Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-12-21

which the. public might be permitted
| to know very little indeed.
But the House has never done that.
| Years and years ago there We're at
| t.mrtS at executive sessions OF the
| House, but these did not work well.
| The Senate can not keep its executive
sessions secret although it does have
papers and documents which do not
! get into the public prints. The House,
| however, is a much larger body III
mimi ers and the executive idea is not
popular Accordingly executive ses-
sions ther" had to be abandoned.
| The Senate, Of course. considers NOM
nations and treaties in executive ses-
sion. when all the doors are closed.
| The House, on the other hand, has no
| business of that kind. But the Senate
| has the practice occasionally of closing
| the doors on other proceedings and the
House has, theoretically, the same
right in that regard
BY the time the New Year has come
the Dickinson McLachlan episode will
be much in retrospect and probably
will have spent it's influence, except
that the divergence Of view between
the President and the Secretary of
War on certain army matters will
make it IGNORE difficult to obtain leg
iSla:ion for the army at this session
of Congress. Washington has been so
accustomed to strenuous dongs in
r"ccit years that it quickly forscts
what has been and looks forward to
What is to b." Hardly one public man
III a half dozen now could recount at
AL COMPREHENSIVE the recommended
tons in the Presidents annual mes
sage now only two weeks old
Senators and Representatives prob
ably viii not get far aficld during the
Two weeks of the recess. There will
b" very little work as far as the lcgis-
latlvc branch is concerned. The COM
inlttetS of the Senate and th,. commit
tees Of the House have disposed OF
about all the bills they have any hope
"' getting cnuct"d into law at the
present session, All the committee
men ;'r, therefore content to rest up
ON their oars anG take things easy.
Eastern law makers Will in many in
stances 90 back to their homes for {;
Jr% days and attend to private bust
~ " 'Siti IL LolhS VIII iIldht al
iaunt over 10 New York or some other
nearby places for 4 good time.
'hc departments are still looking
after the LEGISLATION which is wanted
IT Congress. Numerous legislative
matters are under investigation there.
All these viii furnish a little work for
the clerks and bureau chiefs.
The President and his cabinet off
Gals will not he rushed now for a
tnlo. Their pressing duties are over.
There are some matters Of politics
which will engage the Presidents at
t"ntiou. Indications are that he is
paving the way for vigorous cam
p5eiEli d year md a half from now and
that be purposes to start in early. He
is still trying to placatc the insurgent
Republicans of both legislative
branches and it may be that he Is
making some headway. At any rate
he is not dcSpairing OF the difficulties
in the way of such a policy.
4 nice game Of golf just now would
be much to the Presidents liking for
he feels the need Of exercise after the
confinement to his Office of the last
two or three weeks. But the robust
Young winter, which has Washington
in its embrace prsc]udes any preSiden
tia; activities on the golf links. There
are still two or three inches of snow
ut Chevy Chase. where the President
INDUCES in his favorite game when in
Washington. few enthusiasts so
out upon the links and play with a
red ball, which can be seen in the
snow but the President is not enam-
ored of sport under such difficulties.
Secretary of the Navy Meyer has gone
down South on hunting trip but the
President cares little for hunting.
Harrison liked to go hunting occa-
sionalv and Cleveland was equally
fond of fishing and of hunting ducks.
With such prevalence of high
spirits am 1ng the men of both parties
VINO run the Government, Washing
ton promises to have a very gay yule
tide season. The city is still crowded
with people. The number of outsid
ers in town is unusually large. They
know that the season. social legisla
tive and otherwise will be very short
and want TO be on the ground to ac-
complish as much as possible while
there is yet time.
4 lot OF the Democrats will tarry in
town and further talks anG parleEs.
lot CT parleyiug these days. Many
Democrats of note are coming to town
from time to time to get into touch