The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-04
DEMOCRATS
4 GontIttlctL -fronl- paEf

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bly, IA line np so close That. Democratic
control Will b. in doubt, administra
|tion leaders have laid their plans In.
work at high speed lii the hope 81:
! enacting the most important part of.
.Ethcir$program before it's endangered.
It'll The Sixtv-fifth Congress-.
Forem ost is completion or Presi-
Edent Wilson'S railroad legislation
program left unfinished at the last
\ session with the passage Of the Nd
amson law The remainder or the
program, which the president will
press, includes supplementary legis-
llation to prevent such n nation wide
railway strike as was threatened last
! summer, or in fact q lockout. until
the situation has been Investigated.
Embargo Agitation.
Second in Importance to the rail-
way situation comes the agitation for.I
| a restriction or shipments of food-,t
stuffs to Europe. Thousandssof petL-
4 tions asking for an embargo have
fbecn received BY members OF Con-
gross and at the White House. Inev-
icry# case lit lis argued that the increas-
4 ed cost or living In the United States
1 demands a restriction Or shipments
abroad. So far as has been disclosed
President Wilson and members of
1.-the cabine have no plans for acting
Ion the subject. but i is known that
vari Gus members Of Congress Intend
Ito push the subject and may develop
a&nglt Chairman Fitzgerald of#theI
appropriations committee already has
ann ounced his intention Of INTRODUCES
4 ing bill for a food EN- barge.
Women suffTagists. renewing theirs
light for passage OF the Susan Ban
lthony amendmenttot the constitution.
have laid all the lines for their cam
paign. and it is possible that their
I demands may be crowded into the
short time Congress has to deal With
| an Important budget Of legislatIon..I
Prohibitionists, no less ardent than
1.-the sufTragfsts, in their demand for a
federal amendment, are expected to.I
beEtn their fl ght anew.
First Days Session.
The first day of the session never
sees much business q one Neglected
members get congratulations; de-
heated m embers receive condolences:
majority and minority leaders receive
oyations as they walk down the aisle.
4 GaIlerIes are crowded with wives and
friends of members who join IN the
demonstrations Of hand clappinE and
4 cheering. AS their favorites take their
seats: except in#the Senate where az
4 dfgnified calm prevails. a few for
i malities mixed with q few informal=s
4I51tlESI Ehl"dpb Lut LII 81 uGAg
business and then the House as we'll
/. as the Senate adiourns until tomor-s
row to hear sPreside nt3 Wilson deliver
Il his annual address.
In accordance with the custom he
4 set at the beginning Of his term,
n President Wilson will read his adj
n dress from the clerks desk in the hall
4 of the House while senators and rep
Iresenta tives are assem- bled before him
on the benches. Mem bers OF the dip
4 lomatic corps hear him from their
II places IN the reserved galleries and
members Of the cabinet have special
4 iy reserved seats on the floor. The
N presidents messageHis about 1000
words long; is purely a discussion OF
A domestic Issues, the state OF the
II union and gives first prominence to
4 the railway situation. #
Mans Monopoly Ends.
II Today's opening marks the cl usinE
II OF mans monopoly OF membership In
1.-THE House OF RepresentatIv InEthes
NEXT Congress the, clerks and the
Il pages and the speaker Will be calling
u THE Lady from Montana.
Miss jeanette Rankin. Republican.
H first woman elected to Congress, Is
expected to be IN her seat then She
does not sit In the present sessf on
y although many uninforrned expected
\ TO SEQ har tod Az but comes In With
the nau Gnnnress. When she does
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