The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1910-04-21
Men and Affairs in Washington


this summer. The signs of it are already
apparent. Congress will adjourn COM
paratively early this yearly the time
that the summer resort season is we'll
begun. Last year Congress tarried till
into August, by which time it was late
for officials to go so far afeld as Maine.
The President, having abandoned his
Alaska trip, will go to Beverly, Mass,
as soon as Congress is oil his hands.
That will give the summer travel to New
England special impetus. AS soon as he
starts north, the members of the cabinet
and scores of lesser officials will plan for
their vacations, and because of the long
recess Of Congress many will go to ia
vorite resorts in the New England States.
The Maine campaign usually brings
number of summer visitors within its
borders. Some members of the House,
who are to assist in the stumping work in
the Pine Tree State, will take their faml-
lies to the shore for few weeks prior
thereto
1t is quite probable that President
Taft will go to Maine some time during
the summer. He will not take any part
in the political campaign, for Presidents
do not go upon the stump on such occa-
sions Representative Burleigh recent
ly asked the President again to come to
Maine this summer. The President gave
no positive answer but has said many
times that he would like very much to
take another trip up there.
The early advent of warm weather III
Washington is stimulating the get away
preparations. April came in with the
temperature of June and it will not be
long before the thermometer will be ris-
ing to the point when Washington nights
as we'll as Washington days will be un-
comfortable. An early season here al
ways starts the official world northward.
But Congress, at least the Republican
portion of it, is anxious to be out of town
quickly this year. The talk of adjourn
ment is already in the air. 1t will become
very strong by early May.
With the closing days of Congress not
many weeks away, Representative Bur-
leigh is hurrying his share of the work
on the Public Buildings bill. Another
series of hearings is under way this
week before the subcommittee of which
he is chairman. There are four of these
sub committees. The first is known as
No. l, being on revision. Representa-
tive Bartholdt, of Missouri, the chair
man of the entire Public Buildings Com
mittee, is the chairman also of sub-com-
mittee No /.
The preliminary work Of Investigating
public building bills is parcelled out be-
tween subcommittee Nos. 2, 8, and 4.
These three are now humping with acti
witty. Gov. Burleigh is chairman of sub
committee No. 2, which, as has hereto
fore been stated, has charge of prelimi-
nary investigations into all public build
ing bills from New England and a num-
Der of other States, as far south as North
Carolina and as far West as Kansas.
When these subcommittee have com
pleted their labors their work goes to
the subcommittee on revision, which is
composed of the older and more expert
enced members of the entire committee
Chairman Bartholdt and Gov Burleigh
are both members of it. By next week
the subcommittee expect to have their
work completed so that the subcommit-
tee on revision can take hold and when
that subcommittee has had it's say, vir-
tually framing the omnibus bill as it will
be presented to the House, the entire
committee will be called together for a
series of meetings.
The committee will have its O. K. up
on the omnibus bill, which will be ready
for report to the House by the end of
April in all probability. The House is
now considering the last of the great sup
ply bills, known as the Sundry Civil APP
preparation bill, and the Omnibus Public
Building bill must be in shape to be
brought into the House very soon there
after, whenever Speaker Cannon says
the word
Because Of the desire to conserve the
public funds, there is an effort to limit
the public building bill to $4,000, 900 or
SIP, 1000, 900. AS Gov. Burleigh puts it,
the Committee is trying to cut the gar
ment to fit the cloth this year. But it is
very difficult to frame an omnibus bill
within that limit which will be satisfac-
tory.
Senator Hale is taking lively interest
in the agitation over the tariff law. He
has been prodding the Special Commit
tee Of the Senate which is investigating
the high cost of living in the hope that ii
will produce some facts and information
which will show the people during the
campaign what the real situation is. The
special committee undertook this task
several weeks ago, but it takes lol g
time to gather information upon so broad
a subject and it has seemed doubtful
whether much of report could be made
before Congress adjourns.
When the consideration of a plan OF
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