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FIGHTS IN SECRET
DIMOCRAT SENATE CAUCUS ON
TARIFF MEASURE BEHIND
CLOSED DOORS.
. ROBS DEBATE OF INTEREST
Only Two or Three Senator of Ruling
Party Will Voice Their Objections
in Public Material Changes Will
Be Few.
By QEOROE CLINTON.
Washington. If .tho Democratic cau-
cut In the senate held for tho purpose
of discussing tho tariff bill and of
binding tho momboro to support it as
a party measure were not held be-
hind closed doors tho country prob-
ably would be given tho details of
the most Interesting incident connect-
ed with tho present tariff debato in
the senate. Tho Democrats for what
they say are adequato reasons have
declined to follow tho cxamplo which
tho Progressives and later tho He-
. publicans set by holding open cau-
cuses. It Is very likely that the only
thing really exciting in connection
with tho tariff debato is the Demo-
cratic caucus In tho senate for when
tho bill gets to the floor it virtually
will be assured of uulted Democratic
support except for that of two or
three senators mntlo temporarily
aliens to their party by sugar and
wool. In tho caucus room when tho
doors aro closed tho various members
cay what is in their hearts against
different schedules of the bill and thus
one could get it ho could hear a
perfect lino on individual Democratic
upper house opinions on the subject
of a measure which nearly all the
Democratic senators will support on
a final vote.
If there wore soveral Senator Dol-
livers in the present senato Interest
ntl?ht hold Its own In tho coming tar-
iff debato even If It Is 'the third or
fourth one of recent history. Dolll-
ver 1b dead however and thero Is no
man Just like him on cither side of
tho senate's center aisle today. Mr.
Penroso tho Republican leader will
offer amendment after amendment to
the Democratic measure and these
will call for lengthy debate because
there Is no way of shutting It off but
the "glvo and take" on most of the
things which the Ponnsylvanlan will
offer almost unquestionably will be
found to be In words Identical with
those used on former occasions.
If They 8ald What They Thought.
What would mako tho debate in the
senate really exciting would follow tho
granting of permission by the party
leaders to every Democratic senator
to say openly Just what he feels like
saying about the different schedules
of this bill to which tho president of
tho United States has given his sanc-
tion and over tho passage of which
ho holds party authority. Tho two
Louisiana senators can bo depended
upon to say some things not entirely
sweet about sugar and it Is probable
that John Sharp Williams whose
tongue b keener than his middle
name will add some pointed words
about what bo considers tho Incquall
ties of the bill .which his Alabama
friend has scut over coupled with a
request to put It through expedi-
tiously. Certain dispatches recently had It
that Senator Owen of Oklahoma In-
tended to introduco a resolution to
amend tho senato rules so that de-
bate could be shut off at pny time as
it is possible to do In tho houso of
representatives. It Is not likely It Is
said that tho Oklahoman could com-
mand ten votes from either or both
parties on such a proposition.
Few Material Changes Likely
In tho Democratic caucus tho walls
of the room having no ears tho sena-
tors say what thoy please about the
bill. It is known to every person
who has had opportunity to get sena-
torial opinions on tho measure that It
each Democratic senator could have
his way in tho matter tho bill on Its
passago would look so little like the
bill on Its introduction (hat Mr. Un-
derwood would pass it by unrocog-
nixed. Tho measure probably how-
ever will undergo no material altera-
tions. Bomo changes will bo mode In the
bill by tho finance committee of the
senate but if those which already
have been suggested are a samplo of
thoso yet to be made It can be said
that the measure from tho low tariff
man's point of view will be helped
rather than injured by the changing
process. President Wilson has been
asked about some of tho changes
which It is proposed by the finance
committee to make and he has agreed
Fitness the Test for Office.
Democratic senators and representa-
tives by force of an intimation which
amounts to an order from President
Wilson are undertaking the Diogenes
task with something added. Tbey are
trying to Dad men te recommend for
efl who an art Mly kencit but ft
and apparently thoy are having a Job
of it In some cases.
There is restlveness If not resent-
ment evident among the Democratic
officials who think they ought to have
something coming to them In the way
of patronage "with no sharp ques-
tions asked." They trudge the va-
rious ways to the cabinet members'
offices day after day with the names
on their tongues' tips of favorite Dem-
ocrats seeking preferment. The names
In only a few cases thus far have fall-
en on readily receptlvo cars. The
members of tho president's official
family seemingly know how useless
it Is fur thorn to go to the White
Houso as tho sponsors for men whose
ability and charncter records cannot
stand scrutiny and so they are sifting
out tho names of men before their
Judgment seats.
