The Cairo bulletin., 1906-12-09
To Be a Bitter One and Will Be Led
BY Gompers and Is Strongly
Recommended by Roosevelt
Washington Gossip.


were carried over from he last SEES
sion, ana some Of them viii cause
wide discussion,
Among these measures is one in
tended, SO its advocates claim. to re
habiitaje the American merchant ma
rine, The bill passed the senate very
early in the last session, but was held
mp in the house committee, not. so Il
is reported, because the committee
sOpposed the bill. bat because Speaker
Cannon did not want it reported. The
president in his message takes signid
cant grounds in favor Of the measure
ana nearly all Of the commercial or
gani2aions Of the country have uni
ted in urging its passage
Labor to Fight Ship Subsidy
So far as can be discovered. but two
elements are actively opposing The bin
Samuel Gompers, president Of the
American Federation OF Labor. and
the radical advocates Of river and mar
Dor impr3 emeuts. Perhaps that state
ment is not altogether correct and
4 u would be better To say thar certain
/ persons are endeayoring TO use the
demand for enlarged appropriations
flor river and harbor work. as a club
ITO defeat che merchant marine bill
AS TO Gompers He managed to get
the recent convention of labor 10
adopt a resolution against the shin
bin bnt II is in strong evidence thar
Ineither Gompers nor the convention
truly represents the attitude Of labor
on this questidn,
In this connection comes the story
tot how Speaker Cannon got in liz
tie quiet revenge On Gompers It will
be remembered that Gompers made
himself very active in trying to de-
feat Uncle Joe at the late election.
tGompers claims to represent labor,
Hand that labor opposes The ship bill.
On the opening day OF the session the
speaker, with a quiet but significant
smile, il presented more than three
thousand petitions from labor organi
cations asking for he prompt passage
of the senate bill and as he has 4
few thousand more Of the same kind
TO present. it speaks in very loud
tones that Gompers does not represent
the labor element
The bill will provoke discussion
uotwthst anding the presidents very
earnest desire for its passage, the ac-
tive support Of every important com
mercial organization in the country.
many thousand labor organizations,
every member of the cabinet and. it
Is believed, a very decided majority of
the members Of the House If Is i
pointed ont by the advocates of the
bin that for years the government
has been expanding millions to i'm
prove harbors for The use. almost
exclusively Of the ships of foreign
nations and they say that this must
now stop if we are not to have an
American merchant marine.
May Eliminate Free Seeds.
Another measure that will. I'm all
caused considerable dis /
cussion. is the agricultular approprla. |
ton bin. II is generally conceded that /
the Agricultural committee Of the T
house win again omit from the bin the /
item approprating $4,000 for the /
purchase and distribution of common /
garden seeds The committee omit.
Ted The item at The last session. but It
was reiuserled by the house, after
an animated discussion. Since the
close Of the last session nearly every
of farmers throughout (
The entire country has passed Tpsoiu-
tons condemniug the system, and
upon congress to refuse tO further app
propr.ate money for the free dis,rihu.
lion of seeds Hundreds of such reso.
buttons are now in the hands of the
committee. and many others wil be /
presented al the hearing to hc given
by The committee on the 18th instant
For years the daily press have been
almost unanimous Ia r.diculing this /
and he agricultural press /
lae been equally unanimous I'm OK. /
pressing condemnation. bur congress /
lae chung rO the prize packages with I
3 grim determination. II is safe how
ever TO- now prophecy that The end
las come go This pitiful graft Of con.
sroE men.
Bar Presidents Spelling Plan.
The presidents reformed spelling is
lost now like The unfortunate bali De
wren tao c0ntendine collegiate /
cams. and IS being kicked and k1ock-
o around until &c win soon lose an
of q ball The supreme -,
5Hrt wiu have hing t0 DO with g. 2
congress- rejects it, but the president 81
nds1He of NE admin sffafive de-
IaTtmenis cling TO e.. There Is s1s
.ic.On that the president IS not taxing
very great deal Of interest in the !
natter himself having had bis little I