Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-02-06
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committee for consideration. long.
hard task is ahead for tn" members of
the appropriations committee, espe-
cially for the leading Republicans on
it, like Chairman Allison. and Mr..
Hale who ranks next to him. MI
! Hale will be in charge of the Sundry
Civil Appropriation bill. i'll all pro-
, liability this year, as he is head of n
| subcommittee that will prepare it,
! He therefore has been conducting the
, hearings OF the subcommittee about
I allowing Il loan to the st. Louis Ex-
| position authorities
The preparation of the appropriation
bills involve hearing a large number
of officials and others, so that Mr.
, Hale u great many days from now on
will be occupied i'll that committee
, room.
| Senator Frye has more space in the
. Capitol building now than any other
/ senator and he has given Il part of it
! temporarily to Senator Alger of
Michigan, ex-secretary of War This
is; because as presiding officer of the
, Senate he has the use of the big room
! for the vice president just across the
, rear lobby from the Senate chamber
! IN addition he has Il large committee
room for the Commerce Committee and
! during the last year still another room
| has been added to the Commerce room,
which in ordinary times Mr.. Frye
would use as IL sort of private office.
! Senator Alger. who is chum and
/ personal friend Of Senator Frye was
' Ioked off in some out of the way
| corner Of the Capitol for his Office as
he is d new Senator. Mr.. Frye took
| pity on him and let him have the room
! recently added to the Committee on
I Commerce. Mr.. Frye still has more
/ room than he can use or will use until
! d vice president is elected next Novem-
| Der to enter upon the duties Of presi-
| dent por tempore Of the Senate March
: :. 1905.
one hears a good deal these days in
The different official reports that are
given out around the Departments
| about wood pulp and pulp manufic-
! ture. The consulS abroad have now
+ taken to reporting on the progress of
manufacture of this product. for which
! Maine is famous. The officials of the
Geological Survey make reports on the
water supply as affecting the manu-
! faCture Of pulp, ard the l;ureau Of
Forestry makes reports on matters Of
torestration. affecting the supply of
, spruce for making wood pulp. Only Il
. few days ago there was Il decision
promulgated in the Ire lsury Depart
ment, from the board OF appraisers.
sitting i'm New York. where it was held
that unbleachsd chemical wood pulp in
rolls, imported from the province Of
Quebec is Gutiahlc at one-siXth of one
cent per pound. dry weight. These
roofs were shown to be usually from -
to % inches long ana about fifteen
| inches in diameter, varying in weight
from as to $50 pounds. The Pup on
Mhich the test case WAS brought, had
been assessed at one fourth of n cent
q pound and % cents cord additional
TO cover the countervailng duty. The
Treasury Department holds that tn"
duty was improperly assessed. The
case was taken up in Chicago first. the
importation having been made there.
Within u few weeks this city is to
! have two interesting political events
the choice Of delegates for each of
the National Conventions. The Dis
trict of Columbia has two votes in the
Republican convention and six votes in
the Democratic convention. Probably
there is no other locality of II given
| population in the entire country where
| the scrimmage is so fierce over politi-
cal honors as it is in the District that
| Comprises the Capitol of the Nation.
| The Democrats have a feud between
| two factions of long standing, which
is to be fought out again. Some of the
men identified with Democratic poll
| tics here have thousands of dollars to
spend and it will go into the pockets of
ward heelcrs who are up to all the
! latest tricks about political munipula-
ton. The Republicans happen at
present to be in a little more fortunate
position. Ii is conceded by long Gus
/ tom that one of the delegates to the
Republican convention shall be negro
and one white man. Therefore the
Republican bailo:ing this year will
be comparatively peaceful. although
the negroes are prone to look
for little help along the time of vot-
| ing from men who want to be made
delegates. There are lots of pictur-