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THE PACIFIC COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER, HONOLULU, JULY g, 1906.
THE PRESIDENT MAY BIDE
1 i iicii wnen uie r resiueni is iidvcimi;, i"c 13 .imiun an jiwm,
curing the clay, when he is not compelled to transact public bnsi- $
ress. He must have his secretary with him; also a stcnograpner
or two. and a typewriter or two, a half dozen secret service men.
HIS SPECIAL TR
Long Fight to Obtain the item of $25,000
A Forerunner of Increase in the
President's Salary,
(Mail Special to the Advertiser.)
WASHINGTON, D. C. June 25. After next Sunday, which
will be Julv 1 and the beginning of the government's new year, Pres
ident Roosevelt will be able to order out his special car or his spe
cial train as the case may be. and travel at government expense. He
will be the onlv government official in the Lmted Mates with such
a privilege and Vwill be the first time in the history ot the Republic
that anv such thing has been possible.
Senator Hale, of Maine, acting chairman of the Appropriations
Committee, is really to be credited with having the appropriation
enacted into law. There were so many objections and the parlia
mentary obstacles were so numerous that but for his clever maneuv-
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e-ing, the appropriation of S25.000 for the President's traveling ex-
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to say notning 01 Two or tnree servants anu a tuning eai. i.ne pics
association always insist on having a representative along with the
President! Accordingly when the party is all made up it comprises
twenty-five or thirty persons. Therefore on a long journey it is
necessary, almost indispensable, to have a special train of a private
car for "the President and a few friends, two extra Pullman cars
for those accompanying him, one of which cars is generally used
during the day as a' working room for the stenographers and type
writers, a dining car and a baggage car.
The cost of such a special train approximates $600 or $700 a ,y
dav. Heretofore when Presidents have traveled the railroads have y
furnished these special trains free. It was not much of a loss to
them, because the attraction of a President traveling over their road
1 At th& camp timp it nut the President under
liiv. 1 vac.vi wliivi w u. i - mv .
obligation to the railroad as none of the Presidents have been
ficientlv rich to pay the cost out of their own pockets. Mr. Roos
evelt is a fairly wealthy man in his own right but he has spent a
lot of money in the White House entertaining, and he feels that
that is about as far as he ought to go with his own money.
Furthermore the railroad rate regulation bill, which is expect
ed to become a law before the end of another week, makes the
granting of free passes fcr government officials a misdemeanor,
which is another insuperable reason for the President of the United
States in the years to come going junketing over the country on
special trains furnished by railroads free of cost.
TIRED CONGRESSMEN..
A more tired and forlorn set of law makers has not been seen
in Washington for twenty years than those who are now engaged in
closing out the legislation of the first session of the Fifty-ninth Con-
New Goods Jost
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A splendid new stock of ladies' 0
and childrens' Hose is now ready, Q
Plain and fancy varieties in black,
wmte ana tan. .uonev saving-
prices.
Ladies' white lisle gloves just
opened.
Dainty spotted nets in white,
pink and blue.
Also, a splendid assortment
ladies' white linen belts.
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ptnses would have been defeated. The House was unable to pass gress. A portion of the Senators and members have already left
it on the Sundry Civil Appropriation bill. Mr. Hale put it back on town, when the end of the session is yet a week away. Some have
the Sundry Civil bill in the Senate, where it was vigorously op- gone home; some have gone to Europe; some have started away
posed, so that Mr Hale would likely have been forced to withdraw to attend to politics, and still others have gone to attend to press
it so as to get a vote on his bill in season to get it into conference. mS matters of business.
