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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-14

Fairmont board of trade, J. NJ. Jacobs
Grafton board OF trade, Charles r. Durbin;
Bluefield chamber of commerce. ]. w. Ruff
Huntingdon chamber of commerce. G.. A.
Northcott; Keystone board of trade, +. P.
Landon; Kingwood board of trade VIM. G.
Brown; Charlestown board of trade VIM.
Campbell; Moundsville board of trade.
Frank H. Blake New Martinsville board of
trade, Frank w. Clark; st. Mary's board of
trade, James A. Oldfield; Sistersville
Merchants Association, Clifford V. Church;
Wellsburg board of trade, Thomas w. Car
michael; Williamson board of trade, B.
Randolph Bias; Wheeling board of trade,
the president; State Bankers Association,
E. P. Morphy of New Cumberland; State
Editorial Association, Geo. A. Laughlin of
Wheeling; State Grocers' Association, w. c.
McConaughey. Parkersburg; President
Sturgiss, Parkersburg: II. c. Franzheim.
Wheeling; G. n. Spelden, Wheeling. Board
of trade-Lawrence E. Sands Joseph Spell
del, Col. Thomas OBrlen, d. e. Stalnaker.
Robert Hazlett, George Wise.
Wisconsin, Oshkosh, board of trade, VIII
liam w. Waterhouse.
Washington, D. c., American Pilots AS
ISOLATION.
The governors of Alabama California
Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, lIli-
no!s, Iowa. Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland
Maine, Michigan, Missouri, Oregon, New
Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania South
Carolina, Texas Virginia and Washington
have appointed as delegates their respec-
tive congressional delegations and in sew
eral instances their senator's and other
prominent men.
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ARMY AND NAVY UNION NOTES
Conference of Staff Officers to Be Held
This Afternoon.

National Commander ]. Edwin Browne of
the Army and Navy Union, U. S. A. has
called special meeting of the following
stan officers to meet at the Montgomery
at 2 o'clock this afternoon: William A
Hickey, Capt. Adolph Van Reuth. Capt
o. II. Lake. Capt Augustus Valentine
Capt. James Campbell. Capt. C. F. Rou-
geou, Capt. Chas. H Houck and Sergt
John j. Strain to discuss important bust
ness and to arrange series of popular en-
tertainments to be given during the winter
months at the headquarters of the organize
ton. No. 90 Pennsylvania avenue north
west
General Browne was In conference during
the past week with the national officers OF
the Army and Navy Union at the office of
AdJt. Gen. John Schumacher, In BROOKLYN
n. Y, during the course OF which legisla-
ton now pending before Congress was dis
new garrison of the Army and Navy
Union had been established at Wilkesbarre,
Pa. with forty-one charter members the
majority of whom are veterans OF the civil
war. There Is also another garrison I'M
der process of organization IN Louisville
NY, 10 be composed of civil war veterans
and an effort will be made to organize a
garrison In Alexandria. Va, where there
are many eligible men. Commander H H
Henry OF Admiral d. d. Porter Garrison
intends to have Porter Garrison meet
weekly instead of semi monthly, commence
ing FEBRUARY /, and the same rule will be
adopted by Gen. VIM. r. Barry Garrison
NO. ID and Gen. Guy V. Henry No. O.
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HUNTING PIER FOUNDATIONS.
Difficulties Encountered by Army En-
gineers in Soundings at Fort Hunt.

The engineer officers of the army In
charge Of the building of the proposed new
pier at Fort Hunt, on the Virginia side the
river. opposite Fort Washington, have en-
countered unexpected difficulties that may
necessitate an entire change in plans and In
the location OF the new pier A pile-driv-
ing machine for the past week has been en-
ployed Ia driving a series of test piles to
determine the nature of the bottom and the
holding ground for the piers and the data
obtained was something of a surprise to the
officers At a point about hundred feet
from the shore a forty-foot pile was driven
down into the mud and the last blow the
hammer struck II, with the top of the pile
almost level with the surface of the water
the pile went down one foot, showing that
the hard bottom was buried deep down
under the mud Another pile, eighty feet
long. was driven on the edge of the channel
bank. and this pile, after 1t was sixty feet
or more In the mud, sunk three and a halr
inches when the big hammer hit it, These
tests seem to show that 1t will be very
difficult TO obtain good holding ground for
the piles on which to build a heavy pier
like 1t is proposed to construct at Fort
Hunt and another site may have to be Sc
lected for the pier. 1t is problem at what
depth hard bottom would be found In the
river at the point where these test piles
were driven.
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TALKED OF HOME MISSIONS.
Meeting of the Young Women's So
eiety of Hamline M. e. Church

