Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-06-03

| three sides, the fourth side being the
White House side.
Interesting Houses Near BY.
One can spend a whole day inter-
estedly in this immediate section. AT
| the corner of FL street and Madison
place, fronting KOsciusko's monument
on Lafayette square, is the old Dolly
Madison house. now the quarters of
the scientific club known as the Cos
mos club. After James Madison died
| his widow continued to occupy this
house for many years and there she
! held her famous levees. The main
part of the house is as it was in IDOL
ly's" day. The Cosmos club, however,
has added to the original structure
until now the scientists have plenty
of room for the increasing member
ship of their organization.
Fronting Lafayette square from the
north is Il brown stone house which
many years ago was the home of the
British minister, for at that time Great
Britain maintained a minister and not
; an ambassador in the capital of the
United States. In a room of this house
Owen Meredith, a nephew of Bulwer
Lytton, wrote the somewhat famous
poem of LUCILLE or at any rate it was
here that he wrote large part of 1T.
At the corner of Fl street and Con-
necticut avenue is fine old home with
a large yard inclosed with high brick
wall. In this house Daniel Webster
lived while he was secretary of state.
and it was within it's doors that the
AshburtOn treaty was considered and
sanctioned by American officials.
At the corner of Jackson place and
ii street, fronting Lafayette square,
| is large but plain brick house built
, and occupied at one time by Stephen
Decatur. 1t was from this house that
Decatur went forth to his duel with
Commodore James Barron, a duel in
which he met his death.
Gather for Extra Session.
Senators and representatives in
congress wo happen now to be at
home are packing up their belongings
preparatory to moving on Washington
| for the extra session. Many of the
members of both houses already are
here and are engaged in home seeking,
for many a new one has no house ex-
cept the one to which he is elected, the
lower house or the upper house Of the
congress of the United States.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
capitol is Republican and the White
| House is Democratic, large amount
! of legislation will be attempted this
year, some of which is certain to be
vetoed and some of which is certain
| to become the law of the land.
In Washington for some weeks have
/ been leading representatives of both
J political parties, the Republicans
! planning for legislation which they
! will attempt to enact and the Demo
| Gratis studying what the Republicans
| intend to do so that they may know
whether to acquiesce or to fight.
| 1t seems altogether likely that new
! party rule" will be in force in the
senate. Some of the Republicans de-
termined recently that legislation in
the upper house should not be de-
| termined upon, pro or con, by hand
full of men, but by all the Republicans
| acting together. This rule already has
been sanctioned in advance by the
Republican senators. The Democrats
acted on this principle to some ex-
tent during the time that they were
in control of the senate.
Change From Old Method.
In the old days three or four men
of their party, with power delegated
| to them by the other members. con-
| Stituted themselves into a court to
"try" legislation. If this little group
agreed that certain bills should be
pressed to a passage, or should be
shelved, the party members generally
agreed with them, and the result was
that bills were passed or defeated at
the within of the few rather than on
the sanction of the many. 1t was a
case of a party blindly following its
leaders. 1t is probable that here
after in the United States senate, no
matter which party is in control, the
entire party membership will take a
hand in suggesting what should be
! done and what should not be done.
| Congress will meet in extra ses-
| sion May 10. The two houses are in
control of the Republicans. although
the upper house is held by that party
by such a slim majority that it may
be difficult at times to get legislation
| tI = will no RI
to the support of Republican bills the
votes of some senators who in recent
years have not been strongly Repub-
lican, but more or less independent. 1t
will take a good deal of diplomacy on
the part of Republican leaders to Sc
cure the adherence of all the mem.
bers of the party majority on all oc-
casions.
Republicans of the house will start
in at once 10 frame tariff measure.
1t is as yet undecided whether it will
be an old-fashiOned Republican bill,
or one which simply will attempt to
make establishments in the existing
| schedules. An old-fashioned Repuh-
lican tariff bill would be almost sure
to meet with a veto, but readjust-
ment bill probably would be signed.
If the Republicans follow the read
justment plan they will do it because
apparently they hope that in. two
years they can start in on a com
prehensive measure and hand it over
10 Republican president to sign.
While there is sort of a cock
suredness in Republican ranks that
the next presidential election is to go
their way, the optimism of the Re.
publicans is no greater than that of
the Democrats, who fully expect that