Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1909-02-26
NEWS FROM
WASHINGTON

President elect Taft and the dis
! dnguished engineers who accompan
led him to Panama have returned
and made their report and IN,
President In turn has sent mt ssass
70 CongrssS confirming the informa
tion that has already been given
that the lock typo Of canal is the on.
" one approved by the engineers
and she President elect who, after a
very careful study Of the ground
have expressed their preference for
this type rather than for the sea
level canal. The President has sent
o special message to Congress on the
subject In which he chaFacIerize,
further advocacy Of the less deslra.
BE and moro expensive sea level
canal ~ "foolish."
The President elect has made
u known shat he will after the in.
augurstion, call Congress in special
session to be assembled on the 18th
Of March.
The apparently petty complica-
tions standing In the way of Senator
Knox of Pennsylvania, to his accept
anoe Of the highest cabinet office
under the new president, have been
swept away by special enactment of
Congress and there now appears to
be no doubt that he will be the Soc
retary OF State under the new admin
istration.
Only about ten legislative days
and nights remain for this Congress
and there are number Of appropri
alton bills not yet enacted. There
has been ilibustering in the Senate
and threats Of filibustering in the
House. The House is restless and
even recalcitrant under the despot-
IAN Of Speaker Cannon. There ia
much talk among the insurgents
and mutttsrings of revolts and both
Democrats and Republicans. The
saHs condition prevails in she Sen.
ate, where Senator LaFolIette of
Wisconsin is effectively protesting
against the autocracy of AIdrish,
Hale, Penrose and Gallinger. Dur.
ing tho week lie has successfully re-
sisted Senator Hale, who attempted
the immediate passage of the naval
appropriation bill and also Senator
Penrose, who attempted to rush the
Pest Ofice bill through without de. |
bate.
1t became evident that the plans |
for the conservation of the natural
resources Of the country had passed
the experimental stage and have be- |
come contihental instead of national,
inAsmuch as Canada and Mexico are
giving enthusiastic cooperation to
the great enterprise. These facts
b'came apparent in the opening ad
dress OF President Roosevelt this
week in the East Room Of the White
House and the sentiment was |
strengthened later in the day in the !
State Department by speeches made
BY representatives from other gov.
ernmsnts. In these speeches, it was
recognized that International streams
are affected by cutting forests on |
either side Of the boundary aad that
conservation plans, to be effective,
must be international.
MIR. Hepburn of Iowa, one of the
most capable and influential men,
bSrs Of the lower house, attacked
the House rules this week and refer
ring TO plank In the last national
Democratic platform, denouncing
the rules Of the House as at present
enforced, said: i am one Of those
who would condemn the ten com
mandments If by some accident the
Democratic party should adopt them.
For fifty years it has been my duty
to criticize the Democratic party but
this particular plank is oonsoling to
my soul" After Colonel Hepbuin's
speech, Speaker Cannon agreed to
make a concession to the House in
surgents by setting apart day each
week for the con 'ideration of bills
on The calendar This is one Of the
principal privileges demanded by
the insurgents.