Here It Is nearly Into the fourth
month of tho present administration
end barely a baker's dozen of the
groat offices hnvo boon filled through
appointment by tho president of the
United Stutcs. Tho leaders In con-
gress have given oer all through ap-
parently that Mr. Wilson Is holding
up nominations until ho finds
out how tho senators Intend to
vote on the tariff and tho currency.
They sny that they have come to tho
conclusion that tho Whlto House Is
"square" In what It Bays otjut fitness
for preferment and that nono but tho
lit need apply or bo applied for.
8ome Leaders Are Caustic.
Occasionally tho Democrats-of au-
thority and placo who seek offlco for
others get a trlllo caustic In tlielr
comments on the administration's ut-
tltudo townrd them and their friends.
Thny sny It may bo only an accident
but thnt most of the men already ap-
pointed to offices aro "original Wil-
son" men. It remains however for
tho critics of tho president's courso to
point out moro than ouo or possibly
two original Wilson nion who have
boon given preferment nnd who have
not beon ablo to qualify under tho
ability clauso of Mr. Wilson's private
pronouncement.
Tho Democrats say that with spring
crowding bard on tho heels of sum-
mor all the big offices should be held
by Democrats but thnt no things aro
now the Democratic administration Is
doing Its work hemmed In and In part
regulated by holdover Republican offi-
cials. Tho Democrats do not llko It
but their resentment Is not likely to
take on an nggresslvcly severe form
Washington Press Club.
President Woodrow Wilson has ac-
cepted honorary membership as have
most of the presidents before him In
several Washington clubs. The only
club In this city to which the president
belongs and In which ho pays dues like
any other member Is the National
Press club. Ho is eligible as an au-
thor to membership In this organiza-
tion which has Just celebrated its fifth
anniversary and has published Its
sixth yoar book.
There aro no honorary members of
the National Press club. Secretary
of State William Jennings Dryan Sec-
retary of tho Navy Joscphus Daniels
and Secretary of the Interior Frank-
lin K. Lane aro dues-paying members
of tho club and thoy lmvo secured
membership In It becauso of tbolr
editorial experiences. Washington
newspaper men feel rather proud of
their press club and they have set
Um Bome 0r tg mert8 n8 thoy vlow
them In tho year book which has Just
come from tho progs. This newspaper
men's organization 1b a financially
successful Institution. It has a bal-
ance In the bank and it Is looking for-
ward to the day when It can build a
homo of Its own.
Tho writer and complloi jf tho at
tractive year book probably does not.
ovorstate matters when ho says: "The
'Hobby Night' discussions In which lit-
erary light scholars scientific and
celebrated professional men of differ-
ent spheres havo participated on Invi-
tation have proved to bo not only
highly entertaining but educational
for tho country at largo. A great east-
ern newspaper recently said editorially
that tho National Press club through
tho 'Hobby Night' Innovation has
done the peoplo of America and tho
world of notablo service."
Some Hobby Night Speakers.
Among tho men who have participat-
ed in tho "Hobby Night" discussions
at tho Press club are President Wil-
son who spoke on his hobby to tho
newspaper men whllo he was still
governor of New Jersey; James Uryce
former British ambassador to tho Unit-
ed States; former Secrotnry of the
Treasury Franklin MncVeagh; MaJ
Don. Leonard Wood Joseph O. Can-
non Champ Clark Dr. Harvey W. Wi-
ley Admiral Peary tho discoverer of
the north pole; Count von llernstorff.
the German ambassador to tho United
States; John Phillip Sousn nnd many
others of national and world fame.
There are no "closed sessions" of
the National Press club. Men who
aro Invited to express their view on
"Hobby Night" or any other night are
told In advance that they must sny
nothing which thoy are not willing
shall be published. Thus warned In
advance no speaker ever yet has made
a "break" and ho has been able to
give to tho newspapers of tho country
his view upon major subjects of na
tlonal tateresL
$KWE"
New York's Second Hand Queen Moves Up Town
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NEW YORK. A new woman mer-
chant has Just moved from down-
town Into tho theatrical district of
Woat Forty-second streoL Sho Is
Mary J. McShano who lived next door
to "Paddy" Dlvver's where at No. 5
Madison street sho did a thriving
business for thirty-seven years.
"I'll tell you how 1 did It all" sho
said fho other day. "I was n child In
Cork Ireland when my father was
buying gold lace and the discarded
trappings of the English ofllcors who
wero suddenly ordered to India and
other parts of tho emplro. Ho was
such a line square man that bo had
friends everywhere As tho officers
eeeer"(ereeNr""
Motorcycle Runs Amuck
CHICAGO. A rlderlcflB motorcyclo
dashed up LaSallo street tho other
afternoon.
