Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-06-03

date once in a while. The Senate and
the House would especially like a
chance to take his measure at close
range.
Just as soon as Representative
Gould gets back to Maine this sum-
mer or this autumn he will go the
rounds and look over his fences. In
the meantime. he is doing everything
he can from Washington. which is not
tremendous lot. His only record
at the Capitol has been his vote for
the Canadian reciprocity" and for the
other Democratic bills. none of which
is calculated to do any particular
good to Maine and may do Maine
considerable harm. None of the
committees, of which he is a member,
has held n meeting and about all Mr..
Gould has had TO do is to go to the
Capitol day after day, sit around in
his seat while the Sentherners We're
exercising their gift of CAB and then
go back 10 his hotel. There is mighty
little in that sort of doing to make a
story with which to thrill the voters
when Mr. Gould gets back to Maine.
The extra session will apparently
yield no glory for the Third Maine
Congressman. He will have nothing
for his constituents. not even a
private pension bill. He and Repre-
sentative McGillieuddy are having n
Sam Hill of a time even TO get the
Democratic House to consent to enact
the emergency public building iegisla
ton for stricken Bangor. They are
81 ftta in hat f.r ha
House will turn them down in that
request. If the House refuses this
Bangor appropriation the Maine Re-
pnblieans. who have been accustomed
to 'bring home the bacon" when
down at Washington, will have the
laugh on them and Penobscot county
will become permanently Republican.
There will he considerable Wash
ington exodus TO Maine this year, in
spite of the fact that Congress prom
Uses to be in session practically the
entire summer season. Ordinarily,
with Congress considering such mat
tiers as tariff and the Senate consider
| ing an arbitration treaty, the diplo-
matte corps would remain in town so
as to keep their home governments
Informed about the trend in those
matters. But il is generally under
stood that the Senate win not allow
the House tariff bills to become Jaw.
saving only Canadian ''reciprpcity'
| and that, even. may be defeated
While members of the cabinet and
other administration notables are like
| ~ to remain at Washington through
| the summer. their families will go
away to the resorts as usual. The
President, for example, expects to be
here most of the time up into Septem-
Der, unless Congress adjourns before
that time but Mrs. Taft will go to
Beverly in about four weeks and all
| their children will pass most of the
summer there. The President does
not intend to go to Maine this year
although he enjoyed immensely his
"trip along the Maine coast last July.
| These are the days when Washing
ton looks away over the hills that
| border the Potomac. A hot haze is il
the air that envelopes the Virgins
landscape. 1t is Memorial day week.
| Numerous Representatives have gazet
eontemplatively to the Southwark al
tthey rolled along to divers cities and
towns to make Memorial day ad-
dresses. The activities at Washing
ton, in the meantime. have been at q
minimum. But while the thoughts oil
people hereabouts have been much
upon the regiments that camped ant
drilled in this vicinity half a century
ago and marched away over the hills
sooner or later to be sucked into tn,
battle vortex, Washington has beer
unable to release itself from the is.
sues of the hour. The situation be.
lcomes more tense daily. The White
4 House is having its dark days.
4 Just now there is not much strug
lgliHg against the adverse conditions
as the President and his friends view
them. The Democrats are WAITING
and gathering strength. The regular
Republicans are waiting and gather
ing strength: so are the insurgents
and. apparently, so is the President
There is little disposition to put GU
into the field at the moment. Al
sides are ''jockeying" for advantag,
the natural developments of a week o.
4 a month may bring. In other terms
the combatants are resting on thei
arms. What industry there is for
few days will be preliminary.
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