The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-09-25

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supporters and succeed at the polls.
Publicity is what the malcontents in the
regular republican ranks want. They
point out that LaFollette. Cummins and
the other successful insurgents main
tanned press agencies. and like former
President Roosevelt, never allowed their
names or ideas to grow cold in the col
umns of the press. They want the con
gressional organization to go into the
publicity business.
When the House ways and means CON-
mittee was digging into facts prepare
tory to the special session that enacted
the much discussed Payne-Aldrich tariff
law, the republican congressional lead
ers were approached by number of reg
ulars with a publicity campaign. They
asked Chairman Mckinley, Vice Presi-
dent Sherman, who was formerly chair
man and is still a power; Speaker Can
non and the few others, who make up the
machinery, to start a publicity bureau
which should give the republican side OF
the tariff bill In the making and defend
the measure from insurgent as well as
democratic attacks.
This movement was led by Representa-
tives Rodenberg of Illinois, Anthony of
Kansas, Currier of Maine and others.
and they had aiding them Former Repre-
sentative Jim Watson of Indiana, a clev-
er politician and man who was a re-
publican whip of the House, had aided
the Cannon machine In many bad places
in which it had found itself.
The leaders refused to go into the pub
licity proposition. They told the pro-
moters of the proposition that the House
organization did not need this kind of
work. When it was pointed out that the
insurgents had gone to the publicity
game hammer and tongs they said 1t did
not matter. that the republican organ
ization was so strong that the insurgents
were not bothering 1t the least.
Now the republicans who wanted the
organization to go into the publicity
game are heard in a chorus of II tolc
you So" They say that unless the con-
gressional compittee wakes up and de-
cides to go to the people of the country
through the newspaper columns with its
ideas and promises and promises full
filed there is surely to be a new make
up of the committee, whether 1t is a
committee representing the dominant
party in the House or committee rep
resenting the minority.
ntlo ~ OnC lHlii5 tiidt NioitOTS ~
Washington never have shown to them
by the departmental guides. That is the
overworked, energetic women clerks OF
both the treasury and the war, state and
navy buildings. Persons who are con-
stantly in the buildings. and have occa-
sion to frequently traverse the corridors
of either of the two giant government
buildings have to travel in q zigzae
course in order to make Roadway. Espe.
cially is this necessary in the afternoon
The reason is that the corridors are
crowded with promenading women
clerks.
1t is the young women employees, not
the old ones, who are being decapitated
owing to the idea of the administration
that old clerks are not competent, that
promenade the corridors. An army Off.
Ger who had trouble breaking his way
down corridor in the war department
the other day owing to the number Of
women employees who were promenading
suggested that the corridors should be
turned into flower and palm bowers, an6
that 1t would be ever so much more pleas
ant If the government would furnish or
chestras to play during the afternoon.
Over in the treasury department the
officials are doing their best to break
up the practice, but so far their efforts
to conquer the WISCONSIN of the young
women clerks during office hours seems
to have been total failure.
The navy department Is making prepa
rations for the cruise of the Atlantic fee
into the Mediterranean waters this fall
will be necessary to recruit at least 1900
men for the service before the sailing o.
the fleet in November.
Getting the right kind of material ans
make good sailors is not an easy task
The department will not take a majorit,
of those who present themselves for en-
listment.
In order to get at the better class o
available material new scheme is Il
be shortly inaugurated. It is the inten
ton of the department to give exhibition
wherever practicable of a ships CALLER,
showing how the sailorman of the nav.
is fed and just what he is given to eat
The initial exhibit will be given in New
| York city and from there 1t will go t.
| Knoxville, Tenn. and then on to tn
state fair at Dallas. Tex. The exhibi
will show complete ships gallery, will
electric range and ovens. potato peeler
and all of the electrical contrivances tina
go to making cooking on warship san
itary and convenient. The exhibit will b
in charge of regular crew and what |
turned out in the way of roasts, stews
bread, cake, ETC., will be given to tn
visitors.
| 1t is believed that a practical demon
stration of what the sailor man Is fed