The monthly meeting of the Young
Woman's Home Missionary Society OF
Hamline NJ. Church was held Friday even-
ing at the residence of the Misses Scott.
e43 o street northwest. A special greeting
was rendered Miss Carrie Barge the field
secretary of the Young Woman's Home
Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
North. Miss Barge spoke of the opportu-
mites for the home work, and gave many
illustrations of her labors In the far west
where such large numbers are living in the
unsettled portions without even the neces-
saries of life.
Mrs DR.. ]. f. Gilbert district president
OF the Woman's Home Missionary Society
was present, and opened the meeting with
prayer. Miss Nellie Hawke presided AMI
conducted the business of the evening Mr.
James 5. Hicks sang several solos. The
work OF the society was enlarged upon by
the president, and plans We're formed for
raising money and supplies during the year.
On Wednesday next the ladies will send
out from the Home for the Aged severas
packages OF wearing apparel to unfortunate
families in the Indian Territory.
After the exercises refreshments were
served. The following members and friends
were present: Hev DR.. Doney, Mr. AMI
Mrs. ]. W. Davis. Mr.. and Mrs. j. r.
Quinter, MIR. and Mrs. E. 1. Booraem. Miss
Ella Booraem. Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. P. Goulder.
DR.. and Mrs. d. b. Street, Mr.. and Mrs.
Maynard p. Twitchell. Mr.. and Mrs. z. n.
Brashears. Mr.. and Mrs. Corwin, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. F. Calender, Mrs. L. D. Godfrey.
Mr.. c. w. Bridwell Miss Mary J. Godfrey.
Mrs. ]. r. Nickel. Miss Nellie Hawke, Miss
Carrie Hawke, Miss Gertie Houston, Miss
Anna Walker, Miss Virginia Campbell, Miss
Grace Muirhead the Misses Prentiss, Miss
Elma Jones, Miss Ada M. Williams, Miss
Grace Hobbs, Miss s. Olivia Moore Miss
Elsie V. Moore, Miss Lima p. Huber, Miss
May Wegenast Miss Alva Wegenast Miss
Ethel Y. Benton, Miss Ada Thomas Miss
Resale Wilson, Mrs. Clara L. Roach Mrs.
j. B. Scott, Miss Ida f. Minor, Miss Ida
ONeal, Mrs. w. w. Scott, Z. r. Rochester.
John Scott, Milton E. jackson, Frank B.
Hanson, C. T. Kern, Carol Davis, Hugh
Thomas
The officers of the society are Miss Nellie
Hawke, president; Miss Mary J. Godfrey,
vice president; Miss Annie SWEET, CORE.
spending secretary; Miss Anna Walker, re-
cording secretary; Miss Gertie Houston.
treasurer.
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II. Abercromble, r. c. Jenkinson and Geo.
F.. Reeve.
New York: New York Produce Elk
change.
Ohio: Cleveland Chamber of Commerce
Harvey D. Goulder, James r. CARRIED,
John NJ. Mulrooney and f; A. Scott; On
cinnati Business Mems Club-Albert Bet
finger, Edwin c. Gibbs and Edwin McFar-
land. Chamber of Commerce-H. Lee Ear
ly, James T. McHugh. Charles B. Murray.
Robert W. Wise and j. +. Ellison. ONO
Valley Improvement Association-J. +. Ell
Iison Manufacturers Club-M. B. Farr1n,
C. R. Houston and L. p. WILSON, Ports
mouth Board of Trade.
Oregon: Portland Chamber of Commerce
j. n. Teal
Pennsylvania: Philadelphia, the Bourse-
William w. Curtin. Lincoln K. Passmore
George E. Bartol and Walter A. Bailey.
Trades League-W. w. Foulkrod, Lewis M.
Haupt, William McAleer. Walter Horst
mann and n. B. Kelly. Maritime Exchange
Frank L. Neal. Charles F. Giller. John
F. Lewis, ]. S. w. Holton and E. r. Shar-
wood. Commercial Exchanges. c. Wool
man, P. Fendall Young and e. E. Delp.
The Grocers and Importers Exchange
Henry A. Fry. N. J. Schumacher and VIII
liam 7. Kirk, jr. Board of Trade-William
D. Winsor, L. Y. Schermerhorn, Frank d.
LaLanne and William r. Tucker. Lumber
mems Exchanges. B. Vrooman, A. j.
Cadwalader and E. B. Malone. Pittsburg
Coal Exchange; Merchants and Manufac-
turers' Association-Capt. William B.
Rodgers, B. F. Jones. jr.. and Capt. Thos.
NJ Rees. Chamber of Commentators
H. Anderson and James A. Henderson.
Board of Trade-A. G. Roenigk, chairman;
DR.. Roger Williams, o. H. Allerton, II. L.
Castle and G. N. Chafant.
South Carolina: Charleston Chamber of
Commercial Adger Smythe.
Tennessee: Memphis st. Francis Levee
District-H. D. Tomlinson, Butler, Ark:
A. H. Hammett. Wynne. Ark; j. A Brad
sher, Harrisburg, Ark; H. F. Robson,
Mariana, Ark: H. N, Pharr Memphis.
Tenn; w. B. Miller. Marked Tree. Ark;
James II. Berry, Senate; James P. Clarke,
Senate; R. B. Macon, NJ. c.: ]. T. Robin
son, M. c.: s. Brundige, M. c.; John s.
Little NJ c.; John c. Floyd. NJ. c.; Charles
c. Reed, NJ. c.; Robert NJ. Wallace, NJ c.
Nashville Cumberland River Committee
NJ. T. Bryan, G. c. Slaughter. Maj. A. w.
Wills, L. c. Garrabrant.
Texas: Galveston Deep Water Committee
w Gresham, M. Lasker G. Fowler, L.
P. Featherstone, L. Blum, T. D. Gresham.
Washington: Tocoma Board of Trade and
Chamber of Commerce-William Jones.
West Virginia: West Virginia board of
de-Delegates-at-large, Gov. w. o. Daw-
son, Charleston; Henry G.. Davis, Elkins;
VIM. A. MacCorkle. Charleston: ]. N. CAM
den, Parkersburg; A. B. White. Organiza-
ton Observation-Disclosures chamber of COM
merce, Senator z. c. Colcord; Elkins board
OF trade. H. @. Johnson; Morgantown board
of trade. II. R. Warfield; Parkersburg Busi-
ness Mems League. Geo. w. Summers;
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NAOMI CHAPTER MEETING.
An Excellent Program of Addresses
and Music,

