Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-11


eracy was not the slightest par 70 pre- ,f
ferrnent to the most exalted POSITIONS Vi
those plainly competent ana NJ. ..r
I'm the spirit Of proper exaitatlon osel
your industrial and agricultural ,..hsrn
your representatives OF the ,s,,u .his
safes gather in convention hke , .,'s
ro devise new ways and means TOT tno
development OF your commerce loI ~ -.
increase Of your manufactures anu Ioi
the promotion OF better farming CON
aratuiate YOU on what you have done.
I congratulate you on your prospectus.
"Rut. ms friends. know you are not 30
sectional or partisan as to CONNIE soui
interest to southern commerce ana snr
and that YOU will not object II, dor
short time and in the remarks which
am about to make. 1 turn this meeting
into a COMMITTEES on the state y. une
Union and consider some or the ISSUES
now pending or which nave oeeh ieee'''
disposed OF.
Work of the sixty-First Congress.
1.-The sixty-f1rst Congress. Just closed.
has enacted more useful and progressive
legislation in its three sessions than any
Congress since the war. The close OF It's
third it's last and shortest, session was
obscured by such an apparent clogglng
IF business as to leave the impression
that it had done at that session httie OF
nothing in the way of helpful laws
1T is due to that Congress to remove
such an impression. for it has done
number Of things that ,, aese, nent iv''
lone of the crying evils OF the present
day is the expense Of litigation rms
Congress has passed an act making SUD
stantial reduction in the cost OF appear
ing cases from the courts of hrst m
stance to the court Of appeal 1t has
adopted a revised code of the laws Great
ing federal courts and fixing their juris-
diction. 1t has abolished the circuit
courts altogether. aud in this way has
been able to simplify the practice in
those courts and greatly reduce expenses
II has increased the salaries OF the Su-
preme Court justices 5000 a year; me
increase ought to have been made Se.UU;
give us satisfaction. And it has finally
done the justice to provide that when
federal judges are travelling expenses
shall be paid.
ton and furnishing Of embassy buildings
and legations for our ambassadors ana
ministers abroad. so that our ambassa-
doris and ministers shall be properly
housed and shall live In style ana dlg-
nifty BETTING the official representatives
in a foreign country of great nation
like ours.
Appalachian Joint Reserve.
This Congress has passed the called
Appalachian forest reserve bill, authoriz-
ing experimental forestation on large
scale and the expenditure Of 100000 a
year for this purpose.
1.-The same Congress has made a pro-
vision by which we can issue per cent
bonds to pay for the Panama canal. and
this without disturbing the values Of
bonds already issued and driving down
the price of such bonds to less than par.
This was made possible only by the votes
of conservative southern congressman
with sound financial ideas. There Is no
better evidence OF the business soldity of
the south than that its representatives
vote wisely on financial legislation. This
tions Of the monetary commission, which
embraces in it's membership so many
prominent southern representatives and
senators.
Army and Navy Legislation.
I'm the same session the officers Of the
line of the army were increased by 200.
the quartermasters by 30. and the en-
gineers by 6O-a very wise provision, en-
abling the government at Washington to
furnish instructors to the militia regt-
ments in each state and to enable the
Engineer Corps Of the army much more
efficiently and promptly to carry out the
river and harbor improvements, to which
the country is now directing so much of
its attention.
I'm the naval bill the strength OF our
two Golfers, eight torpedo boat destroy
ers. four submarine torpedo boats two
eunboats, and two seagoing tugs. This Is
In accordance with the plan adopted some