The Washington times., 1920-05-08

The Capitol always was and al
ways will be the most interesting
place in Washington. At that time
/ went there frequently. listening
TO debates IN both the Senate and
the House. 1t was more or less
lottery what subjects would be
brought up in the legislative ses-
sions--sometimes the questions
were vital and the speeches spirit
., ed. but often they were dull and
the time dragged.
ForaISer's Attack On Roosevelt.
happened to be there wbnn Sem
ator Foraker, whom Roosevelt
had attacked. made his repiy. He
seemed very nervous and excited
and swished his notes round and
called the President all kinds Of
names. The Brownsville affair
came up, too. and great indigna-
ton was shown against Roosevelt
The galleries were filled with col
ored people. After all the. talk
there did not seem much head or
tail to the affair. nor was any one
the wiser.
sorbine, but found myself sharing
the sentiments Of a contemporary
satirist-" Well, ! see Congress has
got to wurrk again said Mr..
Dooley. The Lord save US firm
HARM said Mr.. Hennessey." One
felt as IL the orators were playing
a game Of words; that there was too
much talking and very little ac-
complished. I believe much of the
real work is done in committee
rooms.
The day on which we were first
ushered into the Supreme Court
stands out in my memory. The JUS
tices, all very impressive, entered
in state. their dignifled black robes
somber in the subdued light. Best
known among them were White,
McKenna- Brewer and Holmes.
It was during Roosevelt's second
admin stration that we went down
from Washington on Roxana to see
the opening of the jamestown Ex-
position, which was not at James
town at all, but near Norfolk, thirty
miles or moro down river. At Old
Point Comfort the cheerful lights
OF the Chamberlln greeted US, and
soon men-of-war loomed up at
anchor in the Roads. That, OF
course. was before the days of low
visibility painting, and the men-of-
war were in solid colors-the four
English battle-gray, the two Aus
trian dark greenland in the semi
darkness they looked brooding and
ominous, the impersonation Of
death. The next morning in the
bright sunshine there was still
something superb and powerful
about them, but less sinister.
salute to the President.
At an early hour the Mayhower.
with the President on board. was
sighted in the distance, and all the
warships nred salutes from six
FOUNDERS with black powder. The
nashes and clouds OF smoke and
the deafenine noise made II seem
like a real battle.
The naval display was on q
larger scale and-curiously enough
y much more impressive than an
earlier one at Kiel where we had
seen a great gathering of men-of-
war, when the King OF England
steamed in on his black yacht and
the Kaiser on his white one. At
Hampton Roads there were two
long lines OF magnificent modern
warships of every kind The only
country to send an old-fashioned
battleship was Argentina; with the
men on the ysrdsrms, che stood
out very conspicuously. II would
be more correct 10 say, perhaps
that the South American vessel was
the only one then considered out Of
date--some OF the others must long
since have been scrapped.
As the Msyhower steamed down
the line, the guns again Numbered
their. salute: the yacht. dropping
anchor, gathered launches about her
as magnet gathers needles. tho