The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-18
ATTEMPT MAY BE MADE TO
 CHANGE DINGLEY SCHEDULES


 work on Alabama rivers, have demon strated that in order to protect what has already been done in recent years the allotment of further money should not be skinny. And furthermore they have insisted pretty generally in these interesting and important reports that In order to really benefit commercS' in the South, additional sums shoul 2 be appropriated so that the money osS be spent during the next fiscal yfA commencing with July 1.
 As Representative Bankhead's m In the House does not expire iti' March 4. and as he is member of long standing on the House rivers and har- bors committee, he will still be In DO {, sition to labor in the direction of se- curing Alabama's proportionate share of the many millions to be voted. Then. of course Colonel Wiley VIII keep sharp eya on whatever benefits his district, and so will other members Of the delegation through whose districts the principal waterways of the State course.
 The "Omnibmss Claims.
 The other important measure tn ested, is what is known as the "omni- bus' claims bill. No measure of this sort was passed at the last session, but Mir Mahon, of Pennsylvania. chair man of the war claims committee of the House, gives every assurance that there will be one passed at the cou- Ing session.
 There are great many churches and colleges in Alabama that should be Included in thiT measure. The claims haze nearly all been favorablY report ed upon by the court of claims, an able and expensive tribunal that was organized for the special purpose of investigating carefully the rights of the claimants and take most of the work off the hands of the statesmen on the hill. But too often when the court acts, the leaders in Congress will not act and all these years, thousands of honest claims have been held up.
 Representative Richardson struck an original idea at the last session. He jumped all the claims for his Alabama district in a sort of omnibus" bill of his own. These claims are so numerous that Judge Richardson probably has more men and institutions asking for what Is due than any other member of the Alabama delegation. But Mir. Me- Mahon holds that all that are favorably passed upon will have to come through the regular bill reported bx the com mittee.
 Mir Mahon will retire from. Congress March {, and before he goes out he says
 
 with as possible by the Government. He has been hard worker on the War Claims Committee. He retires from the House of his own volition, having an- nounced nearly two years ago that he would not seek another term.
 Admission of Jackson.
 Mention was made in former dis patches of the brazen statement of William II. Jackson, who carried at thel recent election the Eastern Saore Dis trict of Maryiand On the face Of the retarfis. Jackson is elected over smith. the sitting Democratic member, by about 2.500 majority.
 Jackson, as will be remembered can didly admitted to a reporter of a Bal- tifnore newspaper who was sent down to SaulsbuTy to interview him. that he spent large sum of money to Influence. the election. For years that district has been known as one of the most corrupt in the United States. and from what has been said of 1t, probably more money has been spent there in propor ton to the means of the people than in any other so far as can be ascer- tained.
 Two of the counties of the First Vir- ginia District adjoin counties of the First Maryland District. Congressman William A. Jones represents the Vir- ginia district referred to. He is serv- ing his eighth term in the House. MT. Jones upon reading the admission of Jackson told the following story:
 COnRFessman JOnes's Story.
 'I have not the slightest doubt that Jackson was telling the truth when he said he bought voters as a man would buy so many sheep or hogs. In my district, money is Dot . factor, and I pride myself on the fast that in all the years ! have served. my expenses at each election have been trlfing. Sev-1 eral years ago things got so corrupt in Somerset County, Maryland, which adJoins one county in my district, that even white men were bought. and men that one would suppose had too much respect even to sell out privately.
 There was one fellow who had been approached by workers to know what he would sell his vote for. He did not think the offer was high enough, and he kept holding back until it was almost time for the polls to close. | Finally one of the workers at the polls | proposed to the crowd that the fellow should be put on a box and auctioned off. He consented. of course. and hay ing no shame was glad of it. The | first bid was $1. It was raised right along until s25 was the highest bid. | and the scamp was knocked off at that | price. Amid the jeers and hoots of the | crowd he went to the polls and de- | posted his ballot. This story was re- lated to me by one of the most reputa- ble men in Somerset County"
 Alfred J. Stofer !