Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-12
FOR OBADIAH.
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ceeds a Republican makes 1t all the
more difficult for the caucus to pro
vide committee places The Republi
cans Of the Senate see to il that their
own men get the best Of the vacancies
For instance Senator Frye was a. MEM
Der Of the very important committee
on foreign relations. Some Repubh-
can senator will get that desirable va
Yancy 1t will not so TO n Democrat
None of the Maine Republicans in
the Congress at Washington was ever
very strong on travelling st Govern
ment expense. They Stunned the jun
kets and the near-junkets. One Of
these near-junkets provides this week
for a trip by the House committee on
interstate commerce TO the isthmus of
Panama. They will occupy about three
weeks inspecting the canal and nomin-
ally studying on the ground problems
affecting the fixing of tolls and estab-
lishment of repair shops. Nearly the
full membership of the committee, in
Guiding Republicans and Democrats,
are sailing from New York on one of
the government owned steamers. Rep
resentative Gould OF the Third district
of Maine. member of the committee,
is with the party.
All in all, however, it looks as though
the Maine delegation would have a
very quiet time all during the month of
December. Representative Dan Me-
Gillicuddy continues To occupy himself
with the steel investigation and Rep
resentative Asher Kinds with the su-
gar trust investigation. The meetings
are none the less, of a desultory char
acter. The public interest in the in
vestigations seems to have died down
and it is open to question how much
the House Democrats have gained by
applying the probe to either of these
trusts. The federal government has
been doing the same work with refer
ence to the steel trust and doing ii
much more efectually, because its in
designations have been attended by
prosecutions under direction of the
Department of Justice. The sugar
trust was prosecuted some years ago
for serious violations of law and pun
ished and since that time has passed
under the control of new people who
have been trying to conduct it as an
honest corporation.
The coming of ex-Gov John F. Hill.
the acting chairman of the Republican
National committee, adds another
Maine man of prominence to the
Washington group He is presiding at
the sessions of the National commit
tee at the Willard Hotel, beginning
Tuesday and win undoubtedly be con-
tinued as the chairman OF the com
has assembled and adjourned. The
committee sessions here will not be
pTotracted and the work to be done
Will be largely In preparing for the
convention after the date and the city
have been decided upon. A sub-com
mittee of three or five will be named
for that work. But there are general
~ numerous contests for seats in the
convention especially from the South
ern states. AS the chairman of the
committee. eX-Gov Hill will have to
preside over these preliminary hear
ings on contests, which usually occu-
py three or four DAYS just before the
assembling OF the National Conven.
ton.
The Democrats here are looking for-
ward TO a visit from Gov Plaisted
about the time that the Democratic
National committee assemblies. Tina
will be in January, after Congress Ia: