The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1910-12-23
FRIDAY. DECEMBER %, 1910.
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

tFrom our special Correspondent
The President has been unusually
busy the past week getting his APP
pointments before Congress and at
tending to other matters connected
with Departmental affairs. He has
insisted upon cutting of estimates of
appropriations in all departments, and
has caused thereby saving to the
Government of several million dollars
for the year. Mrny clerks are to be
discharged and others reduced in
saiary, as result of this economy.
His appointments to the Supreme
Court bench have been generally COM
mended, though two out of the three
are Democrats, and with Justice Lur-
ton, appointed last winter, he has
elevated to this important position,
three men who differ with him politl-
cally, and only two of his own party.
The debut of Miss Helen Taft at the
White House was not as elaborate an
affair as the same event during the
Roosevelt Administration, when Alice
the Presidents daughter was formal
ly introduced. The Administrations
We're very different in character, and
so are the young ladies. Helen is an
unassuming, refined girl, with mod
est and refined ways and manners
while Alice was OF careless and hap
Ply disposition, with preferences for
outdoor life. She owned fast horse
and did not hesitate to ride and drive
him. and on several occasions entered
him in horse shows and handled the
ribbons herself. She was fond of
sports as well as society while Helen
is not of that disposition.
Bills are now pending before Con-
gress which will, if passed, increase
pension payments at least $50, 900, 900
q year, making a total of $205, 600, 900 a
year. This large increase will swell
the ro lis to an amount nearly as large
as any since the close OF the war in
1866.
OubtlC0 w AltOp WIZ udb OC0A dp-
pointed Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court. has not yet taken the oath of
that Office. Being an Associate al
ready on the bench, he has decided to
allow Justice Harlan to act as Chief
Justice for the remainder of this year,
thus paying compliment to the old
est Justice in service now on the
bench. Justice Harlan, by right Of
his long service, has acted as Chief
Justice since the death of Justice Full
Ter, and would continue to SO act un-
til Justice White sees fit to qualify,
which he will do at the meeting of the
Court in January.
One of the bitterest fights in recent
years Is pow on to secure the celebra-
ton of the completion of the Panama
Canal, in 1915. There are only two
cities now in the contest, New Orleans
and San Francisco. Both cities have
strong delegations here urging Con-
gress to favor their location. Each
has elegant quarters here in the larg-
est hotels in the city. New Orleans
has an especially attractive relief map
or chart, showing the location of the
canal, distances and other features,
with the city itself as the center,
marked "the logical point" Where
the city is located is arranged red
electric light, so that the onlooker
cannot fail to see it. These maps or
charts are about four by six feet in
dimensions and are distributed gen.
erously in display windows along
Pennsylvania Avenue and other prom
inent streets. and are very attractive
and cause much favorable comment