The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-04
EMBARGO ON FOOD EXPORTS
WILL ALSO Be CONSlDENED
ARMY AND NAVY
MONEY is ASKED
.l,is annual address.

his annual address
In accordance with the custom he
set at the beginning of his term,
President WILSON will read his ad-
dress from the clerks desk in the hall
OF the House while senator's and rep
Iresantatiyes are assembled before him
onthe benches. Members of#the dip
lon1atic corps hear him from their
places in the reserved galleries and
members Of the cabinet have special
lv reserved seats en- the floor. The
presidents message is about 1000
words long: is purely q discussion or
domestic issues. the state or the
union" and gives first prominence TO
the railway situation
Mans Monopoly Ends.
Today's opening marks the closing
snfman s monopoly OF membership in
the House OF Representatives. In the
4neSt Congress the clerks and the
pages and the speaker will be calling:
The Lady from Montana
Miss Jeanette Rankin, Republican.
first woman elected to Congress. is
expected to be IN her seat&then. She
does not sit in the present session
HalthouEh many uninfornled expected
i to see her today-but comes in with
the new Congress. When she does
arrive the House Will be confronted
with revising It's rules to give her q
place on the floor.
IN the Senate there were three new
members to take the oath Of Office,
James t.. Watson, Of Indiana. Repub-
bltcan. takes the. unexpired term of the
late Senator Shtvely, Democrat, who
was temporarily. succeeded by Thomas
ETaggart Bert M Fernald, Republi-
fcan, Of Maine was elected to the va
4 #Burlefgh William f. Kirby Demo-
crat.. Of Arkansas, was elected to fill
/ the unexpired term of the late Sena-
tor Clarke.
Fight in the Senate.
t While. the organization fight Iii the
House does not come until the as
sembling of the next Congress, the
Senate probably will see some polit-
iical generalship in the selection Of a
l#successoT to Senator Clarke as #presi-
t5dent pro tempore Senators who have
! their eyes on the maj jority door lead
teTshfp, made vacant by the defeat OF
| Senator Kern, are loath to take the
j Office Of pro tempore. Strangely
jsenough the disposition seems to be
Ito avoid an office instead of seeking
Tit, because senators realize that the
imam who becomes president pro tern-
pore is olt#of the race for the floor
leadership. There have been some
indications that the situation might
I.be solved BY giving the Office of presi-
tdent pro tenlpore to Senator O'Gor-
man, who retires with the end OF the
I#Congress This. it is pointed out
would be&a compliment to the retiring
senator. and would leave all the can
Hdidates for the leadership free to en-
tier the contest It Is generally CON
lsceded that while the important ap-
I.nropriation bills for the fiscal year
will occupy most Of the time between
now and adjournment, much general
\ Legislation on the administration pro-
gram would be urged. Committees
\ in charge OF conservation legislation,
ftlle Webb bill to authorize domestic
Ecorporations to maintain collective
foreign agencies, the immigration
t8bill and a corrupt practices measure
Ito limit national campaign expendi-
I.tures are certain to be active from#thI,e \,
beginning.