Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-07-10
ANOTHER STORY
OF CAMERONpS
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(By M. FARMER MURPHY, in Balti-
more SUM-

(By NJ. FARMER MURPHY, in Balti-
more SUM
WASHINGTON, July The first ses-
sion of the sixty ninth congress closed
at o'clock this afternoon with the
members of the house singing "The
Star -Spangled Banner" and an Arizona
feud in full swing at the senate end.
For the last 80 minutes of the sit
ting of the senate, Ralph Henry Cam
eron, republican, Arizona, vexed be-
cause he was unable to get bill aid
ing his constituents up for considera-
tion, sped along, reading or speaking,
at an even pace, ignoring interruptions
and resisting all the crafty attempts to
divert him from his purpose, until the
hour of arrived and the gavel fell.
Cameron Gets started.
Senator Cameron and his democratic
colleague from Arizona are at odds, it
seems, over the bill which the former
tried to get up The story is that, if
he got it through, it would make votes
for him and that would not be to the
liking of Representative Carl Hayden,
democrat, who is likely to run against
him for the senate. Senator Ashurst,
it is said further, was at one time in
favor of the bill, but for some reason
is now willing to abet the purposes of
Representative Hayden. At any rate,
Senator Ashurst announced he would
make every honorable effort" to pre-
vent the bill being passed, and when
Senator Cameron failed to get unan-
imous consent to take the bill up the
first thing at the next session, he got
the floor and away he went.
The senator is a Maine Yankee, born
up around the parts where old Jed
Prouty came from. He is round-head-
ed and red-headed, and senator after
senator, who did not realize the futility
of trying to argue with man of such
origin and characteristics, slipped up to
him, whispered something in his ear
and then bounced off that adamant will
like the surf from the stern and rock
bound coast of the Pine Tree state.
Refuses to Yield Floor.
Senator CAMERON was nervously fear
full that some one might by some par
liamentary legerdemain take him from
the floor and whenever any senator
would rise and ask if he Would yield for
just a moment he would reply mot if
it takes me from the floor" AS that was
apparently the principal object of the
rest of the senate, the answer was
eyes," so the locator and builder of the
Bright Angel Trail would gallop on.
After while, after many Interruptions
of the sort he would just barely hesi-
tate and then hurry on from the point
in the middle of sentence where he
had been addressed. He seemed to
think that if he even paused he might
lose the floor and once when he took
drink of water he never ceased to talk,
but guggled into the glass.
Both senators and galleries would
burst into laughter when request to-
yield or a point of order or a wide
spread admonition from some colleague
would be answered simply by further
flow of words. Most of what the sena-
tor was saying was unintelligible, but
when now and then damn" or damn
site" was audible the appositeness of
the sound to the feelings of senators
who were trying to get moment for
some important matter was so COM
plete and perfect that the risibles of
senate and gallery could not be re-
strained
other Senator's Annoyed.
There was only annoyance and dis
gust among those who failed to get the
necessary moment one of them being
Senator Glass, who merely wished to
hand in a conference report explaining
the failure of banking legislation, and
all of these would willingly have blast
ed trail for the senator from Arizona
which would have led in such a direc-
ton as forever to preclude designa-
tion like that of the one of which Sem
ator Cameron admits he was the 10
cater and builder"
When the falling of the gavel ended
Senator Camerons earnest effort many
republican senators, including Butler,
Massachusetts, crowded around him and
warmly shook his hands; just why no
one seems yet to know. One explana-
ton said they were pleased he had kept
the Neely resolution about primaries
expenditures from coming up; another
that Senator King wanted to bring the
matter of, F. x. OConnor, a witness in
the primary investigation, before the
senate, and still another that they were
just Kidding him. AS Cole Blease,
democrat, South Carolina, had already
prevented the Neely resolution from
coming up, that could hardly have been
the reason, but, anyway, Senator Cam
eron had his. revenge.