I Jut in th meantime the House had passed it as a separate biii. "t the leaders of Senate and House remain and will have to
The Senate would have debated that at length, in all probability, stick by their guns till the very last. They are the men who really
had not Mr. Hale taken it up speedily in committee, secured a favor- have to work hard and who have some reason for being tired after
i'ble report, and then, at a moment when the Democratic and a few months of as strenuous legislation as the country has seen since
Republican senators ivere pausing for breath to debate the same William McKinley was first inaugurated. And by the way Pres-
proposirion on the Sundry Civil bill, asked an agreement at five ident Roosevelt himself, a very strenuous man, is' tired and worn
o'clock that afternoon on the separate bill. It was agreed to before out. He finds at last that the'strain is telling upon him. He set
the opposition could work out a proposition for fighting it. The the pace for the official activities here, and all others have been
vote on the separate bill was taken and then there was no reason trailing. Now he sincerelv wants Congress to get away and eive
to press the item on the Sundry Civil longer. him opportunity to go to his country home at Ovster Bay and recu-
Perhaps the most significant thing about the authorization of perate.
this appropriation is that it probably will be a forerunner of an in-
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crease in the President's salary, now $50,000 a year. There are be
lieved to be some good objections to the $25,000 item and it is not
yet certain whether the President can spend it, for the Comptroller
of the Treasury may refuse to pass the President's vouchers on the
ground that the appropriation is unconstitutional. But there is also
PRESIDENT WOULD REST.
Heretofore at the close of a session of Congress the President
has felt buoyant and has cared little whether a lot of work lay ahead
of him during the summer or not. He was ready to plan some
arduous travel or other undertaking- for the summer mnnthc Af-
a feeling that our President should have a larger salary than $50,- VdS wllIin8' to accept invitations and occupy his . tints to suit the
000 and Congress is probably about ready to increase his salary to Pleasure of divers communities.
$75,000 or S100.000 a year. Now he wants to forego everything except resting in his coun-
Mr. Roosevelt, however, can not be paid a larger salary that; tr' norne at Oyster Bay. He does not want delegations to go there
$50,000. That is because the constitution expressly forbids any in- to sce nim Iie does not intend to transact any business for a couple
crease in his salary during his term of office. At the short session, months, except business of the most pressing nature. For the first
which adjourned March 4, 1905, Mr. Roosevelt tried to persuade linie in manT years he is anxious to have a couple of months of solid
ihe House to increase his salary, so that it would be available dur- rest-
ing the term he is now serving. But he thought, for political rea- cabinet also want a chance to recover their fjreath. They
sons, it would be best to have a Democrat, Representative Maynard, J?ave been absorbed in the vortex this session. The President has
cf Virginia, to introduce the bill. That enraged Speaker Cannon, ept them and Congress jumping and they sigh for the cool breezes
who thought the bill should have been introduced by a Republican - tre beach or the quiet of the mountain tops. Usually the cabinet
and who al-o thought the President should have consulted him officials have a month or two of activity adjusting matters that are
about it, and the bill was not permitted to have consideration in the affected by the appropriation laws. Inevitably there is a lot of work
House. in that connection and. in getting the government well-started on
This time different tactics were followed. It was at the in- tlie new fiscal year. But much of it will be left this year to the as
stance of the President that the item of $25,000 was put on thr distant secretaries and other subordinates, for the cabinet "officials
Sundry Civil bill. But it went out on a point of order, sustained take a rest almost as soon as the President leaves town. As
by Representative Watson, of Indiana, who happened to be the the President now intends going to New Jork within a dav or
presiding officer in committee of the whole at the time. The next two after the adjournment of Congress, it is certain that the Cabinet
day Mr. Watson was summoned to the White House offices and officials will drop out rapidly after that. It is difficult to make of
asked to introduce the separate bill, carrying the same amount of ficial Washington wirk its hardest when the President is away,
appropriation. He did so and that is the bill which has become law, The unusual length of the session of Congress has made it dif
through the generalship of Senator Hale. ficult to make Senators and members, stav in town. The Senators
The President's grounds for asking the appropriation are gen- generally go and come as they please. They are much more inde- j
erally regarded by Congress as entirely reasonable. He wrote Chair- pendent about it than. members of the House, especiallv Republican
man lawney ot the Appropriation Committee, a letter stating, as members, whom the Speaker keeps an eye upon. He-must have a
he had previously stated to several Congressional callers, that he good majority in town at all times, lest the Democrats make trouble
did not want the money for his personal traveling expenses. If fr him. Therefore members are required to secure leave of ab
he goes on a weeks' end visit down to his little home in Albermarle sence by permission of the House. The Speaker has had to cajole
County, Virginia, he does not expect the government to foot the ancl threaten this year to keep his big majority from melting awray
bills. But nearly always when he travels the President is unable 'because of absenteeism. That big majority of over 100 comprises
to go unattended. The railroads as a rule will not haul him 011 many new members, who have never been in Washington during
their regular trains. They will not take the risk of injury and insist the summer months before arid find the climate especially disagree
on his going in a special, if the journey is to be a long one. The able. It is too hot for them and they long for their own heaths.
