The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-26
NEA Service Writer

WaSnlnEtOn.-Ihe senate IS very proud of it's rules. which allow un- limited debate, and turns savagely upon anyone who urges that they | be changed. It is one forum of free dom" where any member can say | whatever he likes, at any length, | without intimidation or curtailment. And. of course, 1t is also a plac which has attracted some of the | most boresome windbags any coun- try has ever produced. Newspaper l readers who are given fragments of the things that are said on the floors | congress haven't the least idea of the tremendous volume of gulf and dull detail which they are fortunate enough to miss.
 Frequently. however, they miss something really snappy, such as the sparkling exchange of ameni- ties between Caraway of Arkan- | sas and Fess of Ohio the other day, siding officer. Everybody was talk ing about the bill to lend veterans | more money on their bonus certifi- cates and how soon it could be vot- | ed on. It went like this, to quote | verbatim from the Congressional | Record:
 l MT. Caraway: MT. President l The Presiding Officer: The Sena- tor from Michigan. (Couzens.) MT. Caraway: MT. President, want to call attention to the fact 1 that I Vas on my feet before the senator from Michigan arose, and addressed the chair before the sena- tor from Michigan arose. The Presiding Officer: The chair | will state that the senator from Michigan tried to get the floor when the senator from Georgia was recog- nized.
 MT. Couzens: Before the senator from Georgia did. beg the senators pardon; l was on my feet.
 MT. Caraway: Let me ask if il is the rule. then. that if q senator addresses the chair and sits down or goes to lunch he is entitled to take the floor when he comes back. l MT. Couzens: I do not object to yielding to the senator if he wants to go on at this time.
 | MT. Caraway: That is not the point. I am objecting most serious ly to this way of the chair sitting there and ignoring some senator who rises and addresses him and picking out some senator on the other side who is not on the floor.
 The Presiding Officer: The chail | will state to the senator from Ar. kansas that the senator from Michi. gan was trying to secure recognition l from the chair when the senator from Georgia arose.
 l MT. Caraway: Then why did not the chair recognize him them? Why does the chair wait until some other senator rises and then recog. nize senator who is not on hi. | feet?
 The Presiding Officer: The chaii thought he was playing fair with both sides.
 MT. Caraway: Oh, the chair rec. ognizes some senator who is not or his feet when he is being ad. dressed by senator who is on his feet.
 The Presiding Officer: The sena. tor from Michigan.
 MT. Watson (of Indiana): MT President, who has the floor?
 MT. Caraway: Just a minute. have the floor more than the senator from Indiana has.
 The Presiding Officer: The sena' tor from Michigan has the floor.
 MT. Caraway: I am asking a par. llamentary question. I have the floor for that purpose, even witf the senator from Ohio in the chair
 The Presiding Officer: The sena. tor will state his parliamentary ques. ton.
 MT. Caraway: I am asking wher the rule was changed so that the chair refuses to recognize sena. tor on the floor and picks out some senator who Is not on his feet.
 The Presiding Officer: There has l DSSA io CHauBe oI tHo TuleS m tnd| respect.
 MT. Caraway: Then the chair ar. rogates to himself that authority.
 The Presiding Officer: The sena. tor from Michigan.
 MT. Caraway: There is nothing new about this, of course, as Ions as the senator from ohio Is in tho chair. but am objecting to it..
 The Presiding Officer: The senate will be in order. The senator from Michigan has the floor.
 MT. Caraway: Just a minute.
 The Presiding Oflcer: Does tho senator from Michigan yield to tho senator from Arkansas?
 MT. ,Couzens: yield to the sen. ator from Arkansas. MT. Caraway: No. am not ask. ing to be yielded to. I am asking a question. What was the remark of the chair? I am asking a par. liamentary question, and am no asking to be yielded to, because O, a remark the chair made as ht INDIAN DIALECTS TO HE
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