Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-03

any other Senator can prevent me fror
speaking" said stone
II will and I am" Borah shouted loudly
across the aisle, his objection being shs
tanned by the Vice President stone sur.
rendered.
Senate galleries, public and private,
filled early Wives and daughters of
Senators and Representatives were among
the early arrivals I'm the elite reserved
sections Among the first were the wives
of Senator Cummins and Representative
Sherlcy. Senator divers daughter also
came early. Senator Chiffon had an eX-
cited. Chattering bunch of seminary girls
as his guests
Women were in the majority. Before
the Senate convened a buzz of feminine
voices resoundcd against the stained glass
canupy of the Senate. Their vividly hued
hats and waists lent varicolored touch
TO the solemnity Of the proceedings
Just outsid the women's galleries
louuginr i'm stolid Indifference in the dra-
matte scenes within the chamber, a group
of Usage Indians assembled. They were
Interested only in disposition of their oil
land leases one wore small American
flag in his buttonholc
Almost rubbing elbows with the richly
gowncd and furrcd visitors in the private
galleries were the "railbrds' in the pub
lie reservations Poorly clothed some
avidlv reading portions Of newspaper
stories bearing on the situation, these
were wcdged in between more prosperous
tourists.
SOME BRING LUNCHES,
Several of the visitors brought lunches,
wrapped in newspapers prepared to
spend the entire day. Some of the semi
nary girls brought notebooks evidently
for ammunition for future theses.
one tradition the Senate maintained on
The surface was that of being calm and
Through the routine morn. !
ng business it droned. Bills for bridges
lcross the ella River memorials favoring !
prohibition in the Hawaiian Islands, |
quaker petitions against war, business !
mems declarations for preparedness, pen /
Ou bills, relief bills, kilograms from cos. |
these We're taken up and .
disposed of as dspassiOnately aS. If moth. ,
ng but everyday business were OH hand.
Eyes of the gallaries centred on two
picturesque DEMONSTRATORS Stone and
lore. A greater contrast could not be
Stone is tall, gray and grim,
Who olls at his desk in a crisis as calmly
s gambler sits with four aces In action,
'hen excited. he shakes his finger nerv-
usly or swings his arms in great wind
lll gestures.
He has habit of saying what is not
Important in a ringing excited voice and
hat is vital and dramatic, measuredly,
and almost under his breath.
Gore. the blind Senator from Oklahoma,
as led into the chamber by II special
Ierk Short and stocky, his is a figure Of
eCuliar vigor. A powerful and emotional
rator of the Bryan type. he Is at home
such a question as was before
lc Senate today.
Before the Senate convened, every seat
every gallery except the Presidents. re-
'rved and the diplomatic gallery was
ken. with several hundred persons jam
ed in the corridors,
In the Presidents private section two
stcrs.in-law of the Presidents wife, Mrs.
leNander II. Gait and Mrs. Ralph Boil |
r. with friends. obtained seats before
e session opened, 'Ihey said Mrs, VIII |
IN did not plan to attend.
In the front row of the diplomatic gal |
ry Miss Lansing, sister of the Secretary |
state, had party of friends.
We're here for America they said |
hen asked to what Government they
ere accredited