Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-12-06
MESSAGE GETS
SCAhT NOTICE
Congressman Read Only Sec
tions interesting Them.
BY ARTHUR w. DUNN.

"How much more impressive it would
be-" remarked a man in the gallery,
off the ancient custom was observed
and the president should come to con
gress with two houses sitting in one
chamber and read his annual mes
sage!,"
1 have an idea that the so called an
cient custom is q myth to-a great ex-
tent. 1t is doubtful if it ever happen
ed, and, IL so, 1t was before messages
grew to the interminable length Of the
present era. Think of President Taft
standing up for two or three mortal
hours reading that message! And
think of the members being compelled
to sit and listen that length of timel
In these days members get copies of
the message, skim through 1t, read
such portions as interest them, go to
lunch or to their committee rooms,
while the clerks in relays drone through
the long state paper. And so passes
the second day of the session. ,.1. e,
Ono Promising Arrival.
1t Is not expected that LATE Young,
who succeeds the lamented Dollfver
from Iowa, or Senator perrill, who
comes In place of Senator Clay from
Georgia, will remain long, for the i'm
preston Is that the legislatures will
elect other men, but Claude A. Swan
son, who succeeds Senator Daniel, Is
expected to remain.
There are rumors Of a fight in Vir-
gipia. but Swanson knows how to fight
as well as any man in the Old Do
minion. Should he be elected he is
certain to take a prominent place In
the senate. He was among the lead
ers in the house before he became
governor. With four years experience
as a governor he is well fitted to rep
resent his state in the senate.
Not the Roosevelt Way.
A squad of newspaper men were be-
sleging the White House to obtain adj
vance copies of the presidents message,
but they were put off from time to
time and finally learned that it had
been delayed to q date which made 1t
dllIlOSJ lLIDOGHIDlC W htLAlNAlC L I
torily,
THAT wasn't the Roosevelt way" re-
marked one of them. "Now, Teddy
knew this game, and he would have
had that message out SO that it not
only could reach all points in the Unit
ed States by mail, but also so that 1t
could be in London, Paris and Berlin"
And such is the fact. All of the
Roosevelt messages were handled with
such skill they got the utmost publicity.
Place For tho Celebration.
A delegation of New Orleans men
called on Congressman Mann to urge
him to support their city for the Pan
anna exposition. The subject was ar
gued at considerable length, and finally
Mann declared: - sa,4 4l,.
"Nelther New Orleans nor San Fran
cisco ought to have the exposition. The
weather Is too hot, ana they haven't
sufficient hotel accommodations" And
q little later, "The place to Celebrate
the opening of the Panama canal Is at
Panama" e,- r7
"Where 1t Is always cool and with
plenty Of hotels" dryly remarked Sere-
no Payne Of New York when Mann's
observation was reported to him. .
Flour In China.
American consuls In China report
that there has been q great falling of
in the purchase of American flour in
China, due to the high prices prevailing
in the United States and the large
supply whIA now comes from Austria
lia and north China.
A dozen years ago James J. Hill, the
railroad magnate, had a dream about
American -four In China and saw his
railroad crowded with trains carry
ing -four and wheat to Puget sound
and a line of steamers to Asia. T In
fact, he built some of the steamers.
"YOur tariff on Chinese and Japa-
nese goods has destroyed trade
prospects with the ORIENT" he subse'
quently told a congressional commit
tee, land we have nothing to carry as
return cargoes."
OluS W Liz COnSdlpy nv hiNA
saw great possibilities in wheat pro
duction in Manchuria and north Chins
and have taken advantage Of them
China is producing wheat as never be
fore.
"But you cannot expect" says ons
consul. that a family whose income
Is S1.25 per week will consume very
much high grade -four"
"FeeIlns Pretty We'll, Thanks"
James T. Lloyd says he is "feeitns
pretty well, thank you" Lloyd is thu
Srst chairman Of q Democratic con
gressional campaign committee t.
come back to Washington with a vic
tory upon his banners since 1892.
asked lain who was chairman wheI
his party had the last success, and h
said it was so long ago that he coult
not remember.
Lloyd was chairman two years ag,
when his party had an uphill fight. |
Is expected that he will be rewarded
for his party services by being mad
chairman of an important cC@mittee
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