Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-05-11
CLOSING DAYS OF SESSION.
Maine Matters at Washington.-What
Maine Members Are Doing.

The season Of the year has come
when all Washington tires of legislative
and governmental topics and yearns for
the open country. Business Drugs at
the Capitol The makers have 10
force themselves to work, when they
would prefer to go out into the parks
and look at the flowers or go to base
ball game The spring season is at
IT'S height the trees are full Of leaves.
and the fever Of indifference is in the
blood
The Maine people in Washington are
sticking to their tasks, but looking for
ward now to the flight northWard. If it
We're March, and the close of short
session, they would be dreading the trip
to the cold climate and would be de-
laying their departure. Now the MIN
ute the adjournment Of Congress comes
most of the Maine Congressman and
their families will be boarding the first
train out of Washington.
The last days of the session, which
will be about the middle of May, will
be enlivened by the presence of a con-
siderable number of Governors in town.
All the Governors of States and terri
tories have been asked to meet at the
White House to confer about the con-
Servatio,l of Natural resources. Gov.
Cobb OF Maine is among the invited and
it is understood here that he is coming.
There will be numerous social functions
in honor of these gubernatorial Wis
itors. including q reception by Clifford
Pinchot, the chief Forester of the
Department of Agriculture. Il mem
Der of the tennis cabinet and Il
personal friend and chum of Pres
ident Roosevelt. Apart from their
deliberations on very serious topic
the governors are likely to have a jolly
time during their visit to Washington.
Incidentally they will have opportunity
to talk national politics and get into
better touch with what the parties are
planning with reference to the election
Of the next President. The governors
will be in town at least three days, and
about the time they conclude their SeS-
SionS in the East room Of the White
House Congress will be ready. as mat
ters look now, to adjourn until Deem
Der.
Representative Burleigh has just
emerged from an unusually busy SEES
several days has been at the House Of
flee Building. His address i'm the morn
ing and the afternoon has been at the
same place. At intervals he mas been
running over to the House of Rcpresen
iatives along with a big group "f other
members, answering hurry calls to
make a quorum against the Democratic
nlibuSterS, or to get in his vote, along
with numerous other Republicans. on
some measure which the Democratic
filibuSterS have forced to Il roll call. The
Governors day vigls and night vigls
hav" been with the omnibus public
buildings bill, which has had a tortu-
itOuS course Of ups and downs ever
since the first steps towards framing
it We're taken some five or six weeks.
Gov. surleigh is chairman of sub
committee number two. which deals
with matters in the six New England
states and the states of Ohio, Ala
bama. Georgia and Louisiana, and in
that capacity has had hand in pass
ing upon more than one hundred
projects and has personally Interested
every member of Congress from these
states. When he and his sub-com-
nlItee Idu decided upon lne projects
they favored they had to take these
projects before the full committee,
have them fitted into the omnibus bill
and adjusted SO as to be in harmony
with those allowed for other sections
of the country. 1t was a long and
tedious task and Gov. Burleigh. as We'll
as other members of the public build
ings committee. have reason to dislike
the sound of the words. public build
ings." But after all the fusSing and
dickerng the country will get a pub
lie building bill carrying about 500
100000. 1t will mean step toward
the providing of necessary facilities
for conducting public business. The
work required to erect these buildings
will keep large number of men em-
ploycd in these hard times. 1t will
occupy large forces of cutters in the
granite quarres of Maine and othe.
states in getting out the building ma
terial. And incidentally the bill will
contain quite a number of items fer
Maine cities, some of which are tC
have new and better public buildings
in the course of the next year or two.
A petition of the International
Brotherhood Of Pulp. Sulphite and
Paper Mill workers at Madison and
Scion. Maine, was presented in the