The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 24, 1907, Page 32

32 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY. FEBRUARY 24, 1907. Congress Working to Dispose of Overtimeé Business EMBERS of Congress are Great Activity Is Shown as End M taken on March 4. tinue long after the midnight hour. working night and day in order to complete the business of the session before an adjournment is It is not uncommon for the session to con- 2 Draws Near rge of the bill. o s nent officers are sent for, and By Ira E. Bennett t tell their story over again. The ' committee usually salves the feelings of the executive department by grant- ing a few , but the bill is not rad The House composed of members who must fight other A8 economical. members ;dare be too liberal the people's But the Senate, knowing that turn it out, is @ be liberal in expendi- having an eyve to good admin her than to mere econo for quite re-elect ever, I to more stration r LEADERS KEEP IN TOUCH The tug of war comes during the sing days of the session. The bills e been sent tg conference. The ate usually appoints three con- , two of them the leading Repub- usually on the Senate side, and begin their dickering. Scores of q are involved in a conference o big appropriation bill. The House, for some political reason, may have its heart set upon sitor - r item. The Senate .may opposition to this item, have another item of its it must get through. The hresh these matters over. aders and the swappers of ves would die of envy if they 1 witness the bargaining of the enate and House conferees. Sometimes House inserts an item in a bill knows the Senate detests, ose of using it In g material It is e Senate to insert appropriations ‘than it wa so can pretend to be meking oncessions when it whittles own conference. The lead- es are in close touch ees. When each side gets what it wants, the conference re- port is made to each house, and if e bill is sed.- The House rees a written stat Dhtel & he precise effect of each nference. The Sen- But every Sen- ed items in the bill t the same, whether the con- by him or not. leaders in Congress is wise to keep a 1 In conference, even after an agrea- as been reached. A confere privileged, and can pre- ed at any time, without regard to business before either house. Tt ot, howeve cut a Senator his consent, if he happeps to the floor. He can yield while the is being read, and then pro- of the Kamchatkans, or ject that strikes his fancy. FIGHTING AGAINST TIME When the real race against time the last two or three days session, it is a pleasant thing the skill with swhich the old hands manage the machinery of Con- s. The great organization might compared with a gigantic steam- ship rushing at full speed to reach nation at a. fixed moment, licate boilers, engines, crews nders, all under obligations harmeny, but each having a keen eve to his own advantage. There is stress and strain everywhere. The boilers are fired up to a white The stokers are stripped. The run about, greasing the bear- The engineers and their as- mind the bill, watch the test the cocks and listen in- to the throbing. The captains 1ferring, taking observations jettisoning cargo for the sake of i. It is “Gangway!” “Look alive!” 4 your helm!” “Heave ho!” with crews. Passengers are trampled to see or underfoot if they show thelr heads deck. Finally, exactly to the nute, the leviathan, dripping. roar- 1g. steaming and smoking, arrives at her destined point, drops anchor and banks her fires. The skippers, crews and passengers swarm over her sides, and a half a day the hulk lies a sleeping whale, to remain dormant for half & year or more. he committee on appro- priations of each house handled all appropriation bills; but now the work is parceled out to other committeks, leav- ing to the committee on appropriations the principal bills and a potent voice as to the framing of bills by the other committees. In the House there is more or less jarring among committees —all anxious to get large appropria- tions. In the Senate there is no per- ceptible frictibn, as a rule, because The the members of the committee on ap- the | Propriations are also members of the other important committees. The most influential man in Congress appropriation matters, as well as the most experienced, js Senator Wii- operations of session ing from the committee in charge of 1 the other the leading Demo- e House appoints three or conferees, a majority controlling The Senators and Rep- | thus meet in confer- ands at the bus 8 nd fought, before. ufetly in a committee Then thelliam B. Allison of Jowa, chalrman of| | the committee on appropriations. Till | this winter he has been the hardest working member of either body. par- ticularly toward the end of the session. This winter his health has been so poor that he has been compelled to | turn much of the work over to Senator | Hale of Maine. Senator