The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1910-12-23
BUSY week
in WASHINGTON
, Insurgents and Regulars
Getting Together.
Capital City Scene Of Conventions
and Launching Of En-
terprises.

Washington, Dec, 19.-The events
of the week in Congress have
been full OF interest and there
are indications pointing to what
the national legislature may be
able to accomplish during the pres
emit short session. Among the most
interesting is an apparent agreement
between the insurgents and the re-
gulars in the Senate on the tariff Ques
ton, relating particular to the con-
sideration of special subjects, as
for example, the wooden schedule, the
cotton schedule, lumber coal ETC.,
separately and without consideration
Nof the tariff question as a whole.
There is also apparently a much
closer agreement in Congress with
reference to the support of a bona
fide tariff commission for a tho
rough and honest Investigation and
report upon this question.
y The capital of the United States
is. as is usual during the COMPRESSION
al session, the arena of conventions,
or the stage from which great enter
prises are launched. What could be
grander than the proposed national
park to extend from Baltimore to
Washington and to include two hun
dred thousand acres Of forest, hill and
dale? 1t Is estimated that the cost
will be six millions of dollars. The
two cities are practically forty miles
apart but they are connected by Two
steam roads, two electric roads and
by boulevards almost compl ted,
overwhich automobiles pass in less
than an hour.
There Is much lobbying in Con-
gress by two provincial cities, New
Orleans and San Francisco, TO have
Congress appropriate for an Interna-
tional Exposition in celebration, OF the
completion of the Panama canal.
Both of these cities are, as it We're
ON the jumping off" places of the
country one of the Cuffs edge and
I. the other on the Pacific, both of th5m
: remote from conters of population
and while they claim that they do
not want financial assistance, but on
ly national recognition, everyone know
what that means in the beginning.
The proper situation for a National
4 Exosition in celebration of so great
an event should be at tthe capital of
the country. There is now no city
in this hemisphere batter adapted to
an International Exposition than
Washington, d. c., The Potomac
Park is practically Within the confer
of the city, easily accessible to every
part of it, and Washington is with
in five hours of New York, three hour
of Philadelphia, forty-five minutes
from Baltimore, and within twenty
four hours of Chicago. Cleveland, Gin
cinnati, Louisville, Atlanta ard all
Intermediate places.
Andrew Carnegie, whose benesac-
tons amount nov to 1870 millions of
dollars. has just added a donation of
ten millions of dollars for the pro-
motion Of peace throughout the world
The nations will conhinue Ito build
battleships and armies. but it is Inn
possible chat donation SO munifi-
Client shall not have the influence of
its inspiration. The Secretary Of
War has just returned from trip
Caround the world and has startled
Congress by a confidential document
sent to the House Of Raprcssnttati-
yes stating that this country Is unfit
for war lacking the right kind of
men, guns. ammunition and fortlfi-
cahion. This confidential report Is