The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-04-24
NOTES FROM WASHINGTON
Especial Correspondence

| SniJ Two 6sttIeSnips.-kepreS reSenta-
| tive Hobson's amendment to the
naval appropriation bill, providing for
four battleships instead OF two as re-
ported by the naval committee. was
| defeated the other day by the House,
| SO TO 199. The result was received
| with loud applause. In the course Of
the debate on the battleship proposi
| tion, President ROoseyelt's known
| eagerness for four new sea-fghters
was strenuously urged by Represen.
tatlyes Hobson and LOngworth.
Industrial Conditions improvina.-
That conditions throughout the coun-
try are fast becoming normal again
was the opinion expressed recently
by L. V. Powderly, chief Of the di-
vision OF information OF the bureau
OF immigration and naturalization,
who keeps In close touch with labor
conditions throughout the country
The division OF information has sent
letters to over 10000 sources to OBJ.
tain information where labor is
wanted. I'VE first felt the depression
In October" said Mr. Powderly, "but
there has been every evidence within
the last few weeks that employers
are replacing the men who were laid
off at that time. The requests for
farm laborers have increased daily,
indicating that the farmers expect a
prosperous year, and | expect to re-
ceive requests for Industrial labor in
the very near future"
Csnnon's usties."-Speaker Can.
non leans heavily on New England
representatives. for help In running
the National House. He has eight
or 10 TRUSTEES" to whom as sort Of
sub-speakers, he entrusts the gave
when proceedings are In committee
of the whole. These must be steady
men who will not let the House run
away the moment the speaker steps
out Of the hall. Three OF these sub
speakers are from New England. One
is Representative Currier of New
Hampshire, whom the speaker has
been trying out for quite 10 years
The others are representatives. Fos
ter Of Vermont and Lawrence o.
Massachusetts. They have now been
in the commanding seat OH the mar
Bile rostrum so often that the speaker
regards them as expert gavel WELD
crs. who are almost as smart I'm see.
ing ways out Of a parliamentary tan
gle as the speaker himself.
Dam PrlVileges.-ln a special mes.
sage sent in recently, vetong "A dam
BILL President Roosevelt warned
Congress that there are pending i'm
this session bills which propose to
give away without price stream
rights capable of developing 300 600
horsepower, the production Of which
would cost annually 25,0000 900 tons
of coal, urged in vigorous terms the
Establishment of a policy such as the
flibustering minority I'm the House
demands TO safeguard the granting of
bridge and dam privileges and to re
quire ihe grantees to pay for them;
and definitely announced future
policy on his part with regard to
prompt utilization of construction
privileges by refusing his signature
to a bill giving an additional three
years to the Rainy River Improve
ment Company within which to build
n dam in the Rainy River.
Date Of Adjournment.-Rep
tive Watson of Indiana, who CON
ferred with the President few days
ago, about an early adjournment OF
congress and who said after the CON
ference that the President and the
house were i'm harmony for adjourn.
ing about May ., was summoned by
the President again later. Mr. Watson
said the President had sent for him
to say that he had overlooked the
fact that there would be a conference
OF governors on May l3, and that
when he had called this conference
he had done so under the impression
that congress would be in session.
Out Of courtesy to this conference,
which will discuss the subject of con.
serving the resources of the country,
the President thought congress should
remain in session q few days longer,
| III lltA NOulN pippNiis w hphVs hi
Watson said he agreed with the Presi-
dent and thought that adjournment
would take place about May l6. Mr..
Watson reiterated statements pre-
viously made that the President was
in hopes that certain legislation he
desired would be passed, but If itcould
not be put through, he would offer
no obstacle to an early adjournment
Senator "Heap BIG chief"--Senator
| Clapp OF Minnesota, chairman of the
committee on Indian affairs. is now
| heap big Indian chief of the Crow
| tribe. He was given great surprise
last week by Chief Plenty Coos and
his fellow tribesmen who have been
witnesses before the Indian commit.
tee for the past three weeks. The
| chief marched into the committee
room at the head Of the band and
through an interpreter phlegmatically