The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-16
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER

(By Our Stan Correspondent.
 Washington, May 16.--North Caro- lima n the next Congress will reap the reward for keeping her Congressional delegations unchanged for several years. Senator simmons will be chair man Of the important Finance com rnittee and Claude Kitchin will suc- ceed Oscar Underwood. leader of his party in the House and chairman of the Ways and Means committee. It is a foregone conclusion that the next House will be Democratic despite any Republican gains that may be effect ed by G. o. P. and Bull Moose CO., a1ition.
 The Progrtssive members of Con- gress declare there is no chance of there being any getting together with the old G. 6. P and that those who are talking it are dreaming. They say they are building new party and they must march on without be- ing hampered with any of the later day traditions Of Repubiicanism and it's crew of special privilege servers.
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 Capt. Richmond Pearson Hobson, who Jerry Donovan assisted in de- featfng for a senatorial toga by prov ing his habftua1 absence from his seat In Congress. has, it is reported been offered 8 $1e.000 contract to lecture for the Anti Saloon league for one year. It is a sure bet say the wise ones that if the offer has been actually made. the captain will accept. accept.
 Argentine, Brazil, and Chile were James Monroe first invoked the doc urine that the flags Of the royal houses of Europe must not be un- furled on this continent. The babes have grown to staIwart men and whether the three nations. through their diplomats are able to success fully mediate Between our nation and Mexico or not they haves taken the first ster which sounds a warming to the world that constitutional govern ment in the two Americas is prepar ed to stand united in the future. while people are worrying about the burdens of the Monroe doctrine the countries we have protected as our children have provided q solution of the problem by announcing that they are now strong enough to participate in the promuagation Of the Monroe doctrine.
 MT. Bryan continues to be the strong man Of the Western Democ- racy and no matter how much he is Icaricatured by the hostile eastern press he will remain the idol of the farmer folks Of the great west. The coEnment upon Secretary Dam ieIs' attitude towards the officers wine mess in the navy has spread so and has been magnif1ed to such an extent that many hold the opinion that the secretary took away our sailorTnen' grog. As matter of fact our enlisted men have been de- .nied beverages for several years Sec retary Daniels did not think the off fcers should be privileged to have a wine mess while the jackies had t5 wait until they got shore leave be- fore they were permitted to have a glass of beer So lie put them all on the same basis. The majority Of | ithe enlisted men wish for the day that the canteen is restored to them as the majority of the assertions are blamed to too large portions of liquor when Jack once gets away from the ship.
 Uncle sam is going to have hard work getting rid of the Philippine Islands even when the day comes to l haul down the Stars and Stripes The Filipino in the cities who is a patriot wants his independence but wants some arrangement whereby Uncle Sam,s fleet can be called back if Ja- ] pan should loom up on the horizon with q big fleet. In the Interior the Filipino planter. when asked about independence, shrugs his, shoulders and says he has independence enough and that independence came to him l in 1899 when the Americans took hold. An American recently return ing from the islands explained to the
 writer that the farmers and planta- ] ton owners Of the interior are. the
 backbone of the country and during I the Spanish regime they were con tinuaIly preyed upon by the tax gath erer and grating officiaIs Now they
 pay one tax and no more. and they eare getting good roads and schools,
 and many ofsthese people so long sub jects of foreign powers, cannot see for the life of them why the young college men are talking of indepen- dence Some day Uncle Sam may insist that these people run their own affairs and the Filipino farmers are going to get angry because the. edu- cated people of the islands did not keep Uncle Sam. the easy boss and