The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-02
NEWSY NOTES FROM CAPITOL Republicans Look Egrward Te Rather Futile Congres-
 s16naI Contests. WHAT WASHINGTON
 FOLKS PAY FOR GAS New York Bankers About Con- vfnced That They Won't Be Able To Write Cl1r-
 rency Bill.
By our staff correepondent.>

Washington, Dec. 2.-The regular l session Of the 63rd Congress opens to-
 day and already the political solons 1 are predicting that the 64th Congress 1 will have a substantial Democratic 1 majority even if the Republicans and l Pfogressives do get together in some of the districts to fight their common l enemy, the Democrats There will not ] be much for the Republicans to fight 1 for In the next congressional elections, as the federal patronage will stay with the President, and If the Democrats lcse half of their present majority of 147 1n the House they would still have a sudtciency of votes to carry out the Wilson policies in the last two years of his first administration But the congressional committee of the party ds not going to go to sleep in the con-
 gFessional election and the fight will
 be made to secure an endorsement of
 the tariff and currency bills.
 The city of Washington besides hav- ing six street car tickets for 8 quarter
 has 85 cent gas and the gas company pays it's meter holders 4 per cent in-
 terest upon the money posted with the company security for the meters,
 Connecticut steamboat men are up in
 the air over the LaFollette bill other wise known as the Seamen's bill This
  carrying passengers, except those navi- gating rivers and haroors exclusively, shall have a, lfeboa,t capacity suffi- cient to carry at one time every per son aboard, including passengers and crew, and have two. able seaTnen' of three years experience on each boat This will mean an increasing of the crews as well as the number of the boats if they go three miles from shore and the steamboat men along Long Island Sound are of the opinion that it is going to work a, hardship upon them to comply with the requirements of the bill if it becomes a, law. Owners of steamers which run out to the fish ing banks from New York city are par ttcular1y opposed to the bill.
 The crowd Of New York bankers rency bill have found that with all of their power and influence the best they could do was to temporarily hold up the passage of the biN. They found that the 'iron man. in the White House was willing to let them present all of the arguments that they pleased. and they cannot say that they were not given an oppor tunitysto be heard
 MT. vanderslip of New York was quot ed in the press as saying that two re- gional banks were all that was neces- sary. The President said that he
  fled in the House bill. Now the bill Is coming from the Senate with a, recern- mendation of eight regional banks. Af- ter the House and Senate goes into conference with the Senate wanting eight regional banks and the House wanting twelve it is almost a safe wa ger that they will compromise on ten.s
 When. the farmers of the nation are able to go into one of Uncle Sam's banks and borrow money to work their farms and move crops with theiE l real estate as security, and at faif rate of interest the number of farmers is going to increase and all of the farmers are going to have more money in actual profits with which to pur- chase the manufactured goods of New England The small farmer who has been without capital has been buying I diamond studs and high power cars ! for the money lenders of their com munities for many years because he had to pay all kinds Of fancy prices | for his money The New York crowd | who held the nations purse strings had 1 to get theirs hnst, and then the 1ocal l bankers had to have a slice. If the l man with a mortagaged quarter sec- ton got a new pair of boots and a $9 | suit for himself, and caMco gown for his wife after paying up his loan and the interest he was was doing good for the season.
 9Tvhor7 as Riley Marshall inc Vice-