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Show PEOPLE MORE THAN SATISFIED Washington, I). C, Januarv 30 Frlcnda of improved waterways throughout the country, arc enthusiastic enthus-iastic over the eholro of lleprcscnt tve Joseph K. Rantidell of Louisiana, to bo a senator fiotn that state after tho 4th of March next year in placa 01 Senntor Mtupliy J. Foster. Mr. Hansdell nnd Senator Foster tried conclusions at tho state primaries held Jnnunry 23 Is which Mr Kniis-dell Kniis-dell polled some fi.000 moro votes than his competitor, which Is univalent univa-lent to an election by tho lcglfliture. flcKesentntUc nansdell has benn the president of the National HI or nnd Harbors Congiess for sevu ion-seeut.c ion-seeut.c terms having boon iiniinl-motis'. iiniinl-motis'. reelected nt the recen convention con-vention of that great organ'zatlon held In this city In' December last Mr Hansdell has been an Indefatigable Indefatig-able woikw for Improved waterways over since he entered Congress In 1S99, his work na tho rivers nnd harbors har-bors committee having been of such a character ns to attract tho attention atten-tion of tho country The next Senator from Louisiana will bo flfty-fonr rars of ago tifeNt Otlober. Ho 'a a lawyer by piofes-Htoa piofes-Htoa and 11 doctor cf laws. His nlmp. N. Y having conferred this degree upon him on the twenty-fifth anniversary anniver-sary of his graduation, June 1907. Mr. Hansdell is n grower of cotton tn Knst Carroll Parish, whter he has large land holdings. Mr. Itansdcll Is mnrrled, but has no children. Mrs. Hansdell lu one of tho handsome women wom-en of tho Congressional set and Is a universal fnuirte In the social life of the capital. Senator Duncan U. Fletcher, of Florida, has sent out letters to a mini her of leading men of the nation inviting in-viting them to n Waterways Conference Confer-ence to be hold In Nashville April C to 10. President Fletcher has made the point in thebe letters that organisations or-ganisations existing for tho benefit of a definite waterways project, and tho great National Hlvers nnd Harbors Har-bors Congress, working for the ex-pendituies ex-pendituies of nnuunl funds In water way improvement, have never yet been discussed, from a business standpoint, stand-point, except as affecting rates, the business management of such a vast enterprise ns is represented by the lnestmcnt of half a billion dollars. ('( iiheipientl, tlu subjects that will be discussed In the Waterways Con-feirncc Con-feirncc in Nashville aro of National Impnitunce, lu iow of the npproaeh lag completion of the Panama Canal which wll lthrow out of use millions of dollars worth of equipment. This , Is therefore, an appropriate moment lu national history for demand business busi-ness lunnngement in waterway devel- , opment, opening at once a field of use for the equipment nt Panama that will IHIlt-l ISl' IflUUIll lUlt'. W Dald Lubln, delegate of the United Unit-ed States to the International Institute Insti-tute of Agriculture nt Home hns been granted. a lease of abseuco by Secretary Secre-tary of State Kno to attend the Southern Commercial Congress m Nashville in April next. Mr. Lubln will hold 11 belles of conferences in various states of the south to ev-I11I11 ev-I11I11 the Hnlffelsea system of co-op urntlve rural credits that enables tho peasant farmers of Germany to do it co-opeialt banking business of o er ? 1,000,000,000 a eai The Islt of the DuKe of Cuunaught Governor General of Canada ,of WasU lngtt.ii his week, was attended with all the ceremonials ghen bv ono coup tr to nnother to a reigning prlnre. Although the duke wag In Wnshini. ton but eight hours It was uudoubt cdly the buslist oight hours tho dU-tliiguished dU-tliiguished visitor hns had in ears ThO presence of n brother of King Kdward an uncle of King Goo'ge V leealled tho Uslt of the duUos brother, broth-er, Union Heufiew, Prince of Wales and nfterwnrd Kdward tho VII to tho national capital in October itiiit Baron Honfrew was tho flint e royalty roy-alty to call on the provident wMle th? Duke of Coiiuaught was tho tonth. It was very generally regretted that the duke wns not accompanied on h!$ visit to nWshlngtou by the duches b.s daughter Princess Patricia, who Id famlllnily known ns "Princess Pat In tho exclusive social centeie or London, Now York nnd Canada TIw prefoncn of tho Duko of Counaught nttrncted crowds In Washington wi.i t would In nil probability have been doubled had the ladles of 'he dub 1 family accompanied him on his cere monial visit to the head of the American Amer-ican nation, n |