When tho police had finished clear-
ing up tho street tho motorcyclo and
Its owner wero In tho Central police
station nnd two victims wero In tho
Iroquois Memorial hospital. Tho per-
son who started thu mnchlno on Its
lonosome "Joy ride" could not bo
found.
E. C. Gage a negro rodo Into tho
loop in Jackson boulevard. Tho en-
gine of his motorcyclo "heated" and
stopped at Jackson boulevard and La
Snllo streoL
Oage was tinkering with the ma-
cblno. A white man ho did not know
volunteered to start tho mnchlno for
him. Ho did.
The npgro said the stranger started
tbo machine north at about forty miles
an hour. Ho rodo about fifty feet
and Jumped off.
The motorcyclo speed Increasing
continued up LaSallo street- It fallea
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Ever Hear of Fish Scales on an Alto Horn?
PITTSBURGH PA. Who put the
Bismarck herring In Harry Bak-
er's horn? City Hall threatens to be
rocked by tho controversy that has
arisen over this simple and almost
personal question. At least that's
what tho gosBlpcrs say.
Harry Baker Is ono of tho crew that
guides tho destinies of the mayor's
office. In thin capacity It Is ono of
Harry's provinces to see that tho gang
that congregates about that sanctum
every afternoon behaves Itself with
rAeVMVW
Police "Regulars" Mourn
CLEVELAND 0. Long and strag-
gly whiskers the chief source of
profit of tho tousled mendicant are
doomed by Cleveland police. No more
can a hard-working flood sufferer who
has tho misfortune to possess tho
normal amount of arms and legs com-
peto with the maimed and the blind.
For whiskers long gray whiskers
filled with dead loaves and cigar
stumps will soon cease to excite pity
in tho bcurt of tho passerby.
Tho victims of circumstance who
slink through tho shadows of On-
tario street after nightfall aro rapidly
parting with their whiskers. They
are confronted with the horrible pro-
nunclamento of Desk Officer Eli Potts
of Central police station: 
"Stay sober or lose your bush I"
In spite of the appalling tendency of
tho times the unfortunate has been
found who finds a crumb .of comfort
In the change. Jacob Bush who lost
his two weeks ago aa the result of a
tea hasty expenditure ef a lavish
gratuity and the conseeueat sight In
aelt declares that basinets hag im
changed their barracks my father not
only bought all tho regimentals and
supplies but got tho gowns nnd dra-
peries of the ladles to that 1 Instinct-
ively nbsoibcd a knowledgo of vnluas.
"When i camo to New York In 1872
ns a girl I was it.uly to buy any-
thing knowing well that I could Bell
at n good profit. First I bought little
Job lots of ornaments; then householl
goods until I took the contents of
entlro tenement houses.
"It may surprlso lots of peoplo to
know thnt thousands of beautiful gar-
ments are sold every year In New
York becauso families go Into mourn-
ing or suddenly go to Europe. Mourn-
ing menns soiling their colored
clothing. In Kurope thny want the
Paris styles.'and so sell most of their
wardrobes before leaving heru. Then
thousands of families lake apartments
and glvn up housckruplng In their
homes. I buy everything they hnvo to
sell from silks ami satins to diamonds
and Jewelry that no longer incut their
tusto.
In a Crowded Street
to get the signals of Traffic Patrol-
man F. J. Arena at Adams street and
first struck William Goodrow of 4 Eliz-
abeth court Oak Park a manufac-
turer. Ho was knocked down and a
six-Inch scalp wound resulted.
Passing over Goodrow tho motor-
ryele reached Joseph llarton 1G33
South Hamlin avenue. Ho was thrown
down and a finger was broken. Then
tho motorcyclo went over on Its side
and gavo a realistic Imitation of a
plnwhoel.
Gago was taken to central by Pa-
trolman Arcns and locked up.
w - r
pi ope r decorum while waiting for the
summons to enter tho holy of holies
whero the mayor sits with bis feet on
tho mahogany desk.
As a further detail of this talc Har-
ry Is credited with being an artist on
the alto horn which ho plays with
great technique and feeling in ono of
tho Northsldo Gcrmun singing socie-
ties. Having neither seen nor heard
tho gentleman In question on a toot
his frlendB hesitate to endorso his mu-
sical ability. But it is rumored that
Gabriel will hnvo to dig sumo to hold
his Job when Mr. Baker gets a little
moro practice. However It happened
that Harry was blowing himself prodi-
giously the other night In tho German
club and someono playfully Inserted
a flock of Blsmark herring In the end
of his born. v
The possibilities of uch a situation
will nnturally suggeat themselves at
onco to tho reader with an original
turn of mind.
kArrea
Their Vanished Whiskers
proved wonderfully slnco ho was de-
proved of bis whiskers.
