The Washington times., 1916-12-07
Presiding Office az Water
ways Congress Demands
To Be Shown.
NO ANSWER TO HIS DEFY
Senator Chamberlain, Con-
gresham Henry, and
Others Speak.

Ringing n change on the principal
business of the late Mr.. Diogenes, Of
Athens. T. Edward Wilder, OF Chi
cago, In searching the rivers and har-
bors congress and all the rivers and
harbors appropriations for n dis
honest mani Despite the fact that he
In from Chicago. Mr.. Wilder IN plead
ing to be shown n piece of "porkr'
At today's sessions OF the thir-
teenth rivers and harbors congress,
Mr.. wilder was the presiding officer.
Being one OF the most important
leather merchants Of Chicago. he
demonstrated his opposition to gum
shoe methods OF procedure by calling
ever and again from the rostrum for
any man, woman. or child who had
ever heard OF n piece OF pork" being
dropped into n rivers and harbors APP
preparation bill to come forward and
give testimony.
Il stsnch Advocate.
Mr.. Wilder In one OF the stanchest
advocates OF tho Improvement OF the
Inland waterways, and with Mr.. Deer.
Ing, OF Chicago. and Joy Morton. OF
Chicago, has been instrumental In
working out many OF the plans for
the Improvement OF the water trans.
portation OF the Middle West.
,om.,S want some one. one who knows
Congress about IT," said Mr.. Wilder
at least three times during the course
OF hi. introductions OF Senator Cham.
berlain Of Oregon. Congressman
eago, and Theodore Brent, OF New
Orleans, who were the principal
speakers OF the day.
vast % Locate .Povk,-
ia prefer TO hear from former Scna-
tor Burton OF Ohio or former Congress-
man Freer OF Wisconsin" declared Mr..
Wilder. II want To know-we want 10
know-Just whore All this pork was
that II 80 much talked about In the
newspapers IL there In anybody here
who has heard ~ an unjust appropria-
tion-.please. please gentlemen, get up
TO sing II out and please sing loud"
Not morsel Of pork came In re-
sponrc TO the repeated invitations Of
the chairman Of congress. hut he
declares he will not be discouraged. He
as the congress lasts-which will be
until tomorrow afternoon.
Knows Nothing OF .I'ork.-
~ don't know anything about
pork" In inland waterway approprIa.
when he started his address on In.
potcntiality OF waterways, hut ! can
hand the chilrmsn n little Bacon III
he cchres for H. Sir Francis Bacon
was one OF the FIRST advocates OF
water transportation. Tie said II Was
ON" OF the three things essential 10
success In nation. King Ferdinand
OF spain started our waterways policy
400 years ago. when he first projected
the intcroccanlc canal to give n auick
route To India. And George Wash,
ibgtOn wrote n lot about canals and
such things In the development OF the
Mr. Morton was introduced to the
congress as one OF the biggest salt
men In the country. Ho Ia son OF
the late J, Sterling Morton. Secretary
81 Agriculture In the Cabinet OF
preHidont Cleveland. and is a well.
known nguro In Washington,
Defend Appropriation.
Senator Chamberlain and Congress.
man Henry both took occasion to de.
fend rivers and harbors appropria.
lions during the course q ftheir ad.
dresses. Each declared that the cry
or 'por' was set up by newspapers
and people who did not know what
they were talking about Senator
Chamberla ain charged that II was prin.
cipally due to the newspapers who
hH' tahs TuiiTOuuhs lie
charged the railroads were trying To
defeat waterways Improvement, and
said IL was time to show the railroads |
taht they could not dominant the I
economic life OF the country as they J
had been shown they could not domi- |
nate the country politically.
Brig. Gen. William NJ. Black, chief
OF engineers OF the army and former I
OF the District, was the |
speaker at the afternoon session TO, |
day when he gave brief resume OF |
his work for the inland waterways |
and what the outlook IL for Improve. |
ment In the future. Irving Norwood |
who writes Davenport, Iowa, after !
his name now instead Of the title OF |
the Washington newspaper with |
which he was long connected, Is TO |
address the congress- on river ter. |
minals and Senator J. Hamilton Lewis |
ls also on the program for an ad'
Tomorrow the congress win close |
with the election OF officers and the |
adoption OF resolutions based on the |
discussions that have taken place dur. |
ha Las "a A.