The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-05-05
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lock gates. The present schedule con-
templates admitting water into Gu
Zebra Cut early in October and the
completion of one fight of locks at
either end of the canal by the same
date. The passage Of bGats then de-
ponds upon the condition of the slides
1t is hoped that we will be able to
pass a ship before the close of the
year"
1t was learned at the commission
today that more than 90 per cent of
the total of 4,446, $50 cubic yards of
concrete to be placed in the locks
have been laid. About SO per cent of
the concrete for the twin locks at
Gatun have been laid, according to
the last record of completed work re-
ceived by the commission.
According to the opinion of the ex-
pert engineers of the commission to-
day, the date Of the formal opening
of the canal is problematical but ships
can be sent through the waterway in
case Of emergency, probably by the
latter part Of October"
Representative Lafferty of Oregon,
whose life history, written by himself,
holds the record for length and ampli-
tude in the present congressional di-
roctory, broke into print again today
in the Congressional Record, under the
leave to print" section and, with
plentiful sprinkIing of applause" sets
forth a speech on the tariff and many
things else, ending up with the brack-
eted climax of Loud Applause"
Mr.. Lafferty's speech as extended
under the leave to print" rule. against
which so many congressman are pro-
testing, contains several paragraphs
Of reference to the tariff, but following
one Of the applause" brackets the
leave to print branches off into a
series of remarks on the tentacles of
big business, the high price of car fare.
the crowded condition Of street cars in
this city, an eulogy Of George w. Per-
kins, and the remark that 40 per cent
of the wealth of the United States is
controlled by fifty men.
Mr.. Lafferty also tells Of the price
of kilograms. the price Of telephones,
and mentions the fact that one Of the
first books he ever, read was Blacks
toms Commentaries, and then made
the remark under leave to print" that
if Bla ckstone were alive today he
would be a progressive "or a progress
sive republican which means the same
thing" The loud applause" said to
have followed this dictum, is anony-
NOUS. The Record discloses naught
VI us OTISIH
Then, following the speech, under
the leave to print" rule, Mr.. Lafferty
Of Oregon, has had extended in the
Record several pages of the progress |
sive measures introduced by him in
the present congress. One of the bills
to effect human progress was for the
coinage of three cent pieces.
And at the very end of his section |
Of this mornings Record Mr.. Lafferty !
has had reprinted his life history as
he wrote it himself for the Congress |
sional Directory with a slight change. |
In the original sketch Mr.. Lafferty |
called attention to his gentle manner, |
albeit he is a congressman, by saying
that his name is Abraham Walter Laf- |
ferty, but has always been called
Walter; and signs his name simply
A. w. Lafferty."
In the rewritten sketch printed to-
day in the Record he has left out the |
word simply" Yet the word picture |
Of the young congressman as he fought |
against the deVilfish Of the western |
and grabbers remains intact, and the |
Record again depicts the military gen
us of brother ROlla, who enlisted in /
he army at the age Of seventeen and |
and attained the grade of corpora,
lext higher to the private, before he
eft the ranks.