The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-11-03

as9 petitions for routes fled. OF these
400 were established ana are now IN sue
cesSful operation. 2S2 were reported adj
| versely ANA the other 81 are pending.
OF these 400 routes. Congressman W. "
Kitchin. of the Fifth district, got the
largest number, 81. Next comes Congress
| man Pou, OF the Fourth district with IS.
and Congressman Thomas. Of the Third.
with a.. The other districts have routes
as follows: Ninth. &c; Eighth. A.: Sixth.
l3: Second. "a; First. SO, Tenth. IS. and
Seventh. e.
The first year medical class Of the
Columbian University has elected as its
president william Alexander Boyd, Of
North Carolina.
On Friday evening, Mrs. 4. B Hunter.
of ST. Augustine. Raleigh. made a short
talk on the work Of that school before
the Woman's Auxiliary of the Episcopal
church.
DR.. S. Westray Battle and DR.. James 4.
Burroughs, of Asheville, and Or. r. II.
Lewis, of Raleigh, who have been here
this week attending meetings Of The
American Public Health Association. lett
for nome Friday.
The President is now busy with the
preparation of his message TO Congress.
Though by no means completed, IT has
progressed far enough for the knowing
| ones" in administration circles TO be busy
with forecasts of the subjects with which
it will deal and how they VIII be treated.
Upon the message, as upon the action
of the majority in Congress. VIII rest the
shadow of the coming Presidential cleo
ton. Nothing is to be said IN the one
or done by the other that might endanger
the result of that contest. For this rea-
son the document Will be exceedingly con
.o,,-o CO.. - o,oonoOn FROM rho
strenuous Roosevelt. The control and reg
| ulation of trusts. Il subject tfat occupied
a prominent place in his last message, will
| be entirely overlooked in this one, or re-
ferred to only to point out the laws pass
ed by the last Congress and to say that
no more antitrust legislation should be
enacted until these are gwen a full and
thorough test. The tariff question. also,
will be conspicuous by its absence, Repub-
lican leaders having already decreed tina:
there is to be no tariff tlnkerlng' until
after the election IL safely passed. For
like reason there is to be no additional
financial legislation at this session, and
hence little will be said touching the sub
ject in the message. In his last message
| MI. Roosevelt was decidedly of opinion
that some material changes in existing
currency laws were desirable. especially
such changes as would automatically sup
ply every demand. But Congress did
nothing then, and the election is 100
near at hand for it to risk doing any
thing now, and so IN his forthcoming
message the President will sing a small
low note. if indeed he sings at all, on the
currency question.
On the theory that the further away
from home he can get in discussion Of
public questions just now the for
his candidacy-he viii have much to say
in his message of conditions IN the
Philippines and of legislation for our IN
sular possessions generally. Under this
head. also, will be included Alaska. IN
which Mr.. Roosevelt IS just now greatly
interested. He will of course congratulate
the country on the recent verdict of the
tribunal on the boundary question and call
attention to the great advantage It's set
Element will be to prospective business
enterprises in that territory. 1t is well
known that considerable legislation for
Alaska is part of the Republican program
this winter. and the President will urge
that its development depends as much
upon enactment of this legislation as upon
definite settlement Of the boundary dis
pute.
The isthmian canal question will be dis
cAssed at length. Negotiations between
this country and Colombo Will be review
ed ana the prospects OF securing the Qe-
sired concessions stated. But, it is be-
lieved, no recommendations will be made.
Naturally this will consume much space,
and it is possible that it may be elimin-
! ated from the regular message and be
sent in as a special message In response
to a resolution that it is now understood
Senator Morgan will introduce early IN
the special session.
Of greatest general interest, however,
will be the part of the message referring
to the recently unearthed frauds that
seem to honeycomb almost every depart
ment Of the public service The Presi-
dents friends deny that he will try to
conceal anything or shield anybody, and
predict that the message will be so clear
regarding the postal frauds and will show
that the government has so fully handled
the situation that Congress will have nc
reason to desire to make an investigation
Of its own. Necessarily, in this cOnnec-
ton, he Will also nave to make reference
to the now rapidly developing disclosures
| as 10 land frauds in the West and The
as yet unlnvestigated Indian frauds. II
l all these the public is intensely interested
and the utterance from the White House
' relating to them will be read eagerly.
4 Closely allied to the discussion Of our
~insular affairs is the proposition to form
- ~" AiNL Iva q uIlllCdIlOI
!, and a more systematic supervision from
t the capital Of our colonial relations. 1t is
!. claimed by the advocates of this PROPOSE
e ton that such a department is even now
> greatly needed and that the problems com
: ing W IN connection with the colopia
4 possessions of this country are CONSTANT,
on the increase; that the bureau Of insulaI
affairs, now attached to the War Depart
T. ment, has a staff Of a hundred clerks ant
IS not able to do anything like the thing
: that it ought. The proposition IS t,
bring all the work relative to the insula,
: affairs Of the government together unde
a single department. and possibly MAX
1.-THE head of it a cabinet officer.
Though it is exceedingly doubtful if tn
president will a scheme o
s this sort IN a message at this time, it !
stated that Senator Foraker expects to In
%troduce a bill providing for the formatio,
il OF such a department. and believes tina
~ though 1T may not pass at this session i
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