The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-06-01
~ GEORGE CLINTON.

sional appropriation which would en-.
able the place to be kept up without
the necessity of charging people to see
1t. The bill, however, failed and some
people think it Is better so, because
by charging a small sum to enter the
old grounds thousands upon thousands
! Of visitors in way help to preserve
the old place and so feel that they
have an ownership as well as a patri-
otto interest in the home of the Fa.
Their of His Country.
Visited by Governor Mann.
Governor Mann of Virginia and the
members of his staff have just visited
Mount Vernon. The state of Virginia
takes a great interest in the place
and does something toward it's main
tenance.' The visit Of the governor
was made the occasion of an official
inspection Of the entire estate. A re-
oeption after the old style was given
| him and his official company. Mount
Vernon therefore was the scene Of an
old-time Virginia gathering much like
| those which were given at the time
that Washington was alive and when
the great Of this land and other lands
journeyed to Mount Vernon to be his
guests.
They the careful at the Washington
estate to guard against the possibili-
ties Of fire. The heat in winter is
conveyed to the building from with
out, and many Of the rooms are not
even piped for the transmission Of
steam. There is kitchen in the main
mansion, but no fire is allowed there
Expert foresters are employed to care
for the trees on Mount Vernon, sew
eral of which were planted by George
Washington. The garden hedge, 1875
years old, still green and thriving, was
planted by the first president, who
drew the hedge lines so that they
should inclose fine, old-fashioned
garden which Martha helped George
to lay out. ....
illustrations Barred From Record.
The other day in the senate Senator
Stone Of Missouri asked that certain
cartoon which was antagonistic in it's
nature to a presidential candidate be
inserted in the Congressional Record.
He asked unanimous consent that his
purpose might be carried out. There
was instant objection because there
Is rule that no illustrations shall
appear in the Record.
Illustrations are seldom used in pub
lie documents except, in those which
come from the departments. Every
body is familiar, of course, with the
finely illustrated bulletins which are
put out. by the agricultural depart
ment and occasionally by other depart
ments Of government President
Roosevelt on two occasions smashed
precedent by illustrating two Of his
presidential messages. One OF them
was on conservation, and Mr.. Roose-
welt undertook to show what deforesta-
ton had done for China He showed
It by pictures Of districts in the Flow
cry Kingdom made arid by the cutting
down of the trees. His other illus
tratsd message was on the Panama
canal.
While the Congressional Record can
not be illustrated as yet, the picture
making habit is growing in ofhcialdom
as 1t is growing elsewhere throughout
the country. Virtually every visitor
who comes to Washington, for the
first time at any rate, brings camera
One policeman who stands guard in
front OF the White House has figured it
out that he must appear in some $780,
900 photographs now scattered all
over the United States. The White
House Is fayorite subject for the
amateur photographer. Recently the
president Of the United States has
been taken in moving pictures and SO
the picture taking habit is growing
and It may be that one day the Con.
gressional Record will blossom out az
a finely illustrated daily.