At the first meeting of the present year
of Naomi Chapter. No. 3, O. E. S., a large
attendance greeted the newly installed Off
GERS Miss Ellen S. Myers, worthy matron
Mr.. Chas. Paige, worthy patron Mrs Helen
b. Strait. associate matron; Miss Matte
Gould, secretary: Mrs. Maria l.. Willis,
treasurer; Mrs. Lulu F. Marshall, con-
ductress; Mrs. Grace c. Bernhard, associate
oonductress: Mrs. Holdridge. chaplain; Miss
Mary Bishop. marshal; Mrs. Hattie NJ
Hyer, organist; Miss Florence Bosch.
Adah; Miss Minnie E. Brez, Ruth: Mrs.
Bertha Wood. Esther; Mrs. Nellie Plumley,
Martha; Mrs. Laura Harbaugh Electa
Miss Vivian Taylor, warder, and Mr..
Samuel Plumley sentinel.
Among the distinguished persons present
We're: Mr.. L. Cabell Williamson. past most
worthy grand patron; Mr.. Geo. W. Now
bray, grand patron; Past Grand Matrons
Mrs. Williamson and Nellie d. Landegrin,
Mrs. Jeanette r. Newton, grand matron-
elect. and Mr.. Hunt, grand patron
elect; Mrs. Hogg, wife of Mr.. Hogg of Colo
RADIO, and Mrs. Mayors of Colorado Ad-
dresses were made by Mr.. Williamson Mr.
Mowbray, both OF whom spoke of the
growth of the order and the progress of the
Masonic Eastern Star Home; Mrs. Hogg
and Mrs. Mayors, both spoke of the beau
ties of Colorado. Mrs. Newton addressed
the chapter in her usual happy manner
Mr.. Hunt also gave short talk wishing
quartet. consisting of Mrs. Burkhart, So
prano; Mrs. McChoncie, alto; DIR. w Bruce
Hoofnagle, tenor: Mr.. Chas. s. Hyer, bass
sang number of selections.
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Orders to Revenue Cutter officers.

