The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-02-17
, ayARTHURM. DUNN.

that If the general government should
ever become committed. to the building
Of roads throughout the country there
Is no limit to the amount of money thai
will be demanded everysyear Such
appropriations will dwarf and possibly
drive out Of congress the big river and
harbor bills.
When 1t comes down to actual facts
the number OF congressman who are
deeply interested In river and hnrhor
appropriations Is comparatively small,
1t is because their state or some por.
tion of it is benefited that induces most
Of them to support the various bills
which have been passed. together With
the fact that most men beiIeTe that
good navigation. d Of great assistance
in. regulating freight rates aud thus
aiding the whole country. But the time
may come when the good roads appro-
priatlons win swamp river aud harbor
bills.
Rejecting on the Engineers. =
.Advocates Of river and harbor appr0.
prlations insist that the severe criti:
cIsms which have been. made against
the various projects are really. refec..
lions on the engineers. that corps par
excellence OF the army. AS a general
rule criticism of the army officers Is
limited to individuals. and the en-.
glneers are almost beyond reproach.
However. 1t matters not whether the
bills are criticised or not they will
continue to pass with large appropria.
lions as long as the country demands
better navigation facilities. IL. u.
Could ReysfsS Himself.
Speaker Clark isSuot a bit afraid Of
reversing himself or Of the charge Of
Inconsistency! Sot.long ago the point
Of no quorum was made, which was
evidently dilatory., and me 80 held
There was acknowledgement on
the subject. and AflnailS Jim Manu-
pointed out that jsEFimilar ease arose
In a former congress when, John Sharp
Williams was minorityo leader and that
Williams led q tiIihnster which CLARK
helped along for the reminder Of the
session. Is Is: ii:
THE geptleman3 who" occupies the
chair;,ts right now and was c!wrons
them" sententously, remarked Champs
Forest Reserve Protests. :!
AS Indicating opposition to the pres.
ent forest reservation policy. OF the
government Senator Bourne recently
presented a petition,signed by 2oG resi-;
1onts Of Oregon near the Siuslaw res,
ervation in which they asserted that
the forest reservation was detrimental
to people in its vicinity. that 1t "a.
vored the man of means as against
the poor man., that 1t helped tile big
lumber companies, that poor men
could not get benefits. from It. that the
forest service %as conducted by east:
ern theorists who knew nothing about
the west and, that the forestry service
was conducting the reserves. SO us T.
continue and to create n wilderness In
stead OF developing the country, ~,
Many western men 10 congress have
made similar assertions. bnt the for.
estry, policy seems to have become n
fixture all'the same.
- Want BaiIey's Speech.
There is a great demand for the
sneech which Senator Bailey delivered
lust before. be resigned. Senator Mar
tin Of Virginia. wanted the speech
printed as a public document so that
It could be circulated TO meet the. re-
quests for copies. but the watchtnl
Snoot fnterposed the objection that
such printing was not permitted. The
speech will have to he printed at pri'
vate expense but It can circulate free
In the malls, $50
The Waf1s over.
When 1t Is, proposed. without much
opposition aud general assent that q
Grant-I,ee memorial bridge. shall be
CONSTRUCTED to connect Washington
With Lees old home, Arlington, aud
that ultimately the United States shall
| ,oIh in memorial Of some kind to
Jefferson Davis; we, can really believe
| tho war is over And yet IT was not
very long ago that rather strenuous op.
position developed 10 placing Lees
statue in memorial hallSasa Virginia
contribution. Now Mississippi eau
place, a. statue OF Jefferson Davis In
tilat hag without provoking any Sc:
! riolS criticism.
psfrauaina the Readers.
| :. Those senators who talk fol-. hours in
Executive session tn, order totaiibustei
+, against confirming President Tatt's ap
poIntlnepts, are defFaudtng the readers
| Of the Congressional Record, John
sharp Williams aid ClaudeA Swan.
! sou spent hours telling stories and
delyfng Into the forgotten past, using
f, lots Of Information and apecdote which
the Record readers would have reSeE
ed in, hut which. because they occurred
\ in executive session are lost to- them
forever. 4: f.' rs, "a. AZ, /,