Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-20
AFFAIRS At THE
NATIONS CAPITOL
Gossip Among the Lawmakers
Gathered in Washington
Bureaus and LobbieS.
NOTES OF THE DEPARTMENTS.
Director Of Census Busy Man In
Preparation for Huge Task to bc
Undertaken Next Year.

Special Correspondence
Washington, Jan. 1s-Johu Wesley
Gaines OF Tennessee was BOO a rafting
debate in the house over the PROPOSE
ton 90 provide dental surgeons for
the navy. he claimed that smart
young fellow know just as much about
that calling after graduating as most
OF The older men and said that the age
/ limit should not be- such as TO shut
them out. insisting that even 20 years
was not too young BE mentioned a
/ man down 600 his district who was
/ wonder ~ "a dentist whom he was only
| 20. Members gave him the "ha -hg!"
and crowded him 40 closely Ia the
argument that Gaines created much
meriment on the floor and In the gal
| lcrles by eNclaimlng that bis friend
was a natural born dentist" Defeat
has not saddencd John Wesley He's
Just as clipper as ever and between
now and March when he win quit
ocngress he will doubtless do his ut
most 90 Keep Congressman Mann OF
Chicago from figuring iu the Record
oftencr than himself
DEVELOPMENT OF RICE FIELDS.
Figures collected by the department
of agriculture show that the pr0duc-
ton Of rice in the southern states is
Increasing by leaps and bounds In
some OF the states the yield is be-
coming surprisingly large Those enc
gagged IN the industry who have em-
pl0yed Japanese laborers are under
stood 90 oe trying TO get more of the
little brown men 20 work the rice fields
10 is said that Japs understand the cul-
tvation of rice So much better than amy
other class that where these people are
hired the yield is almost twice as great
WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN.
Representative Gordon Lee was
Boosting 10 Representative Tawney Of
Minnesota that. although Judge Tart
carried his district ina Georgia by about
1000 majority. ne Uee) secured lead
over his Republican opponent OF about
1000 Lee you should have been a
Republican" remarked Tawney, land
then you doubtless could have doubled
your majority In that district" Presl-
dent Roosevelt's mother was born IN
that Georgia district. and the head OF
the nation is reported TO have a great
many stanch supporters there
PREPARING FOR NEXT CENSUS.
The next census 10 be taken viii be
the thirteenth. The director of the bu-
reau estimates that In round numbers
SI400O,00O win be required 10 do this
work According 70 the preparations
being made, the next one VIII be the
most thorough ever Undertaken In this
OF any other country. It's scope VIII
be wide. and in addition To- the mere
enumeration of the population the sta
tistics to be gathered and compiled
viii take in all the vast Industries Of
the United States. to say nothing Of
figures and facts bearing upon nearly
every subject of interest.
CHAMP CLARK IN DEMANRD.
Representative Champ Clark. the
new Democratic leader OF the house
has been overwhelmed with invitations
this session 20 make speeches before
various organizations i'm many Of the
largest cities. He Is specially wanted
at bauquets ln the east. but the Mis-
sourian, realizing that he will have all
he can do to attend 10 his duties IN
Congress, took a solemn oath just be-
fore the session opened that he would
not speak outside Of Washington be-
tween now and March Z.
EFFORT TO CHECK COTTON
GAMBLING.
Southern congressman have been
trying for years to secure legislation
that viii check what they call gam
bling ln cotton. Recently AN effort
was made 20 get In an amendment to
the criminal code bill which would
shut out the alleged wide traders,
who buy and sell the neecy staple
without over owning a bale, from
using the mails. but the house refused
To- adopt &c.
or EGGS ~ GER
MANY
a consular report just published
here shows that last year Germany,
her own poultry industry being unable
DO supply demand imported 10000
600 worth OF eggs. This represented
about 100000. 600 of eggs Boo number
or am average of as per capia, Euro
pcan Russia and Austria Hungary
supplied most of these eggs and near
lr au tine balance was shipped into
Germany from the Balkan States.