sherwood,
last general officer Of the civil war to
hold seat in the house He has re
Gently printed a speech in the Record,
under the general leave granted when
the currency bill was finally passed.
In which he points out that so called
greenback views he held forty years
ago are at last indorsed
almost forty years ago." says Gen
eral Sherwood, when l was on earth
the first time representing the same
congressional district I am now trying
to represent, made a speech on the
subject Of finance" He then went on
to detail some of the facts of finance
at that time. It was just after silver
had been demonetlzed. The issue Of
greenbacks had been reduced to $780,
100000 II was held that sound mon
ey gold, should be used to redeem ev-
cry dollar. Those who wanted more
greenbacks were called rag money
lunatics"
The "Promised Land"
General Sherwood said that now,
'after forty years Of experience in fs-
cal economies, with two disastrous
money panics fresh in memory-1S93
and 19O7-we have just enacted a
banking and currency law that pro
vides for more imitation Of paper cur
rency than even the widest rag mon
ey lunatics' Of 1874 ever advocated.
rejoice that have lived long enough
to be a sound money man measured
by my adolescent utterances forty
years ago. After wandering in the
wilderness 1 am now in the promised
land without changing my views on
this distractful question"
Good Times In the West.
MY information is that there are
good times throughout the whole cen
trail northwest" remarked Senator
Clapp Of Minnesota. He did not sup
port either the tariff bill or the cur
rency bill Of the Democratic party, al
though he is one Of the senators re-
garded as ultra progressive. 1.-THE
farmers Of the northwest" continued
Senator Clapp. "were somewhat dis
turbed about the probable reduction Of
the price of meat and wheat on &C
count Of impOrtatons from Canada,
but In my opinion we could eat In sixty
days all the meat Canada could pro-
duce. There will be a slight reduction
IN the price Of wheat. perhaps. for
Canada can produce large quantities
OF wheat. but not such as produce
hard times. IL looks to me as If bust
ness was booming in that region"
Never Happened Before.
1T seems to me we are resulting
on a great many subjects" Those
words came from Senator McCumber
OF North Dakota. and the senate felt
cold chill. Never before had such
frivolous speech been uttered by him in
the fifteen years be had been a mem
Der OF that body. Careful, slow, de-
llberate. complete. well formed SEN
tcnces only have ever been allowed to
escape from McCumber. Slangl No
wonder the senate was surprised
Bacon and Lodge.
Senator Lodge Of Massachusetts,
came to the senate twenty-one years
ago. Senator Bacon came one year
Inter. They are the most senatorial
senators" in the body. They are well
Informed regarding the rules and rath-
er tenacious about having them en-
forced. Next to Gallinger Lodge has
been longer I'm continuous service than
any other man. Bacon Is the senior
on the Democratic side or. rather. CON
temporaneous with Tillman, but the
South Carolina senator does not take
an active part.
"Elder Statesmen" Control.
Several years ago when we referred
70 the "eldcr statesmen we meant