The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-11-21
NEXT SESSION OF
CONGRESS IS NEAR
Busy Times On Capitol Hill
Getting Building In Order
For Assembling On Dec. q
ONE MOST IMPORTANT
IN NATIONS HISTORY

Trust Busting Efforts OF Commits
tees and Continued Probing Into
Unlawful Combinations and Legis-
iaIye Investigations GaiOre-Ih.
"Long Session" of the Existing
Congress will BE Filled With Mat
teas Oh bag Interest 10 tine WAoie
teop4e-rurecast OI Some OF 1t.
tby r.. ii. MCGOWAN
NaSnAue.on, NOV 1o.-Awo weeks
from 4nonudy-eAdcIly at Oon-
slv4-fIes4ueuL Snel.iAan IN n senate
auu speaker ouaInp Ozark in the
house VIA TAP tneIr respective oOlIeS
to der Tor WlidI Wiu piODaDly De
one or the most Interesting SESSIONS or
lousI eoS III the country 8 hlSLu:y.
IueIe is niucn TO make II so. trust
busting Will continue at the nanos OF
the SPECIAL investigating cOniInIttees.
4Aat -, lney WAL 40 aAi they can 10
b4A4<s ABOUT reforms; the nations L
geuCy laws ale TO DE Inc
talAI must necessarily consume. many
weeks OF discussion, the politica! fl-
tue OF potn me DeE.CcIatAc anu the
hepupiIcan parties will be q daily
topic for private and public confer
eu.es, and, IN addition to this, there
Wlii be the usual array OF p ia
ton bills, pubic and private, which
Vii. soon 1ino their way to the varlod 8
calenoars, unless the Democratic
pruning knife works overtime,
Up on Capitol Hill everything is
getting in appIe-pie order for the re-
turn Of the nations ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
is. thus, who AVE noe already foiT.
their way back to Washington. for
there are already many Of them here,
b0rc nf rNnoiol
eating committee and those iroIn the
Far West. There is little more to do
TO start the first regular session of the
Sixty-second Congress in good run
ming order. Since the extra session
ended the latter part Of August there
has been a general o~Verhauling at the
CaDitol. Many committee rooms have
been changed, here n there con-
veniences of one kind and another
have been added, and, best Of all.
the House restaurant. where the So
Ions appease their appetites, has been
rebuilt from bottom to top. Hereafter
there will be no oVer-crowding when
the luncheon hour rolls round,
There will be no jostling and pushing
by those desiring seats; on the con-
trary, plenty Of room has been made
for every one who has tie coin and
certainly hereafter no one need GO
hungry for lack of room.
For a month past Superintendent
Elliott Woods, the man who is
charged with h responsibility or
kecping the big Capitol building in
good order, keeping it cool in sum-
mer and warm and pleasant when the
icy blasts Of winter blow outside
has been busily at work preparing
for the coming of Eouse and Senate
members. Nothing gives Mr.. Woods
more pleasure than to meet the re-
turning congressman at the beginning
of each new session and this time Will
be no exception to the rule. BESIDES
Tearranging the cafe in the House he
has seen to it that nothing shall be
lacking when the members take their
seats just two weeks hence.
In addition to this Joe Sinnott, the
House dOorkeeper, and L. ).
sergeant at arms, have been as pussy
as bees getting everything TO rights
busy man is the new editor OF the
Congressional Directory, Mr.. j. Al.
Bell, of South Carolina, who was
chosen for the position last summer.
Mr.. Bell is busily engaged securing
the data to go in the next Directory.
which will come out about December
/, not only securing correct lnforri';i-
ton about the congressman ana
many Of the prominent department
officials, but generally loo cling after
the details Of this valuable BOOK.
al these preparations indicate thl.
the long session is at hand,
that it will be a most important one
in many WAYS. Speculation is
leen as to how it may last, some d.
claring that in no event will l. q
before the nominating II
the Democratic and Repubi4 IN par
ties are held probably the latte" pa1t
o. June. Some even go III Ike ana
take the position that if tho lie 49,
Gratis go into a general revisi III Of the
tariff that they may not stop even for
Inc conventions, but on the other
hand, may continue a considerable
time after the conventions ave been
neld. However, this may be one
thlng is certain. the country will not
see a spiritless and uninteresting ses-
SIGN during the next six months;
everything points to a period OF &C
uvity and a discussion and over
hauling Of many issues Of vital in
eerest to the people generally.