The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-02-13
Religion IS Tangled Up 10 hs
Oven Measure.
l7.AROBsEs rARtOUsB0BI
Different Medical Schools Opposed and,
Christian Scientists Mevsd T. sirens
DISQUALIFICATION Stands Small
Chance Of -PasSins-Works on Guard
With Many. Supporters.
BY ARTHUR ". DUNN.
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BY ARTHUR W. DUNN.
Washington. Feb. l2. Especial r.,
4Perllaps nothing could arouse qnite so
much ;belIIgetency as the two subjects
Of religion and medicine when cuDl>
bined and tAntagontStir. That
IL the situation in. regard to the Owen
IbIl providing for a department .ot
health. 1t IL sepate bill No /, but i
might Just rs well he 100000 fQr I'LL
hope OF ttnAI passage. The medical fra
ternIty are on both sides Of the lleaS-
ure. The different schools OF medicine
are engaged, one for and another
against It.
Then there IL the whole body Of
Christian Science workers aud Kindred
organizations that are bitterly opposed
to the bill for obvious reasons. One Ut
the men who are Forever on guard Is,
Senator Works Of California. But he
has many helpers in the senate who
woulh nee to it that the bill did nat
pass. Few measures have aroused 50
much opposition OF u determined char
acter as this bill, aud ut the .same
time it has very Stanch supporters.
,spanningatho Hudaon. -
There Is a Very interesting contest go
Ing on between various men rs TO
whom shall he glveu the preference utl.'
der natlouul Legislation for the c4u-
Atruction OF bridge across tile Hud
R0n river between New York and New
Jersey. Just. lately efforts have heen
made by two COMPANIES To acquire
stieh rights. III discussing the bills re-
Gently Chairman AdnlnSOn VI rlIe cont.
mittee reporting them sail his commit
tee had not favored one Or the other.
az some Of y0ur New York money
kings will come forward nni guaran-
tee the construction OF II bridge will
he for his bridge" said 4AtlAnsUu.
"IW you remember" asked, jim
Mum, when we first came to cont
gresS ami served on the committeeman;
about the,tlInO the first ten years were
TO expire they came [" us with r0ssate
pictures Of what they conId do In the
next ten years.
when President Mckinley called
congress together 81 that We could
sllnw the country the benefit 1t would
derive frop our service" replied ADJ
amson, there was hanging In the COM
mittee room Il picture of bridge span.
ming the Hudson river. 1t Is hanging,
there YETI
HRFing GARNER.
Once IN awhile Jalu Garner vaults
TO get through a bit of legislation Of
interest 10 his district. A man cant
represent 2UO or $50 miles Of RiU
Grunde Territory without wanting
something. At such times lie is ha1ed,
which experience he takes good HNtur.
edly. for he knows lie will win in the
end. He was trying to yet h portion
Of M abandoned military reservation
for Texas "tgSupp0Se y0n will be will
Jug to agree that you will not ask
that more than two forts he turned
over to you every year Ms long, Ms ypp
are here.?" said MIMI.
~ think that wonId he fair, and Nh
eraI on my part" replied Garner. And
then they passed his bill.
Approved by Taft and WilaOn.
Congressman Moss ot Indiana WAS
trying to have the house pass u reS".
Luton approving what All American
commission for the investigation OF
rural credits III EurM'e was geing to,
Ito. .uf course that struck Il .sHaS 1T
once. ...-
ut passed the senate by unanimous
CONSENT" said Moss
"A great many thing pas" the senate
unanimously" replied Sherley VI Ken
tncky.
ut has received the approval Of the
president and tie MromiuE president"
persisted Moss.
Hut even that diu not save tue NIL
1t went down to defsat.
Giving Civilians 4 Chance.
For several. years there Was a perfect
epidemic OF bills Tor statues tn differ
ent parts Of the country to cGlnlaenio'
rate some man or battle. ".Ihe, CON,
mltiee became appalled, at the number
If bills" said Chaitman SIayden, TASK,
hg that memorials lie erected 70
GolomeI This or General That, to cele.
brate a skirmish ut this place and a
battle ut that. and decided for "a tune
to recognize civilians, statesmen and
scientists who Ind rendered great sarY-
ice" And now no bills Of the former
character can get by. But the country
has a lot Of such m"nulNentS under
construction or completed that were
pushed through when the doors were
wide open. y
crawferd's Persistence.
Senator Crawford Of South Dakota
IL likely IL win as great reputation
us the late Senator Heyburh for per-
Sistence. Hepburn never let loose Of