The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1903-11-04
3RANTLEY OFF
TO WASHINGTON
Congressman Leaves To-
night to Attend Special
Session
LITTLE WORK SCHEDULE
Our Representative Talks Interesting
ly of Work to be Done by Spec
ial Session-He is After
Appropriations.

Congressman w. G. Brantley will
leave tonight for Washington to attend
the special session of congress, which
will convene Monday. Mr.. Brantley
was seem by a representative of the
News yesterday in his office and he
talked quite interestingly of the work
to be done. Among other things, Mr..
Brantley said:
"The extra session convenes next
Monday.
THE president I'M his call limits the
work of the session to the Cuban re-
ciprOcity treaty. So far as the house
is concerned, l look to see the work
limited to the one thing. The speak
er will so limit by appointing commit
tees. In the senate, however, where
the committees stand over from ses-
sion to session, other matters may be
considered.
THE reciprocity treaty ought, in
my OpiiilOuls bS loJiliCu' III duulClOh
to the justice it does, it's ratification,
| believe, will be beneficial to the
south. In the matter of cotton goods
alone, the statement is made that the
preference shown American goods I'M
der this treaty, as against foreign cot
ton goods, will increase the cotton
exports of the United States to Cuba
at least $6,000.000 per year.
Il presume the extra session will
last until the regular session begins
on the first Monday in December. In
the regular session the republicans
will enact as little legislation as pos
sible This will be the last session of
congress before the presidential cleo
ton of 1904, and partisan advantage
will be played for. There will hardly
be any legislation affecting the cur
rency of tariff l look to see only
routine matters of legislation atten
ded to-
Il have heard some talk of there
being mo- river and harbor legislation,
but | look to see tbe river and har
Dor bill passed. The demand for it
l think will be toe great to be resis-
ted
Brunswick, fear, will not get very
much / the bill although l do not
know what the engineers have rec
ommended The $4,000 appropriation
in the last bill to obtain an additional
foot of water on our outer bar has
never been expended. The engineers
have been waiting for the use OF the
bridge boat, Cumberland, but | am
not advised when they expect to put
it on our bar The $125,000 appro-
priated for our inner harbor in the
last bill has not as yet been all ex-
pended.
There should be an additional ap-
preparation for Jekyl creek and Clubb
and Plantation creeks should be con-
nected by Il canal so as To- furnish
an inside passage from our narbor to
the Altamaha river. l hope for salts
factory appropriations for the Altama-
ha river, for the Oconee and Ocumul-
gee rivers, and o sufficient amount
for the further Improvement and
maintenance of our inner harbOr.
Il hope congress will furnish an ad-
ditional appropriation for the further
experiments i'm the manufacture OF
syrup at WaycrOss, and l shall also
ask for an appropriation for the spec
ial study of sea island cotton in our
section. The disease attacking the
sea island cotton i'll this section pre-
sents very serious question, and unr
less some remedy is found for them,
the sea island cotton industry will go
DOWN Many of the farmers are al
ready discouraged.
"Valdost is entitled to a public
building for the accommodation of the
federal court at that point, and ii
any public building legislation is en-,
acted. ] expect to see Valdosta get a
building.
Il suppose we will have consid
cradle talk this winter about the
next democratic nominee for presi
dent, and plans for the campaign foI
next year will be laid. The general
opinion now seems to be that we must
nominate some man who has the con
fidence of the east and who can carry
sufficient ELECTORAL votes in that sec
ton to win German, Parker, and Ol
ney are the names most talked OF
If Maryland goes democratic, Goh"
man will become a formidable candi