Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-02-04
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent. ]

by public men and journalists is mere
ly expressive of the great influence he
has had on public affairs during his ten
years. residence in Washington. That
he will continue to influence public af-
fairs from different but no less i'm
portant standpoint is matter of con-
graduation to the country at large. 1t
has been long indeed since the great
est State of the Union has had an
! equally great representative on the
floor of the Senate. But Elihu Root
can never be merely representative
of even so great State as New York.
He has had too much to do with ma
tional and international affairs to be-
come merely a provincial representa-
tive. In his recent address in Albany,
he said that he would advocate a par
cells post if New York State was in fav-
or of it. That New York State will be
in favor of it, there cannot be the
slightest doubt, and Mr.. Root doubt
less knew this when he made the re-
mark. The man whom he succeeds in
the Senate has long been known as the
representative of the express com
| panies-the companies that have skim
med the cream of the postal profits and
left the nation yearly deficit. The
| Post Office Department, with it's thou
sands of rural carriers bringing letters
and newspapers to so many homes,
might with immense helpfulness to
| farmers and suburbanites and immense
profit to the natiou, deliver parcels as
is done in England, Germany, France
and in every other civilized country in
| the world.
Washington is busy with preparation
| for the Inauguration ceremonies which
will take place in scarcely more than
month from now. Everything has
been prearranged except the weather
The fourth of March is down in the
weather reports for disagreeable day
| and number of ineffective attempts
have been made to change the inaugur-
alton day to another date. 1t is under
stood that there will be a condensa-
ton of the procession or parade which
has on previous occasions been far too
long drawn out. The Avenue is wide
and seventy-five or hundred men can
easily march abreast on it. Such has
been the vanity of civic and military
organizations for conspicuousn ess,
that some have actually insisted on
marching single file, causing the spec
tators on the Avenue to wait frequent
ly three or four hours until the whole
procession passed.
The President, it is said. will make a
| breach in the old custom of riding with
| his successor to and from the capitol.
He will, it is understood, accompany
the President-elect to the Capitol and
see him inaugurated, but instead of re-
turning with him to the White House,
will make bee-line for The Union Sta
ton and thence to Oyster Bay, sailing
a few days thereafter from New York
to Mediterranean port on his way to
Africa. The President announced this
program yesterday when he accepted
the offer of the New York Republican
Committee to act as his escourt on the
route from the Capitol to the station.
The leaders of the Senate and of the
House have held conference with
reference to the legislative program
for the remaining thirty days of this
session and it is plain that their pur-
pose is not to permit the enactment of
any general legislation beyond the ap-
preparation bills. 1t has been the in
tention of the House to pass Statehood
bills for Arizona and New Mexico, but
the Senate does not favor the action.
The time for convening the special ses-
sion for consideration of the tariff has
been pretty definately fixed for the
tenth of March, or six days after the
inauguration. This arrangement was
made after consultation with Senator
Knox, who, as his chosen Secretary of
the State, is supposed to represent Pre-
sident-elect TAFT, now absent in Pana-
ma. Mr.. Taft will probably approve
this date and it is favored by Speaker
Cannon and Republican leaders as a
desirably early date for work on the
new tariff bill.
Much interest is expressed with ref
erence to the very lofty tower for
wireless telegraphy which it is propos-
ed to erect in Washington for the pur-
poua of oommupinotipo with obipo ot
sea to distance of three thousand
miles. Bids have been submitted from
seven firms and it is probable that a
Plttsburg house Offering to furnish the
apparatus and tower for 1882, 800 will
get the contract The tower will pro-