The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1913-01-17
WASHINGTON.
Legislative and Gem
eral Topics from
the Capital.
Washington, January 13, 1912.

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| by President-elect Wilson as among the
most important subjects that will come
before him, are to be the centre of hear
ings and investigations by House COM
mittees throughout the week, and will
divide attention with the Democratic
Republican fight in the Senate over Pres
ldent Taft's appointments, more than
1900 of which are awaiting confirmation
The scope of currency and Antitrust
legislation has not as vet been outlined in
the House, although the subcommittee
headed by Representative Carter Glass,
which began a general currency reform
inquiry last week, has opened its investi-
ton with the announced plan of finding
substitute for the So-called Aldrich plan
recommended by the National Monetary
Commission. which called for a currency
built upon the idea of central bank of
issue. Prominent bankers and financial
students are to be given hearing during
the next few weeks
The investigation by the Money
Trust section of the Banking and Cur
rency Committee which is to be resum-
ed, also is developing recommendations
and producing information that will have
an important part in the preparation of
any new currency laws, or restrictive leg
islation to be passed under the Wilson
Administration.
Work of removing the last remnants of
the wreck of the old battleshp Maine
and the accumulation that gathered about
it in the bottom of the Havana harbor
has been completed. Colonel William
NJ. Black, of the Corps of Engineers of
the army. who was detailed to carry out
the undertaking, has submitted a general
report on the subject and detailed ac-
| count OF expenditures will be forthcom-
| ing.
For the first time, in a period covering
| approximately year, the Philippine Is
| lands have become the greatest purchas-
er OF American manufactured cotton
| cloths. Fifteen years ago it would have
| been difficult to obtain enough American
| cloth IN the islands to make a Filipino
maiden froCk, but now the Philippines
! have become the best customer the
United States has and the outlook for
further increase is considered excellent.
The presence al the capital Of Mrs.
! Frances Folsom Cleveland and Miss Es-
| Their Cleveland. widow and daughter Of
the former President. and OF Mrs. Benla-
min Harrison, also the widow of a Presi-
dent, has inspired the tea table gossips
with the idea that ii would be perfectly
| lovely to have grand reassembling Of
the White House families as a distinctive
feature of the forthcoming Inauguration
celebration
Washington has been going about for
10 DAYS, wondering if its ''historv was
on straight" and the barking back to for
mer times has brought the names of
many former residents of the White
House to the tip of the tongue.
Last Nav, when the women of the Ma
tional Democracy got up their famous
Dolly Madison breakfast, they brought
together a SC re or more descendants of
Democratic Presidents-Je'erson. Madi-
son Monroe, TYLER and Cleveland being
among the number With the partisan
element being eliminated, there would be
a large and interesting group of men and
women to call upon. and The presence of
these members OF White House families
would be bound TO add much 10 the in.
auguration feteS.
In addition to President and Mrs. Taft
aed their family, former President Roose-
welt aud his family. and Mrs Benjamin
Harrison, there are the lanes \ Gar
fields, the Ulysses 5. Grants, the Ruther-
ford B. HAYES. the IncolnS. the Tvlers.
the Arthurs and the family of President
| Harrison by mis- first wife. all of whom
could be represented in the direct line.
Mrs. Cleveland Mrs Harrison and Mrs.
| James A. Garfield, vino makes her home
in California, form trio of widows Of
! Presidents
Presidents daughters include, besides
| Miss Taft, Mrs iCholas L.onyswortb
Miss Ethel Roosevelt Mrs. Stanley
Brown. formerly Miss Garfield; Mrs. Nc
Kee, formerly Miss Nellie Harrison. and
Mrs. Frank H. Jones, of Chicago. for
merly Mrs. Nellie Grant Sartoris.
| Sons and daughters OF the late Presi-
dent and Mrs. Hayes are still living.
Abraham Lincolns children include Rob
ert Tadd Lincoln OF Chicago aud Wash
inston. President Arthur has daughter
| living in New York, and the late Presi-
dent Garfield has several sons, besides
James K. Garfield, Secretary of the In
| terror in Rooseyet's Cabinet.
Jesse Grant and his siSter-in-law. Mrs.
Frederick Dent Grant, widow OF Pres-
dent Grants eldest son, and her children.
would form most interesting group in
former White House families. President
Tyler's son, John Tyler and his family,
are living in Virginia, which State could
furnish goodly list of Jeffersonian de-
scendauts.
Stanley o. Finch, who has been con.
Quoting Investigations for the Depart
ment of Justice, in enforcing White Slave
law, now is in communication with a
group of philanthropistS. formulating
plans for national movement to reclaim
victims of the traffic. Finch saws no EN-
barrassment for funds is expec, ed. Ii is
understood John ID. Rockefeller. r.. is
one of the principal financial supporters.
A conference on Philippine independ-
ence will be held between President-elect
Wilson and Manuel Quezon, Philippine
delegate in Congress, early in February.
Mr.. Quezon, who left for Boston to adj
dress the Atlantic Club on the indepeud
ence issue, in reply to President Taft's
Philippine suggestions IN his message to
Congress, said that he planned later to
talk over the whole question with Gov
ernor Wilson
DIR. Carl l.. Asberg, chief Of the Bureau
OF Chemistry OF the Department of Agri-
culture announced the appointment of
DR.. Willard ID. Bgelow as member of
the Board OF Food and Drug Inspection.
which passes on all cases of alleged VIC.
latlon OF the Pure Food law DR.. Bige-
low, who fills the vacancy caused by the
voluntary retirement of DR.. r. Z. Doc
little has been with the Bureau of Chem
istry for 20 years and served as assistant
chief since 1903
The other members of the board are
DIR. Alsberg, chairman. and A. C. Mitch
ell. 1t was because of friction with fel
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