The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1913-11-28
CONGRESSION-
Al HAPPENINGS
Government Control ci
Telephones--Other
News Items

WHIST promiss-- to rs-sn't in far reach
ing i-gi-lstion is the inquiry into IN.
t@'ei hone company of the National Capi-
tol, instituted by senator Norris of Ne
hrsska- lt Was not many years sxo that
the country was torn asunder by the taci
that pablic officials profit-d from FIRE
rsilr"ad transportation and other sorts O
srstaitiss. Ii now appears that the tele
phone company nj "a-hington has tse,.
extending special priviI,es~ tn senxfors.
representatives and other high official q
the government, wl~h have been denies
Co private sIisscriiers, who i'm turn hav.
bs~n compelled tn snl.ipit to stiff regula-
tons and insolenee from telephone ofii
cisls. Who assume that mott rights q;
existence are centrred in them Ii il
very likely that tho inve~tiy stion insfitu
te~sting information t<ipg seemed i,
reference tn busine-~ metho.is Of telephons.
management throughout the country
Since the telephone Is practically mr.
nopols, and exr~rsence~ braches tina
more than one systs-m i'm a community h
a menace, il il strange that advocates @
government ownen<hip have pot frozes
tight ." the telephone n q method tha
IL Tar more prsrtieable I'm testing thei,
theoriss than would be railroad and tele
gr'ph management or control.
THE LENGTH Or THE SESSION.
Most everybody will agse that a reall,
hard job is that Of doing nothing, and
this j. the task that has ir-en confrontins
Members cf the HOUSE Of Representative
most of the time since lat March. Rep
resenfative Fowler of Illinois expres~e-
the situation: We came here before ths
golden dansl-lions were horn, or the slug
gish snakes had left their winter dens.
We were here when the fair bnsom oi
nature began to swell into beauty aas
arevity, and hy the aid .aa .-aesurstse-
m~nt Of sunshine and rain We have seer
that beauty and activity develop into
bountifnl crop" The sole excuse OF ths
four hundred and thirty-fve Members o.
the House Of Representatives for hang
ing about Washington for months ha
been tn he on hand when the currenc,
bill should come back from the senate.
and sine~ this has i,een mostly wasted
effort the wise men on Capitol hill, wh..
have stayei e"nst antlv on the job, arr
lamenting tine fact that they did not e.
home to help with the threshing.
BAREFOOT Boy WITH CHEEKS
or TAN.
What Uncle Sam doe- not know !,
hardly worth asking about. lie has even
tabulated the callOuss,d and tender feet oi
the you,hs Of the country Though thi,
hs- not b<en done directly, yet the in
formation containei through a report on
horiery and knit goods shows that In the
decade ended with lgA, the output oi
socks and stockings and like articles
more than d"ubIed in value, which is
q mnch greater Increase than the growth
of population. The inference offered by
the experts Is that baref"ote-i youngrter
are now no longer the fashion.
li1E VIE DbOh.,
A few dsys ago large delegation of
New Jersey snfiragetts came to Washing
ton for the Purpose Of asking "neighbor
Wilson" - aid them in -ssnring con
rtitutional amendment for eqnsl rights
The ladies asked some of the Represent
stive- o. int~roeie for them in securing
an Audience and waited many hour- for
an answer. When no response had been
received seventy beautiful suffragetts
stormed the executive Offices. speedily
uncovering the open door' with the re-
suit that thry had a most satisfactory in
trview with tie President, Who xave
ths m considerable encouragement, and
let them depart m JOY snd happin~-s. sf-
ter shaking individually each Of their soft
white right hands
The latest demand in tru-t- i,u-ting T.
that Congrss~ investigate tie United c.
gzr store Company. and tie genternan
on tbei' trail - Representative Kelley of
CDnnesticut.