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The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1913-01-13
congressman
HAVE MANY
PLAIN DUTIES
new MEMBERS FIND MUCH TO
LEARN ABOUT THE WORKINGS
ABILITY TO MAKE FRIENDS is
ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT
THINGS FOR MEMBERS OF THE
HOUSE.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 - How
much can a congressman do for his
constituents? That question was re-
Gently put to a house veteran by a
man who will begin his first term as
representative when the 63d con-
gress meets in special session. "Nev-
er enough" replied the veteran. Fur
ther inquiry developed many facts
that are not common knowledge.
1t was learned that congressman
is expected TO make speeches, make
laws and make friends-the last men,
toned duty being by far the most
important. He must make friends
at home and keep them if he de-
sires to hold his seat in congress. He
must make friends in the house if
he hopes to have his bills passed,
for a friend winning personality will
as rule, do more to help him than
eloquent speeches or skillful parlia-
mentary practice.
In short, the representative elect
was told that. what is truly essen
tial in the game of politics may be
summed up in two words friend
ship and tact Even if he belongs
to the opposition party, he must be
on good terms with the president
in order that he may receive invita-
tions to the White House receptions
for influential constituents with So
cial aspirations. Friendly relations
with heads of departments will mean
special favors for voters from his
home district when they visit this
city and &C sight seeing. If he is
pleasant and agreeable, the mem.
bers of the opposition will do him
matty a good tnru o. the kind that
will strengthen his popularit.' with
the people back home.
He must have no end of patience
with his constituents. He will be
asked to supply everything from a
penny map for child to a wife fol-
a bashful and lonely man. The ge
illogical survey bereau will furnish
the map, but the congressman will
have to seek the wife without gov
eminent assistance. While there are
many things the congressman car
not do for constituents, there arr
quite number of things that hs
lean do, more, in fact, than even {
small percentage of the voters o
his district know anything about
The congressman may, If he choos
make Christmas presents at Uncl'
Sans expense. Congress gives eacl
representatives, an account of 1925 /;
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Liberal in ExpenaIture for Fad.

Emile Grigsby. whose arrival in this
country with jewelry amounting to
SS00,000 again put her in the public
eye. is an ardent collector of prayer
books and religious rituals Her in
tense interest in religious philosophy,
on which she has written d gr5a deal
IL letters. is so great that ele has
librsTy devoted entirely TO books on
the sU0Sect Ir her travels ia Eng
land and m>Euiope she has visited
old book shopS~&nd has collected Old
Bibles. translations~e& the histories
written about the ea.Iy Christians,
works in pen by the old monks. She
usually has had with her a connois-
seur on such books and also has EN-
ployed scholars to translate the books
to her and 10 discuss with her the
meanings of the different writer's For
all those things she has paid highly
and her lavish spending of money GER
tainly startled the scholars who al
ways have been content with small
remuneration for their services.
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New vloIlns and Old.

A contest took place in Paris which
seems to vindicate the contention
that modern violins are as good in
tone as those of ancient make. A
number of violins were played in a
dark room, and at the end vote was
taken from the musical audience
present, with the result. says a Paris
correspondent, that the finest violin
was judged to be a Belgian instru-
ment dated 1912; the second was a
French 1911 violin. and not until the
third came Stradivarius, valued at
more than $4,000.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1913-01-13

