Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-01-24
THU SENATOR'S ELECT
Some Of the Impending Changes
In Committees.
HOW VACANCIES WILL BE FILLED
Secretary Roots New Plans For Gov
ernlng NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Morgan as n Canal Authority-A
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Good story Teller Returns.
Washington, Jan. 20. [special.l-
Enough senatorial elections have been
held 10 Indicate a number Of changes
Of chairmanships OF committees when
the next congress convenes. There will
be little shifting about either among
chairmen or membership on the large
and more important committees of the
Senate, few changes being made among
Republicans on any of the leading com
mittees. But by the retirement Of some
senators there will be several changes
in the committees of the second class
and of the minor committees which sell
dom hold meetings. One OF the more
important changes is caused by the re-
tirement of Mason, who will surrender
the craftsmanship Of postoficeS and
p~ostroads, Penrose taking the place.
The latter leaves a vacancy on immi-
grafton. and Dillingham; will become
chairman. Gallinger viii become chair
man Of District of Columbia, leaving a
vacancy on pensions, and McCumber
will take his place. Jones of Nevada
has for years been chairman of the
committee on audit and control of
contingent expenses, and Kean will
take his place. Bard will succeed ST.
mon at the head Of irrigation. Foster
will take McCumber's place on manu-
features, and Kittredge viii succeed
Pritchard on patents.
Philippine Suggestions.
Secretary Root has recommended to
congress that the government build
extensive railroad systems in the Phil
ippines in order to aid in maintaining
n stable government. In the same mail
almost lie sent another recommends
ton from the army asking additional
appropriations to complete the bar
racks and quarters for the troops, stat
ing that, because the natives would not
work, on account of the scarcity of la
Dor and the high prices of materials it
was impossible to build the barracks
cheaply. 1t would be interesting to
know If this popularity of the native
would not make railroad building ex-
pensive. Also the query is suggested
if it mightfnot be we'll under these cir
cumstances to admit Chinese laborers
to the islands.
The Canal Senator.
Whenever Senator Morgan intro
duces a bill or resolution or presents
any business in the senate, every per-
son who is at all interested in isthmian
canal matters pricks up his ears, ex-
pecting that more literature upon that
subject is coming. 1t is the same when
he gives notice of a speech. In fact,
the average habitue of the senate
would gamble every time that when
the Alabama senator gives notice of a
speech the canal is to be discussed in
one of its many phases. So identified
has Senator Morgan become with the
subject of the waterway connecting
the oceans that no one expects he will
take enough interest in other matters
to discuss them or introduce bills con-
corning them.
A Story Teller Returns.
Ever since the session began there
has been gloom in the Republican
cloakroom of the senate. Senators met
and talked, but there has been a deal
of business, and, as one senator said.
altogether too much shop" The cigars
did not taste as well as they should,
and the men who make the cloakroom
a place of recreation and relaxation
found that their committee rooms were
more congenial. Suddenly this was all
changed. In q day the cloakroom be-
came the p~leasantest place in the SEN
ate wing. Occasionally through the
open doors would come roars of laugh
ter, and a peep inside disclosed the
fact that John Z. Jones of Nevada was
sitting before the fire telling stories.
For thirty years be has been in the
senate, and during all that time he has
never been surpassed as a raconteur.
Georgia Names.
One becomes skeptical at times con-
eerning names attributed to some sec
tons of the country, but Senator Clay
of Georgia has demonstrated in an Off
cial document there is odd nomencla-
ture in his state. He has asked for an
appropriation to build a road from
"Crawdsh Springs, Ga, through the
Widow Davis Crossroads and Bailey's
Crossroads to Stevens Cap In many
states the board of geographic names
has wiped out such names or con-
densed them so that they are not very
much ike the original. How it haR
pens that this board, which has made
so many changes, has allowed these in
Georgia to escape is something of a
mystery.
Legislative Notes.
Senator Burton of Kansas proposes
to have a militia organization ia Indian
Territory which shall have every able
bodied citizen between the ages OF
eighteen and ~forty-iye enrolled. This
will include the Indians, as they are
citizens Of the United States.
Representative Cushman of Wash