Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-10-14
COMING CONGRESS
Subjects Upon Which Legislation
Will Be Enacted.
SENATOR FRYE GIVES HIS VIEWS
A Shipping Bill VIII Probably
Pass.
RECIPROCITY TREATIES

Senator Frye of Maine has been In the
| city during the past several days and will
| return to his home tomorrow. Senator
| Frye is looking forward to the coming
| Congress as one that is apt to enact con-
siderable legislation of an urgent and de-
sirable nature. He regards President
Roosevelt with confidence.
II have known the President for a long
WHILE" he said. when seen by a Star re-
porter today "and 1 have had a very high
regard for him. He has worked his own
| way In life and has succeeded In every
thing he has undertaken. I have no doubt
about his capabilities, and his honesty no.
body questions He has strong convictions
and the courage Of them. but have found
these convictions to be In the right direc-
ton far"
The shipping Bill.
Asked in regard to the probability OF the
| next Congress passing a shipping bill he
remarked that the shipping bill in the last
Congress was filibustered to its death. and
that would not be done in a long session.
"Will the same bill be introduced by
you?' he was asked.
THAT / cannot say" he replied. Some
objections were made to this bill by the
friends of government aid. / shall try, ~
1 can without injury to the bill to meet
these objections. But what the features
of the bill will be ! do not desire 10 say
at this time. / shall undoubtedly be pre-
pared to present bill at the next session
upon the assembling of Congress. | Go not
believe / shall be able to present any meas
ure which will be so promising OF success
as the old bill If it had become law"
so the concessions you will make In
framing your bill will not meet your un-
qualified approvalg'
'In my opinion they will not improve the
bill, but they will improve its chances Ct
drastic that 1t frightened a good many
people, but the disease is one that requires
drastic remedies. Our merchant marine
was never in so bad a condition Il
was last year"
What has occurred to show the still
greater necessity for measure OF this
kind since last year?"
England has had hearings through
commission and her people seem to be very
greatly alarmed at the progress Germany
is making on the ocean. Germany is ex-
ceedingly busy. She has established lines
of ships everywhere where there is trade
to be looked after in the future and has
secured terminal facilities In all South
American states. Our necessity for foreign
markets is greater every day, as the In
crease I'm our production indicates"
do you regard this country as having
special opportunities at this time for Sc
curing trade In China?'
Undoubtedly there are special opportunf-
ties for the nation We have the best po-
sition in this country in the world for Chi
nese trade with our new possessions and
with the friendly feeling that exists on the
part Of China and Japan for our country.
Nicaragua Canal Bill.
"I think Congress will do something
about the Nicaragua canal in the coming
session. If the newspapers correctly state
the nature of the treaty which is to be
presented to the Senate / fail to see how
any senator can object to it. / myself was
in favor Of the old Hay-Pauncefote treaty.
and regard the objections made to that as
absurd. I never believed In canal which
was not neutral The Idea OF fortffying
such highway to me was always very alb
surd, and the privilege TO do so is of no
value whatever. The right to close II In
time of war against any nation hostile to
us seemed to me equally absurd. No ma
ton would dare put her four or five-million-
dollar cruisers into a canal If she was az
war with us, and nothing would delight US
more than for them to be In there. / think
all the objections to that old treaty were
sentimental.
Department of Commerce.
at think there will be some effort in the
coming Congress TO establish a department
of commerce. A bill was reported to that
effect from my committee at the last ses-
sion without objection, think, on the part
of any member of the committee. But
there was no time to consider It. L think
something will be done to relieve the pres
ent revenue cutter service from It's unfor-
tunate position. A bill was also reported
at the last session from my committee In
regard to that service. but there was no
time to consider II. The main feature OF
that bill was the provision for the retire.
ment of officers on level nearly with the
navy Now there is no such thing as re-
tirement for revenue cutter officers ana
therefore the head of that service gets all
closed up. Several years ago / succeeded
in getting an amendment on an appropria-
ton bill retiring about thirty officers OF the
revenue service. Some Of them were eighty
or ninety years old and many Of them were
broken down from wounds received IN the
civil war and there they were No ;iecre-
tary Of the Treasury would put them out
and they stood in the way of active men.
1 got them all retired, but the thing IS get
ting into the same condition again ana
there should be permanent system Tor
their retirement. This is one of the best
services In the entire country. These off,
GERS are the hardest worked. most exposed
and do the least loafing. They are at II all
the time. Whenever there is a war they
are on a par with the navy.
Reciprocity Treaties
"I imagine there will be a good deal of
talk about reciprocity in this Congress. ]
am not prepared to say what will be done
with the treaties now pending. / do not
remember how many of them are dead by
limitation. do not wish TO give any ex.
preston of my views touching them, a.
there is bare possibility of my being
chairman of the committee on foreign rela-
lations, the probabilities. however, being
all against that. as 1 prefer very much TO
have the committee on commerce"
CHIEF DEITSCH COMING.