Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-01-24
SPEAKER CANNON SAYS EMEA.
SURE WILL BE Pkss3 s
THIS YEAR. RX
Tariff Talk Is Still Heard In laAhingy
ton But Cannon ls Opposed tol Ipls
turblng Business condltions-krm-
strong's Salary viii Go Up.
[BY HAROLD j. MAHIN.l !
washington Bureau Of Courier.)
Washington, D. c., Jan. %

Washington, D. c., Jan. 23{
There is now no doubt that a river
and harbor bill will be reported to cdn.
gres and passed this session. The
matter has been extremely uncertJin
U Speaker Cannon, in an address Ito
the rational board of trade last week
stated positively that a bill will be
passed and he is the man who con.
trolls the situation.
This is good news to all the middle
west end especially the inhabitants of
the Mississippi valley. 1t means that
all Of the river work now under way
will be continued without delay and
that various new enterprises may be
appropriated for. 1t is not believed
however. that the bill will carry a very
large amount. Speaker Cannon has
given orders that it must be cut to the
limit and probably only enough will
be appropriated to continue present
work.
Speaker Cannon was not specific in
his statement. He said:
by March 4, wise legislation will
have, been enacted for rivers and har-
bors as far as 1t may be practical to
make it."
Cannon on Tariff.
In the same speech Mr.Cannon made
q statement which confirmed the re-
port sent out by the Courier cores
pendent the other day to the effect
that there Is still SO much talk of tariff
revision that the matter may again be.
come a live issue in the next congress-.
The consensus of opinion u.s. he said,
that we had better wait for revenue
legislation at least a year longer with.
out undertaking to revise the tariff
laws. 1t Is a difficult thing to frame a
tariff law for 1t Is a question Of hear
Ing each one Of the representatives
who comes with o plan of what his
constituents want and make 1t so that
each n Of these can say aye I be.
lieve that we have O pretty good reve.
nue. law both for revenu and for Gus.
toms. We need the money. Ten years
ago a good law wal framed and the
making of 1t halted business. AS a re-
suit the congress OF the United States
will wait a long while before 1t runs
the risk OF doing the same thing again.
There Is talk Of monopoly but If SO 1t
will come under the laws of the land
and we shall march on"
This Years Appropriations.
Speaker Cannon said that he thought
the total appropriations this session
will run about $650,000,0 900 for the pub.
lie service.
"The army and navy must be main
tanned" he said. 'and the p%ostofice
appropriation bill has increased since
McKinley's first inauguration from
$s0,000,00O to $780, 00, 900. And after
all the regular appropriations there
may still be $120,000,0 900 for defcien.
cy."
Frank Munsey, the publisher of
Munsey's Magazine, has decided to
erect in Washington a magnificent ten
story building for the Washington
Times, which paper he owns. He has
purchased an old hotel property on
Pennsylvania avenue. right near the
Post building and - is understood the
price was 100000. The new building
will cost several hundred thousand
dollars and will furnish offices for bust.
ness firms In addition to being a home
for the Times. Mr.. Munsey has made
q great success of the Times and it is
believed that he has an ambition to
have a great national paper at the
capital. The Times is an evening pa,
per and claims to have the largest cir
culation in the city. 1t is said that
Mr.. Munsey Is greatly pleased with his
Washington property. He made a no
table failure Of the New York News,
which.ha sold recently and the success
of his Washington venture has been
gratifying to him.
It is understood that Robert B. Arm.
strong, who has just resigned the po.