Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-02-04
Arizona's Vote for Presi-
dent at Last Arrives.
On February Il All VIII Be Casl
For Presldent.eIeCt Wilson.
Friends OF Senator.elect Burleigh
Express Satisfaction.

Washington, D. c., Feb. 3.-tSpeciaD.
-Scant words have come from Trenton
of recent days, which enlarge the hori-
ION of view about Washington after
March A. As far as the federal Capital
is concerned, the President elect is
still distinct figure, whose purposes
and plans stand forth in juttine peaks
but with Very little detail. He has
himself said of late that he can not
well give attention to the larger de-
tails, even, till after he has come to
Washington. Indeed the President
elect is feeling toward Washington
very much as Washington feels toward
him. He wants the opportunity TO
confer and parley with men who are
close to things quite as much as they
wish to confer and parley with him
A recognition Of this status is en-
couraging the entente between the in
coming President and the men who will
run Congress for the next two years al
least. These leaders are fully aware
that the new President wants to CO.
operate with them and when he gets
to Washington is esta bliShcd in the
peoples house, and settled down for
business they will approach with
some confidence that Mir. Wilson is a
man they can get along with.
The visits the Congressional chiefs
have paid him thus far can, at best,
have been little more than prelimi-
nary. Clark. Underwood, and Senator
Hoke Smith have been to Trenton but
once. Each was given a few hours for
discussion but Congressional policies
and plans can not be disposed of at
one sitting in that fashion. The first
meetings. in semi official capacity.
could hardly more than avail for ae-
quaintanee and better understand
ing. 1t happens that Representative
Carter Glass of Virginia, is the only
man, charged with important respon-
sibilities, in i legislative way who
has made more than one visit 10 the
President-elect. Mr. Glass made his
second trip the other day for con-
suitation about the banking and cur
rency reform bill, which he intends to
Introduce very soon.
That banking and currency reform
bill about which the country has been
hearing so much. may be drafted and
introduced but it is quite another
thing to get bill that can pass Tile
idea seems to be to get the form of i
for discussion. analysis and criticism.
The Democratic caucus will not want
to put the stamp of its approval upon q
banking and currency measure till it
has been threshed out some before the
country. Consequently one need not
rush to the conclusion that the intro
duction of a committee bill is the inn
mediate forerunner of legislation.
Mtr.&fa ktsiI +f,. 4
man, people toward any plan the
Democratic committee on banking and
currency can bring forth. Something
will also depend upon what Mr. VII
son himself may think of 1t. +
Everything is now in order for The
election of a President OF the United
States in its very final stages Strict-
~ speaking. Mr.. Wilson was elected
President, Jan. 10 last, but the votes
have not been counted. There has been
a complicated process of getting the
records TO Washington but at last the
records are all here and Ii only re-.
mains for the Senate and House to-
assemble jointly. That viii be on
Wednesday, Feb. ~. The last of the
messengers to bring the record of a
state vote was the belated Democrat
from Arizona, who was having a joy
time over in New York when he dis
covered that the legal limit for depos-
iting these records had expired BUT
he hurried 10 Washington and was
forgiven.
Acting Vice President Gallinger. SEN
ator from New Hampshire has these
records all in his custody and the sec
rotary of the Senate has still another
set of records, in duplicate. that were
sent by mail When the count is made,
however. a Democrat will be the act
ing Vice President and will preside
over the joint deliberations of Senate
and House. He will be Senator Bacon
oe Georgia, who alternates every two
weeks with Senator Gallinger, in be-
ing President Pro Tempore That is
because the Republicans of the Sen
ate did not have enough votes of their
own TO elect President Pro Tempore.
1t is, of course, rather appropriate that
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