The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1913-02-19
Washington News Exchange Letter.

Washington News Exchange Letter
Washington, D. c., Feb. 13-Speak
err Clark is impatient with the indlf
ference to business now manifested
by membrs of the house. When less
than a dozen men hear the chaplain
PRAYER and respond to the call to or
der, neglect has about reached the
limit. This is not the case in the sen
ate. There is never dead session
on that side. All the Taft nominations
are held up. The obstructionis:s
claim that as the people declared fo1
new men and new policies, last No
vember, nearly evrything should be
postponed until the new administra.
ton comes in.
Senator Thomas, progressive demo
crat from Colorado, is the first to be
elected by the popular vote of both
men and women, and promises to be-
come one of the leaders. He has al
ready twice broken the tradition
against senators not taking part in de-
bate until after several years of serv
| ice
All the big appropriation bills are
yet to be considered, and it is feared
some will fail of enactment, and II
the new congress in it's special session
fails to pass them promptly we may
have repetition of the spectacles OF
last summer when for six weeks there
were no appropriations for the reg
ular current expenses of the govern
ment.
It comes from good authority that
the proposed amendment to the con-
stitution, which recently received the
approval of the senate, authorizing a
six year term for the president, and
restricting him to one term, will not
be further considered by the present
congress. This is due to the opposi-
ton of friends of Wilson, Taft and
Roosevelt, who fear. that the amend
ment might affect their eligibility for
reelection.
Gossip around the cloak rooms OF
the house and senate is that Wilson
will announce his cabinet soon after
the votes are counted; but the list OF
diplomatic appointments will be kept
,,,+;l offor March dth
Chairman McCombs has called a
meeting of the democratic national
committee for March 5th. Some OF
Mr. McCombs' friends want him to go
into the cabinet; others urge that 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 private citizen
than as secretary of state.
Having in mind the charges against
Assistant Secretary Hays, of the in
terror department, and officials of the
reclamation service, Secretary Fisher
says that he believes it would be a
good thing to have periodical inves5i-
cations of public Offices; but that they
should be made only by competent
commissions.
Surgeon General Blue, of the pub
lie health service, may make a thor
ough scientific test of the new remedy
| for tuberculosis discovered by DR.. F.
F. Friedman, of Berlin. 1t is claimed
| by many physicians here that 80 per
cent of cases of tuberculosis get well
many with no treatment at all, and
under the ordinary treatment and
that it takes time, therefore, and
much experience to determine the true
value of a new method of treatment
for this disease
Among the candidates just admitted
to practice law in the courts of the
national capital are three young wom-
en-: Mrs. r. X. Shelton, daughter of
former Congressman Mckee, of Mis-
sissippi; Miss NJ F. Lutz, of New Jer-
sey, and Miss E. A. Spilman, who
holds the position of cataloguer in
the United States attorney generals
office.