Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-06-02
Federal Capital Languishes
For a New Theme,
Primary Success Of Asher c.
Kinds Noted in Washington.
Quite the Thing for Employees Of
The House to Win Seats There.

CldD.-Ihc federal capltai lahSulSneS
for a new theme. 1t has wearied of
the old friends The spring has worn
along into the approach of summer
Events that affected the rapidity of
Ones pulls" have grown stale with rep
cticions that were in substance only
reiterations. There has been progress
but it has not been progress that
81 eedS to finaliticS.
No new captains of achievements,
have teen looming upon the Washing
ton horizon of recent months. Wash
inyton always greets q new hero in the
field of politics and administration
Lore or less feverishly. But there
have been few new faces of interest in
the galaxy. on the contrary, the in
terest of recent months as far as men
are concerned, has been chiefly in the
names of those dropping out from the
federal activities. That is a SORT of an
ti-cliinaN which does not hold the IN
tereSt long.
Much comment about prospective
new leaders has been printed. How
ever the new leader in the Senate. for
instance. has not prepared. No one
has stepped out with the force and
tact to take the place of Senator AID
rici, or the solid common sense and
ability to accomplish things which has
characterized Senator Hale. Those
two lnger on the scene. of course, for
their terms do not expire for another
year But situation has followed sit
uatIon, where a great maker Of COM
promises and kceI composer differen-
ces might have distinguished himself.
However. Washington tires of Con
gress and Congro ssional subjects One
WHO cropped out q month or two
months ago and returned could take
up the current conversation of the
Capitol or the White House or the De
partmentS nowadays, even if he had
not read a newspaper or seen a living
person in the interim. The advance
that has been made would not be to
him convcrsationully cmbarassing.'
To he sure late spring and early
summer generally bring stagnation
and Indifference at Washington under
al administrations About the time
Washington housckccpers take down
their curtains and remove their rugs
and carpets the official world is indeter-
inmate. 1t wants to HE away but
hesitateS over activities The fires of
-,
toned to summer ways, proceed more
slowly and watch the opoOrtunc mo-
ment for getting anything done
Usually politics can be depended up
on to furnish an interesting develop
mcnt to the loving cOmmu-
nifty on the Potomac. But the present
$prin" and Approaching SIMMER have
been characterized by a lack of con-
g
rrrocmhcr how enthusiastically two
ncv political prcdieies from congress
si"nal districts wnrc welcomed to
WASHINGTON not many weeks ago.
Whcn Eugene n. Foss, Democrat. car
ricd a R"pul lcan stronghold in Mass
Hchusctts during March, Washington
waited impatientlv for him to come to
town, Whom James S. Ravens, a Roch-
ester h"rorrat. repeated the pertCrm-
al:cc in u New York Republican Con-
elcssional stronghold, there was a rep
cti:ion on the interest at Washington.
Eut Behold how not many days ago
h, tn gentlemen finally arose in their
SEES to deliver their maiden speeches
on tho dominant political thCmc of the
tariff. They were given 4 little space
il: the newspapers, but the ensuing
cc,lmcnt was chiefly conspicuous for
its absence and it seems in Washing
ton as though those two Democratic
vorthies We're quite forgotten aS far
as Washington is concerned.
For a short while last week it
seemed as though there was to he
scmttnirg new in The general thought.
| Representative Tawncy. of Minnesota.
| chairman of appropriations. stirred up
| q nice quarrel over the Presidents
| travelling expenses. Tho House refused
| to rake the fund of $4,000 carried on
| tie SLudry Civ;l Bill Immediately
| availa!lle.' so that the President could
pay a deficiency he has created in the
| travelling fund which Congress allowed
| him last year. He said something
about the President having to pay
| board when he visited down South and
! mentioned a list of Southern Congress
| men who had ridden upon the Presi
dents train. That looked like a good
| old sectional quarrel over again, but
| tie President nipped it in the bud with
| a letter virtually reprimanding Repre-
| sentative 1awncy.
However, the excitement has quickly
| died away and Washington seems dis
| poced to forget all about it forthwith.
| The anraged SGUthernerS were invited
| to the White House officers, where the
| President applied balm to their wound
| cd feelings. The publcists of the Dem
| ocratic and Republican Congressional
campaign committees took note of the
| occurrences, however. and both organi-
| zatiors will have scnc little pamphlets
| on :hc subject later on when the cam
psicn WAKES warm. In fact, look tor
a revival III many of the dolngS o:
Congress and of the administration
within six months. Washington is ia
ded, possibly The country is faded just
now but the aforesaid publiciSts are
grinding away. making copy and stack
ing it UT against the political necessl-
tics of the future. People will often
get excited over something brought up
during a political campaign that they
would not deign to notice in ordinary
times like the May DAYS of prolonged
session OF CoIg rcss.
The primary successes of Asher {.
Kinds, parliamentaran of the House.
in recent days. have not been over
looked in politicsloving Washington.