The Republican journal., 1914-04-30
Washington Whisperings.


WASHINGTON, D. c., April q, 1914.
The Senate Committee on Commerce,
which has the river and harbor appro-
priation bill under consideration, con-
tinues to have hearings on the bill,
although resolution was passed by the
committee some days ago stating that 1t
was the sense of the committee that
hearings be discontinued and that con-
sideration of the bill be fastened. But
the resolution seems to be dead letter
and hearings are being held, although
the committee is anxious to get the bill
on the calendar for the consideration of
the Senate.
Nav End will hereafter be known as
Suffrage Day" in the annals of the
National American Woman Suffrage AS
sociation. The whole country IS gong
to be ablaze for woman suffrage on that
day, according to reports received by the
Congressional committee. The latest IN
formation received shows that more than
forty of the States have already prepar-
ed for mass meetings and demonstrations
which will be attended by women inter-
ested in suffrage In every community.
Almost every conceivable use to when
land may be put is represented IN the
permits reported by the Forest Service
for special projects in the national Tor
ests. Some of the uses shown range
alphabetically, from apiary through
brickyard, cannery, cemetery, church,
cranberry marsh, fox RANCH marine
railway. rifle range, and turpentlne STILL
to wharf and whaling station.
There are $4,000 permits in force Tor
such special uses, which are distributed
geographically from Alaska to the Mex
ican line. and east to Florida. This Inquire
does not include any of the z7,O0o per-
mits in force for grazing cattle and sneep
IN the forests; nor the G, 900 transactions
for the sale of timber, and the more than
$4,000 permits issued last year tor the
free use of timber by settlers, miners
and others in developing their home
,steads and claims; nor the nearly 5oo
permits for water power development.
California led all the national forest
States in the number of these special
use permits, followed by Arizona. Colora-
40 Montana and New Mexico in the order
named. The largest single class OF per-
mits was for special pastures, or corrals'
70 he used for Landing grounds, shearlng
pens, and the like.
Tn official Washington the automobile
cuts no small figure, and especially does
this apply to the social leaders OF the
smart set in the Capital City. The am
bit;on of each and every family IN offlclai
life appears to be to possess the most
striking and handsome autonooile that
o,ides over the smooth, broad thorough
fares of the city where the nations laws
are made. The members OF the dlpio-
matte ambassadors, ministers and
secretaries from far-away countries
are particularly careful in the seiectloh
Of their cars, paying due attention 10
their beauty as well as to their more
substantial qualities. Many diplomats
of high degree have come to Washington
and brought their foreign-made cars with
+bom cars that they could bring into this
country without duty, for they are the
rr,,ests Of the nation and must be treated
as such: but before being here for great
,enoth of time these same diplomats
have sold the imported cars, purchased
cars of American make and taken them
back to their own country. oftentlmes,
inst for summers vacation. 1t IS
tribute they have been compelled to make
to American genius.
Hardly a day passes that an accident
of some nature does not happen to Uncle
Sans great print shop, the Government
Printing Office, where some 1000 en-
ployes are daily and nightly at work turn
ing out the hundreds of thousands OF
Government documents made necessary
each week by Congress and the various
departments of the federal government.
It is not generally known, but it is a