New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1910-12-31
WASHINGTON LETTER.

y, tHefe VIII ltnldlu ABOUT lily
four working days for the trans
action of a grea deal of important
business. Although the short SEES
sion has followed congressional
election which wrought many po-
litical changes, affecting many
PERSONAL fortunes and tanSng
the control Of the House of Rep
resentatives, the House, as a rule,
gave itself up almoso entirely to
discussion of business questions,
nd little or nothing, as the days
went by, was heard of marked po-
litical differences in either House
There will very likely be large
influx here of office seekers be-
sieging the new members elect OF
the House when THE Democrats
hold their caucus on January -.
From the southern states they
have already given notice of their
aspirations an unusual number OF
candidates for the four elec tive
offices to be chosen by the eau
Gus, Clerk, Sergeant-J Arms,
Doorkeeper and Postmaster, AS
/ the northern Democrats elected
last November nearly half the
Democratic membership of the
House, it stands to reason that an
equitable division of the spoils
must be accorded to them. When
the Democrats last had the House
in the Fifty-third Congress the
Clerk was James Kerr, of Penn-
sylvania; Sergeant ALARMS, Her
man Snow, of Illinois; Doorkeep-
err A. B. Hurt, Of Mississippi, and
Postmaster, Lycurgus W, Dalton,
Of Indiana.
The National Rivers and Har-
bors Congress, whose campaign OF
education for "a comprehensive
policy on the part of the Federal
government towards the water
ways Of the country, has borne
such splendid results in the way
|of bringing the people to realize
the absolute necessity of making
the rivers do their share of trans
porting the products of the Ma
ton, invites every business man
and every professional man to
join it's membership. The farm
ling communities of the country
are as vitality interested in the
''cheapening of freight rates as are
the great industrial centers and
to bring home to Congress th1
[,rying needs for an annual river
and harbor bill and to emphasize
upon the congressional mind thai
the people are aroused over this
} matter, the propaganda which
1.-THE National Rivers and Harbor'
Congress began ten or more years
lago, is to be continued with great
|, or zeal than ever. Heae is at
forded an opportunity for the PEG
pie o3 THIS community to help
crvstalize sentiment to the enc
7 that yearly river and harbor bill
. will be as certain as the yearl.
/ appropriations for the Army, tn
Navy or the Post Office.
l
:! By the omission last session o
1.-THE Treasury Department to sub
Init to the appropriations commit
tees estimates of expenditures 70
: the next fiscal year included il
the $33, 100000 public building
bill. mo money was made availabl
flor the objects of the law Thi
fact has caused considerable Gil
lnoyance and among the NOR
Itimid congressman some conster
nation. But the remedy is no
hard to find. The law has alres
Idly been enacted authorizing tn
public building expenditures, an
, it remains only for any membe
interested to move at this sessio
to include the amounts specific
lin the public buildings bill Of las
session in the sundry civil az
nronriatiOn bill.