year at the house stationery depart
ment. The most prolific of the
letter writing congressman have a
substantial balance to their credit at
the end of the year. They may pocket
the remainder If they care to, but
none do. Instead they exhaust the
surplus by charging to their accounts
fancy pocket knives, dainty toilet
preparations, and odds and ends in
leather novelties, with which the
house stationery store is we'll equip
ped, and send the same to personal
friends and favored constituents.
If physician at home is polit-
ical factor, the congressman may
earn his good will by keeping him
supplied with all the publications of
the public health service. Records
of the patent office are bound to
make hit with inventors, while bull
letins of the department of agricult-
ure will do something toward making
a farmer feel indebted to the rep
resentative. Congressman have been
known to build up strong followings
by taking the trouble to find out
what government documents would
be of use in their districts and then
making wiseg distribution. There
is practically no limit to the supply
of documents. Congressman send
out about 20 tons of literature a day,
when congress is in session.
Congressman can help the manu-
facturers in their districts by put
ting them in touch with the bureau
of domestic and foreign commerce
which makes a business of collecting
all available information concerning
new markets. Immigrants with rela-
tives in a congressman district
should appeal to the congressman
when their right to enter the United
States is disputed by the department
of commerce and labor. He is us
ually successful in settling these dis
putes to the satisfaction of all sides.
When a bank is in temporary trou-
BILE and the stockholders fear prompt
action by the government will cause
panic and make it impossible for
the bank to straighten out its affairs,
visit to the proper person by a con
gresham usually means an extern.
sibn of time and fair chance to
get back on a solvent basis. Paroles
and pardons for federal offenders are
expedited when the department OF
justice endorses a congressman ap.
peal in behalf of a former constitu.
ent or friend.
! Congressman are also expected te
+ help along army and navy promotions
and transfer to more desirable com
mands; get soldiers and sailors out
of trouble; and do hundred aud one
other things.
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NOTICE.!

Owing to the increased demands
made by Daytonians for Jacksonville
property, the metropolis of the south
Rnd the fastest growing city in the
United States, we will be here for a
week and will gladly give any in
formation regarding DR.. Armstrong;
beautiful Riyerview estates. The
present prices and terms are within
the reach of all. Price of lots now
S275 90; $500 down and $500 per
month. No interest or taxes for
two years. Ten per cent. off for
cash. Motor car line at five cents
fare. Many fortunes have been
made in Jacksonville property.
Buy lot for your boy or girl and
start the saving habit. Prices will
be advanced again shortly. Call
telephone LAG green. or address
ruAcr o NnrDcn
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Carrying Through Coaches and Elec-
Drawing Room Slseping
Cars. Jacksonville to New York
stops at Meal stations.
Local Sleeper Jack sonvlIle to Savannah.
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fla. and West Indian Limited No. 81

Carrying Through FREE Reclining
Coach Chair Cars, Electric Lighted
Pullman Drawing Room Sleeping Cars,
Dining Cars. jacksonville to New York
The San Francisco call., 1913-12-02
Test of Responsibility

A CITING under the authority con-
"A ferred upon the president by con-
gress. / have already accorded the
people of the islands a majority In
both houses of their executive BODY
by appointing five instead of four ma
tive citizens to the membership or the
commission. I believe that in this way
we shall make proof Of their capacity
in counsel and their sense OF the re-
sponsibility in the exercise OF political
power, and that the success or TINS
step will be sure to clear our view Tor
the steps which are to follow.
Step by step we should extend and
perfect the system of self government
In the islands. making test OF them
and modifying them as experience dis-
closes their successes and Iailures,
that we should more and more put
under the control of the native cltl-
zens of the archipelago the essential
instruments of their life, their local
instrumentalities of government, their
schools. all the common interests OF
their communities. and so by counsel
and experience set up q government
which all the world will see 10 De
suitable to a people whose AFFAIRS are
under their own control.
AT last. I hope and believe. we are
beginning to gain the confidence OF
the Filipino people. BY their ceunsel
and experience, rather than BY our
own, we shall learn how best TO serve
them and how soon 1t will be possible
and wise to withdraw our supervision.
Let us once find the path and set out
with firm, confident tread upon II, ano
we shall not wander from IT or iinser
upon 1t.
The San Francisco call., 1913-12-02

city and in the factory, and think
that all thoughtful observers Will
agree that the immediate service we
owe the business communities OF the
country is to prevent private monop-
oily more effectually than 1t has yet
been prevented. l think 1t Will be
easily agreed that she should let the
Sherman anti-trust law stand. unal-
tered. as 1t Is. with its debatable
ground by further and more explicit
legislation; and should also supple
ment that great act by legislation
which will not only clarity 1t, but also
facilitate its administrat ton and make
1T fairer to all concerned.
No doubt we shall all wish. and the
country Will expect. this to be the CEN
tral subject OF our deliberations dur
subject so many sided and so deserv-
ing OF careful and discriminating dis
cusslon that / shall take the liberty
OF addressing you upon 1t in a special
message at later date than this.
DIRECT. NOMINATIONS
It is of capital Importance that the
business men of this country should
be relieved of all uncertainties of law
with regard to their enterprises and
Investments and clear path indi-
anxiety
1t Is as important that they should
be relieved of embarrassment and set
rree to prosper. as that private mr
nopoly should be DESTROYED. The
ways of action should be thrown wide
OPEN
The San Francisco call., 1913-12-02
Duty Toward Alaska

