The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1914-07-24

Capitol
Events Of Interest From
the Seat of Gov
eminent

Mr.. Joseph T.. Davis. If Wisconsin.
has long been frieni Of the Wilson
family. and he carmel that friendship
into the campaign two years ago. and
Was secretary Of the Democratic National
Committee Davis had ambitions TO a
cabinet officer, but missed fire. After
having a choice of a lot of ambassador
ships and the place of governor of the
Philippine Islands. lac finally aecepted
the place Of COMMISSIONS Of Corpora
tons, and ~ soon A. the antitrust bus
ters in Congress complet.. the. Admins
tration program he will inherit the Do
siti"n at chairman ~ tho new trade CON-
mission. His duties will he To- investi-
gate nearly everything that is going By
way OF getting his hands i'm, Mr. Davies
has issued a report covering the owner
ship of timber throughout the United
States. and he has gone Commissioner
smith, who covered the subject of water
power, one better. The Davies report
contains some startling disclosures, and
II appears that 81, 5Oo,OsD acres Of land,
granted To three western railroads in the
sixties Is still largely boarded 10y these
railroads. since they retain forty yer cent
of the original holdings The further
discovery is pointed out that ,69l tim
Der owners hold over one-twen tieth Of
the land area Of the entire United states
from Gambia To the Mexican border.
Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho
and Louisina are i'm the hands of the
timber barons- Mr.. Davies finds many
potential evils i'm this large concentration
of ownership, which are high prices for
land sold to settlers, increase Of the ten
antry system, or direct farming by large
corporations.
IAN ANCIENT EVIL AND A NEW
CONSCIENCE"
Jane Adams OF Chicago. has written a
new boox, the title of which Is An An
Gent Evil and New Conscience" sen
stor John Sharp Willii ms has declared
on the floor OF the Senate: Il will wa
ger my head that that book alone will do
more good in accelerating the spiritual
Rrowth--it will bring the men who pos
s,ss things and the men Who do not pos
sess things more nearly together upon a
common plane of thought and feeling
than all that Congress could have done il
II had done nothing else for the past ten
years" Now let the Observers note
whether this testimony from the Federal
Senate rs as effective in making Miss
Adams new book one of the best sell
ers, a. was that other voice of the gov
eminent which spoke in the past, when
sanctimoniOus John Wanamaker used
the power of his office as Postmaster
General to exclude a popular novel from
the malls, resulting in million copies
being sDld.
THE SENATORIAL CHUCKLE.
No doubt the United States senate il
having good chuckle behind closed
doors---yOu know they have closed doors
at the Senate, with star chamber sessions,
executive sessions, caucuses and secret
committee meetings But this time one
Wssburg with business offices in the sus-
piclosis hnancial district OF New York has
replied % q request of the senate that he
Appear fore IL in order that he might
be questioned in reference to his appoint
ment on the reserve board, telling the
Senators in substance u 90 chase them
selves. These real nice Senators do not
lik to be- treated that way, and they have
put Mr.. Warnings appointment into a
dark PigeonhOle. The President wants
them 70 take il out and act upon il. In
every other instance since Woodrow
Wilson has been in the White House,
the Senate has obeyed his mandate, but
this time they only return blank stare.
murmuring meanwhile: why. Mr.
President, Warburg has been - rude that
We could not think Of IL.