The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-02-20
Wilson Men Urge His Right to
Reelection i
may PUT OFF MOVE TO 1921
Taft and Roosevelt Supporters Would
Let Amendment Take Effect at That
Time So Their Candidates Could
Have chaness-Most of Them Will
Be- out of Public Life Before Then.
BY ARTHUR W. DUNN.


do not want to have any measure go
into effect Immediately which will cur
tail the presidential tenure. The VIII
son men do not want to debar the
coming president from reelection II
he wants it, and the and-Bryan men
do not want to give Bryan the pres
tige of preventing second election OF
Wilson and leaving clear field for
himself in 1916. 1t has been said that
Wilson has indicated that he would
not like to have his possible tenure
rurtailcd by a constitutional amend
ment
The Taft men are willing to have
the amendment take effect in 1921, as
that would give Taft two more
chances. The same can be said OF the
Roosevelt supporters. There is anoth'
er consideration-if the amendment Is
nut or until 1921 there are mighty
few men in public life now who Will
care one way or another, as they Will
have passed from the stage Of activity
Offering an Olive Branch.
The Universal Peace union is going
the limit in the way of peace offer.
ings. 1t proposes that Great Britain
shall be given n seaport in Alaska at
some point convenient to her great ter
rftory in the northwest and some sou
miles further north than the present
Canadian outlet on the Pacific ocean,
So far the matter has only gone to
the REQUEST" stage, as the resolution
Introduced for the purpose hears the
fatal words Of discredit "by request"
One of the hot contentious in the set
Element of the Alaskan boundary dis
putc was the effort Of Great Britain
to grab seaport in Alaska, which our
people successfully contested.
MondeII and the Mississippi.
Congressman MondeIl of Wyoming,
who made himself somewhat unpopu'
lar with river and harbOr advocates by
opposing many items In the bill, says
that in his opinion the Mississippi river
should not he improved by building
leyees close to the stream, but by hay
ing them far back. so that there Will
be more room for the flow Of the wa
ter.
"The present system" said Mondell,
"narrows the channel. chokes the
stream and causes the great OverbowS
so destructive to property. The Ievces
should be built farther back, aud,
though there might be 100 square miles
along the river which would be sub
ject to overflow, at least 1000 square
miles would he saved from the floods. '
Mondell was considering the queS'
ton from the standpoint of levee pro-
lection to the adjacent land. He says
that the results Of his plan would be
better navigation.
The speIIins Of Name.
| Captain Lamb Of Virginia brought
the agricultural appropriation bill be-
fore. the house, and it had the word
Bermuda spelled "Burmuda." And of
course Jim Mann jumped on it. He
dashed the Democrats for not know
ing how to spell name that should
have become known through a recent
visit OF n distinguished Democrat.
when Bermuda attracted their atten-
ton" he said. "by reason of the gell-
tleman sojourning there they forgot
how to spell the name because they
were so intent upon hoping that he
would give them jobs"
Prayers UnavaiIins.
1t Is said that the prayers Of the
Taft administration have been fervent
that nothing might happen to disturb
things and compel any decided action
of Importance until after the 4th OF
March. The president did not wish to
inauguratc any movement or to take
! an important step in the several COM
plicatlons which surround this cOun'
try. But that Diaz fellow by his dar'
ing and the NTadero man by his deli
ance set ut naught the presidential
prayers.
Can Now Discard the Goggles.
General Clarence II. Edwards was
for many years in Washington rs chief
Of the bureau of insular affairs. Then
he was made brigadier general OF
the line and sent to Fort D. A. Russell,
wyoming, ITO perform In Senator War
ren's back yard" us an officer put it.
! When In Washington not long ago Ed
wards told Of the wind ut Russell.
''Why." lie said, N sweeps across
there like gale. 1t broke 1000 WIN
dow panes of glass the other night sim
ply by driving the sand against them,
| wear goggles all the time with fur
around the edges to protect my eyes"
Since then Edwards has been or
dered to command the troops in the
Moro country in the Philippine Is
lands, "CIarence Gun discard those
goggles" grinly remarked another Of
ficer, who was rather pleased to have
Edwards made a, "SIanchu, "or at
least he can take of the fur down
there under the equator
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