The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1909-08-05
Letter from Washington.
ii. losing Days of a Long and Busy
session. The Good Work of the Maine

H,,eHion.
.rrespondence of The journal
- .-OlNGToN, d. c., August 2nd. Big
..s- boxes of plain boards, half as
arg. a trunk, are littering the long
-. rs Of the House office building.
are big black letters on each of
rojucts of the House carpenter
.r Hon. John Black, Whitefield,
if a7, or some other name like it is
~ .rV box; and in the office room,
5r-u ohm Black has a desk and
~ lair and typewriting machine
.. able and a place to hang his coat,
u~faug is topsy turvy. He is sorting
~ papers, throwing into the wire
54.,- asket, which the generous gov
rau provides him, what he does not
-,r- the waste basket is not suf-
.r.. apacious, he throws the papers
m rtters and the scraps of CORE
upon Iue liOOI. fAbGNC al
.asa John Black is anxious to git
4,. ms town.
Wy. rators are faring forth under the
o.4 across the way. The last ago
lips -aritf legislation are at hand.
4 any night now the last roll call
M ame. the red bordered parchment
.-.-- thick as an ordinary book, may
s -Hai any moment to the Speaker
y ice President for them to sign.
&c. rTy the engrossed copy of the
l law, which has been the out
.- almost five months of steady
M 'ran by the master Republican
..- . Congress. So John Black is
- ready to close the board lid
his Congressional packing boxes
snap the lock and put the key in
aet. There will be SEQ of these
. .arting out for all parts of the
...- soon; in fact, some of them are
s-. d the way in anticipation Of the
ourneys which their owners are
-". take. This outgo of House
,rnds every Congressional ad-
ell f. Next December, just before
begins, the boxes will be com
rom all points of the compass.
Maine people, of course, are
.. lady to travel northWard. Apart
1 as delegation in the Senate and
House are several prominent en-
uT- vi both legislative branches.
4 Ike Of them, and their families,
# H Ladder to get away from Wash
-E,1 tan ever before for a decade A
aT .perience in Washington, with
GEES in session, does not come often.
d- cntative Burleigh will be in the
"'T. Xodus out of Washington. The
N district Congressman will be ac-
@'Hnei by Mrs. Burleigh, who has
i'-'-e to remain in Washington with
~ and during the hot weather.
l4 proceed at once to Augusta
o' .ong thereafter, probably, will
It TO Cobossecontee for little
@-.rau city life.
lac .stra session just closing has been
a.'t. uonally busy one for Gov. Bur-
7gs There were many matters in the
ar5 oll Of interest to his constituents
The aird District. He did all he could
"luhor the presentation of claims for
qse,,on before the Ways and Means
4mJtee, when it was matter in
which lis constituents We're concerned.
4s 'rrespondence over tariff matters
'ds large and in attending to this he had
"7Sl]n to make numerous visits not
+. 10 the Ways and Means Committee
w. sl.r on to the Finance Committee
u" Senate, where the bill was then
"9ag. He worked and co-operated
" >ralor Hale in helping along the
"'''nl for Maine industries, and did
E'a' zeal, first and last, in helping
program of the representatives
tuer and pulp mills of Maine.
''oternor also had a lot of work
"..' IAe extra session on census mat
III. helped push through the bill
termination of the work for next
5fyed on the conference commit
which adjusted the troublesome diff
'Fes between the two houses, anC
4.7' 1t up in time for the enactment
1t necessary appropriation before
ginning of the present fiscal year.
HAS mad two or three talks with
'slent Taft during the extra session
h. BUSINESS of general Importance or
n @''n The President wished the ThirC
@''cJ Congressman advice.
H., @ usual ne has been very industrious
4, 'u'' the departments. A multitude
~, brands have been done there for con-
., ,Ie'''s IN the Third District. His work
T'e tension Bureau has been abnor.
IL large. Now he has everything
3. ''ea up and is ready to start home az
' WI as the bill passes.
'Ne Maine Senators have rounded w