The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-03-17


ators, for the representatives Of thS
states in congress are not above hay
ing human foibles. They like to -
seen and they like to be heard BY th2
multitudes. II is said that the bes1
way to Eeep q quorum In the senate
Is TO fill the galleries. There ara
many men in the upper house today
who are marked for public curiosity
and more serious public notice. Thes~
men are the leaders in behalf OF Pres
ident Wilson's policies and the Ies0-
ers Of such movements IS are On foek
against his policies. .
There are also in the senate sew
eral Republicans who are either ana
nounced or receptive candidates f1r
the nomination for the presidency
These senators, with the leaders 90
the other side. daily are pointed Cus-
by persons in the gallery familiar witb
their faces. to the visitors fruER
abroad.
Like Approval of Galleries.
It may seem a bit impertinent Co
point out the weaknesses Of the legist
lators of the United ates, but s0ms
of the men on the floor of the senate
anil some of those on the floor OF tbs
house show constantly that they arw
alert to the approval or the disapprov-
al Of the galleries. Many senator
and many a representative in tAD
course of speech lifts his eyes -
the galleries to see now his last fins-
ly-polished phrase has ia. en- hold 81
the visiting representatives OF thN
great American people. II might assS
be said that in this eye search Of ths
galleries the press gallery is not neg
Iected.
On the Democratic side Of the SER
ate one of the men in whom the Wis
itors show the most interest Is Sena-
tor William ]. Stone Of Missouri. whD
is the chairman of the committee On
foreign relations which today has aE'
abundance Of important work In hasa
It is Senator Stone wtc in fOrezgE
matters is looked to as the champssn
of the administrators cause.
Another Democratic senator whD
constantly ia pointed out is John ~
Kern of Indiana. who has the post q
floor leader of the Democracy Others
like Tillman, Vardaman and Lewis. ~
whom much has been heard In tho
public prints, not only because OF thets-
political and legislative doings, essr
because of their marked personals
characteristics, ara ordinarily the sinh
feet of more thar casual attentioR
from the occupants Of tn galleries
Over on the Republican side CuD
Minis of Iowa, Weeks of MassacE1-
setts, La Toilette OF Wisconsin, Smtfh
of Michigan and Sherman OF Iiiinoas
are out-and-out candidates for the Re-
publican nomination. This fact, add-
ed to such other facts as make thes@
senator's more or less prominent. ~
sufficient to draw the attention OF TIE
g lleries to them.
| All Niettors lnepcCtcus
Visitors to Washington these days.
II they enter the capitol or the grezf
building housing the state, war ana
navy departments. cannot fail to noee
that they themselves are being ,R0ae4
In other words. every such visitor -
inspected somewhat more than casu-
ally by men who are on guard at sha'
doors. or whoare stationed In the cor
lridofs
Ever since q bomb. was exploded last
year in the senate wing Of the capifdA
and IN view Of various like happenfnEs
in different parts of the country. thp
government has thought 10 wise -
take care that no further damage ahaa
be done by cranks or wartime enlhD
siasts in the capital city
In ordinary times there are sSse<a1
entrances to the capitol which can DO
used freely by visitors. but which ars
now closed and locked Persons wish
ing to inspect the building or TO .wzr
ness the proceedings of either house
or senate must enter through deziE-
mated doorways inside Of which -
men In uniform who look over eveEE
one who enters. The inspectors arr
alive to every possibility in the CASE
and inspection. while seemingly ontg
cursory, is in effect as close and e.
strict as it is possible to make II win
| In the limited time of the VISITORS
passage through the hallway.
Checked Package Of $4,000
No one is allowed now to enter tbD
galleries of either house or senate =
he carries with him package Of any
kind. The other day a man carrying
a package was stopped and told TIA
he must check 1t at the parcel roezs
| If he wanted to enter the gallery. =.
willingly complied with the .suss@--
ton. When he left the capitol he for-
got about his package and after sons-
time it was opened and was found -
contain $4,000 in cash. The owner 80
turned afterward. reclaimed his moo<y
and did not seem TO think he had dsne
anything unusual in committing -
large a sum to the care Of the Chez
room attendants.
The explosion Of bomb In the So
ate wing OF the capitol some months
ago was the first attempt to do 80
iniurv 10 government property I'M akzx