The bee., 1906-02-22
COAL OPERATORS
VISIT WASHINGTON.
John 3. Atkinson Chairman Of DeIegs
tion From Kentucky and Tennessee.
JOINT ARMY AND NAVY
MANEUvERs ARE ABANDONED.
Especial to THE BEEF

tSpeciai 10 lHh bEk.l
Washington, Feb. 10.--Coal in
terests of Kentucky and Ten
Dessee were prominently re
presented in the committee of
coal operators which appeared
before Senator Elkius, Chairman
of the Senate Committee on In
terstate Commerce, this week to
submit a protest against any
rate legislation giving to the In
terstate Commerce Commission
power over rates except with
full provision for the review of
the acts of the commission by
the courts. Mr.. John b Atkin-
son, of darlington, Ky., was
chairman of the delegation, and
Mr.. Hywel Davies of Louisville,
secretary. Tennessee was re-
presented by Mr.. 7. Stephenson
of Coal Greek. The committee
members stated that their pro-
perties with an output of 35, 900,
600 tons annually represented an
investment of over 800, 900, 900,
and gave employment to $4,000
men. The coal men also made
the statement that Judging the
future by the past record of the
Interstate Commerce Commits
sion, the Hepburn bill as passed
by the House means demoraliza-
tion, retrogression, and confsca-
tion."
For once in a way President
Roosevelt broke his rule against
accepting invitations to dine
away from the White House,
and attended Mr.. Longworth's
farewell bachelor dinner in COM
pany with Secretary Taft,
"Uncle Joe" Cannon and Mr.
Longworth's ushers. Now that
the wedding is past q good
many people are recalling with
smiles the little pleasantries to
which the groom was subjected
during the last few days before
the ceremony. He delayed the
procuring of the license until the
eleventh hour and then slid into
the license clerks Office Just at
closing time, hoping that he
might escape unobserved. HIS
hopes were vain, however, and
he was subjected to a fire of
good natured raillery while
waiting for the importaat bit of
paper. During his last after.
noon of attendance at the Capt.
tol he was vigorously pursued by
a band of Usage aud Poncha
Indian Chiefs. Mr. Longworth
who did not fear hostile dem.
onstration, is nevertheless "a
bashful man, and when he learn
ed that the redmeu wished to
present him with waistcoat
made from the hide of = buffalo
calf he fled incontinently. The
chiefs after long wait finally
took the waistcoat, which is
valued at $500 to President
Roosevelt who promised to see.
that it reached Mr.. Lengsworth-
The plan of President Roose.
velt and Secretary Taft for JOINT
maneuvers of the army and navy
next summer has been abandon
ed. Such a plan would involve
an enormous expenditure for the
transportation of troops and as
Congress has made no provision
for this expenditure the project
had to be given up, much to the
regret of both the President and
the Secretary of War, who felt
that a concentration of the
whole army for two months
under conditions as closely as
possible approximating those of
actual warfare, would have been
of inestimable value. However
1T is now planned to bring all the
troops in the country togethes in
seven camps, two on the Allan
tic coast, two on the Pacific and
three in the interior. Under
these conditions extensive field
exercises can be engaged In, and
general officers will have an op-
portunity to exercise command,
which is sadly lacking in these
piping times of peace.
In spite of the fact that peace
broods calmly over the country
the Ordnance Bureau, believing
in the old maxim about prepar-
ing for war in just such times,
has just ordered from the Frank
fort Arsenal 100000 Krag-
Jorgenson cartridges to replenish
the supply in the Philippines.
Gen. Crozier, chief OF the ord
nance department, is working to 4
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