The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-07-19
WASHINGTON.
Legislative and Gem
eral Topics from
the Capital.
Special Correspondence to the Ciuzen.)
Washington, July 10, 1912.


crlminate in favor of American vessels
in the administration of the Panama
Canal. The wordy war NAV now term
mate in the submission OF the question
to the Hague Tribunal.
When the Subcommittee of the Re-
publican National Committee meets in
New York on July 10Th, to complete the
organization for the campaign 1t will take
up plan to divide the United States
into four sections, with an experienced
political leader IN charge of each.
In other campaigns the Republican
headquarters have been located in Chic
ago and New York, but the plan pro-
posed now is to have leaders especially
charged with looking after the East,
Middle West, Far West and the South.
For the East, VIM. Barnes, IT,, of New
York, is now under consideration. and
for the Middle West. with Chicago as a
Charles b. Warren, of Michigan, or
Thomas Nottingham, of Missouri, have
been talked Of
1t practically has been determined that
Ralph E. Williams, of Oregon, will be in
charge of the Pacific Coast. Chairman
HilleS believes that the chances are eX-
cellent for carrying four Southern States
Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee and
Maryland, and hard fight will be made
there with Senator Newell Sanders, of
Tennessee, in charge.
All ofthese captains will be under the
direction of the National Chairman
Hilles While Mr.. Hiles will have his
headquarters in New York, he expects
to visit the division leaders as often as
possible and generally supervise the
organization of the compaign.
Considerable attention is being given
to the selection Of the Advisory Com
mittee, which is to be a sort of a Board
of Strategy 1t is conceded that Senator
Murray W. Crane, of Massachusetts,
will be asked to take a place, and Gov
ernor Herbert S. Headley, Of Missouri
also may be selected as a member.
Nothing definite, however, will be done
until the subcommittee meets in New
York, this week.
Postmaster-G Hitchcock, after
cabinet meeting recently, stopped in
front of the White House to talk to a
newspaper man. AS he stood swinging
his cane and lamenting the heat, large,
but friendly honey bee lit on his hat.
There's bee buzzing around your
head, " said the newspaper man.
II don't see what business a bee has
got on my hat" said the Postmaster
General, as he Tipped the brim, Il know
that bee does not belong there. "
Secretary of the Treasury MacNeagh
recently assigned Secretary Robert O.
Bailey to the general direction and SUI
pervision of all matters in the Treasury
Department, which were formerly under
the supervision of A. Piatt Andrew,
whose resignation was asked for by
President Taft a few days ago.
The Pepper Bill to bring the National
Guard into closer touch with the regular
army is approved by the War Depart
ment. 1t has been favorably reported
by the House Military Affairs Com
mittee.
The government would disburse about
$4,000, 900 a year to the 10000 commits
stoned officers and to the $4,000 enlisted
men of the National Guard.
The House of Representatives has
lmpeached Judge Robert Archibald, OF
the United States Commerce Court for
"high crimes and misdemeanors, and
appointed seven managers, who will
appear before the Senate and demand
that he shall be removed from office
"ior having betrayed his high trust"
Two hundred and twenty members OF
the House of Representatives,, ire
spective of party affiliations, voted TO
pass the resolution reported unanimously
from the Judiciary Committee that Judge
Archibald shall be brought before the
bar Of the Senate and tried.
For the first time in the history of the
republic Senator of the United States
was expelled from that body, when
William Lorimer, of Illinois, was un-
seated by vote of IS TO 28.
This action came after the most dra
matte scene that has been witnessed
in the Senate for a generation. 1t follow
ed an eloquect appeal from the Senator
himself, who had for three days spoken
in his own defense, and after the ven
erable Senator Tillman, OF South Caro-
lima. had pleaded for Justice for his H.
inois associate with tears in his eyes.
Before the vote was taken, too, Sem
altar Dixon, Of Montana, campaign man
ager for Theodore Roosevelt rose and
upon his oath as a Senator, declared that
the affidavit read by Lorimer, involving
Colonel Roosevelt and himself in the
bribery charges at Chicago, was ma
HClOuS idlSGuOtu. IiG uSHiGN every uG-
tail of the affidavit.
The vote closed the most sensational
case of its kind in American history.
Other Senators have been tried by their
fellows and one or two of the number
would undoubtedly been expelled from
the Senate had they not resigned. This
is the first case, however, where ma
jority of the members of the Senate has
actually voted to drive one OF their
number from that body.
The importation OF absinthe and its
sale in Interstate Commerce is prohib-
tied after October Ist, next by a pure
food decision signed by Secretary Will
son.
1T is generally recognized" says the
decision, that the beverage is danger
Gus TO health"
Members of the Senate and the
House of Representatives can be found
daily at the National Base Ball Park
The Senators are a drawing card, and
the attendance at the game is unpre-
cedented.
Speaker Clark made a visit to Sea
Girt, New Jersey, and had three-hour
interview with the Democratic Presi-
dental nominee, Hon. Woodrow Wilson.
He declined when interviewed to make
any statement, and left for Washington.
He was very pleasantly received and
Wac nleaced with hic visit