El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-13
SIR JOHN GIVES
PEN PICTURE
Of SENATE
Endless Debate Stirs Brit
Usher to Criticism of
US. System.
FINDS SENTIMENT
FOR THE IRISH

7 ONDON. Eng. Dec 13.-When Sir
Il John Foster Fraser sat IN the Wis
itors' gallery OF the United States
senate with 500 other interested spec
tators and remembered that the five
yawning gentlemen below were hold
ing up the peace Of the world by their
Interminable talk" he was thoroughly
convinced that the august solons were
as they frankly admitted. thinking
more Of America than OF the world
IN fact. Sir John intimates In a let
ter printed in the Evening Standard
and signed by himself. that he left
''the American house Of lords" with a
feeling not far removed from repul-
sion.
1T was all rather capital the
Briton admits in his letter from
Washington and adds: The proceed
ings we're OF an easy going, hit
where-you-can character.
True democracy. No ticket was re-
CURED 10 attend a debate Of the
United States senate-the house Of
zone stepped into the Ift-slevator
they call IL for short over here-and
the colored gentleman In charge
swished past the senators entrance
20 the public entrance.
Like Methodist Chapel
AN uudistinEuishe and democratic
chamber Is the senate, rather Ike a
modern Methodist chapel with an
enormous gallery Indeed. the gallery
is the principal part There are seats
for some 80 senators. and seats for
some 500 vie tors. When I was pres
a HnH =
tendance. and maybe, 400 visitors.
An extremely pleasant white
haired gentleman was loling back IN
an office chair. his hands in MS
pOckets-the president OF the senate
Behind him was the stars and stripes,
merclal-tra veler-liks men we're az a
hoisted table in front
in a sort Of semi-clrcle. with
central gangways were rows Of auc-
loneers cesAH- some sells-tols %
discreetlys some lOlled- one was che W.
ing. another Was picking his teeth;
one was reading newspaper. and
another was turning the pages Of an
Illustrated journal
During the four hours I was pres
ent there was more debate about Eng
land than about America 10 dawned
upon me that We British are under
grave suspicion
"Of course the league Of nations
was under discussion The Republic
n y have acc united in a measure for
Britain was kind OF king
Charles head It came into every
subject, especially that awful buEa-
boo: Why should America have only
one vote and England six2 Oh was
the reply, it does not matter II
America had so, il would come 10 the
same thing
But everybody was sympathetic
toward Irish aspirations. 10 word
was said about the aspirations OF the
Armenfans. or Porto Rico people, OF
the negroes A dim suspicion entered
my mind that the same l5suuu,uu0
americans in the United States
may Ia vsaccouuted in a measure for
the solicitude Of the senator's
--The president went TO lunch and
another gentleman lounged in the
chair.
''The clerk shifted his chair and
looked at snapshots taken by one Of
the messenger boys-thoss bright. I
energetic, lrnlckerboclzered and shock [
headed lads. lively in spite OF the
general sonorousness Of the talk II
was very hot
missed the dignity OF our lords and
our commons. And when the mum Der ]
Of attendant senators was reduced ]
TO five and the gallery audience in I
creased TO 500. ] remembered that the I
yawninE gentlemen below were hold I
Ing up the peace OF the world by their
interminable talk As they frankly I
admitted, they were thinking more
q America than OF the world
Perhaps If I were an American I I
would agree with them. Yet most Of ]
their talk was about King Charles's ]
head