The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-30
RIVERS AND HARBORS
 BILL PROGRESSING.
Report May Be Made in the
 House This Week
ARE LARGE
Completion of Present Contracts Will Be Aim in Carrying BiIl Through. Reapportionment May Be
 Delayed
BY wATTERsoN sTEALEy

l Washington, November 29.-(Special.)- Record-breaking progress is to be made on the rivers and harbors bill. After the meeting today a member of the com mittee stated that he would not be sur prised if the bill were ready to be re- i ported 10 the House the latter part of the week. The measure will follow gen. erally the recommendations of the chief of engineers announced yesterday. It will carry about s2s,nooooo. the contlnu- ing contracts bringing 1t up to about So, ,ooo, ooo
 The equalization of the Ohio river will be prosecuted at a rate which will in- sure its completion in 12 years, the Mis- sissippi from the mouth of the Ohio to the gulf in 20 years, etc, etc. The bill at the last session carried s52, ,0o000o and the President threatened to veto 1t, prin- cipally on account of the large number of projects appropriated for. Following the suggestion of the President the com mittee contemplates rushing important projects to completion, allowing minor streams to await their turn.
 It became known today that Represen-
 
 lican whip of the House, a close friend of the speaker and one who often re- fleets his views. is bitterly opposed to the passage of a reapportionment bill at this session of Congress. In nearly every case the democratic legislatures which were swept into power this year meet in January or early in the year. It would devolve upon them to redistrict their states. New York and New Jer- sey were gerrymandered by the repub- licans in such manner that only a landslide could carry the legislature or elect a fair proportion of congressman. MT Dwight knows that a democratic legislature would correct this and seek to equalize the districts in the several states. If he could postpone matters until another election the republicans would have another chance to regain the legislatures. Whether Dwight will have his way remains to be seen.
 All over Virginia they are perfecting Woodrow Wilson presidential clubs The next governor of New Jersey will be hard to keep out of the convention vote of his native state. B. NJ Shultice of Norfolk, the president of the Norfolk Woodrow Wilson club. has received the following letter from Governor-elect Wilson:
 My Dear MT. Shultice: The news brought by your kind telegram of yester- day has given me the greatest pleasure. do not feel that I have at all proven my fitness to be the nominee of the dem- ocratic party for the presidency. but it is very delightful that you and your asso- ciates in the new club should entertain such confidence in me and I want to ex- press my very deep appreciation anl gratitude"
 Information from Florida Is to the effect that William A Blount of Pensacola will I be elected to the Senate to succeed Sena- | tor Talliafero at the primary January | 10 Blount is a native of Alabama, lawyer of exceptional ability, and will be decided accession to the democratic side.
 The democratic party at the recent cleo l ton owed much of It's success to the high standing of its nominees. both guberns- torial and congressional, and 1t looks as If this policy Is to be continued in the naming of the democratic senators who take their seats after March 4.
 The abstract of the condition of the national banks of Alabama at the close of business on November 10 as reported to the comptroller of the currency shows the average reserve held at 1S.1 per cent, against 1929 per cent on September l. Loans and discounts decreased from $32,- e140o1 to S31,s ,s65. .753; gold coin from $677,1S to ss17. .s45; lawful money reserve increase from s2,es2,17O to s2.s72, eos; individual de- posits increase from s2s, 12s,57S, to $s2.9l1,- 446.
 Wilbur wakeman of the American Pro- tective Tarir league has arrived in fc Inc ha republicans The first thing Wakeman did was to give out an interview. We. announced wakeman. shall oppose any kind of tariff revision unless they want | 10 raise rates. The duty on some things | Is not high enough"