Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-02
4 Much Modified Ship
Subsidy Bill
Maine Men WIN Figure al
The Inauguration.
Mayor Lord Of RockIand Helping
In the Tariff Work.

from the kind Of shipping bills that
Senator Frye began Introducing
| several years ago. Two or three of
those bills got through the Senate and
| if they had become law would have
aided the low speed, freight carrying
| ships, such as are built and often
| owned along the coast of Maine. The
pending measure will aid only some
| thing like dozen or a score of fairly
| speedy steamships of 5000 or more
| tons burden, none of which probably
| would be built in Maine. The sailing
vessels could by no possibility profit
| from the proposed law, except in so far
as the enactment of such a measure
can be regarded as the beginning of d
| ship subvention policy that some day
will lead to broader legislation from
which sailing vessels can profit. Maine
men have been here this session, seek
| ing to have the carrying trade between
| the United States and the isthnus OF
Panama restricted to American bot
| toms. That, too, has been the subject
of a long controversy before Senate
| and House but there are too many
Western members in the House, whose
constituencies are not interested i'll
| shipping, to permit any such bill to
pass.
The ship subvention bills have here
tofore generally been before the March
ant Marine Committed of which Re-
preventative Swasey, of Maine, is a
| member. But as the provisions are in
| tended to apply only to ships that
carry mails, it was sent to the Post
office Committee 1t is known as the
Gallinger bill, because Senator Gal
linger, of New Hampshire introduced
it, After Senator Frye had tired OF
pressing subsidy bills that would help
the shipping of Maine, Senator Gal
linger took over much of the work for
subsidy legislation.
The widely advertised Beau Brum-
mels of the civic division of the In
augural Parade have developed largely
into matter of Beau Brummels in the
city of Washington. Hundreds OF
Congressman We're asked to secure fine
looking men from home for those
positions but the matter got into the
newspapers and the newspapers pro-
ceeded to have lots of fun. SO it was
that MANY Congressman We're timid
about writing home for Beau Brum-
ANNsNA1
their waste baskets. Many of those
who wrote back to their districts
found their constituents shy about
coming on" OF course it meant an
expenditure Of 5000 or $500 for rail-
road fare, hotels, and for the bob tailed
nag on which the handsome aid could
go prancing along within the roped
space on Pennsylvania Avenue from
All the New England Congressman
were invited to seek out Beau Brum-
mel riders. Vermont was the only
state in that section which did herself
proud. Each of the Vermont Con-
gressmen wrote home and as result
each of them has a Beau Drummer
rider coming for the inauguration
These are DIR. Harry d. Hopkins, of
Jericho Center, and Charles l.. Wood
bury, of Burlington. No Massacha-
sets man could be found to volunteer
for the job. Neither could Granite
Slater be located. AS a matter of fact
the only other Beau Bru1mel rider
from New England will b. Col. Harry
F. Ross, of Bangor.
Alabama is going to acnl one rider
Georgia. two; Illinois, four; Nary
land, three: Pennsylvania, seven: and
Ohia, three. There are about fifteen
or twenty others from divers states
and all the rest will come from the
city of Washington.
Of course such Beau Brummel
stunt appeals more to the jeunesse
dore of Washington. They will not
have to pay railroad fare and hotel
bills. They can hire a bob tailed nag
from some friendly livery stable for
about half what the same stable would
ask a stranger. Inauguration visitors
are looked upon as legitimate prey by'l
Washingtonians in which, of course,
Washingtonians are not materially
different from the people of other
cities.
The inaugural authorities have been
more successful in getting Beau
Brummels for the Inaugural Ball. The
Senators were asked to make those
designations and the Senators from
nearly all the states, except those in
the far west have succeeded in locat- |
ing young man with a dress suit and
polite manners. A few of the Senators
have picked their secretaries or others
who happen to be residing temporarily
1
that 46 Beau Brummels in spic and
span evening attire will be upon the
floor of the Pension office Building on
the night of March 4 ready to extend |
the glad hand to native folks and to |
make their stay in the wonderfully de- |
corated court as pleasant as may be.
There will be others to aid in the |
reception of the visitors to the Ball. |
A Committee of 600 prominent WASH
ington people, including number of
Senators and Representatives has been |
designated. They will be assigned to |
various tasks that evening. Some will |
form a subcommittee to extend the
glad hand to President Taft and his |
party. The chairman of the entire |
Committee is man Of Maine interest |
Mr.. Theodore w. Noyes. editor of |
the Evening Star and son OF The /
late Crosby S. Moves, whose boyhood |
home was at Minot, Maine.
Major Herbert NJ. Lord, paymaster
in the Army, formerly of Rockland,
Maine, is engaged here upon the task
of estimating what the revenue from |
the newly framed tariff bill will be.
He was clerk of the Ways and Means |