Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-03
Representative Allen Re-
mains Almost Deserted.
Fellow Lawmakers Enjoying
Life at Southern Resorts.
Preparing for a Long Summer Season
Other Notes.

district, is almost like tile last leaf up
| on the tree in the spring. The warm
weather has come. the grass is growing
green in the Capitol grounds. and the
visitors from Palm Beach and other far
southern resorts are in light to cooler
| climates. Practically all his colleagues
have departed. There could be no surer
signs that Congress has deserted the
Capitol city But Mr.. Allen remains and
he is enjoying himself splcndidly. IL is
little lonesome when he strays around
the Capitol and looks into the Speakers
room. where he used to be on duty with
the late Thomas 3. Reed. for a word
with his former associate Mr.. Asher c.
Kinds of Portland. But il is decidedly
convenient around the departments.
where Mr.. Allen goes occasionally to
clear up {. little business for his con-
| stituents. He does not have to cool his
heels in reception rooms. while other
| members of Congress- who arrived
ahead Of him. talked inlinitum to the
very department official he wants to
transact business with.
So Mr.. Allen finds many compensa-
tons for tarying in Washington. He
| lived here so long in one capacity and
another that ii is almost as much like
home to him as his own town of AL
| fred. There are no duties calling him 20
Maine. he is comfortably settled at the
Roland. an apartment house, with his
| daughter Moreover he has found time
to meet some of his old time friends.
whom he knew i'll the days when he
had a government position in one of
the departments. Within short time.
however. he will journey north. stop
ping to visit his sons on the way.
1t is not known mere whether Sena-
| tor Hale is coming back to Washing
ton for any stay. Secretary Morton's
party is on the way back from Cuba
but all are not coming by the some
route. The secretary is going with
President Roosevelt next week and
therefore is coming back the quickest
| way.
| Asher G. HindS the pdrliamentarian
of the House. will prObab bly, make Il
short trip soon to Europe. He has been
tarrying i'll town with his family and
dcvoting considerable time to literary
| work. He and j. c. Courts, clerk of the
| House Appropriations Committee. and
one or two other House employees. con-
! template making the nip together ana
probably will he gone five or six weeks
| During the trip they contemplate visit
| ing London.
| 1t viii be gratifying to Maine people
to know that al tariff revision talk OF
tariff amendment talk is entirely at a
standstil here. The President is say
| ing nothing about it and has apparent
| ly allowed the matter to drop into the
background. To be sure, q few days
ago the New York newspapers had a
Dig story about Senator Allison and
others of the Senate Finance Commit
tee undertaking a study of tariff sched-
ules before long. That WIS far from the
truth. The Senate committee will be
very slow to enter upon a study of tar
if schedules. as that would enrage the
House whose members have the right
under the constitution of originating
all revenue legislation. Senator Allison
did say a little something about tho
demand for reduction in the rates from
some parts Of the country but moth
ing like what the New York papers, all
for tariff revision represented.
In fact. general as the talk about an
extra session in the autumn. say Octo
her, is the wiser people here think it
more and more improbable. Senator
Gallinger. of New Hampshire, strong
protestionst. who is still in Washing
ton remarked the other evening. while |
on the way in street car to his hotel. |
that it would be very foolish for Con-
srcss to come together IN extra session |
in October. 1T would be the same old |
story over again." said he. THE Senate |
would spend a month or two discussing
the Santo Domingo question and moth |
ing would be accomplished by the time
December came around and the date |
for the regular session was at hand"
Secretary Loeb also said a day or two |
ago that there might be an extra SEES
sion of Congress but added that it was |
too soon to tell definitely.
The Maine delegation. of course will |
combat the extra session to their ut |
most. even though thu session be called |
ostensibly for the purpose of enacting |
railroad rate law. They would not Op- |
pose any reasonable law for the regu-
lation of freight rates. although that
question is by no means as acute in |
New England as it is in the West. but |
they would prefer no extra session be-
cause that lessons the possibility Of |
something in the shape of tariff revi- /
sion being attempted.
The depletion OF Washington's popl- u
lation is growing more and more no.
ticeabie now. The time is approaching II
When the city mas its minimum Of in
tabitants as the increasing number Of
For Rent signs all through the north
west testifies. There is a large transient
population At the national capital and II
the largest proportion of that transient
population leaves town after the short
session of Congress, which is once in
every two years. Thu vacating Of
houses. however, takes place chiefly in
the northwest section. The other three
fourths of the town is full Of people
md even overlooking with the people.
The northeast and the southeast. es-
Decially. are filed with workmen. lab
>rers. clerks on small salaries and
others with mcager resources. The
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