Evening star., 1917-03-25

THE sUNDA!
Tho most noteworthy instances are OF
District Commissioners Oliver +. New-
man and Louis Brownlow, and the e
and superintendent of police" HIS
predecessor. Richard Sylvester. had
been a newspaper correspondent
| Some of the greatest cartoontsts IN
the press gallery, and one of the most
| treasured possessions of Supt. Preston
is his book Of cartoons. No expers
| wielder of the pencil gets by him, ana
the collection. if published. would SET
the continent in a roar and possibly
| stir the complacency of several slum
| berous statesmen. One OF the most
| striking contributions Is by Mckee
| Barclay Of the Baltimore Sun. OF Mr..
Preston himself. which represents the
1.-the, nervous superintendent in one OF
| his occasional Ats Of abstraction.
Noted Fights and Filibusters.
Flights and Filibusters" might very
well be the title of historical narra-
tive of the Senate if Supt. Preston
! should ever care to write it. AS to the
former. they have been relatively few.
! when one considers the passionate in
|
between the men on the floor. The
Tillman- -McLaurin bout. when "P1tcn-
fork" Ben srappled with his own col.
| league, is probably the most noted OF
sleet storm had carried down all the
| wires north, and all the press copy that
got out of Washington went by mes
sengers on trains. Senator Bailey OF
Texas was a particularly pugnacious
statesman. One day he took offense at
certain remarks by Senator Beveridge
of Indiana. and. at the close of the de-
bate, reached over, and, gripping Rev.
eridge by the collar. shook him as one
dog would another Later Mr.. Bailey
distinguished himself in the corridor by
striking newspaper man. a son OF the
present Governor Of South Carolina.
Money of Mississippi and Wellington or
Maryland once came near blows when
Money called Wellington a liar on the
floor. The two angry statesmen Wero
drawing nearer and nearer together.
when Senator Wellington Uhe debate
was in the tense period just before the
war with Spain), without awaiting the
recognition of the Vice President.
laughingly shouted. Mr.. President.
would a declaration of war be in order
| at this time?" The Senate broke into
laughter. another senator was recog-
nized and personal hostilities were
averted. Mr.. Money, q little later. apollo
gtzing to the Senate for his use of un-
parliamentary language.
Near Filibuster Recounted.
near filibuster. of which history has
made no mention, occurred the last
night Of the session, March 8, 1908. The
business of the Senate had been about
cleaned up and an easy adjournment
the next day was expected. when
threatening cloud appeared in the
wrath of Senator Tillman. because a
war claim of 1872 of the state of South
Carolina for $4,000 had been held up
in the general deficiency bill. Mr. Till
man began to barricade his desk with
books and documents. and, prophesying
an extra session, made ready to read
voluminously from "Childe Harold" and
other poems of Byron. of whom he was
especially fond. The message was car
ried to Uncle Joe Cannon. then chair
man of the committee on appropria-
tions of the House. Mr.. Cannon was at
first defiant, but finally allowed the
House to recede from its disagreement
and South Carolina got its money.
The filbuster of Senator Carter of
Montana against the river and harbor
bill in 1901 was not real test of en-
durance, as are filibusters of today. for
the democrats recently have changed
the rules. The Montana senator would
yield to allow the transaction of other
business. and no legislation was lost
except that particular bill Even dur
ing his nineteen-hour speech in 1908
against the Aldrich-Vreeland emer-
gency currency bill La Toilette was
aided by calls for a quorum. some
thirty in all, and they consumed at
least five hours.
New Rule Partly Overcome.
The new rule requiring that other
business must intervene before a
quorum can be demanded was over
come in part when Senator Burton
killed the river and harbor bill in 1914
by the Introduction of amendments. He
occupied the floor from 5:55 pm. until
sos the next morning. attired in light
house coat and a comfortable pair of
slippers. The strain was a hard one,
but the quorum calls used up about
four hours and a half. Senator Craw-
ford of South Dakota spoke for more
than eight hours against the Lorimer
report. The longest continuous ses-
sion of the Senate was in the closing
days Of the Sixty-third Congress, when
that body remained in session from
Monday, February 8, at noon, to Wed
the fight against the shipping bill. Mr..
Jones of Washington occupied the floor
from 6:45 pm. Monday to $40 am.
Tuesday, Senator Weeks of Massa-
chusetts remaining beside him the en-
tire night to take the floor If Jones
showed signs of weakening. In this
same fight Senator Gallinger of New
Hampshire, almost eighty years of age,
spoke for seven hours and twenty min
utes, and then declined to leave the
chamber for a rest. Two days later
he spoke again for four hours and
twenty-five minutes. A few days be-
fore Senator Smoot of Utah spoke
steadily from $50 at night until 9:25
the next morning. During this dfty-
four-hour session Supt. Preston OBJ
tanned only six hours sleep.