A duty faces US with regard 10
Alaska which seems to me very press
ing and very Imperative; perhaps l
should say double duty, for 1t con-
Germs both the political and the ma
teriai development Of the territory.
The people of Alaska should be given
the full territorial form of govern
ment and Alaska, as storenouse'
should be unlocked. One key to II is
system of railways. These the gov
ernment should itself build and ad-
minister, and the ports and terminals
II should itself control in the inter
ests of all who wish to use them for
the service and development OF the
country and its people.
But the construction of railways is
only the first step; is only thrusting
in the key to the storehouse and
throwing back the lock and opening
the door. How the tempting resources
of the country are to be exploited is
another matter, to which ] shall take
the liberty OF from time to time call
ing to your attention, for 1t is a policy
which must be worked out by well
considered stages, not upon theory,
The San Francisco call., 1913-12-02
DIRECT PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS ARE URGED

but upon lines of practical experience
1t Is part OF our general problem of
conservation.
We have freer hand In working
out the problem in Alaska than in the
states of the Union: and yet the prin-
ciple and object are the same. wher-
ever we touch II. We must use the
resources OF the country, not lock
them up.
There need be no conflict or teal
ousy as between state and federal au-
thorities. for there can be no essen
tiai difference of opinion between
them. The resources In question
must be used, but not destroyed or
wasted used, but not monopolized
upon any narrow idea of individual
rights as against the abiding inter-
ests of communities.
That policy can be worked out by
conference and concessions which will
release these resources and yet not
jeopardize or dissipate them. for one
have no doubt, and 1t can be done on
lines OF regulation which need be no
less acceptable to the people and gov
ernments of the state concerned than
to the people or government of the
nation at large whose heritage these
resources are. We must bend our
counsels to this end. A common
purpose ought to make agreement
easy.
The San Francisco call., 1913-12-02
Primary Elections

II TURN to "a subjecr which I hope
can be handled promptly and with
out serious controversy of any kind.
| mean the method of selecting nomi-
nees Tor. the presidency of the United
states. =. feel confident that 1 do
not misinterpret. the wishes or the ex-
pectations of the country when. 1 urge
the prompt enactment. OF. legislation
winch will provide for primary cleo
tions Throughout the country at which
the voters OF the several parties may
choose their nominees for the presi-
dency. without the intervention of
nominating conventions.
s CONVENTIONS SECONDARY
T. venture the suggestion that this
legislation should provide for the re-
tention..of party conventions, but only
ior the purpose. Of declaring and; ac-
cepting the verdict of the primaries
ana formulating the platforms OF the
partiss' and l suggest that these con-
scntions should consist not OF dele
sAtsS CHOSEN for this single purpose.
put OF the nominees for congress. the
nominees for vacant seats in the SEN
ate OF the United States, the senators
whose terms have not yet closed. the
naeionai committees, and the candf-
oates Tor the presidency themselves.
"a oruer that the platforms NAV be
.ramed by those responsible to the
p0opie Tor carrying them into effect.
The San Francisco call., 1913-12-02
Specially Important

THREE or four matters OF special
i Importance and significance / beg
that you will permit me to mention n
closing.
Our bureau of mines ought to be
equipped and empowered to render
even more effectual service than II
renders now in improving the coItdi-
tions of mine labor and making the
mines more economically productive,
as we'll as more safe. This is an all
important part of the work of conser-
vations and the conservation of human
life and energy lies even nearer 30 our
interest than the preservation from
waste OF our material resources.
We owe 1t in mere Justice to the
railway employees of the country to
provide for them fair and efective
employees liability act and a law that
we can stand by In this matter will
be no less to the advantage of those
who administer the railroads OF the
country than to the advantage of
those whom they employ. The expe-
rience of a large number of the states
abundantly proves that. J..
The San Francisco call., 1913-12-02
Allowed to Lag

