The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-12-08
WASHINGTON LETTER.

getting few thoughts down on paper so
that he may be able to tell the lawmakers
what the country most needs. What the
San Diego Exposition needs at this time
is to have the Senate finish the work the
House begun last spring of putting
through the resolution authorizing and
requesting the President to invite Mexico.
and the republics Of Central and South
America to make exhibits at San Diego
in 1915. Director General D. c. Collier
will he in Washington before Congress
gets busy, to look after Exposition
matters. He has had so many assurances
that the Senate will take up and pass the
resolution that he scarcely feels any ap-
prehension on that score, but he is desir-
ons Of seeing it done quickly, for in
getting great exposition ready for the
opening day, time is most important
factor and ii is intended to have the San
Diego Exposition ready in every detail
when the clock strikes midnight Oh the
last day Of 1914.
1t is very near 1919 now; consequently
there is but little more than three full
years in which to do vast amount Of
work
Opinions as to the net results of the
present session OF Congress vary not a
little. Some of the statesmen already in
Washington believe that Congress will
pass practically no legislation. Others
are just as certain that it will delve deeply
into tariff legislation. 1t is not very pro-
bable that Congress will transact very
much business. as both parties will pro-
sably feel disposed to go ahead with
much caution on The eve of big political
campaign, in order TO make as few mis-
takes as possible. The currency will re-
ceive a good deal of attention, and an
effort will be made to adopt the Aldrich
plan for central bank The Democrats
are disposed to abolish the Commerce
Court, which they accuse Of being too
strongly biased in favor of the trauspor-
tation interests. They declare unequivo-
cslly that they have got its goat" as
the sporting editors say. The advocates
of waterway improvement will try to
have definite policy adopted. and the
trnst busters are due for lot of auti-
corporation talk
~.
The American Association for the Ad-
vancement of Science will hold its 63d
meeting 10 Washington December az to
80 DR.. S. o Howard. permanent secre.
tary, may be addressed in care of the
Smithsonian Institution. Washington,
for particulars and membership
Thousands of people belong to this as
ISOLATION. the membership fees being
small and the publications of great in
terest and value
~
With the lumber cut Of this country
amounting to forty billion feet a wear,
there may well be fear that our forests
will be used up. The State of Washing.
ton is now the biggest lumber producer
nd when the Panama Canal is finished
The rate on lumber will be made so low
that Washington pine and fir will be
shout as cheap in Maine as the cut from
the Maine woods. In the meanwhile,
lest the lumber supply should give out,
the Forest Service is husy reforesting
burned over areas and planting trees
where none ever grew before Many
persons are employed gathering tree
seeds and planting them on the public
lands
Organization Republican Senators on
Monday had hardly concluded felicitatine
one another upon their reassembling be-
fore rumors began to reacl them con-
corning conspiracy" looking to a re-
Organization Of the Senate. This reor.
ganizaiion contemplates an alliance OF In
surRent Republican and Democrats to
take possession of the machin cry of the
Senate and 10 perfect a thorough work
ing alliance for the session.
Rumors cropped out last session before
the committees were filed of something
If this sort, hut the move was foresialled
by active work Of several of the old.time
Republican and Democratic leaders. who
counseled conservative course. and the
refusal Of some of the Democrats to be
come a parry to such coalition
Now, however. these minors appear to
have material strength back Of them and
organization Republicans are alarmed at
the possibilities confronting them.