Allison has participated in more conferences be- t the two houses than any other man living. He s an adept in the artof settling differences without waiving his main points. Some of the com- promises he has invented are monu- m to his genius. He is always s courteous and always firm s ago he was welghed In the balance and found to be an incorrupti- his ble ma He could nave lined d with an sppearance of :aty, but he preferred honesty it- On his sole judgment many a time Congress has ordered the expen- diture millions of dollars. In the hurly-Burly of adjournment time Sena- | tor Allison's word is taken without question. HALE A HARD WORKER Senktor Hale is the chairman’s hand man. Hale is a hard worker, being chairman of the committee on naval affairs as well as serving fre- quently at the head of the appropria- tions comimittee. He is more ruthless than Allison. 'When he has a big ap- | propriation bill under way in the Sen- ate he is likely to trample down any- body who gets in his path. He is gift- ed with a tongue sharper than a ser- | pent’s tooth and barbed at the end. | Being an absolutely fearless and in- | dependent citizen, Hale shoots his ar- | rows in any direction. He is as like to hit his own party ae the opposition, and the President gets as many arrows as_anybody James Tawney of Minnesota, chairman of the House committee on appropriations, was selected by Speak- er Cannon for that post after a careful survey of available timber. Tawney was formerly a blacksmith. & sledgehamamer and a voice be heard above the tumult of | the He blows the bellows of legislation well and does not hesitate to use the opposition as an anvil when cess Some of the workmanship e has turned out would do credit to any: Thor in Congress during ‘rece vears. He is in line for the Speaker- ship if Uncle Joe,should be exalted by death the Presidency. Uncle Joe, wever, is sidestepping both of the adversaries with the agility of a | an house. colt When Allison, Hale, Cullom, Per- kins, Berry, Tillman and other mem- bers of the Senate committees in charge of appropriation bills are locked in a with Tawney,, Littauer, Liv- T , Foss, Hull, Overstreet, Bur- ton and other “managers on the part of the House,” the general interests of the House are looked after by Uncle Joe and such able lieutenants as Payne, Grosvenor and Dalzell. Meanwhile he Senate’s political interests are guarded by Aldrich, Lodge, Spooner and a few others. ' Senator Aldrich does not bother with appropriation committees. He is a superb mixer and compromiser, but his chief value Is as a political fleld marshal He cannot afford to be closeted in a conferenge room. when the enemy may be springing a mine at the last moment of the session. /So he stays on guard, saying little, but missing noth- ing. Sometimes Congress is treated to a neat litle surprise at the end 'of a ses- | sion, such as that of 1901, when Sen- ator Carter in a ten-hour. speech, | blazing with wit, killed the river and harhor bill, carrying ¥30,000,000 worth of pork, of which he did not have his proper share. Or a Senator may hold Congress by the throat and make it “dig up,” as Tillman did in 1903. He wanted an appropriation for South Carolina which he believed was justly due. It looked as if he would not get it. Barly in the evening. on March 3, he had a lot of books brought in and piled beside his desk. He courteously gave notice that he intemded to make a few remarks on Byron and other British poets, with copious extracts from their works. He thought his speech might extend up to noon - off March 4, unless the conference com- mittee agreed to imsert his little item. He got the item along about 2 a. m., and Uncle Joe, who was then a mem- ber of the conference committee, re- turned to the House and made a speech | about the Senate that caused that au- gust body to stand aghast for weeks. This year there is no sign of such | an episode. But thers is nothing to | prevent any Senator from holding up ;one of the big bills, or killing it. So evervbody breathes a sigh of relief when the gavels.fall at noon March 4. which is constructively the end of | the legisiative day of March 3. _— Paso Robles Hot Springs An all year round resort for those who meed i and “recreation and a change from the | burrving, bustling eity ‘life. New $100,000 | batihouse with all the latest appiiances for the remedial uses of mineral wakers. Stopovers on | Arst-class rail and Pullman tickets. Special | reduced rail rates, inciuding board at hotel.