The Republican journal., 1914-07-23
Our Washington Letter.
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WASHINGTON, D. c., July 20. Maine
items have been quite numerous at WASH
ington lately for midsummer. This is
the season of the year when business
lags, but visit to Senator Burl 7lgh's Of
fees at the Capitol any July morning
shows that lot of Maine people are in
zetested in legislative and departmental
matters and are writing down to Wash
ington to find out what, if anything, can
be done. And even though it is Demo-
cratic administration, Republican Sen
.ator who is as much on the alert as Sen
ator Burleigh is for everything that
makes for the benefit of Maine people,
has abundant opportunities. Then
qreat volume of the work of Senators
and Representative is strictly non-po-
litical and no one stops to inquire Wheth-
err the man seeking to have something
done is Democrat or Republican. 1t is
often matter of finding how something
can be Gone and one of Senator Burlelgh
long experience in governmental ousi-
ness knows not only how thing ought
10 be done but where to go to in getting
it disposed of expeditiously.
Therefore it is, that, notwlthsta ndlng
? Democratic administration, Senator
Rurleigh finds himself able to be OF con-
stantly larger service ibis constituents.
He could do more for them II Repuph-
cans were in power, as there are good
reasons for believing they will be again
in the course of few years, as soon as
people have a chance at the ballots again.
Senator Burleigh is a good business man
and he gets along we'll with officials OF
all narties in dispai ching affairs. He is
quite as popular with the Democrats at
Washington as he was with Republicans,
which is saving much Some of his very
best personal friends are Democrats.
When it comes to matters of legislation
at the Capitol in which he is taking an
active part he works with the Democrats
and the Democrats work with him and
no thought is given to political differ
anceS, except III leSisIo.ioii 'iiN - ~
tinctly of political character.
Senator Burleigh has been taking up
.nanv matters of public business here OF
recent days. He was at the Navy De-
oartment the other day for talk with
Secretary of the Navy Daniels. In the
course of which he recommended that
Cv,us Dana Bishop, Acting Chief Clerk
of the Department of Public Works at
the Pearl Harbor Naval Station, near
Honolulu, Hawaii, be promoted. MT
R,shop was sent there from the forts-
mouth Navy Yard and his tour OF service
expires next month, when ne Will De en-
t;+led to return to the States if he desires
if His superior officers in the Navy
have recommended several times that ne
De given a promotion in order that II
might be made an object for him to stay
in the islands. Mr.. Bishop is native OF
Winthrop, Maine, his parents still being
residents there. The government has
been engaged for quite ten years IN
erecting great naval plant at Pearl
Harbor, along with other military enter
nrises there, which are calculated TO
make it the great army and navy base
for the control of the Pacific ocean.
Senator Burleigh bore hand with
number of items on the Sundry Clvll ap-
.oroprjation bill, which has just been COM
Melted bv the Senate and the House. One
of these was for the making of an ap-
preparation of 100000 ''for geologic
SURVEYS in the various portions OF the
United States. This work is in charge
of DIR, George Otis Smith, resident OF
Skowbegan, Maine. DR.. Smith has con-
siderable survey work under way IN
Maine. some of it along the coast section
of tie State. Western members OF the
House caused the appropriation to be
voted with the qualification that the sur
views should be "of the public lands.
This would have cut out practically every
bit of geological survey work in the east.
There were three public building items
eon this appropriation bill, in which Sena-
aor Burleigh took an interest, Tor ever
since he came to Congress-, he has given
special attention to the public building
,nropram for Maine. Congress has just
voted s1s, 900 for the purchase of site
for a post office and custom house at
Fort Fairfield; $3.50, O29.54 for the COM
mletion of the post Office at Bangor and
50, 900 for the commencement OF post
office at Gardiner. All these matters
were considered some time ago IN the
committee on public buildings and
grounds. where Senator Burleigh is an
active worker and he did all ne could 10
advance them in legislative-way. The
government was first committedsto the
A.4;on If n mat office building at