Orders to officers of the United States
revenue cutter service have been issued
from the revenue service bureau of the
Treasury Department, as follows:
First Lieut.. r. o. Crisp. ordered 10 the
McCulloch.
Chief Engineer D. +. Kelley, ordered to
report to chairman of medical board or
officers of the public health and marine
hospital service at Philadelphia, Pa, jan
larry for medical survey.
The board for the examination of engi-
neer officers for promotion, of which CHIEF
Engineer ]. r. Daily is president, is dis
solved
Chief Engineer J. r. Daily, ordered to
resume duties on the Guthrie.
Capt. r. G. f. Wadsworth, Capt. w. y.
Rowland and Chief Engineer H. Kotzsch-
mar. jr., constituted board to investigate
certain charges and specifications prefer
red by direction of the Secretary OF the
Treasury against Capt. A. p. r. Hanks.
Third Lieut.. G.. C. Alexander and. Second
Assistant Engineer L. ]. Ker; TO convene
on board the Hamilton. January Is.
Second Lieut. John Boedeker. detached
from the Winona and detailed as prosecu-
tor In the investigation of certain officers
by the board of investigation of which
Capt. r. q. r. Wordsworth is president.
Second Assistant Engineer c. c. Acllll-
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OBJECTS TO SALE
Cross Bill Filed to Equity Proceedings
of Waggaman Trustee.

y cross bill TO the proceedings In equity
recently instituted in the Supreme Court of
the District of Columbia by II. Rozier Du-
Lany. trustee Of Thomas E Waggaman,
bankrupt, who desires sale of the Wood
ley property, has been filed by the Wash
ington Loan and Trust Company, acting
FOR the estate of Benjamin X Plain. The
validity Of the trust in favor OF the Catho-
lie University for 1916, 16s. 90, recorded
against the Wood!ey property Immediately
prior TO the instituting of the Waggaman
bankruptcy proceedings, is attacked by the
cross bill, as are also the Riggs Bank
trusts. The latter. II Is explained Sc
cured number OF promissory notes made
Tor clients Of the bank including the Cor
coran Gallery of Art
II IS cogtended by the Washington Loan
ana Trust Company that the trusts referred
20 are invalid for the reason that Thomas
+. Naggaman and John Ridout, by the
terms or the deed in trust TO them. were
merely authorized to sell and convey the
ana IN question and that no authority was
gwen by the conveyance TO incumber the
and by trust or MORTGAGE
Inc Washington Loan and Trust Com
pany Is represented in the matter by At
torneys j. ], Darlington. A. 8. Worthington,
William F. Mattingly and William O. John
son.
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CUSHING CAMP OFFICERS.
Installation Ceremonies Held Before
a Distinguished Audience.