"W'y I can go right over tho same
bents they chased mo off of last
month" he boasts "and thoy never
know me. That's what Mr. Potts'
funny stuff did for me. I can make c
touch right now off of men who run
me away a month ago. This smooth-
face work ain't so bad. after all
"All It takes Is a little scuso. Next
month I'm going to tell 'em I'm u vie
tlm of a wreck. Thero cuts an in)
face look good enough for that "
But Jacob lldsh known ns the in
curable optlmlBl of the K.ikI loUt
Ing house ltf alone lu tils Joy.
THOSE RHEUMATIC
TWINGES
Much of the rheu-
matic paia that
comes ia damp
changing weather is
the work of eric
acid crystals.
Needles couldn't
cut tear or hurt any
worse when the af-
fected muscle Joint
is used.
If such attacks arc
marked with head-
ache backacfae.dlx
tineas and disturb"
ances of the urine
it's time to kelp the
weakened kidneys.
Doan's Kidney
Pills quickly help
sick kidneys.
An Olretfltoei
Cab
Jnhn T1 Mattfeeva. TI7 tbtat Uhi n m.
Ilallea Ore. earn "Mr back ached to 1 could
hardly Hoop or Mralbien. TUo klilneraecre-
llone Decline prolate obliging nio tu ertae
manr timet a Bight and the vaniagra were Terr
raltitnl.Mrkblnera became to illvmlereil that!
bought I waadune fur. Iftian' Kldncr lllla how-
erer went Hht to the eeat nf t he trouble and fur
urer three rears bit euro ha been permanent."
Get DeWe at Aar Store. 60c a In
DOAN'S WiV
FOSTElMUUftN CO. BUFFALO. N. Y.
A lie Is often more respectable than
the truth.
Mrs. Wlnalow-a Stootainf Hjrrap for ChlMrej
teething euftena the futua reJucea Innaaama
Uouallja palnuraa wind eollajto e buttleJkkt
I know no such thing us genius;
genius Is nothing but labor and dili-
gence. Hogarth.
AHODHKH TIIK I.IVKK AMI VHKIKIKM
TIIK III.OOII.
The OM Standard general atremilhenln tonic
UIIUVHS TAMTKl.teMM cblll 'liJNIU arou'e. the
lltrertoacttnn.drtreaMalariaiinl oC the blood and
bnlMi uuthuiftteai. Amnionic uraduluanei
ililldrcu. too.
Extremes.
"I ran out with my new muchluo."
"What happened?"
"I got run lu."
State Lands 8old.
Minnesota In l'Jll! has sold 2200
acres of state lands ut prices rauglng
from live tu twenty-ono dollars an
aero.
Progress.
"Thirty years ago" said a woman
of middle ago "It was thu custom of
demure girls to sit In public convey-
ances with their silk-gloved wrists
crossed It Is now tho custom of de-
mure girls to sit In public conveyances
with their ullk-Btocklngod unkles cross-
ed." -Now York Sun.
Plenty of Fuel. - .
''Coal's out" announced the office
boy. 
"Uin."
"Shnll I try to Bcaro up some
moro?"
"No" said the rural editor. "Sprlnc
poems will Lu coming In soon."
Hopeless Case.
Miss Irene Gllllcuddy of Mlllvllle
Miss. writes: "I have a gentleman
friend who has been keeping company
with mo nil thlB year but who has
never indicated or Intimated that he
wishes to bo considered other than a
friend of mine. I am nineteen years
old with ruby lips rose-pink cheeks
golden hair azure eyes and a gentle
disposition. Do you think I should
haug up soma mistletoe nnd acci-
dentally stnnd beneath It while ho is
around Just to enoourago him?"
"Irene If a young man needs the
encouragement of mistletoe under tho
circumstances there Is no hope for
him."
In Summer
When the body needs
but little food that Little
should be appetizing and
nourishing.
Then about the best
and most convenient thing
one can have handy is
package of
Post
Toasties
This food is fully cook-
ed crisp delicious and
ready to serve direct from
the package.
Post Toasties with fresh
strawberries and cream
re hard to beat.
"The Memory Liafcrt"
Sold by tfecsn
Poatum Cereal Oampanjr. Limit
Uattle Crees Mich. U. H. A.
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