TT has. singularly enough, come to
i pass that we have allowed the IN
dustry of our farms to lag behind the
other activities of the country In its
development I need not stop to tell
you how fundamental to the life OF
the nation is the production Of It's
food. Our thoughts may ordinarily be
concentrated upon the cities and the
hives of. industry, upon the cries or
the crowded market place ana the
clangor of the factory. but 1t Is from
the quiet interspaces of the open val
leys and. the free hillsides that we
draw the source of life and OF pros
perity, from the farm and the ranch,
from the forest and the mine. With
out these. every street would be silent,
every office deserted. every FACTORY
fallen into disrepair. And yet the
farmer does not stand upon the same
footing with the forester and the
miner in the market Of credit. he. IS
the servant OF the seasons Natur
determines how long he must walt Tor
his crops. and will mot be. hurried IN
her processes. He may give his note.
but the season of It's maturity de-
pends upon the season when his crop
natures, lies at the gates of. the maj.
ket where. his products are SOLD. Ana
the security he gives is of character
not. known in the brokers office o.; as
Familiarity as 1t might. be. on tne
counter of. the banker:
The San Francisco call., 1913-12-02
Farming Efficiency.

~ HE agricultural department OF the
i government Is seeking TO assist as
never before to make. farming AN
efficient business. of wide cooperative
effort. in quick touch with the market
for foodstuffs. The farmers and the
government will ihenceforth. work To-
gether as real partners In this nelo.
where we now begin to see our. way
very clearly and where many intelli-
gent plans are already being put INTO
execution: The treasury Of the United
states has, by a timely and well con-
sidered distribution of it's deposits,
Facilitated the moving of the crops In
the present season and prevented the
scarcity. OF available funds. too OFTEN
experienced at such time: But we
must not allow ourselves to depend
upon extraordinary expedients. We
must add the means by which the
farmer may make his. credit con-
stantly and easily available and COM
mand when he will the capital by
which to support and expand his busi-
ness. We:lag behind many other great
countries OF the modern world in at
tempting to do so. Systems OF. rural
credit have been studied and developed
on the other side pf the water, while
we left our farmers to shift for them
selves In the ordinary money market.
You have but to look about you In any
rural district to. see the result, the
handicap and embarrassment which
have been put upon those who pro-
duco our food.
The San Francisco call., 1913-12-02
Currency Reform

T TURN to matters of domestic con-
i Germ. You already have under con-
sideration a bill for the reform of our
system of banking and currency. for
which the country waits with fmpa-
thence, as for something fundamental
to it's whole business life and neces-
sary to set credit free from arbitrary
and artificial restraints. need not
say how earnestly hope for Its early
enactment into law. / take leave to
beg that the whole energy and at
tention of the senae be concentrated
upon 1t until the matter is success
fully disposed of. And vet feel that
the request Is not needed--that- the
members of that great house need no
urging in this service to the country.
/ present to you, In addition. the
urgent necessity for special provision
being made also for facilitating the
credits needed by the farmers of the
country. The pending currency bill
does the farmers a great service. IT
puts them upon an. equal footing with
The San Francisco call., 1913-12-02
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tional friendship by ratifying the sew
eral treaties of arbitration awaiting
renewal by the senate.
In addition to these it has been the
privilege of the department of state
to gain the assent, in principle, of no
less than 81 nations, representing
four-fifths of the population of the
world, to the negotiation of treaties
by which 1T shall be agreed that when
ever differences of interest or policy
arise which can not be solved by the
ordinary processes of diplomacy they
shall be publicly analyzed. discussed
and reported upon by q tribunal chosen
by the parties before either nation de-
termines it's course of action.
There is only one possible standard
by which to determine controversies
between the United States and other
nations and that 1t is compounded of
these two elements: Our own honor
and our obligations to the peace Of
the world. A test so compounded
ought easily to be made to govern
both the establishment of new treaty
obligations and the Interpretation of
those already assumed
The San Francisco call., 1913-12-02
Huerta Must Let Go

