Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-11-03

are 81 great untilltS to his colleagues 1
III their constructive task. He has like
wise had much experience in framing
legislation. which adds 10 his very
. Practical usefulness at the currency
committee table.
knstte Nelson Of Minnesota another
Republican,. has not the intimate
knowledge Of banking that Senator
Wc.ka has. bni he IS Il very hand
headed man. full of sensible susges
IONS. Under the Republican regime
/ in the Senate he Vas chairman tni 4
while of the commerce committee. He
t. familiar With business rdntit ioHa
and requirements and has been AN ac
tive member of the currency .dmntit-
tee III during the hearings. Joseph l..
| Erstow If Kansas, is OF material aid
in making mp the bill. He is close
i student of the subject and has cur
! renev bill opinions. which his com
mittee colleagues have learned to H.
spcet Mr.. Rristow is Cnc Of five or
six senators WIN, have attea,ed The
! hearings diligently ard plunged into
| the committee work with real energy.
! rhe Republican representation on the
| committee is also strengthened by
George p. Mclean. the senator from
! Connecticut.
| TIE Democratic personnel includes
some strong men, other than Senator
| Hitchcock. First OF these is James y.
| OGorman, the Junior senator from
| New York. He, too, is Of an inucpend-
ent mind but the Senate is coming tn
regard HIM as man of force. Hitch
cock. OGoTman and Reed, all II wilnn
have been more or less recalcitrant are
demonstrating their superior talents
) on the Democratic side OF the liable
and ii now seems certain will contrib
Hte NEST IF the Democratic influence
! in remodelliug the House measure. As
| the work OF framing the bill contin
ues. il appears very fortunate that =
nom partisan arrangement WAS reach
/ Cd. The committee needs Republican
/ heip. There are not strong enough
men in the Senate but fof some rea-
son. which has never been adequate
~ explained. the Democratic commit
/ tees fell down" i'll making out the
currency assignments.
| After about three years Of Mexican
| troubles, Washington continues Ia re-
| gard the question with about the same
| etoieal indifference as used t. he no
! ticea BILE toward tariff revision. No one
in congress seems to think about III
Producing Mexican resolutions any
longer or making inllammatory speech
Is. II such a thing were attempted.
the perpetrator would he elfectually
squelched The President is working
J cut his policy slowly but emphatically.
lie is trying To make it a policy which
will lit in other countries TO the South
! hn,, nd
The Presidents course has been very
discelraging to lovers of sensational
ism. He and his administration have
been very prompt at nipping in the
bnd stories Ut variance with his set
| tied plans. For example the other day
| assertions that more soldiers were be-
ing sent to the border were met forth
| with with an explanation which show
| ed this had nothing to do with the
| MEXICAN problem.
While the promised declaration for
guidance of European governments in
Mexico has been anticipated as a doc
ament Of great interest, the Pres
dents annual message to congress, this
| year. will likely have much of moment
F, bout our foreign relations IN gener~
raj, This is the season when tie annu
! ri message should be the big Washing
ton theme j has hardly Been men
i toned here yet. Outsiders have been
: giving il no thought and it seems to
have occurred but little to the Presi-
dent AS such things generally so.
the annual message should be as good
as completed in couple of weeks from
| now II will he due in the House and
+! Senate in four weeks and ordinarily
| would he very important conmun-
cation. being the Presidents first stat
| ed message ON the general affairs of
| his administration.
| 1t is understood the President viii
have much to say at that time about
Mexico and Central America and. alike
| about the canal. new so near COM
| pletion Secretary Bryan is expected
| to attempt the resuscitation Of his
| Nicarag,ian treaty, discussion oil which
| ragged vigorously for while in the
spring The senate can not be counted
| npon to pay much attention thereto,
until currency is off the boards Indeed,
| it will be difficult to get tie senate
| 20 nav attention to much of anything
| else than currency till that bill has
| become law.
! The President naturally would re-
| veal in his annual message plans for
! legislation he wants congress to take
I'D this winter There is supposed to
! ne quite a category of topics in which
/ tho President is interested. Trust
| legislation is about the only major
| matter, after currency. but there ale
| many lesser ones.