Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1910-03-09
4 aEu0sAs!LE liE rhNas
The River and Rarhors Mi III be |asisas-
ed. The Post Office eus2iIl Popular.

Washington, D. b., 4arch 7th,
-(speolaD Not i sAgeeneration Agee
has the Senate i the United
States witnessed seeae such as
occurred on the osoa gion of the
remarkable addrGs1 q Senator
James Gordon of mississippi, IL
III taking leave Of hls colleagues.
There have been fai;.vall address
es with cut number, There have
been "swan songs Nat ollstered
and speeches that si% Ike a Da-
mascus blade, ntsb' ta the eldest
Senator and the elcs snss uswspapaf
man there never hal kYon 30 dra-
matte leave.takinla The speech,
homely in style, -iapIo Ill con-
struction, breathed aafh a warmth
of friendship ana &fF,ctioa that
the "graye and rev End" Senators,
cynics many of az, could nob
find words laud t2fy enough to
toll Senator Gord'Gaa WHAT they
thought about hia
He preached thal 81 Of Low
for one another and Fhe warmed
to his snhject he lsoked for all
the world like SONS p:triarch, Of
au olden day, his IS spare form,
clothed in black sfa his snow
white hair making E. picture rare
y seen in the halls q legislation.
Senator Depew who is no
"slouch" of talker Aimself took
occasion to say tha6 the epeech Of
the "Gsntleman Ism Missis-
sippi" will live in tisa records OF
the Senate las proha'y the most
remarkable address either of s
new Senator coming IN or of an
old one going ou5. lta patriotism
and good fellowship, broad-mind-
eduess, charity an3 humor will
among the .;est recollec
tions of those who haard -
1t is expected th-s the Com
merce Committee the Senate
wit take three >wa.Y,. Oh :, n,cnth
more for the consideration of the
Rivers aud Harbors bill which
recently passed the House. The1e
are several projects which the
Rivers and Harbors Com ulittee of
the House failed to consider Oh
account of lack of information but
which has been supplied by the
Corps of the army to
the Senate Com mittee, Should
these projects receive end rse-
ment at the hands of the COM
mittee the bill will probably be
considerably increased over that
carried in the House bill which
amounted to $41, 100000. There
are those who believe that the
Senate will add from three to five
millions to the bill.
The Senate Committee on Com
merce has endorsed the policy as
set forth by the House of making
the Rivres and Harbors bill al
annual appropriation measure
just as other supply bills. This
policy has been urged in season
aid out by the National Rivers
and Harbors Congress and tie
growth of waterway sentiment is
very large due to it's peraistancy
in bringing before the people the
pressing needs for improving the
Nations great arteries of trade
and commerce.
OF the many museum and spo-
cial exhibits at the nation Is
capital none have gained more III
popularity than the museum Of
the Post Office Departmet. Only
a few years ago this museum con,
sisted of a few curios aud odds
and ends, assembled in d small
room on the first floor of the De,
pertment building OH Pennsj Iva
MIA Avenue. Month after month
the Collection has been enlarged
until to-day it is one of the most
interesting of all the numerous
places for sight-sears IN Washing
ton. This museum has grown to
such an extent that the entire
corridor of the third floor cf the
mammoth building is now necss
sary to display the many articles
typical to the postal service ane
which are to be found in no othe!
museum in the country. The
number of visitors to this museum
has increased by the thousands