THERE is. but one cloud upon our
! horizon. That has shown itself to
the south OF us, and hangs over Mexico.
There can be no certain prospect of
peace in America until General Huerta
has surrendered his usurped authority
in Mexico. until 1T is understood In
ali: lands. indeed, that such pretended
governments will not be countenanced
or dealt with by the government Of
the United States. We are the friends
of constitutional government in Amer
lea; we are more than its friends: we
|.are its. champions. because in no other
way can. our neighbors, to whom we
would wish in every way to make
proof of our friendship, work out their
own development in peace and liberty.
Mexico has no. government.
The attempt to maintain one at the
City: of Mexico has broken down. and a
mere military despotism has been set
up which. has hardly more than the
semblanee of. national authority. 1t
|.originated in the usurpation Of Victor
iano Huerta, who. after "a: brief at
tempt to play. the part of constitu-
-tional president, has at last cast aside
even the pretense OF legal right and
declared himself dictator. =.
AS a. consequences, condition OF
affairs now exists in. Mexico which
has made 1t doubtful whether even
the most elementary and fundamental
rights either of her own people or the
citizens of other countries resident
within her territory can long be sue
cessfullya safeguarded. and which
threatens, IL long continued, to i'm
peril the interests of peace. order and
tolerable life in the lands immedi-
ately to the south of us. Even II the
usurper had succeeded in his purposes,
in despite Of the constitution of the
republic and the rights of Its people.
he would have set up nothing but a
precarious and hateful power, which
could have lasted but a little while.
and whose eventful downfall would
have left the country in a more de-
plorable condition than ever.
But he has not succeeded. He has
forfeited the respect and the moral
support even of those who We're at
one time willing to see him succeed.
Little by little he has been completely
isolated
By a little every day his power and
prestige are crumbling and the coll
lapse is not far away. We shall not.
I believe, be obliged to alter our pol
icy of watchfui waiting. And then.
when the end comes, we shall hope to
see constitutional order restored In
distressed Mexico by the concert and
energy of such of her leaders: as pre-
fer the liberty of their people to her
own ambitions
The San Francisco call., 1913-12-02
HONEYMOON PAIR
4 4 BANDITS VICTIMS

Somewhere between Los Angeles
and San Francisco is a stranded
couple. on an interrupted honeymoon,
the bridegroom broke" the bride
minus her engagement and wedding
rings, stripped from her fingers by
the bandit who robbed the Southern
Pacific train last night near Puente.
Luckily, the groom is a locomotive
engineer who knows every one, al
most, along the coast. and thirty
second degree Mason as we'll They
will live through IT. according to the
father of the groom. ]. H. Colen, who.
The San Francisco call., 1913-12-02
Tanker KanaWha's Keel
To Be Laid Monday

employees Will 'iay, the. keel of the
tanker. Kanawha next. Monday at 81 5
o'clockc Chief Craftsman D. B.
Brown and Assistant Chief Craftsman
Harry 8solmer5 will drive the first
rivet.o Chief Estimator and Pianner
NJ H Goshen Will. be. the holderon,
while Assistant Chief Estimator and
Planner c. Yeoznans Will be the rivet
passer. and Eoftsman William Noviss
will act as r1Vet heater.
The Job on the Kanawha will be
rushed, and it is hoped that the ship
will be ready to be launched early
next winters
The San Francisco call., 1913-12-02
islands. independent

HEsE are all matters of. vital do
nssuc concern. and besides them,
outside the charmed circle of our
own national life In which our asrec-
tions command US. as well as our
consciences. there stand out our obli-
the sea. oei
Here we are trustees Porto Rico.
Ha"aii. the Philippines, are ours, once
! regarded as mere possessions, are no
longer to be. iselfshly exploited: they
are part of the domain of public con-
science and of serviceable and enlight-
ened statesmanship. We must admin
ister them for the people who live in
eneh and with the same sense of re-
sponsibility to them as toward our