Show DISAPPOINTING Senator Ex-Senator Spooner visited Washington ton a month ago And on his r return turn is s quoted as saying saying saying say say- ing that he had met a a. a num number er of senators and ce if if you want a guess from me you jOU may say the Republican Republican Re Re- Re-I Re publican party seems hopelessly divided I have never seen such a condition What the sena ex tor saw a month ago is growing more and more distinct to the country There does not seem to tobe tobe tobe be one master spirit in the whole organization There has not been one high thought expressed in that body at this extra session rather the thing mg most in in evidence has been p petty t y quarreling with a disposition sit n to run to person personalities Certainly the session has been disappointing to the country We believe the chief cause has been due to the eastern senators' senators determination to keep the t tariff riff on their manufacturers at the expense of what they call the raw material of the west It will be a good thing for this country when the center of population tion and the sphere of influence drifts farther west |