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RAILROAD RATES
WORRY CONGRESS
Wide Difference of Opinion
Over Proposed Increase.
MEASURE NONPARTISAN ONE
Congress Has a Rival In the Daugh
ters of American Revolution, Who
Hold Lively Debates—Many Candi
dates In Georgia For Vacant Places
In Senate —Kenyon a “Reformer.”
By ARTHUR W. DUNN.
Washington. Ajtrii 22.—[Special.]—
Railroad rates and business is a sub
ject which is giving concern to officials
and legislators. The interstate com
merce commission has been consider
ing the application of the railroads for
a 5 per cent increase. It seemed for a
time that that increase might be grant
ed, but while the subject was pending
the matter came up in the senate, and
Senator Cummins of lowa vigorously
opposed any increase.
While Senator Cummins was talking
against an increase in freight rates
another distinguished Republican sen
ator was telling me that it seemed like
ly that unless something was done for
the railroads many would go into the
hands of receivers and business would
be greatly disturbed. There is a wide
difference of opinion on the subject of
railroads and corporations and what
the government ought to do in regard
to them.
Congress Has a Rival.
In its squabbles and bickerings and
differences congress has a rival. The
Daughters of the American Revolution
are holding their annual meeting, and
that means a debating club that is
equally as interesting as congress, and
in some respects it beats congress, be
cause they do conclude after a time.
While it lasts the I). A. R. furnishes
more interest than congress, save on a
particular field day. Jike that when the
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canal bill was passed.
Outside Information.
Assistant Secretary Roosevelt of the
navy department gave out what might
be called “outside information,*’ when
he announced from the Pacific coast
that the American battleship fleet
would go through the canal some time
this summer. This was news to the
people In Washington, who have had
an idea that it would be late this year
or some time next year before the ca
nal could accommodate the American
battleships.
A Large Candidate Crop.
The Georgia candidate crop is equal
to the peach crop, according to reports
received in Washington. There art
two senators to be elected in Georgia
this year and there seems to be any
number of ambitious men in the state
who think that they would like t<
serve in the senate. As one man re
marked. “Georgia has more politics
to the square inch than any other
southern state.” One reason why a
seat in (lie senate from a state like
Georgia is desirable, is because a man
once settled there is almost sure to re
main for a great many years.
Tackling the Rules.
Congressman Deitriek of Massachu
setts. has decided that the rules of the
house need amending, especially the
“gag rule.” If his proposed amend
ment should be adopted, whenever the
gag rule is proposed its strangling op
erations will be less drastic, giving mi
nority members an opportunity to offer
amendments and also an opportunity
for every member of the house to have
at least tdn minutes in debate. The
Massachusetts member was not alto
getber satisfied with tlie way the canal
tolls repeal was rushed through the
house.
“Young Reformer Kenyon.”
The “elder statesmen” are referring
to Senator Kenyon of lowa as “the
young reformer" because Kenyon
wants to change some of the rules of
the senate. A new senator is apt to
get himself disliked in any attempt he
makes to change the rules. If the
rules of the senate are to be changed
it should be left in the hands of those
who are supposed to have all the wis
dom on the subject of senate procedure,
and a man like Kenyon, who has only
been in the senate three or four years,
is not expected to be one of that kind.
An Assistant Leader.
Congressman Stafford of Wisconsin
is becoming an assistant minority leab
THE COFFEE COUNTY PROGRESS, DOUGLAS. GEORGIA
er in the bouse. It is true that .Tim
Mann selected Burke of South Dakota
for that position, but Burke spent con
siderable time in the west fixing him
self for the senate, and meanwhile
Stafford has jumped inte the arena and
is on hand with his “1 reserve the
right to object” and also straightout
objections to requests of different
members for unanimous consent. Staf
ford is giving almost as much atten
tion to the details of the business of
the house as the minority leader.
In the Limelight.
We are not going to lose sight of
James Hamilton Lewis, the interesting
senator from Illinois. It is possible
that his various legislative schemes
and propositions will not bear fruit
right away, but they will make talk,
and that is an important feature in a
congressional career. Ever since he
came to congress from Washington,
more than fifteen years ago. Jim Ham
Lewis has not allowed himself to be
lost to the public ey*.
WHITE HOUSE NUPTIALS.
McAdoo Will Wed President’s
Daughter in May.
The president a.nd Mrs. Wilson
have annum I d that the wedding of
their youngest daughter. Miss'Eleanor
Randolph Wilson, and Secretary Mc-
Adoo, would take place on Thursday,
May 7.
The announcement from the White
House giving the date of the wedding
also said :
“In accordance with the wishes of
Miss Wilson and Mr McAdoo, the
wedding will be very small; only the
vice-president and Mrs. Marshall, the
cabinet and the immediate members
of the two families are to be present.”
