The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1911-01-06

nshington. Jan. with the Pse
<6 the holiday season, there
reneral OF activity in the executfe,
legislative and judicial brarche OF
the government in Washington. pre-
ly two months of the life of the rs
ent Congress remains for at the lcur
OF IL NJ. on the 4th of March 90
sist Congress will expire by lirP ia
tom Then nearly twelve md tbs
must elapse lbafone the Congress lot
ed. This Is an assemble and gin
the work for which it was Ell ted
This is an exceedingly clumsy arp ge
ment, for 1t is not only puts offtill
tomorrow what ought to be dom to-
day, but multipliss the delay by nkrly
four hundred days. However, l51the
heather rage because inasmuch as the
remedy must be though legislatbn,
il is almost impossible of attainmkt.
AS measure of prime dmponsp bee
which will be urged by the Prasif INT.
the Secretary of War, the Secrdhry
of State and by members and s ma
tors in both houses of Congress- is
the prompt Fertilization of the Pa
ama Canal especially at its 7st-'
I}-rr- end. Defenses against MOD ern
.dreadnoughts cannot be insprovis a in
a. night, and it is impossible to sxag-
Agregaue the importance Of protecting
work upon which so much money
has been spent and which is, sotvi-
tai to the protection of the Pa4iHc
coast.
The new year opens with the nj
ted States at peace with all the prid
but the words of Patrick Henry %iaa-
larnen may cry Peace, peace" but
thare is no peace, are just as trts
as true now as they were in 1775.
There is no peace in the family, DO
peace in the apartment house, NO
peace between owners of adjoining
farms, and the United, States having
extended its borders to Panama, the
Hawaiian Islands, the Philippians,
Guam and the Aleutian Is,ards, Is
in perpetual raspiug attr.tion with
the rest OF the world. 1t might b
BETTER If we could give away or sinh
the Philippines and let the Japanese
poachers have all the seals on the Pr
bilof Islands aud escape quarrels by
confirming ourselves to antebellun
boundaries, but we are in situation
of having and holding and can't IN
go. Therefore it is wisdom TO strens4
then our hold with warships and forS
Lifications.
NJ Is doubtful If the Mikado's govern
Knows anything about the alesr
: Tess stations that certain Ja1
Ineso are said to have built on tha
lonely coasts of the Philippines; or
that Japanese merchants are smug1
Cling arms and explosives to ours
always more or less rebellions Philip
pine dapendants. What stupg pom
tratemps 1t was, anyhow, OF ~ s AMI
ish war for US TO have forfIgS abba
and to have fastened the faifnpplns
milestone around our neck.
Repres sntatiye Lcngwcrth OF Chiol
has come back to Washington Mil
the complete draft OF a bill creabing
a tariff commission, and 1t is said
that Payne, Aldrich. and the rcst Of
than are In favor of such a commb-
sion and that legislation on the sub
ject will be completed before the 18th
OF March. The bill as drafted creatss
commission OF five members each
with a salary of $500 and of a.
membership not more than three are
10 be OF the same political party 1he
central office is to be in Washington.
but the commission is empowered 70
meet anywhere and Is given wtne
powers OF collection and collation. Of
facts. The bin auahcriz,s the cent
mission 30 go into tho cost of prodaf-
p of all articles and 10 nNspEi-
NJ tie wages paid at home and IN <
- : countr'es, also the prices lad
n IA Ematerlals, vaethFr impoHed
~ bmost!c. The maximum and nlpl
MUM and clause OF the presens tahiti
law Is resnactsd In the BILL The
iaembeIs Of the commission are n
b, appointed by the Pras.Csrt. Ia
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