Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1915-02-10
TALK THAT is NOT CHEAP

Some idea OF what senatorial prerogatves cost the country when
they are abused a be gathered from a estimate of the expense OF
senatorial hot air" made by Senator Williams of Mississippi
the ship-purchase bill cost the United States government $225OoO IN
printing bills and stenographers' fees. On the sam basis the speech
OF Senator Burton, which lasted more than thirteen hours, cost about
s25o00i Senator Lodges speech cost sl5oMN and Senator Gallinser's
Not n of these speeches was made with the expectation of in
huencing a single vote Most OF them we're made to practically empty
senatorial seats. Their sole purpose "a to delay action on the ship
purchase bill; to defeat it by a 6ibuster, to talk it to death.
Talk is n O cheap when it costs the taxpayers OF this country $4,000
an hour, The time is not far distant when the people will demand a re
form of the archaic, reaetionary rules OF the senate. which lnake possible
the throttfmg by a minority OF the will Of the people as interpreted by
a majority OF their senatorial representatives.
There will be few mourners on the Democratic side OF the house
OF representatives when Congressman Richmond T. Hobsons term OF
office ends a few weeks hence and he retres to private life. Mr.. Hob
sons chief function as a congressman has been to sound the jngo key
note OIL every possible occasion to the embarrassment Of the government
and the disgust Of most of his party associates. As a private citizen his
warlke utterances will possess infinitely fewer possibilities OF danger to
our international relations, and he will have ceased to be a grave public
menac and nuisance.
We ca readily forgive coonei Roosevelt the unfarness Of holding
President Wilson responsible for I'll the business depression when we
gratefully remember that the colonel was largely responsible for Presi-
dent Wilson.
The "a has sent up the Pre- OF roodsuFs o such a degree in
Europe that some fears are entertained that they may eventually Govt
as much as they do in peaceful America.
Transatlantic freight rates have risen 1000 per cent, and flour has
nearly reached the s1oabarrel mark But u p to the hour OF going to
press, air to breathe a still free.
1t is a good thing for a great many present-day s1outers against
immigration that there a no lteracy test when their parents or grand
Some mel are born peaceful, some men achieve peacehnness, and
some, like the warrior Of Oyster Bay, have peaeefulness thrust upo
them.
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The kaiser has great faith that zone mar with God is always in the
majority" Also he has a mighty good opinion of the ne man
Englands navy is still the largest in the world, but as things are
going Davy Jones will soon have the biggest fleet
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Indoring spderweb, 1ow-neck gowns DR.. Wiley makes himself
solid both with the women and the doctors.
The Germans are not devoid of humor. The kaisers physician rec
commended that he lead a quiet life.
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willing to make peace for it.
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II the navy is really short OF big guns there is Cannon in congress
that might be spared.
If the price of wheat continues to go up it will soon be III Of sign-
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Prohtsharing is a great scheme, but how about loss sharing?
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And you may do a mar a favor by not giving him advice
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Hard work is the only SURE cure for ar ingrowing crouch.