The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-04-26
WASHINGTON LETTER.

away at tariff bills and appropriations.
there's a heap sight more interest being
felt IN politics than in legislation.
whether the latter be constructive or de.
structiye, progressive or reactionary.
This week has seen big stride in the
rounding mp Of convention delegates.
Practically everybody in the running has
gained something but then most Of them
have not gained so much as they bad ex.
pected and of course there are few
walls rending the atmosphere Cries OF
fraud. influence, pernacious activity, =
Corruption, and the like are hecou,inp
familiar 10 newspaper readers. Mean.
while the standing of the candidates is
changing SO rapidly that ii is difficult to
keep track Of il. and in fact scarcely any
two Of the political headquarters can
agree on the exact distribution Of the
delegates
On the surface it seems that Col.
Roosevelt has been making big gains,
and on the democratic side, Speaker
Clark's friends have been very busy and
highly successful. Wilson and Taft are
not at all down-hearted 10 judge from the
tone of their literary managers, while
Underwood, Harmon. LaFoliette, Cav.
nor. Marshall, -in fact all Of them seen,
TO be advancing cheerfully to the big
skirmishes at Chicago and Baltimore j
~
Amid all the turmoil of politics, and in
fact furnishing fuel for the conflagration,
the committees working on the tariff
bills are hard at work, and the two
houses Of Congress are from time 10 time
listening TO speeches on the subject.
~
In one of the most fertile fields for
archaeological exploration to be found
on this continent, the people Of San
Diego have just organized branch oil
the Archaeological Society of America,
under the patronage OF the San Diego
Exposition, which is TO make archaeology
one of its leading features. Col. D. c.
Collier, president Of the exposition, is an
enthusiastic archaeologist. DR.. Edgar L.
Hewett, managing director Of the
Archaeological Institute Of America,
assisted 10 the organization.
At the meeting of the directors of the
exposition, members of the various expo
sitiou committees and heads of depart.
ments Dir. Hewett outlined plan for an
exhibit of the progress Of map, from pre-
historic times down 10 the present. He
told Of some of the wonderful things that
may be brought 10 the exposition, 10 be
shown to visitors to the exposition in
1915, and TO remain in San Diego as
permanent exhibit, by the Archaeological
society.
~
On an island just below San Diego,
Cal. in Mexican waters. are found the
only specimens Of elephant seals known
to exist. The government Of Mexico and
that Of the United States are concerned
as to how poachers can be prevented
from discriminating these interesting
animals in their desire to take them for
: t;b;,;o,, nn~,os.s 60. -
last year by the Smithsonian Institution,
and they have been objects Of the great
est interest both 10 scientific men and
lavrar
-
Congressman Gregg, of Pennsylvania
in an argument in the House in favor of \
narcs,s ms, ..;d r.c.a,,.,.
r~.~S.s l'S'ss' s.'a
y - true that tor years the express
companies have been preying upon the
people OF The country who have mad oc.
cas;on and r.cess;,,, :, ga.
49,, q " :, = s'y - snip pacA ages aug
parcels over soeir routes II IS also trne
that these express companies have made
fabulous sums from their business The
= 80 ~--'..~oS' n(