The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-12-01
The Proposition for
Big Convention Hall
in Washington City
hPECIAL 10 THY MAIL.

sPEC1AL 10 THy NAIL. &c.,. D.
Washington, Nov. 3O.-Mrs. Henry
f. Dimmock, Of New York, president
of the George Washington Memorial
Association, has set her heart upon
having erected in the national CAPT.
tai convention hall to be known, as
the Washington Memorial Hall, and
to cost in the neighborhood of So
100000. Mrs. Dimmock, who is a
most charming woman, with energy
sufficient to drive a good sized dyna-
mo, made it clear to representatives
OF the chamber of commerce OF this
city that the success Of the move
ment depended upon Washington's
initiative, and that if the capital of
u the nation would agree to raise
100000, she would undertake to
raise the balance. There is probably
no city in the country that needs a.
convention hall as badly as Washing
ton. Of right, it ought to be the con-
vention city of the Republic, but the
great conventions Of the country
will not come here because of the
lack Of hall facilities ror their enter
tainment. Mrs. Dimmock wants to
see the memorial hall to the First
President started before the end Of
President Taft's administration.
President William Howard Taft
will open the seventh convention of
the National Rivers and Harbors
Congress on Wednesday, December
7th. in the assembly hall of the New
Willard, this city. This hall is cap
able Of seating 5000 people, and as
1t was crowded to the doors last year
when the President delivered the
welcoming address, it seems safe to
predict an even largr attendance this
year.
I The Importance of the coming con-
Vention of the National Rivers and
Harbors Congress cannot be over
estimated. 1t means much for the
| Improvement Of the waterways of the
United States for, should the clos
ing session Of the sixty-frst congress
fall to pass river and harbor bill,
the sixty-second congress would
have no precedent to follow and
might refuse to make appropriations,
except as has been the practice here
tofore, a bill every two ~or three
years. The National Rivers and Hair
bors Congress has been fighting
these sporadic appropriations ever
since it's organization ten years ago
and now that victory is just in sight,
officials Of the congress, including
Representative Joseph e. Ransdell
OF Alabama, who is president Of the
congress, are urging, with all their
power, the attendance Of the friends
OF waterways upo ntne Forthcoming
convention to the end that the Fed
eral congress may realize how vast
the sentiment is in the United States
for yearly river and harbor bill.
Il If chosen, as expected, to be Chief
Justice of the United States Supreme
Court, Charles E.. Hughes will be
the first incumbent Of that exalted
office to wear WhisKers covering a
large part Of his face The late
Chief Justice Fuller was the onIv
judge who wore mustache, his
predecessors having all been smooth
| shaveu.
Census Director. Durand gives as
5urance thatfrom now on population
totals Of States by counties will be
given out rapidly until the list is
completed Agricultural statistics or
the States will be also coming along
from time to time. Early in January
the bureau will begin turning out
populations of the States by civil
subdivisions.
House Clerk Mcdowell will have
the interesting privilege early in De-
cember of being the first to scan the
figures Of money spent IN the con-
gressional election by the campaign
committees, the names Of cotnribu-
tors, the amount they gave and for
what purpose the funds were elpend-
I'd. It will be the first event in the
operation Of the rev so-ca1led Cam
paign Publicity Act" In view Of the
character of tho statute and the fact
nat the penalty for it's violation is
Y fine Of $1,000. imDrisof1n emf for
one year, either or both, it is believ-
I'd that less money was used in the
recent campaign than for many years
1ast.