Dr. Willis, Model of “Laurie,” Dead.
Dr. Frederick Llewellyn Hovey
Willis is dead at Rochester. He was
an intimate of Longfellow, Emerson.
Hawthorne, Thoreau and the Alcott
family. Louisa M. Alcott took Dr.
Willis as the model of “Laurie” in
“Little Women.”
A WOMAN FOOTPAD.
She Steals a Kiss From One of Her
Men Victims.
A woman foot-pad at Los Angeles
held up James O'Hara and Walter
Close. From the former she took a
watch and $2.40 and from the latter
she stole a kiss.
She returned 40 cents to O’Hara,
saying she didn’t want to leave Mm
broke.
WOKENS WASN’T DEAD.
And es Enoch Arden, His Return
Was Unsuccessful. %
No matter how much you do for
some people they are never grateful;
Stephen Wokens, of Passaic, N. J.,
is classed as one of this kind, and as
a result Is held in SSOO bail for non
support on the charge made by his
wife.
Wokens had been supposed to be
dead. He wasn’t and hence his ar
rest. Now he declares that playing
Enoch Arden is about as foolish as
trying to borrow money from a po
liceman in a strange town.
The Wokens family lives at No. 10
Hope avenue I'assaic. Two years ago
Wokens disappeared. A few days
later a body was taken out of the
Dundee canal and promptly identifi
ed as- that of the missing husband
! and father. Then there was an elab
orate funeral and every one was
happy
Every one was satisfied that Wok
ens was dead and mourned for him.
He was not. He let Iris family re
main in that belief for two years and
then suddenly reappeared and asked
what time breakfast would be ready.
Then Mrs. Wokens fainted. Next she
revived and then she summoned a
policeman and Woken had to put on
liis coat again and go and tell the
police all about the case.
Recorder Costello after hearing )he
woman’s story bound the man over
to support his wife and held him in
SSOO bail to do so. As Wokens fail
ed to produce the bail he lmd to sleep
in jail instead of in the bosom of
his family.
The police of Passaic are now
wondering who was the man that
was buried. Nobody reported at
Hie time of the funeral regarding any
other missing mail.
Stole All Man’s Furniture.
When T. L. Castleman returned to
Memphis from a short visit 5n Arkan
sas. he found a thief had entered his
home and stole every household arti
cle he poss issed, from cooking stove
to bedsteao. Neighbors told Castle
man a moving Van. driven by two
men, backed up to the residence yes
terday and left with all his chattels,
valued at s^oo.
Girl Declares Pastor Took Garter.
Miss Lucille Clark. 17 of Rockport,
111., charges that the Rev. Charles H.
B.vles, of the Congregational church,
reached under the table at a party
which they attended and removed her
garter A church jury has decided
that the clergyman was not guilty pf
the charge Members of the congre
gation will continue to push the caso.
When You Visit Douglas and Want Something Good to Eat, Visit
Mrs. Edenfield, at Royal Cafe
OPPOSITE DOUGLAS HOSPITAL
(HR LINE OF STOVES
and ranges does not include
everything on the market. It
does, however, contain some
choice ones, such as the Ad
vance Ranges and new Bar
rett* Stoves.
These Stoves Have Merit
Not only the quality hut the
prices are attractive. You
will be the loser if you buy
a stove without inspecting
our line.
J. D. PERKINS & BRO.
Phone No. 83. Douglas, Ga
BLEASE REFUSES.
Will Not Yield to Ultimatum of War
Secretary.
aqr sso pm tuq; uimmuijin s.-Outojoes
Refusing to withdraw a letter to
tiAVTupqjiAV ajri.vv oj pajoafqo .iattmu
which Lindley M. Garrison, secretary
of war. took exception. Governor Cole
L. Blease lias sent his reply to the
at once the southeastern maneuver
camp would be held elsewhere than in
South Carolina.
The governor also declines to invite
the troops to camp on the Isle of
Palms, the place tentatively selected,
saying it would offend “other cities in
my state that want this encamp
ment.”
Gets Prize for Darning Sock.
Eighteen women, each with a darn
ing needle in her right hand and a
sock with a big hole in the toe in
her left, waited for the word of the
start in the first event of the annual
handiwork exhibition of tbe Women’s
club of Kansas Oity. At the word aii
began to darn. The prize for the best
and most rapid darning was awarded
to Mrs. R. B. Hansford. A few min
utes later the same woman won the
prize for the best buttonhole.
NO LONG WAITS
at our iunen counter. Just long
enough to nicely conk and prepare the
order, and bring it to you.
Steaming Hot, Riirht off the Range
Many prefer this kind of service to
th“ Cook-it-all-at-once-and-let-it-stand
kiud. We always give you just what
YOU want, not what is most conven
ient for us.
DIXIE CAFE -o- Douglas, Ga.