The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1913-02-21
WASHINGTON NEWS
EXCHANGE LETTER
Washington D. c. Feb. .13, 1913.

manifested BY membersof the House
| When less than dozen men hea
the chaplains prayer and respond tt
the call to order, neglect has abou
reached the limit. Thisais not Tho
case in the Senate. There is nevel
| a dead session on that side, All thc
Taft nominations are held up. The
obstructionists claim that as the
people declared for new men and
new policies, last November, nearly
every thing should be postponed
until the new administration comes
in.
Senator Thomas4s progressive
democrat from Colorado, is the first
TO be elected by the popular vote of
both men and women, and promises
TO become one of the leaders. He
has, already, twice broken the tradi-
tion against senators not taking part
in debate until after several years of
service.
All the big appropriation bills are
yet to be considered, and it is feared
some will fail Of enactment, and if
the new Congress in its special
session fails to pass them promptly,
we may have a repetition OF the
spectacle Of. last summer when for
six weeks there were no appro-
priations for the regular current
expenses of the government.
1t comes from good authority that
the proposed amendment to the Con-
stitutio ion, which recently received
the approval of the Senate, authors
izing six year term for the Presi-
dent, and restricting him to one term,'
will not be further considered by the
present Congress. This is due to
the opposition of friends Of Wilson,
Taft and Roosevelt, who fear that
the amendment might affect their
for reelection. "a
Gossip around the cloakrooms of
he House and Senate is that Wilson
will announce his cabinet soon after
the votes are counted; but the list |
of displomatic appointments will be
Kept secret until after March 4th.
Chairman Nc Combs has called a
meeting of the Democratic National |
Committee for March 5th. Some Of
Mr. Nc Combs friends want him !
% 20 in to the cabinet; others urge
hat he can be of more use to his |
party by remaining chairman of the
National Committee. In some |
quarters it is claimed too that Mr..
Bryan can help his party more as a
private citizen than as Secretary Of
State.
Having in mind the charges against
Assistant Secretary Hays of the
Interior Department, and officials of
he reclamation service, Secretary
Fisher says that he believes it would
,e good thing to have periodical
Investigations sof public offices; but
hat they should be made only by
commissions.
Before the Senate campaign fund
committee, post Master Camp, off
,eebe Arkansas, testified that he
vas forced to resign because he
efused to make a contribution,
mounting to percent of his salary,
D the republican state treasurer for
he campaign fund.
Surgeon General Blue of the Public
lealth Service may make thorough
test of the new remedy for
discovered by DIFF. F.
friedman of Berlin. 1t is claimed
y many ph hysicians here that 90
ercent of cases of tuberculosis get
yell under the ordinary treatment,
nd many with no treatment at all,
nd that it takes time therefore and |
,uch experience to determine the
ue value of a new method of treat
lent for this disease.
Among the candidates just admitted
, practice law in the courts of the
Iational Capital are three young
omen; Mrs. r. K. Shelton, daueh.
sr of former congressman Mckee of !
Mississippi; Miss M. F. Lutz of new
ersey, and Miss E. A. SpiIman, |
'ho holds the position of cataloguer
| the U. S. Attorney Generals
ffioe.