The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1910-02-04
CONGRESSES
IN Washington.
Many Meetings Held In
National Capitol.
Not "High Cost Of Living" But
Cost Of High Living,
Says Hill.

Washington, d. c., Jan. 29.-Last
week there were three congresses in
Washington for besides the regular
Congress on Capitol Hill there was
the Assembly of Governors, and the
Civic Federation. Both these extra
congresses have departed but the
National Board of Trade is here in
session, numbering nearly eight hun
dred members. Not all of this num-
Der IS here but very large repre-
sentative committee which may be
called the brains of the organization
ia here to assist the committees of
Congress and the people of the Unit
ed States in bringing about reduc-
ton in the cost of living. This is
the subject which, it appears, is ag-
itating the country at large now and
it is indeed vital as well as
victuai subject. James j. Hill, the
great railroad magnate says 1T is
not the high cost of living that is
bothering the country and creating
anxiety in every community between
the oceans, but the cost of high
living" There is a great deal in his
exactitude of expression and he is
no doubt correct in assuming that
the cost OF high living is at the
bottom of the difficulty. Mr.. Hill
has travelled; he has read and stud
: led and he has heard the eloquent
orators OF all parties apotheosize
the over flowing dinner pail. He
knows We feed our dogs more " this
country than the wO-kingmen of Chi
ma and India get to eat. He knows
/ that we are the most wasteful and
prodigal people on the face of the
face of the planet. The women of
Washington are graphing with the
subject and a society leader who has
been distinguished for her entertain
ments without meat or strong
drink, is very hopeful that the ag
itation against meat and the boycotts
that are prevailing throughout the
country may result in a permanent
change in the popular diet that will
result in a beneficial hygienic con-
diton. There S probably too much
meat in the national dLetry and
there would doubtless be less rhue-
matism, headache and other uric acid
diseases If cereals, fruits, milk and
butter, olive Gil and nuts were sub
stituted in a greater degree for beef,
mutton or pork.
1t is said that the postal bank Bill
will be passed by this Congress. The
Bill establishing such banks, present
ed by Senator Carter, is the one
most favorably considered and it is
expected it will pass with but slight
amendment.
Mrs. Stonewall Jackson, the wife
Of the famous Confederate general
who was shot accidentally by his own
men during the War, is now in
Washington and was this week
dinner guest at the White House
where she received a warm welcome
from President and Mrs. Taft. Mrs.
Jackson is visiting Mrs. Letter whose
eldest daughter it will be remembered
married Mr.. Curzon then a member
Of the British Parliament and who
was afterwards knighted as the Bar
on Keddleston and was for a number
of years Viceroy of India, an office
Of great state and importance. The
viceroy used a considerable portion
of his wife's great fortune in renew
ing the ancient ruins Of Indian tenn
Piles, in excavations and the collec-
ton and preservation of Indian an
tiquities.
It Is evident that the Republican
party as represented in the House of
Representatives, and the Senate has
great anxiety with regard to its
political future. Senator Root, dip
lomatist, statesman and jurist as he
Is without doubt, has attempted a
new role as political manager and
Is calling to the Republican cohorts
in the Empire State to stand firm
and flee not. He realizes that Gov.
Hughes administration, unfolding
ideals of purity and honesty in pol
itics. has had a dsintegrating effect
on the party. The Republicans in