Salt Lake Telegram | 1908-01-30 | Page 10 | Not Impressive Statesmen.

NOT IMPRESSIVE STATESMEN The influence of the time approaching presidential campaign is already upon congress E Every er da day or two without an any apparent cause some t member springs to his f feet et and converts the chamber into a u campaign meeting for half haIr an hour The Time other day daya dayn a n fL friend encl o of Mr l Bryan pictured him as already presiding pre pre- siding in the white house housh with C Colonel lonel Watterson secretary tar or of the treasury and amid lion Champ Clark Clarl speaker of the house He Ic was parti particularly eloquent over Mr Mi Clark explaining why lie hc did lid not quite finish fini his university course as IS he lie found it necessary to go out and shoot or 01 two which little incident in in- barred him him from getting back in m school A furious Democrat broke awu away and I hurled a half half- hours hour's invective at Uncle Joe oe Cannon closing b by challenging the time speaker to get up not as speaker but a as s. s a man and find rep reply r at which Uncle Joe jest jest e Another excited member hurled an inquiry at a Republican asking him if he w would guarantee tariff revision in case a a. Republican president should be elected next November From Froni the above we can see what is the ruling thought One would think that the lime confuted confused finances finances' throughout the time nation the slowing-down slowing of trade and amid the time thousands of idle men i in the time land would fill member of men er c every both parties ies in both hoth houses with anxiety hiLt but the they seem seem to bo ho enjoying themselves all nil right Somehow congress congress con con- gress nowadays gives the impression least the lower house is becoming so big as ns to b be unwieldy that it needs what i is essential aln in so many quartz mills concentrators to throw off the superfluous superfluous' gangue and und save what little precious metal there may maybe maybe maybe be in the low grade material immaterial This may be ungenerous ungenerous erous crous but time the master spirits there seem to o be le very cry few and ll we wc doubt whether half the time number could gi give the time boundaries of an any stale stute three states slates removed removed re re- re- re moved from their own