Pennsylvania railroad has taken the President in a special car on In many of the Congressional districts the campaign has already
its regular trains, several times in recent years between here and begun and the members like to be back home to know what is go
New York, but if the iournev is a lonsr one. the railroad managers ing on. ;
5 A great deal of the sickness in the world is caused by
unsanitary woolen underwear. Most underwear is made of
linen which while being clean has the great disadvantage of
being cold and clammy.
By a special process of manufacture, a soft, warm, por
ous fabric has been evolved by Dr. Deimel, called Linen
Mesh, which is simply linen with the coldness taken out.
Dr. Deimel Underwear has obtained the unqualified en
dorsement of the foremost members 'of -the 'Medical Profes
sion and in every part of the globe gives health and comfort
summer, winter, spring and fall.
This underwear is made in such a wide variety of sizes
that w-e can fit everybody.
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FORT AND MERCHANT STREETS.
say there must.be a special train as they can guard that better from
the usual accidents of railroad travel.
The Original Shingle Stains
First made, first in quality and first
in the favor of shingle-sUin users.
Cabot's Creosote Shingle Stains
have been used, imitated and abused for over twenty years,
but no imitation or substitute has the depth and richness of
color, the lasting qu ilitles or the wood-preserving value.
Wood treated with these stains is proof against decay or
injury by insects and the colors are guaranteed to last. '
For simples, prices and supplies, apply to .
LEWERS & COOKE, Ltd., HONOLULU.
SAMUEL CABOT, Sole Manufacturer, - BOSTON, MASS.
But with all these struggles to keep members in town Speaker
Cannon has had his trials to shape the legislation demanded by the
President. He and his leaders have had their hands full. The
Senate leaders have also had their hands full. There has not been
a week since Congress came together after the holidavs that there
has not been one-or more hot fights in progress. Sometimes it has
been between the President ancf the Senate, sometimes between the
Senate and the House, and finally there have been many fights be-
j tween the President and the House, although fewer than between
the other parties mentioned.
j The rank and file of both branches of Congress don't mind this
much. It does not tax them especially. They are looking after
j their little kettles of fish as usual and have not much else to do ex
cept to vote when the final voting time comes. But the old men
I of both bodies and the leaders of both branches are chieflv men well
advanced in years have found the strain great.
The closing work of the session comprises fewer controversies
over appropriation bills than usual. The troubles are all over legis-
lation the President is demanding such as the railroad rate regu- :
j lation bill and the meat inspection rider. Were it not for these
j measures the President has been forcing through Congress, it would
: have adjourned two months ago and the closing would have been
remarkably peaceful.
CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMING.
There will be little rest for the leaders of Senate and House.
after Congress does adjourn. They may get a short respite during
July and a part of August but the Congressional campaign is com-;
ing on and Senators as well as Representatives are concerned about
it. "Senators are at the head of party organizations in most of the
states where there is a fight. Senator Hale is recognized as the
leading party man in Maine, for instance, where there" is a lively
campaign in prospect. Senator Gallinger is also the head of the
Republican organization in New Hampshire, Avhere there is a big
ruction ; Senator Lodge, in Massachusetts, where the Democrats
are trying to capture the state, and so on across the country.
Speaker Cannon will enter the campaign early and will take all
his leaders with him, fr-r it is a big fight thev have to hold the
. , country to vote for another Republican Congress. First there will
Pearls of Wheat, Flyer Mush, Oat Flakes, Malta-Vita, Flaked hc tlle preliminary campaigns for renomination. Some of these
Rice, Fawn Oaten Flakes, Violet Wheat, Cream of Maize, Scotch have already been fought. But the speaking will begin early in the
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EGS4 WiW Ci WO IV! HAWY , BHT . forthwith by another, but a short, session of Congress. '
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