The installation of officers of William b.
Gushing Camp. No. 80, Sons of Veterans,
took place Friday evening at the camp
room on 9th street. Col. A p. Tasker, COM
mander OF the Department of the Potomac.
6. y. r., accompanied by members of his
staff. ofticiated installing officer, and
there were present members from many
G. A. r. Posts and the Soldiers Home, be-
sides many Sons of Veterans from other
camps. After the ceremonies had been COM
pleted a short business meeting was held,
followed by a campfire and smoker. Fred
w. Cole, a new member, was mustered in.
Patriotic addresses were delivered by Col.
Tasker, Past Department Commander Ivory
q. kimball and b. +. Bingham; b. +. Entri-
kin, senior vice commander, Department OF
the Potomac; Lucius f. Randolph. past
commander of Kit Carson Post; E. R.
Campel. past COMMUNICATIVE chief, Sons of
Veterans and now a member of Cushing
Camp: NJ. NJ. Lewis, aojutant of the Old
Guard: Darwin Weaver, adjutant of Farra-
gut Post, and Mai. Fred S Hogdgson. past
commander of Gushing Camp
y. b. FrisSie. commander of John A. Lo-
gan Post, Anacostia, extended an invitation
20 All present TO attend the installation OF Of
ncers At his post next week James A Row
en-. past commander, sang several songs
when were received with demonstration
" general approval, and a letter was read
from Charles b. Lands of Indiana, a menu
=. OF CtShinS Camp. expressing his regret
at being unable 10 attend the Installation
ne new officers who were indicted into
once were Charles A Sidman, commander:
duncan davenport and Monkey Ferris SEN
t I9t ana junior vice commanders: William F.
Wolfe. treasurer. George Scharf secretarv
ana the camp council, Charles s. Davis. w
marry Moore and Abbott B. Goodrich.
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A Second Operation.

lie IS to go to the hospital tomorrow to
again go under the knife, but this time the
operation will consist of merely scraping
the serrated edges and delicately manipu-
!ating the artificial membrane as may be
necessary to secure the required convex or
concave surface Adjustment of probably
powerful glasses to meet the altered con-
dittons will follow-and then Mr. Heinard
Is practically assured of vision-through
the eyes of a rabbit, but none the less
vision.
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DR. NJ G. SANDEN 1851 Broadway Near 18th St. New York

e. 4@ nsh" H?hs@1
ss$S & 5s sSsgns
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Chairman's Statement.

Robert Ramsay of this city, chairman OF
the executive committee of the congress. in
discussing the scope of the work intended
to be accomplished by the congress, said
today:
1T is absolutely essential to the develop
ment of the commerce of our country that
the attention of our national government
should be again called to the pressing neGes-
sity of providing the ways and means fol
the carrying of this most important
work. The demands made hitherto in con-
nection with this work have been moderate
when considered in connection with tht
scope and necessity of the work.
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DR.. e. c. Dent, for twenty-five years SUI
perintendent of the Manhattan States Hos
pital on Wards Island. New York died sud-
denly Of heart trouble. DIR. Dent came from
Mississippi.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-14

Ian, granted thirty days leave. with per.
mission To apply for an extension,
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But the Digestive Juice we waste in
doing this today is needed for tomor-
rows natural Digestion. We cannot af-
ford to lose it.
That's why Casearets are the only safe
medicine for the bowels.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-06-27
Practical Reform.

New York Times.
Secretary Root and the President
are doing in very practical way all
that the law permits them to do to
put the consular system on a basis
|of merit and efficiency. to exclude
from it the partisan influences that
formerly wrought SO much mischief.
and to make the service attractive to
the best men who wish to take it up
way clear to embody in the statute all
the principles and methods recon-
mended by the President and Secre-
tary of State. though it did enact
some very wholesome provisions
The Encouragement and reorSaniza-
ton Of the service directed in the
act of April made possible a con-
siderable number of promotions
These have now been made in such
manner that only the places of the
lower grades are left open for new
appointments.
There are some three score OF these
promotions, and in every case they
have Been determined by the record
of the officer promoted This policy
has double effect 1t rewards eff
ficiency that has been practically
tested. and thus stimulates the ener-
sy and ambition Of the incumbents.
and it removes from the field OF or
binary pressure for appointment the
more lucrative prizes Political pres
sure cannot wholly be avoided until
admission 10 the service is guarded
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-06-27
PUB OPT ON
terms of praise and honored with
public monuments IN the streets. = ~

