The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-09-01
WASHINGTON LETTER.


Washington today is the seat of the
Government in name only President
Taft and his official family are scattered
from London to Alaska, and Assistant
Secretary of State Huntington Wilson is
left alone to hold down any trouble
under the matches of the ship of State.
The President is at Beverly forging
thunderbolts for tariff reformers and in.
surgents. The Vice President is at Utica,
looking after his own affairs, including
canneries and banks, the Secretary of
State is catching bass at Belgrade Lakes,
Maine. The Secretary of the Treasury is
at Dublin, N. H., the Attorney General
is on Long Island, and so is the Secre-
tary of War.
Postmaster General Hitchcock went to
New York several days ago. Secretary of
the Navy Meyers is in England. Secre-
tary of the Interior Fisher is alternating
in Alaska. Secretary of Commerce and
Labor Nagel is fishing in Massachusetts.
Secretary Wilson, of the Agricultural
Department is OIL his farm in Iowa. DR..
Wiley did not accompany him on his
vacation.
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While there is firm determination not
to demand Government appropriations
for the support of the Panama California
Exposition, to be held in San Diego
during the entire calendar year 1915, it is
becoming more evident daily that tie
various departments of the Government,
in Washington are greatly interested in
the scope and purposes of the exposition.
The chronological feature will attract the
attention of all scientific msn. Every
tribe of aboriginees. if possible, will be
represented in the reservation set apart
for these people, so rapidly vanishing
from the lands where they once held
sway. Then, the exposition of the de-
velopment of irrigation through which
much of the one-time desert has been
transformed into very productive lands;
the illustration of forestry practices; the
industries of the Agricultural Department
all of these and kindred activities, are
interesting the various branches of the
government engaged in them. They will
necessarily interest the public also for
they help to show how this great country
is being developed SO that it will be able
to support a population of hundreds of
millions of inhabitants in comfort.
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During the session of Congress Just
closed some of the many bills introduced
and sidetracked, though not of national
Importance, were of general interest from
their unusual nature or for sentimental
reasons.
Senator Cullom's bill providing for
highways to be constructed from Wash
ington. respectively to Portland, Me-;
Niagara Falls. Seattle, San Francisco,
Austin. Tex, and Miami, Fla, which
highways will bear respectively, the
names of Lincoln, Jefferson, Grant,
Monroe, Roosevelt. Washington and Lee,
was introduced late in the session and
received scant consideration.
In both Houses, consideration was
given the bill to provide for monument
to President Garfield, at Long Branch,
N. j., and the bill to declare Lincoln's
birthday legal holiday, but neither was
enacted into law. Neither did the bill to
construct the Lincoln Memorial High
way frcm the White House at Washing.
ton to the battlefield at Gettysburg re-
ceive favorable approval of the House.
Many good reads bills, urged by automo-
bilists, received consideration in the
Senate and House alike. but none of
them passed.
A bill to extend the penny postage rate
on local delivery of first class mail matter
to post offices where the system of free
delivery is established, was referred to
the House Committee on Post Office, but
the motion to discharge the committee of
consideration of the bill was not acted
upon.
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While the Democratic leaders in Con
gress are confident the party will sweep
the country in next years campaign they
have made up their minds not to be
caught in The trap Of over confidence and
mean not only TO deserve victory, but to
organize and work for it. And they are
going 10 begin right away, SO far at least
as the Congressional camnaipn is com