Show I S A Senatorial Incident Washington Post Senator Allison smiled and Senator Aldrich allowed abroad a-broad grin to spread across his gener ally serious face I was l because the conference report on the tariff bill had been taken up in the senate and neither Jones nor Vest nor White was in his seat seatThe clerk went along swimmingly Amendments proposed in the conference report were being disposed of at the rate of one a minute The senators held their breath at the rapidity with which progress prog-ress was being made Vice President Hobart wore the happiest expression that has been seen on his handsome countenance counte-nance ate since the tariff bill passed the sen ateAnd then Jones and Vest and White came in In less than a minute Mr Jones wanted to know where the clerk was reading and when he found that some tw score amendment had been disposed of he Immediately Im-mediately requested that they be gone orer again This was done and all the time gained was as If K had never been The smile faded from Allisons face the look of triumph on Aldrlchs feature changed to grim despair and even the vice president looked bored o i > |