The daily Alaskan., 1914-09-21

publican governor in office. Tn Ken lucky there is u possibility that the division in the ranks of the Democrats over the liquor question may result In the election of a Republican United States senator. That view was recent ly expressed by former Senator Joe Blackburn, who has a good knowledge of political conditions in Kentucky. There is a possibility also that the liquor question may cause a split in the dominant party in Virginia as the question of state wide prohibition is to be submitted In that state this fall.
 A Strange Story.
 Senator Kenyon of Iowa has been opposing the river and harbor bill. During one of the discussions Senator Clapp of Minnesota intimated that sen ators were not to blame for support ing the river and harbor bill and other appropriations, because the value of their work In congress was gauged by the amount of money they could get from the federal treasury. Kenyon took issue with the Minnesota senator and said that he did not believe that 1t was fair estimate of the American people. Then he told strange story of town where a federal building had been In existence for a number of years. A congressman, ambitious to do, something for his people, secured a very large appropriation for a much finer building. The old building was torn down and the new one erected. But the people were dissatisfied, and they defeated the congressman on that very question. Perhaps there are com munities which are not so anxious to have public buildings as one might infer from the demand of the average congressman.
 Why He Went Away. Vice President Marshall was going away for q week end, and as he left the senate friend asked him if he felt warranted in leaving the senate at that time. Certainly" replied Mir. Mar shall, 'particularly with the object l have in view. I am going where l can get something besides restaurant cook Ing"
 The Party Responsible.
 "It Is obvious to me now" remarked Senator Newlands of Nevada, in charge of the trust legislation, that Tthe Democratic party, which Is responsible for this legislation, will have to see to 1t that a quorum is maintained here" Other Democrats have also voiced similar sentiments, but 1t will be very hard for the Democratic sena- tors alone to maintain a quorum. Will Have Company.
 The house was considering bills for claims, and Jim Mann of Illinois and Taggart of Kansas were having a con troyersy over one of the various propO- sItions. Mann, who usually asserts a superiority of knowledge, said that if Taggart had had as much experience as many other members "he would be on my side"
 "Oh, I will never be on your side of the house." said Taggart.
 "Oh, you will not be in the next house at all" retorted Mann.
 q will have plenty of company" was Taggart's rejoInder.
 Tug Fork of the Big Sandy.
 Congressman John Langley of Ken lucky was trying to get bill through for a bridge across the Tug fork of the Big Sandy river, and all the hu- morlsts of the house took a crack at him. Adamson of Georgia, Moore of Pennsylvania and Mann of Illinois led In the game of badgering the Ken lucky man, and then they let him get his bill through after pOking more or less fun at the Tug fork.
 Sign of the Times.
 Bags and bags of mall are caTted out daily from the capitol and the senate and house office buildings. States and congressional districts are being flooded with documents, speech es, seeds, pamphlets and books of all kinds which are printed and carried by the government free of cost. An