The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-12-04
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|tiie and tdricf. OF Rhode
!lissaid; ,perIs boss ot the senate
slJnhnales Of me a.sos nc5hsng q lack
ling to besdn the long Conversational
lgTii1d on d6nasys' ~ a
Vsce FreJdent shet1 ian-or iss =
,lErssrria ~ also believed to be In
ltciBu, ready to- rtalse up ais Job al
.IpregneeE over the august upper mouse
.los TIE Ns+fcnai Congress. and q mis-.
lcellaneous mess IL Senator and rep
Irescnta4iyes are hanE!ng erouna try;
Idng 10 impress people with their i'm
Ipcrtances ss; :,
i sasses and waaer are among tbs
1lnosst ifsseortalSt subjects Of discussion
lanimg die solcns: There is q move.
tmeatt on. foat Tor Congress- in;
,Ivesttsation OF the eaieged rottenness
IoG the custom service DIN ew York,
!les2.ctahy inS relation 20 the frauds
Iperperated IN the Weighing OF sugar
slWa.srds a topic Ct interest among the
ICongreaunen, because OF the dlama1ds
LET thes Nationaa Rivers and HaMbors
Ccagrss Tor lerge apprcp Tsattons for
waterwnys Improvements. The Con
gress vii meet next week, and many
delegpes are alre:ly. here, seeking to
Impress the. Legislators with the I'm.
por.ance of their projects.
The trt1gfc death d. Representative
David De Almond. Of Missouri, hse
least gloom over the Democrats Con-
lgressman. De Annond M1s admitteu-
liz among the most brilliant end ussrul
| of tine mfnotnty aprtg members OF the
House and mis- loss win be severely
Hest. 1t Il
The South will seek to impress Its
needs and it's desires upon Congress
Through the Southern Commercial
Congress. which opens Monday. La.
ter III the week the National Council
CT Commerce will meet, with secre-
tary Nage1 presiding There will be
no Iock of hive topics for discussion in
Congress during the coming term.
While it is unlikely THAT President
Taft will keep the sdlons as busy
reading messages as did his predeces.
Jor, be asis many IMPORTANT projects
to br.ryg to she attention Of the so!ons.
Amcag our old friends will be Mr..
Ship Subsidy BIN. one of the hardest
,d. the whole Bill yB'mly. During the
past detasde .Eltatesupcn in end out OF
session have rtmg the 5chaages on this
subject until it Is almost q household
e-1Yress.on. The crux Of tine ccnten-
tacn Of the friend q this measure.
which has lpnins us lifetime received
many a blcw. p th7t the dignity OF
!. n d great nation requires a system OF
swift American butlt and American
manned merch1aL steamers to carry
the commerce ot Ameriol ON the seas
such fleet, would Increase com
mer,ce and be q, nucleus Ito the war
craft in, the eNna q? war. They de-
ctaHe ilsat the ,sSnly way TO get this
merchant maageei ds to give bonus OF
subsidy to shipbutIders. The cnpo |
nenfs OF the measure have befabored
the proposition with charges ifrat 1T
would be dtyert:rig public money TO
ship conr5ines and that Vt Is an ugly
forms Of paternaIsm: President TetG
his strongfy urged, in his recent
the urbul1Lrng of the mer-
chan: naa1tua, and 1t wtt be interest
Ing to watch tho renewal of the fight
FOR .his measure.
Conservation OF Notipnal Resources
4u4f Island wstesw-y and RIVER and
Har5or improvements are also sub
jects witch will lbe. considered. All
have tho Backing. Of the President aid
L IL expected that steps Will be taken
On an exten1tve scale In these drec.
liens. Bond issues. anvc been sug.
yeet.a and the whole subject will be
threshed over.
Senator Dixon. OF Montana, Is the
of The coaserwztIon Com.
1littee in trre Senate. end being 9.
Itseniliar with the great re.
sources there. VIII be the Ecader in
legislation following out the sugges
ions for their conservation. In this
also. the question OF lrrlga-
ion Of arid lands will come up. 1t
seems as though llttle too much was
irs,5 undertaken without ttpe necessary
'luds ind the interior Department
having tatroei the scrip" Congress
Viii be called upon to provide for the
out OF this great work. which
has been of such aa uplifting lnflu.
.nce to tSle western country IN agri.
cultural devetcGnnent.
No one wants to rec irmgatton