The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-02-11
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.R9ADs INTEREST. REAeEEE
When Congressman Mann Disclosed
How RSlroada Worried Asaintt
Msasate il Reserved Greater support.
Pstronass Declared to Have Big 81.
feet on Legislation and Elections.
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| washington Feb ta.-fSpeeIal,lS
Friends Of Governor Wilson have been
feeling ar6,md-to A1id4out'if It is posi-
6le tn repesl the provision Of the ran:
anna cauai bill:@hlch, grants free tolls
to American coaStwise ships. The gov.
ernOr would like TO have TINT done IN.
order. 10 relieve his administration Of q
rather severe diplomatic strain of tue
very outset Aua yet one Of the best
friends tie governor las In the senate,
Senator 0'Ciornan. Is strougly,oppcsed
To the repeal. advocated Uy Secretary
Root.
Hut there Viii be no repeal Con:
gressnlai Mnm replied to Roots
speech aud killed the proposition by.
renlarktng that the tfanscdntiuental
rafIrontfs bad been getting busy trying
ia bring 1t about. After that remark
there was not the least possibility Of
repeaIIng the free eoast%lse provision.
Use Of Patronage.
Use Of presidential patronage came
10 fGir Il iirahbiHg during the debate Of
thG six year presidential term Senas
tor. lodge did not think that patronage
had NO much to do With influencing
nominations. which shows that hG HIS
not been very careful 10 his reeol!ec-
,tiuns. Benjamin Harrison WAS ,renon1.
mated BIS the use Of patrohage. Mr..
Taft was helped TO the Nomination In
1905 IS tile use Of patronage ind was
renoluinated in 1912 In the same way.
Senator l.odgethought ttlat~the great
est misuse ot patronage WIS In inhu-
encing legislation in congress. In that
regard he should be we'll Informed. for
he Knows how Cleveland, Mckinley.
Roosevelt aud Taft have used OR re-
fused patronage in order TO carry
through measures they wanted enacted
Into laws.
Nenpolfticai LiheG
There Was no politics in the adoption
az the a1hendinentsto the constitution
limiting the term Of the president to
six years and making him ever after
ward Ineligible. Republicans OF both
factions voted for It. rs did Democrats
Of both factions. Tie same is true of
those who voted against tue resolu-
stion There; %as bit Of the personal
$itl the vote. '5' 80 =
No Roosevelt man voted for the reso'
linton, but severat and. Roosevelt men
voted against It. Soft $is bard to dis,
cover much, save that Roosevelt fg.
suiSed d little. 1t was evident that the
anti. Roosevelt men in both parties
would IKE to make IT. constItntionalIy.
impossIblegfor tile man, frem Oyster
Bay to be,president again.
/ HfAEd the EawysrGS
! HIscussinx some subject relating to
the government, Jotu Sharp Williams
saId: THUS far JeGefs6n went Thus
far I 60 Thus far every man with
.commou sense goes unless he is mere
lawyer aud nothing else, and the mere
lawyer aud nothing else is the most
dangerous man TO free institutions"
"Especisly II he is constitutional
lawyer" lnterjected POindexter Of
Washington, WHO has had many tilts
with the constitutional lawyers Of the
senate. VI .
Big Appropriations.
1t has become evident that If this
session Of congress should complete all
fthe appropriation bills by the 18th Of.
March the total will equal that of any
,,i,.. ,,ra1,iors SSs,iot ii,SSDita OF tlie