Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1908-05-07
WASHINGTON LETTER
From Our Regular Correspondent.


lishers' Association is pursuing a
vigorous campaign to obtain the
passage at this session of Con
gress bills placing wood pulp and
print paper on the free list a n d
the agitation of the subject has
been 80 great as to wholly upset
the equilibrium of Speaker Can.
non. The association is taking
every advantage oi it's constitu-
tional right of petition and is be
ing ably supported by Jno. Sharp
Williams, of Mississippi, the Dem
ocratlc leader, whose perform
ance is most edifying to the pub
fishers and proportiouately an
noying to Cannon. AS a matter
OF fact Speaker Cannon Is master
if the situation and while his ap-
pointmant of theseect committee
to investigate the operations of
the 80 called paper trust will in
no way deceive either the public
or the publishers, who are thor
oughly familiar with the Speak
er's "flim fam" methods; 1t will
bottle up the publishers most ef-
fcctually.
A resolution was offered in the
House this week by Representa-
tive Carlin, of Virginia, seeking
to elicit information from t h e
War Department as to the rea.
sons that actuated the govern
ment in removing the name OF
Jefferson Davis from the tablet
on Cabin John Bridge. The reso-
luton directs the Secretary OF
war, if not incompatible with the
public interests, to inform t b e
House by what authority I'll e
name OF Davis was moved from
the stone tablet, and directs that
the House be informed what steps
if any, have been taken toward
restoring the name of Davis as
Secretary OF War to the stone.
This affords q fine opportunity
for a controversy over the life
and pnblic service of Jefferson
Davis. 1t will be remembered that
he was Secretary OF War under
President Buchanon and almost
up to the time of the Civil War.
His name was on thh arch OF this
bridge, and is most conspicuous
by being erased.
There has been, recently, a re-
distribution of Senate Commit
tee places among the minority,
made necessary by the deaths OF
Senator Whyte, andSenatorBry
an, and Senator Stone, OF Mis-
souri,, made a great fight for bet
ter places for new Senators. He
claimed that it was not for the
best interests of the minority
that all the fine places should be
given to old men and that great
benefit would accrue by the infu-
sion OF new blood in the more i'm
portant committees. Senator
Paynter, OF Kentucky, suddenly
called on Mr.. Stone to makegood
his proposition by giving h i m
his place on the Philippine Com
mittee, and Senator Stone readi-
ly consented to "make good"
and Mr.. Paynter was transferred
to the Philippine committee. A
vacancy existed on Foreign rela-
ltions committee which senator
Raynei: OF Maryland, was most
desirous Of securing maintain
ling he could, thereby, further in
the interests OF his fellow Jews
who are undergoing great hard
ships in Russia Mr.. Qayner is so
unpopular with both Democrats
and Republicans that his applica
tion was elnphatically refused,
but.a compromise was reached in
a decision to offer the position to
his colleague, Senator Smith, of
Maryland. However, some Of the
folder members Of the Senate con-
'lcluded that it might be well. be.
.lfore informing Mr. Smith Of the
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