IefllS OIL ptdiSt anu 1OuOTtussssS S4LA
public monuments IN the streets. .
The youth should be encouraged in
manly forwardress, different thing
from mere impudence In any group
of youngsters there IS always one
who FORCES ahead and leads by nat
ural self assertion. and he is going TO
stand at the head. or somewhere near
it, in trade, statesnanship, preaching
or commanding OF any sort, pro-
vided his morals are right II not,
he may become the chief of pirates
or leader OF the political gang" The
essential thing in youth and man
hood IS purified self-confdence.
The good man with this quality
will stand before kings. This IS
world OF contention The weak and
the shy have little chance for advance
ment in the fierce rivalry of mental,
moral and physical strength. The
discreet parent perceives the differ
ence between the. discipline OF abso-
lutte suppression and the excessive lat
itude permitted some children in hav-
ing their own way BE bold. but
not too bold" is safe prorerb for
age and youth, but self-assertion, the
pushing spirit which laughs at re-
bluffs, wins in every field Of endeavor.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-06-27

women In tie last centuyyr more
not only "a; be destood how
seser. that it, necessar 70 be bald
one would be inteIiecrusl, oyintel-
Iectuai TO be bald. What sdescrihed
as excesstre functional excitation of.
ehe higher nerve centers results IN:
badness, and this excitaion usual
~ follows severe mental application
or strain. It IS common. bel:eyesl
that the teebie-minded axe rarely; If
e-er. premaiwely bald.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-06-27
No Rock edler
Money For Him
JGOGEs LINDSEY -.s1flst Sc
- cEPT lT=FOReJgN ;fsi-5;s.
aRavGNiEss asSo-
csATIoN.

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s-cs-es bv .In6~e I.;n-ser. O: he Jr:
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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-06-27
Trainina of Youth.
Philadelphia ledger.

Philadelphia Ledger.
It is. of course. dangerous to leave
youngster entirely to his own de-
vices, but excessive coddlins in the
Z home nest may prevent him from
making lofty and sustained flight
when he Is thrown out of the nest
to try his own pinions. a little dash
: of adventure does not hurt the boy.
How many OF us have learned to
swim by abscondinS secretly to the
pond. to the infinite trepidation Of
citous parents when the mo-
mentous. secret leaked out! a heter-
sodox philosopher observes that, while
g5he conventional precepts inca1culate
Ideals OF caution with respect to the
rising generation. those characters
history who have most notori-
ously flown in the face of such pre-
ceptS are spoken OF in hyperbolical
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-06-27
scomnept Of Leading Neysspaeers
on Variety of Topies-con-
occasional Independence
washington, post.

washington Post
Under our system the only law
Siyer IN this nation is the Congress.
and II theresis one thing that ought
TO spreserte integrity. though the
heavens fan. 1t is the Congress. 1t
is first in the Constitution: it was
1.-The frst=born OF the matchless state
craft of the fathers; to it was given
the purse AS lawgiyer, the Pres
5ident,s position is that Of negative
squantity-at least. that is what the
) Constitution says about it--and he
can only advise or partially veto.
That is all he has got to do with
Legislation.
ter to do the wrong thing the right
way than to do the right thing the
wrong way: that's to say. it is bet
ter that Congress pass bad law as
the result of its own free and indie
pendent deliberation than to enact
good law at the dictation Of the ex-
ecutive. "A vicious law can be repeal
ed; wound Of the independence Of
5 Congress makes an, ulcer. and it
might easily grow to be cancer.
To speak the plain truth. Congress is
fat on its back right now. with more
ulcers than Lazarus had sores 1t
has done things it did not want to do.
and has left undone things it wanted
to do. It has been completely over
shadowed in the government And
was IT for this that the Long Parlia-
ment fought king for seven years
) in the old country It would do Con-
gress a power of good to study the
history Of the proposed legislation
of the British Parliament, known as
Mr.. Fox's India bill. which was de-
feated by the kings friends" Over
here we call them cuckoos.