Goldsboro weekly argus., 1909-01-21
The WATERWAYS
COMMISSION.
The Bill Creating One Is In
the Senate.
m IS HAVING A ROUGH time.


Senator Newiands ls One Of It's Per-
sisdant Chanpions-A Novel Line of
Arsument-Of Interest 70 Montana.
Senator Johnston's Joke Over the
Secret Service Controversy.
By CHARLES W. ARTHUR.
Washington. Jan. 13. = Especial -
The bill to create the inland water
ways commission is having a hard
road TO travel In the senate. This Is
one OF the pet projects Of President
Roosevelt, and he recommended its
establishment several years ago to con-
gress. Senator NeWands Of Nevada
has been persistent Shampion Of the
bill, bat a measure essentially cover
ing the points got through the house
ast session, and Mr.. Newiands prac-
dcally adopted that as his own and
had 1t placed On the senate calendar
along with his, 50 that he might move
to take up the house bill in order to
slide It through. But every time he
THINKS there Is a favorable opening an
obstacle rs placed in it's way. One day
Senator Hale VIII suggest that 1t had
better go over. Another day Mr.. AID
rich will intimate that as so few sena-
tors are In the chamber It ought to be
discussed at some future date. Mr..
Kean Will object outright If he finds
no one else Is ready, and Senator Tel
her has announced that If consideration
Is given he is going to make fero-
cious speech IN opposition. The Colo
rado senator will fight 1t because he Is
generally opposed to commissions.
OF Interest 10 Montana.
A bill has been favorably reported to
the senate to create new land district
In Montana for the accommodation of
settlers in a large area Of country,
comprising approximately 100000
acres, or about five times the size of
either Rhode Island or Delaware. A
new transcontinental railway line has
gone through that part Of Montana,
and the country is rapidly filling with
settlers, who under present conditions
are required to travel from SO to $50
miles In order to visit the land office
in which their entries are made.
!
A memorial has been printed as a
senate document that takes a new line
of argument as to why women should
be entitled to vote for members of con-
gress. when the first man mated
with the first woman" declares the
memorialist, who is Boston citizen,
"and thus established the first family,
the first and in some respects the best
government this world has ever known
was formed. All that has happened
since has been but natural progression
from that primitive beginning. Since,
therefore, It is plain that the first man
could not by any possibility have form
ed the first family and thus established
the first government without the aid
and concurrence of the first woman,
then It follows as logical conclusion
that succeeding genera tons of men
could not have formed succeeding
families and thus established subse-
Quent governments without her, and
thus we learn our first great lesson In
political science which Is that women
are not only a desirable but an abso.
lutefy necessary part of any body poll
ic Indeed, the very idea OF political
community, such as a nation is, with
out women would be an utter alb
: surdity."
Having Fun With His Colleagues
Senator Johnston of Alabama Is very
fond Of putting up jokes on the more
solemn and serious men with whom be
serves. Just now he Is having bushels
Of fun telling some of the senators
! a., % hoo nr1
Roosevelt uses the secret service force
to get dots on the statesmen. It seems
that from time to time some of the
statesmen in unguarded moments have
let drop remarks about themselves
Mr.. Johnston treasures up those re
7 marks when possibly they are forgot
: ten by the man who has uttered them
} He will take senator off to the cloak
: room and begin to tell him that ht
E fears that he (Johnston) has beer
E guilty of some little indiscretions III
0 here in Washington, but he surel.
> hopes none of Roosevelt's sleuths viii
get foTd Of his capers, for it might b.
awful if the people of Alabama wer'
to know certain things about him
: The senator win probably admit tina
n It might be embarra sSing, and thel
i Colonel Johnston will put the laugh OF
: him by reminding him that it woult
@ be terrible if secret service men wer
: to find out the things he had been tell
n Ing quietly about hts own escapades.
4 Measure VIII Not Win Approval.
: Representative Prince of Illinois ha
y introduced a bill that would have tn
/ Sixty first congress meet just as 500
5, as this one expires on the 4th o
A March The second section Of hi
s measure will kill it If nothing els
|. would, for it is proposed that no pei
n son who was member of the previou
e congress shall receive any compenss
d ton as mileage for going to or return
e ing from the additional session proviG
g ed for. The understanding is tha
e President Taft will call congress