The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1912-02-20
G1antsville W. Va, Tuesday, February 90 1912


the suggestion is considered al
all it will be turned down again
by the Committee.
While Davis Elkins practical
ly has been ignored by the Taft
people in the selection of Isaac
L. Mann as senatorial candidate
and by the Roosevelt people as
well for the reason that he has
not entered actively into their
campaign, Mr.. Elkins is quietly
saving wood. While the Taft
and Roosevelt supporters are
lighting over the delegation to
the National Convention Mr..
Elkins is quietly at work in Re-
publican counties selecting the
men who are to be the candi-
dates for the legislature. And
IN spite of any promises the Taft
people may make to Mann or the
Roosevelt people may make to
Glass7ock Mr.. Elkins undoubted-
ly will come before the Republi-
can caucus with the largest num-
Der of supporters in case the leg
lslature should be republican.
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The amendment which will be
offered by Senator Watson to
the immigration bill providing
for tax of 500 each on immi
grants coming to this country
will be earnestly advocated by
him and it is possible the senate
may be induced 10 adopt it.
There is considerable sentiment
against the lack of restric-
lions on immigration and it is
believed the best plan to protect
American labor from foreign
pauper competition is by placing
a tax on the immigrant coming
to this country.
The Rivers & Harbors Commit
tee of the House Of Re presenta-
tlves never reports a bill carry
ing an appropriation which has
not been first approved by the
u. 5. Engineers. Whenever an
appropriation is asked the mat
ter is referred by the Committee
to the Board of Engineers and
unless this Board makes favora-
bic report upon the project no
appropriation is ever made. Re-
that this was the case the
first act of Congressman Hamil-
ton after his election was to en-
deavor to have made the report
of the Board of Engineers on the
improvement of the Little Ka-
nawha River, which had been
called for the Committee on riv-
ers and harbors long before he
was nominated for Congress.
The investigation was made by
the Engineers and it's report pre-
pared; this report was held UP
and a second investigation made
long before Mr.. Hamilton was
elected to Congress. The final
report was written only a few
weeks after he took his seat in
Congress and even then it was
many months before the report
was made, although he had been
strenuously endeavoring to get
the report.
The first appropriation by Con-
gress for the Little Kanawha was
made in 1880 when provision was
made for the construction of a
lock two miles above Burning
Springs. No appropriation for
any extension of the improve
ment in this River has been made
since that time. If the report of
the Engineers could have been
influenced in any way by the
presentation of additional facts
and figures the time to have ex-
erted it was while the investiga-
ton was in preparation before
Mr.. Hamilton's election. The in
vestigation was made, an adverse
report prepared and approved
before Mr. Hamilton came to
Congress and aside from SURVEYS
which have resulted unfavorablv
no appropriation has been made
and no work done looking to an
extension of the present improve
ment of this River since the act
of June Ia, 1880.
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