Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-03-30
The Presidents Praise Of
President Hyde.
Many Maine People in WASH
ington, This Winter.
Work Of the Maine Members on Their
Various Committees.

Washington, ID. C., March 29.-(Spe-
ciaD D.-When Rev. Percival +. Marslon.
pastor OF the Pine street church at
Lewiston was here a few days ago, he
had a very interesting interview with
President Roosevelt. Mr.. Marston is
a graduate of Bowdoin College, with
whose president Mr.. Roosevelt is well
acquainted, as they Were friends when
undergraduates at Harvard and nave
since kept mp their friendship. During
their talk reference was made to DR..
Hyde's latest book which is dedicated
to Mr.. Roosevelt. The latter express
I'd his very high regard for Mr.. Hyde,
who was here not long ago and was Il
guest at luncheon at tn" White House.
1--WE think DR.. Hyde as able as any
of the smaller college presidents" OBJ
served Mr.. Marston.
"Or of th. larger colleges" declared
Prcsid int Roosevelt. with emphasis.
There have been many Maine excur-
sioniStS in Washington during the last
two W .eks and quite a number of them
have been To the White House offices.
Members of the Maine delegation have
given attention to many of these Wis
itOrS and, where it is feasible, sought
to secure them an introduction to the
President. 1t adds materially to the
Pheasant memories Of a visit 10 Wash
ington TO have met the President and
shaken his hand. Back in former days
the Presidents used TO hold receptions
in the East room at the stated days of
every week. but these We're discontinue
cd long ago by President Roosevelt.
~. ,,n1
in giving of his time to meet visitors
at the White House offices who come
at stated hours. He enjoys these OPP
portuniticS for contact with visitors
ana is almost invariably in good spir
its ana enters cordially into converSa-
ton. Usually visitors are admitted
shortly after the noon hour. when the
President has concluded his forenoon'S
work and is getting ready to go over
to the White House for luncheon. AS
the long line files into the cabinet room
he grectS each as the presentation is
made, engages in a brief conversation
and then passes to the next.
Most of The hundredS-:.lmoSt thou
s;,nds-of New England visitors who
Eavc ben here of late are women. one
can easily tell them along PennSylva-
Fla Avenue, at the Capitol. or riding
| about in the observation cars, now doing
| Il thriving business, by the heavy gar
| ments thy wear. 1t is plain at Il
glance that they hail from Il colder eli
| mate than Washington.
| There has been considerable let up of
| late in the Congressional work of the
Maine members of the House That is
| htcDnSp ,np1SrI in vbipl, tbav
are directly interested or on which they
| IRE at work in committees, are disDoS-
"d of or are in abeyancc. The omnibus
public building bill. for instance, on
which Gov. Burleigh has been putting
| a lot Of time. is not being rushed Just
| ut present. because Speaker Cannon
is in no hurry about having il report
| ~. Most cf the work is done in Com
| mittee. The members have about
made up their minds what localities
must be looked out for ana about how
| much money must be voted. The fin
| ishing touches are Yet to be nut on
| their work however ana the members
are ready to take hold the moment
| Chairman Bartholdt gives the word
| The subcommittee on revision, which
| is the subcommittee that passes upon
V hatever the other sub, ommittaes have
| agreed To and of which Gov. Burleigh
is member. must hold several ses-
| sions yet.
| Representative Iittleficld has been
giving some time to hearings before the
Judiciary committee, where several bills
| Of Importance are pending That COM
mittee has just passed on Questions
l "a hn
Of insurance and also of other corpora
l"hs' IL mas also been hearing labor
organizations on bills which il has
pending before that committee. More
recently Mr.. Iittlefield has been very
active with the committee on expendi-
lures in the Department of Agriculture,
OF when ne Is chairman. He now ex-
lncCtS TO conduct quite an extensive
Investigation of the Department of
Agriculture and has been LAYING plans
FOR making tnat work very thorouph
rs soon as Secretary Wilson is able
to furnish him with an array of tables
showing where the money Congress bos
appropriated for that department has
gone.
j Representative Powers has had Iot
Of work in the Committee on Terr;tor-
les. That committee has been con-
Quoting hearings on bills for the con-
struction of railroads in Alaska and
also on bills for other territories Few
Of those are bills on which action is az
pe cted at this session Of Congress but
those bills cover topics of legislation
on which necessarily there must he
much investigation and study as \
foundation for action by Congress
This has been busy winter for log.
, islation before the District of Commhi.