The Washington times., 1913-12-04
HARBOR CONGRESS
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retary. and John I. Martin, of St Louis.
sergeant-at-arms. There is no oppo-
sition TO any of the officers.
Secretary Of War Garrison, scheduled
10 be the principal speaker at the morn
Ing session. did not appear, and no
explanation was made of his absence.
GOV. Martin Giynn, of New York will
be the principal speaker at the late
afternoon session.
The threat of Congressman Rainey OF
Illinois that he would take the oor of
the convention and fight any attempt
to pledge the Congress to support pri-
Vate water power grabs was a factor in
inducing the resolutions committee 10
decide to make no recommendation on
Jiiis question. Another factor was the
feeling OF many inieent1sial delegates
,hat the rivers and harbors congress
vas organized TO advance navigation
projects and was not concerned with
the water power question.
No Place For Controversy.
We may have opinions on the water
power question, just as We may have
opinions on the temperance question.
but this congress is no place to discuss
tuem," said Alfred Baettinger, the OHIO
member Of the resolutions committee.
in expressing the view Of these dele
-dtes
In addition TO the brush between Sen
stor chamberlain and Judge Wool
Ll;.Isee on the pork barrel question,
the only other feature today was III"
svE-esuon of General BiXby. former
Jnief Of army engineers, tHat the rivers
ana harboTs delegates should work for
leEisla ton in their States. enabling cit
les 10 obtain control OF their water
Z. ont terminals.
Neither OF tie speakers who raised
Jne pork barrel question was on
Ihe regular program. Senator Cham
bcrlain was substituting for Senator
Jones of Washington. who was un-
able tC be present. He assa!Iei thOs"
WhO raised ths cry Of pork barrel"
and urged the waterway men not to
re Influenced i,y any such charges.
There are members of Congress
who haVeE't the nerve of their CON
.ictions. and Y no have fears Of pork
lain said. w ny. everything is Il
'po-k barrel that is of vital interest
10 the people OF the country. and so
long as | am r'ember Of Congress
7 do not propose 10 be frightened by
.uch ch2TgeS."
Judge Woodmansee. in reply. said that
those who favor the pork barrel
business are those who have the least
IFgLm' Mt" and we don't want to carry
that too far" he added. Whenever We
spend Sig,"D1,0oo the triumph is not that
We got this none appropriated, but
fnat we got AH,gonro worth Of improve
merits for our money"
Harbor Improvement and terminal ia =
riIities were subjects most discussed to
DAY. Senator Chamberlain declared that
one Of the most pressing needs OF the
rountT'' was the necessity OF placing
+he harbOrs OF the country on a foot
.nE with the haTboTs OF all the world.
so that when III Panama Canal is
-Ompl"f~F the vessels OF the world can
conc mto any Of the ports Of the coun-
Try
! paper prepared ~ ". b. Thompson.
con missioner OF public utilities Of New
orleans. sounded warning against
7errlt:irc the railroads to acquire ter-
uirai facilities
TIE name Of the late Mayor Gay
rer Of NV York was cheer~u when
Il was mentioned by z. a. q. Smith.
.rnn iOncT Of docks and ferries
II New York. Nj Smith declared
ne y, IT OF New York. which handles
o per cent Of all the foreign bust
ness Df the United States. SUrDassing
LondCn in foreign commerce, shOUld
be given a SHIRE Of the money ap-
proDr;atcd by Congress- for harbor
imur0vem' mt.
Plans Of the CUnservaIiOnists 10
carry the fight for Federal regulation
water T.CwCr resolutions before the
committee centered about Joseph y.
Teal. who was one of the supporters
NJ Clifford Pinchot in the fight at
the recent conservation congress. Mr.
Teal presented a resolution, but -
did not go into the question of Fed
eTal and State rights and only pro-
vided that in investigating streams
for Improvement the army engineers
should investigate the water power
prospects as wcIl as the question of
navigation. 4 State rights resolu =
fipn was presented by some of the
Southern delega tions. but neither, IL
Is declared. will be reported out