The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-03-24
WASHINGTON LETTER.

There has been momentary lull in
matters political. The Senate in extra
session is doing next to nothing, but the
under surface indications are full of in
interest to those who can discern
them. The Santo DOMINICAN Treaty
is not dead but sleepeth, and it will
sleep all summer. If all the senators
who are in favor of it because of party
afiliation could be mustered, it would
be passed. 1t will almost certainly
be passed by the Senate when it assem-
bles in extra session next October.
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The Mothers Congress which has been
in session in Washington for some days
adjourned Sunday. 1t furnished the Presi-
dent an opportunity though an address, to
express and exphasize his well-known
views on several questions and especially
with reference to what is known as his
race suicide" theory where he is in per-
feet agreement with M. Zola's views as
elaborated in his famous novel called
"Fercunditie." He was in particularly
happy mood when he took the stand, or
rather the pulpit, at the Metropolitan
Methodist Church where the sessions
of the Mothers Congress were held.
He was introduced by Mrs. Sholl,
the President, and he bowed to her re-
marking, 1.-THE father of six children
salutes the mother of seven" The adj
dress, read between the lines. was really
a rebuke to all that these women are do
ing, though not what they pretend to be
doing. They are passing resolutions in
favor of or against everything that is
afoat in politics, sociology and religion,
and are away from their homes and their
babies, where the President naively inti-
mated all mothers should sometimes be.
and that they should not be engaged in
speech. making, resolving and pseudo.in-
tellectual dabblings of various kinds.
The Presidents recent preachments both
here and at his church last Sunday are
among the best he has ever made. Of
all the Presidents we have ever had, he
seems to be the least afraid to talk and
the least afraid of anything.
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The coming Summer will be period
of great Improvement in Washington.
This week, the demolition of thirty build
ings on Capitol Square, northeast of the
Senate Chamber, will begin to make the
foundation for the marble Senate Offices
for which this ground was purchased
The purchase money amounted to nearly
million OF dollars and it is expected that
a building costing from three to five mil
lion dollars will be erected there, to cor
respond with the Offices that are already
under construction for the House of Rep
resentatives at the other wing of the
Capitol. The railroad terminal improve
ments, consisting of railway passenger
station longer than the United States
Capitol-though out of Difference to that
towering building not more than half as
high-are under way and will be in the
main completed by next winter. The
Agricultural Department Building which
will be one of the finest department
buildings in Washington is in the hands
of the contractors. The same may be
said of the National Museum, while hun
dreds of private enterprises are making
progress in different parts of the city.
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Various small junketing trips are in
preparation by members of Congress at
Government expense. Ostensibly the
purpose is to see things at first sight in
the PHILIPPINES, Hawaii, Porto Rico,
Panama, Alaska, San Domingo and
various other places, in order to be better
prepared to legislate intelligently when
questions concerning the interests of our
broad dominions come up in the sessions
of Congress. The theory is good one.
Our legislators are nothing if provincial
and since many of them have not had
time or opportunity to travel on their own
means. it is no doubt economical for the
Government to send them abroad.
Housekeeping youth have ever homely
w.t." But what interest has the Govern
ment in sending their wives, daughters,
cousins and aunts on these educational
excursions They cannot but BERN the
way of effective work, study and investi-
cation. These ladies are dead heads and
dead weights and they psralyze to a
marked degree the work for which these
expeditions are launched. In the Next.
can Army on the march, thousands Of
women compose the van guard, they keep
ing days march ahead of the army, and
prepare the camp and meals. Then the
army presses forward with ardor-it has
something to march for. But in our Jun.
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