The daily Alaskan., 1914-03-12
Supporters Sure SGnat8 NTH
 Grant Appropriations.
WILSON IS IN OPPOSITION
Big Majority Given Bill In House pus' In a Measure, to Desire For Popular ity-soms consressmen Say, Pres ent Draft Is Crude and costIy-sen- etor sorah Quotes Good Authority.
By ARTHUR w. DUNN.

Washington. Feb 19.-LSpecial.]- Good roads are lon the highway to success" if a man can be allowed to express himself in that way. There seems to be no doubt in the minds or supporters of government aid to roads tbat a bill will pass congress at this session which will give about S25,OOO'- 900 year for the purpose of building and improving roads throughout the country.
 Of course there is always a little fly in every jug of ointment, and It ap- nears that President Wilson is not ia yorable to the action of the house ana looks to the senate to defeat the bill, If President Wilson is sQuinting in thot direction the bill will have hard sledding in the senate. Then a great many members in the house who voted for the bill because of political inter asts are besiegiug the senators to delay the measure. if not to kill it.
 "crude and Costly"
 I heard members of the house who voted for the bill speak of 1t afterWard os ..crude and costly" meaning that Il has not been correctly drawn to meet all conditions. Particularly did they dwell upon the fact that $l5 mile year expended by the national govern unnt even when another Sl5 is add od Inv the stnte or municipality, will not do much in the way of construct ing and maintaining a mile or good roadway.
 Then there are features which anal gamate the national and state govern meuts in the enterprise that have been characterized as crude" Usually the house of representatives cannot give as careful attention to legislation as the senate. Too many men are inter estad. and there is too much neces- sity for talk and to make campaign speeches. ,r, ,..
 Whatever may happen to the bill, it's nassage by such large majority in tha house has given tremendous impe- +,ls to the good roads movement. | Good Authority.
 Discussing the bill providing for the method of election of United States senators. Senator Borah of Idaho pick ad m volume of the Congressional Record and remarked that he would ouote from the debates upon the con ! stitutional aDeDdment~ After he had read a short paragraph. Senator Will liams of Mississippi asked:
 oWhom is the senator quoting|
 .l was quoting from myself" re- marked Sena tor Borah somewhat hesi- tatlngly.
 .I suppose you consider that good authority" said John Sharp, while the senate enjoyed Borah's embarrassed | attitude.
 Senatorial Pcrquisites.
 The senators found 1t necessary to 1 limit the cost of telegraphing on ac' 1 count of senators taking advantage Of fine privilege of using the wires toe f5,eely on official business" They gel ! tte government rate of cent word and a number oT senatOvs have spent q great deal of money of the govern ment. In the report on the subject the senate committee said that severa 1 senators seem to regard the telegraph as if 1t was the ordinary post service ! Senator Gailinger proposed to deny the right to send telegrams at the e& pense of the government and hi' proposition was supported by Senators Root and WarrlaR. Just at that mo ment Senator Thomas of Colorado re marked that consistency would re 0uire that the senators abolish th' franking privilege and also requlr' tdem to pay out of their own pockeu the salaries of their stenographers an' secretaries" However. nobody in th senate wanted togo so far as that
 Situation In Alaska.
 ronsresSman White of Ohio wa' making a speech against the AIaski railroad bill and was interrogated b! DaIerate WickersEnm of that territor! until he finally related what an Aask' man had said to him. White asked the man how things were getting aioni E in Alaska and received this reply:
 Alaska is in great shape now. won don't make a thing go you los ! your money, you cuss the government ,cuss the Guggenheims and the MoI ! 2 ans and support wickersham for dele glte.T
 Vardaman and the Negro.
 Senator Vardaman of Mississippi | always aroused when there is a rae question under discussion. "CiVlIlz' ton since the forenoon of the age has passed the negro by. and he ha faited to take advantage of anythin tbat has developed around him. th D < Mississippi senator told the senate tn : < ,uther day. He insists that the negt has made advancement only under th