- Ask | agents Southern Pacific. & end scc COMMITTEES AR nsiderat propriation bills. INDEPENDENT er the Amer- for what they want, n0 means of impressing Yy must frequently, gress gives they must | committee of the House is| S big appropriation bill it il 3 sends for such executive offi- e inks may shed light on| ite work. They appear before the fttee and answer questions. the The ittee and most | embers may be entirely ignor- | chnical questions involved. are. The Government of- | the other hand, know their finger-tips. They know batweships of a cer- certain army legis- | neefed, or why Indian mat- should be adjusted in, a certain they give thelr advice the he committee select the hip that suits them best, | any other technical ques- comes up. The committee : the right to upset all the pians President and his ad- visers on such great questions as the | tional defense, but it frequently ex- ses that right, and fhe House us-| y supports the committee. If the xecutive department is turned down » coldly it lobbies with the members, as any outsider might. Tt hurries| to the Senate and begins to lobby there, showing why the House is mak- ing 2 mistake After the House has passed an ap-| propriation bill, it is sent to the Sen- | #te and the proper Senate oomm.ltuel largest store a on Our rule NN To dbtain quickly a large patronage, we have built the nd are offering, without doubt, the best values. is: first, then customers; but whether customers or not— friends always. Spend a pleasant halfhour looking through our new store—with or without thought of buying. make friends 858" | i i | FEDERAL JURY SPEAS 70 PROTEGT WHALERS | Calls Upon Congressmen to Amend Law About Shipping MERLE T0 TAKE CHARGE OF “NAZARETH" REVIVAL First Rehearsal Ordered for Saturday Night at Sanga Clara 'STRANGE REUNION, * AFTER OVER TWO YEARS J. T. KLONINGER AND WIFE ARE REUNITED BY MRS. DR. CLARK. Mr. John T says, in writin “I followed located my separated loved nger of Redding | e and felt that she ad | loved a foolish SAN JOSE, Feb. 23.—Martin V. Merle,| Owing to facts coming to its knowl- b+ e I P the college playwright and author of | ©d8e during the investigation into the " business on o o w2 i charges of cruelty made against Cap- last S The Light Eternal,” has arrived from | tain yvalter B Vasdam ot Whe Wikler by'm”mz - New York City to take complete charge | Herman by members of the crew, the that she 1 of the coming rev of “Nazareth,” | United States Grand Jury passed the aration was the passion play of .anta Clara Col- | follov¥ng resolution yesterday, calling| glow .\'m‘x‘ kne lege. | attention to a grave abuse In the vg)_:“;’fp “U‘\‘m Although the play is not to be pre- men on board sented until the middle of May, and although the principal roles are to be presented by men thoroughly familiar | with them. Merle has ordered the first rehearsal for next Saturday night. This will bring business men from San Francisco and other citles throughout the State, who have agreed to drop their affairs at the call of their Alma Mater, The faculty of the college announced lagt night the dates of the coming pro- duction. The passion play will open Monday evening, May 13. and will con- tinue throughout the week. Five night performances and two matinees are ai- ready scheduled. but should the call demand it, extra presentations may be added. Wednesday evening. May 15. will be “Alumni night,” when special trains will be run from San Francisco, Sac- ramento and Oakland. —_—— manner of whalers: shipping where vou sa Wwe are as happy as and we do'pot quarrel thank you alway “JOHN T. KLONINGER." Prof. Richard Todd Kendall, A. M., M. D., LL.D.; of Lowell, Mass. of deep learning search, says of Mrs. “One of the remarkable Dps clairvoyant me pleasura to mest San Franciseo rant feats a than the manifest: in healing the take cases that w to peyfect health any more. Whereas. The evidence submitted in certaln | matters brought to the attention of this Grand | Jury has shown that men shipped es seamen | for whaling vovages are mot given opportunity to become acquainted with the articles which they sizn. and that misunderstandings thés utlse between the crews and the masters and owners | of such vessels: therefore be It Resolved. That we feel it our duty to recom- mend to our Congressional delegation the ad- visability of such legislation as sball require the sbipping articles of whaling vessels fo be sizned in the presence of a United States Shipping Commissioner in such a manner that the men and Dr and most adepts and has been my Dr. C is M Cal ditions, not in w state of intoxication, such articles freely and voluntarily in the man- ner indicated by section 432 of the Revised Statutes of the United States. . —_——— WOULD PAY James W. Newton, refugee cottage in camp district, filed a protest yesterday with the Supervisors against $5 monthly rental to the Relief Corporation. New- ton referred to the ordinance making ' erected on city property. but sald he stay in California I saw her and completely restore them time.” She gives a partial reading for $2: full life reading, 35 See her as soon as possible. Time 1s preclous. If you ‘cannot cail, write, and sha will answer letters and interviews entirely confidential. 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