The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-10-10

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of armaments and the Ear East prob
lens will assemble on Armistice day.
7 So it is that the building dedicated to
bringing closer union between the
countries Of North and South America
VIII be used to bring about closer
union between all the countries of the
world. The building, therefore, is to
be Of temporary service for u higher
| purpose than that to which it was ded-
Heated. .r-. ill.,
/, 3 Tropical Garden in Patio.
4 The Pan-American building is con-
structed on Spanish architectural
lines. AS you enter the doorway hall
leXtends to your right and left. Passing
| IacroSs this marble enclosure, you go
outdoors" on the opening of a great
I tglass door. "Out doors" in this case is
in sense indoors, for, while you find
yourself in a tropical garden, it is in
closed by, the walls of the building, al
though 1t Is open to the skies. In
stormy weather Il glass roof. worked
by noiseless machinery and put into
motion by the touching of a button,
extends its clear surface over the gar
den, shutting out the rain or snow,
but letting in the light.
i In this patio, as it is called, there
ARE tropical plants Of all kinds, brought
here from Central and from South
America. With them are some of the
tslurdier growihS Of the North. There
is vegetation here representing virtl-
ally every country of the American
lcOntincnt.
There are tropical birds in the gar
den, Respondent cockatoos for the
most part, but the chances are that
these brilliant birds of the South
must be removed elsewhere during the
,GellberationS of the conference, for,
while the cockato0s are alrayed more
gOrgeOusly than Solomon III all his
glory, their voices are far from dulcet.
They can make racket enough on occa-
sion to drown the notes OF brass
band.
In one Of the rooms. where commit,
tees of the cU,ferees will meet, there
Is table which perhaps is the most
;sOlidly beautiful one in the world. It's
top is made of 4 great segment of ma
hOgany, polished until it mellowly re-
fleets the face that appears above it.
This table is Il huge one, but the word
is that its top is made from one piece
of mahogany brought hither from one
OF the Central American countries. It
seems almost incredible that any tree
could yield Il plank of this size, but if
there is any joining done it is not per-
ceptible 70 the eye.
Followers Don't Follow Well.
Looking down from the gallery at
the members of the house and senate
today, the impression gained is the
two bodies are just as they always
were; that the Legislative chambers
hold today men of the same party
impulses and men of the same general
pOiticalJ and economic >endeavor as
their fOrerunners. But the impression
would be Il mistaken One.,,
The house and senate today are
markedly different, from the old days,
different in methods of leadership, diff
ferent in thought. different in policies.
The party leaders today cannot man.
age their followers as they used to do.
They find on frequent occasions that
the followers will not follow. There
is necessary today skill in leading,
a skill in compromising and a skill in
getting party majority results, skill
not necessary in days that are gone.
The why's and wherefOres of it are not
hard to explain.
In the old days party fealty kept
men of divergent views on some party
matters always in line when the ques-
ton of loyalty to the party was put
squarely up to them. Today the plea
of party loyalty has Of course its eff
feet, but nothing like that it had in
other years.
One has to turn only to the records
of congress of the past few years to
learn how difficult has been the task
OF leadership Oh both sides of the two
halls. In the days of Senator Arthur
p. GOrman and at that time Repre-
sentative John Sharp Williams. both
Democrats, and Of Senator Nelson ~.
Aldrich and Representative Joseph G.
Cannon, both Republicans, the call to
the party cOlors almost invariably was
answered, even if the call was sound
ed after seemingly irreconcilable diff
1erenceS in the ranks of either party.
Slow to Answer the, Party Call.
Today neither the Republican nor,
the Democratic leaders are sure that
when they sound the tOcsin there will
be Il majority response. Today it is,
necessary to urge, and urge, and urge,
where in the old days Il single spoken
word of leadership authority frequent
ly was all that was necessary.
There was Il time in the extreme
past when things were us they are to-
day, but from a time not long after
the closing of the Civil war unit! n
year or two after the death of Will
liam Mckinley party was party and
nearly unanimous votes on party
measures almost always were assured.
Revults against party leadership
began when Roosevelt was president
and Joseph G. Cannon was speaker of
the house. At that time Nelson W.
SI,}r; nb A,yoS tho Rnnuh1irap loader in