The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-07

uals TO the court Of claims aggregat.
ing ssss2.
River Improvement.
This being the session at which a
river and harbors bill was to be con-
sidered, Senator Scott was interested
from the first in securing more favor
able appropriations for the Ohio river.
He made strong fight for locks and
dams Nos. 8. 10 and y, but the oppo:
sition was too much for him. On lock
No. 10, however, he was more success
full, and after singIe:handed fight be-
fore the Senate committee on COM
merce he secured the retention in the
bill OF the appropriation granted sever
al years ago to dam 10, which had
been stricken out In the house: and
in addition secured another 100000
for this project. This was considered
in the Senate one OF the most sue
cessfnl fights made on this bill. In
addition to this he backed up the fight
for the Improvements on the Big San.
dy, the Little Kanawha, and lock- No.
&c, all of which went in. In this con.
nection, too. he had a number OF bridge
bills of vast interest to the coal peo.
pie Of the Norfolk 6 Western region
promptly passed and signed.
In the sundry civil bill he secured
an increase of an appropriation for
the purchase Of site for a public
bailding at Fairmont. ana also made a
strong fight for Grafton. While he
lost out on the latter this time, at the
next session he wifi be able to do bet.
ter.
Perhaps one of the most gratifying
and interesting features OF the sena.
tors efforts during this session was
the little talk he made on the Service
pension bill" in behalf OF changing the
name of the war between the States
from war Of the rebellion" to "civfE
war" He only had the floor for three
minutes and repeated a pathetic little
story of two graves in West Virginia.
After he had finished the Senate adopt.
Ell the change without dissenting
voice, passed the bill, and the south.
ern Senators
Congratulated Him in a Body.
AS a member of the committee on
postotfices and post.roads. the Senator
introduced several amendments to the
postofffce bill, lettering the condition
OF clerks in all offices where there are
carriers. At the general meeting of
the committee he made a strong eff
fort to have his amendments adopted.
and was appointed a subcommittee
along with Senator Crane, OF Nassa-
chusetts, and after handling the sub
jsct their recommendations were
adopted, placed in the bill, and agreed
to by the House. It will take sometime
for these recommendations to work
themselves out, bat they will show a
decided betterment of the condition
of clerks in offices where there is a
cerrfer service.
During the. session he was absent
only two days. and these two days
were spent in West Virginia.
The greater portion of the latter
part of the session was taken up with
hearings In the Brownsville case be.
fore the military committee. These
hearings will continue for several
months. and 1t will be necessary for
him to remain in Washington to be
present at these
As slight evidence OF the esteem
the Senator is held In by his col.
leagues. he was appointed chairman
of the committee from the Senate 10
visit the military academy Mt the
graduating exercises in June: he was
also made member of the committee
on the part of the Senate tof,e pres.
ent at the opening of the jamestown
Exposition. Yesterday he left on the
steamer Sumner to visit Fort Monroe.
Virginia. This is a special trip. taken
to give the members of the military
committee an opportunity to inyesti.
gate Fort Monroe and learn something
about coast defenses.
Your correspondent asked him about
his boom for the Presidency, and the
Senator laughingly replied, that of
couse he appreciated all the kind
things that were being said about him.
However, the bee was not huzzIng'
loudly enough to keep him awake at
nights.