Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-12-23
WASHINGTON NEWS LETTER
By Arthur w. Dunn

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ono hundred years ago there existed
what was called the era of good feel
ing" "a time when part" feeling had
subsidized and everybody was satisfied.
It happened after the unanimous cleo
ton Of Monroe. The same conditions
do not exist now, but suggestions are
made that the next congress shah es-
tablsh such an era.
Let us" remarked Leader Kitchln
Of the Democrats, have no partisan
ship hereafter. Let us pass the neces-
sary legislation in nonpartisan man
ner, legislation which everybody wants,
and adjourn and all he happy"
That was said to group Of Repub-
leans, one Of whom was Uncle Joe
Cannon He smiled aud whimslcally
said along that line | have a sugges-
ton Let us enter into a solemn agree
ment to pass by unanimous consent
every bin which every member pre-
sents to improve the conditions Of the
country and remedy all existing and
imaginary evils
Breakers Ahead.
Both the Democratic leader and the
former speaker were talking ironical-
", for both know that there win be
scrapplng ia the next congress They
both know that with the house so
evenly balanced partisanship will run
high, and the party that takes control
Of the house win have a hard road to
travel rs long as a certain amount Of
Independence is displayed by individ-
ual members At the same time the
Independent members will be the point
around which vote getting will pivot.
An Alleged yellow Streak"
Friends Of Senator Clark of Wyom-
ing were expressing their regret that
he was defeated for reelection. The
talk went along and it was concluded
that he MS we'll as others went down In
the cyclonic sweep due to the He kept
out OF war" slogan, which was ire
sishhle.
THE worst feature OF It," remarked
Clark land what most regret is the
yellow streak that has been shown In
our people And it will remain until
we have war OF our own. when il
viii be demonstrated that our people
are not SO yellow as the5 thought they
were ia the hate election.
High Cost Of Living.
Those members of congress who live
IN homes or apartments woke M to
the real facts about the high cost OF
living when they reached Washington.
At home they had not struck the real
thing I'm high prices but I'm the M
tional capital they found that living
costs more than anywhere else. Per
haps that accounted somewhat for the
ctamor that was raised soon after con
gress convened and the demand that
something substantial be done to re
lieye the situation Nearly all the
members declared that prices in Wash
ington were much higher than else
where Maybe the boost was made for
the benefit of the congressman.
Can't Fool New Man.
You can't fool a new man IN con
gresS." remarked an old timer. I've
seen hundreds of en- sworn in as sen
ators and representatives, and the real
new statesman equips himself Ia a
long frock coat, the longer the better.
This is more apt to happen in the sen
ate than the house The new man in
the senate is sure to be known as soon
as seen rick out the fellow with the
longest and newest frock coat and put
linn down as the latest addition to the
senate
Senator Smoot Explains.
During the late campaign when vari-
Gus persons went 10 the Republican
national headquarters and told the Re
publican managers that the Mormons
were going back ON the Republican
party such men were set down as lit
tie better than fools or ut best wan
dcriug in political imbecility. Did not
Utah vote for Taft in 1922 And was
not Senator Reed Smoot. a Mormon
apostle, out there ON the job? Huh
"Iumph" and other signals were free.
ly exchanged among the swivel chair
brigade
Since his return TO Washington Su0ot
has several times been asked for an
explanation and makes this reply:
why. nothing could be done with the
people ont there. They answered ey-
cry argumert with He kept us cut of
war And that was the campaign"
Fitz Gets One Recruit
Congressman Fitzgerald. the embar-
60 advocate. secured one recruit soon
after congress convened. "Fitz. I'm /
for your embargo" said Congressman
Howard Of Georgia when we ar
rived here l sent boy out with five
dollar bill TO buy something for break /
fast. lie came back with that bill ,
shot to pieces and mighty little to +
show for it-egss 60 cents a dozen
butter 60 cents a pound. and a measly
little loco of bread that wouldn't feed .
a healthy man for meal. Just count
me in on that fight to reduce the cost
of living"