Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-07-26

Y AT lnt COulHB bebblDH VI tpuBItbS Wv
i not startle the country, and certain
@ ly caused no surprise here In Wash
r ington. No one is at all familiar will
= the political situation has believed
g that revision will be attempted unit
= after the next election. The stand
: patters" are well entrenched, and II
: is likely that no changes in the sched'
{ 'ules will be made until 1910, during
e the first session OF the slxty-irst con-
Y gress. It Is certain that the Repub-
7 lican party will endeavor to leave
, out of its platform entirely next year
the question OF revision, and although
, President Roosevelt is reported 70
have declared many times in the
! course OF private conversations that
he believed some changes should be
} made. he has refrained from recon-
mendlng such a course In his meg
sages because he realizes fully the
futility OF hoping TO accomplish any.
thing now. So II Mr.. Hopkins hoped
ment, he made a poor guess
Rumors are inslstont TO the effect
that Representative Burton OF Ohio
will resign his chairmanshlp OF the
house rivers and harbors committee
In the next congress II Is said this
course will be taken so that he may
devote greater time TO the work of
the inland waterways commission, OF
which he also Is chairman. Presl-
dent Roosevelt Is reported as being
favorable to this plan. for the com
mission was created by him Just after
the close of the last congress and he
e. much interested In the entire pro-
gram of waterway development.
This interest is of long standing. and
has been expressed many times. never
more clearly than I'm his addresses 90
the conventions OF the National
Rivers and Harbors congress. the
last two OF which were held here. On
both occasions Mr.. Roosevelt ap-
plauded the organization for It's work
In arouslnR the American people and
congress 20 the necessity for ylgor-
Gus national program along such
lines of betterments. The National
Rivers and Harbors congress Is stlll
maintaining its work In this construc-
tion, and John A. Fox. It's special
director Is now visiting the cities /
of the upper Mississippi valley to
enlist the moral and financial sup
port of the people of that rich terri A..
tory on behalf of the organization and T.
It's work A number OF important
bettormont schemes will be up for /,
consideration before the congress |
that will convene In December, and
the National Rivers tnd Harbors
congress is endeayoring to increase
It's membership SO that II may be
thoroughly representative of the solid J
shipping and business interests OF the
whole country,
~ ANAhNA VI lNAN6 hh Aht ihNlHA
coast are 10 be reinforced by addi-
tions 10 their garrisons. The rein
foreements is In accordance with the
provisions of the army appropriation
hill passed at the final session OF the
last congress and providing for an In
crease In the artillery corps, Gen
eral Ainsworth, acting secretary of
war, has issued an order directing the
enlistment OF 81 additional eompe-
nies of coast artillery. Each COM
pany Is TO have a strength of i09 en-
listed men, and the Preside at syn
Francisco will be given two eompa-
nies, while Fort Baker. Cal, For,
Casey and Fort Worien. Wash, will
set one each.
Despite the bitter hgh, In South /
Dakota, friends OF senator Kittredge
are declaring that he will be re-elect-
"a without any trouble IN the pri- !,
mary election next summer. J. c. /,
BRYAN at Plankinton. who Is here this
week and who has made close study
u the situation. Is certain that the
hght between senators Klttredge and
Gamble will In no way affect the re-
'ult OF the Presidential vote next
year. Tie declares that South Dakota
Is for Secretary Taft without division
always provided that President
Roosevelt hold on his determination
cot TO be candidate TO succeed him
self.
Robert Bacon. acting secretary q
tate, and really little better In the
'fielal school than cabin hoy OF the
ship OF state" Is now eap'n. crew
nd the bos'p's mate. Early thla