Mexico Missouri message., 1914-05-21

was believed last winter that an ad.
/ journment would come about June l.
| but now unless something unforeseen,
and almost inconceivable, shall occur,
It 10 virtually certain that moving day
FOR the congressman will come very
| much later.
/ President Wilson with his Mexican
| difficulties has been under a very Sc
/ we're physical and mental strain, and
| he needs rest much more, probably,
! than do any Of the memoirs of his
party who hold seats IN congress but
n seemingly sure signs are not mis-.
read, the lawmakers will remain at
! their desks until they have put on the
legislative books two or three more of
the resolutions contained In the Demo
cratic declaration OF principles set
forth at Baltimore in 1912.
Senate Debating Tolls Exemption.
The senate just now is debating the
tolls exemption clause Of the Panama
canal act The bill repeating the free
tolls provision was reported 10 the
senate without any recommendation
back Of It, 1t was accompanied by an
amendment also without a recon-
mendation either way which declares
that the repeal action by the United
States congress does not in any way
suggest or intend to suggest that this
country shall by the action forfeit any
OF its treaty rights, or intends so TO do
In the future
This amendment seemingly is &c
Ceptable TO the administration, for II
does not in any way affect the pro
posed legislation, and 1t probably is
intended merely as a gratuity to mem
bers OF congress who have opposed
the administration position. II seems
TO be the belief OF the majority Of
legislative thinkers in Washington that
the tolls repeal bill will go through
the senate by a small majority, there
by UNFOLDING the president In his ap.
peal on the subject 70 congress.
Honor to 5arry's Memory.
The unwilling OF the statue OF Com.
modore John Barry on Nay l6 Of this
year adds another TO the memorials
OF American Heroes now standing
in the city Of Washington. Barry
sea service to the American colo
MES during the Revolutionary war
was OF high order, second only,
probably, to that of John Paul Jones,
although there are many men who
think Barry's record should stand on
a plane with that OF the Scotch
American who carried the war into
the enemys waters and won two OF
TIE famous naval battles Of the con-
flict.
Before long, 1t is believed, the
money necessary will be subscribed
to erect in Washington a statue to
Admiral Francois Joseph Paul de
Grasse, the French naval commander
who, by blockading the British squad
ron at the mouth OF Chesapeake bay
in October, 1881. helped to force the
capitulation OF CORVALLIS and the sur
render to Washington OF the British
forces at Yorktown.
The Sons of the Revolution organi-
zation as represented in the Washing
ton chapter has endorsed a resolution
to make every effort to secure the
funds necessary for the erection OF
the statue to de Grasse. 1t is prob
able II will be erected in Lafayette
square Immediately opposite the White
House.
81, % hn
Of the Revolution a few days ago
made a trip to Yorktown and with
them as their guest went ]. J. JUS
serand. the French ambassador TO the
United States. II was while on this
trip that the chapter adopted a reso-
luton to secure the funds for the
erection of a suitable statue to de
Grasse.
Yorktown Rather Deereolt.
The scene Of Washington's great
victory, made possible by the aid OF
the French, has been spoken Of as a
lettering village. 1t is more than a
bit decrepit with age, but its years
have been honorable and in this lie
the hope and the belief that the Amer
lean people viii exert themselves to
save the historic places in the village
from the decay that threatens.
Where the York river joins issues
with the Chesapeake bay lies York
town. You can reach the place where
Washington overcame CORVALLIS by
a water journey from Norfolk that
takes little more than an hour. The
trip and the interest that lies at its
end pay compound percentages on the
time invested.
Here and there in Yorktown are
substantial old dwellings. OF the
colonial period They will outlast the
. buildings Of later day, for they we're
founded on the rock OF honest con
struction. One old place has tower
ing chimneys that, with the rest OF
the house, have time-weary look
but dissolution is not in sight because
the builders builded well This is the