The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1919-02-22
WILSON TRIP MAY
PAC|FY CONGRESS
DIFFERENCES WILL BE WIPED
OUT IF HE NEGOTIATES A
SATISFACTORY PEACE.
KITCHIN JOLLIES Defeated
They Do Not Exactly Appreciate His
Story--Two New Senators and Three
Representatives Are Sworn In for
the Coming Terms.
BY ARTHUR w. DUNN.


we're rupture between congress and the
president, the presidents friends be-
lieve that he viii. be supported by the
people. 1t is generally the case that
president can win before the people
when he is opposed by congress. That
does not always happen, but In most
instances the people seem to think
that the president Is doing the best
he can and that congress is trying to
interfere with him. That was the view
during the skirmishes that occurred
between President Roosevelt and con-
gress, although they never came down
to u real contest, because congress
weakened before that stage. President
Cleveland had many differences win
congress and sometimes the people
We're with him and sometimes against
him. But it was his party in congress
that suffered on account of the divi-
sions which occurred. When PreSl-
dent Taft had his differences with con-
gress, and vetoed many bills when
congress passed, the verdict of the
people was with congress and against
| the president.
SO far there have not been any real,
| decided differences between President
Wilson and congress-. save only as
! opinion in congress has been antago-
| nistic to the presidents trip abroad.
| The differences are prospective to
| large extent and it Is not likely thar
the people will undertake to decide
| until these differences become actual
and sharp. 1t Is possible that all diff
| ferences will be wiped out and that
congress and the president will be
| found in agreement when he returns
| from Europe. This is sure to be the
case if he has succeeded in negotiat-
| ing q satisfactory peace treaty.
While there has been jollification on
the Republican side of the house OF
! representatives owing to the success
of the party, there are quite number
who are not joining in the festivities.
as they are among the defeated. A
| group of these defeated was in the
corridor one day when Leader Kitchin
l
| tries were exchanged, and finally
Kitchin told this story: After the cleo
ton in 1910 when many Republicans
were defeated he found group OF
them before the fire In the house lob
| by. all very gloomy and serious. Boys,
| YOU shouldn't take this so seriously"
Kitchin told them; land let me give
you little piece Of advice. Of course
YOU fellows want to redeem your dis
tricts and restore them to the Repub-
lican party. The way to do that is for
you to search very carefully and each
one of you find real popular Repuh-
lican in your district to run next time
"Do you want that to apply to us"
| asked Congressman Miller of Mime
sota. who was one among the de-
feated.
| When congress convened after Its
| adjournment, two new senators ana
snree new representatives were wait
ing TO be sworn in. In the senate VIII
liam p. Pollack took the oath as sue
cessor to Senator Tillman of South
| Carolina, while Edward ]. Gay was
sent by Louisiana to fill the place OF
the late Senator Broussard. Within
five minutes Pollock and Gay, both OF
whom are Democrats, had been assign
ed TO committee chairmanships, al
though unimportant ones. In the house
of representatives two Wisconsin men.
Nelson and Lambert, and an OhiOan,
Davev. were sworn in. This gives
both senate and house a full member
ship.
James r. Mann started with the
| beginning of the session to re-
sumo his old position as minority
leader. He dipped into everything
and showed that he was ION the
lob" lust as in the days gone by. He
is much thinner than he was in those
golden days and his friends who saw
him in action thought that he lacked
some of the pep" which has been
Characteristic of him in the past.
There is still considerable speculation
as @ whether he is going to have the
health to continue his duties as minori-
ty le.der and also to assume the re-
sponstbilities of the speakership If he
decides to become speaker.
There is noticeable difference In
the minority leadership by Mann and
that Of Gillett of Massachusetts. who
has been acting leader during Manns
illness. Mann is natural-born heck
Ter; he delights in heckling the Demo
cratic side. Everybody has been say
ing since he returned that he Is 1.-THE
same Jim Mann in the matter of STIR
ring up the Democrats" Gillett, on
the contrary, is mild-mannered. but
none the less effective or successful In
winning points for his side.
Conspicuous OH the Democratic side
of the house of representatives one
day was man in officers uniform, the
wings on his coat denoting that he be-
longed to the aviation corps. No one
could guess who he was. for it had
been asserted that of the several men
who left the house of Representatives