Show TO 1916 presidential POLITICS SEEN BEEN IN FIGHT 0 ON ra CANAL TOLLS EX EMPTION REPEAL WORKING NOW ON SENATORS administration a supposed ness ne to great britain arouse arouses pre pro judice Politician say wilton wilson cannot afford to loe lose by GEORGE CLINTON washington because of the tact fact that champ dark clark the speaker and oscar W underwood the leader ot of bla his party part Y in the house tood stood so 0 o opposed to the repeal ot of the panama tolle tolls exemption liw law demanded by Preal dent wilson NN ashington ha has seen large quantities ot of presidential politics in the situation it of coune course would be ungracious to eay say that either mr air dark or mr un derwood was opposed to the repeal on any grounds other than those which they consider to be for or the public good it tg in true that both ot of theae these gentlemen probably will be candidates for the presidential nomination in 1916 2916 and alo also that both of them being good politicians know the delegato delegate kecur ing possibilities in the big center centers population where opposition to and especially to vi bat hat has been a truckling to great britain la to determined the center of interest in the matter la Is shifting lfting eb to the and bile debate there them may not be an a bitterly personal pe as baa has been the case in the house of represents lives tives it certainly Is t be bitter enough to please people who like the acrid flavor favor in the debate diet politics in the opposition so 80 far ae as presidential politics are concerned with this matter of the repeal of the tolla tolls exemption law it aan an ae e a aid that men with presidential abbl tlona lions and who oppose the repeal probably cope hope to count on support in the future from large sections of the coast country which are opposed to the pree pres ident in bia his position lUon from a ew mid country sections Bec tlona and ot of cobrac from the large cities the mid country regions however se m to be largely in favor of the repeal the strength which one or two of the po a bible sible democratic presidential bandl date dates have developed heretofore on that interior regions however it ie in eald said may enable them to withstand without injury any criticisms which may come because of their present action in op position to mr wilson s policy in other orde the gained strength from the coast states and from the big culea cities it la in apparently figured figu will offset any detection defections tec tion from the interior resolution resolutions adopted by scores rt of organizations urging that repeal be de are being rec aved every day by the united stae senators ecna tors with whom now novy it t sma that the only chance to defeat depeal lies congress for come some reason or other haa has heard and ie to bearing hearing more from froni one fide side of this thin controversy ay than from the other bid and this probably accounted for the desire bt of the opponent opponents of repeal to delay consideration of the matter in the bouse house and it recounts accounts perhaps for thel continued desire to delay it in the senate the feeling seems to be that if enough protests pro teats come euch such senators ena tore as are wavering may decide to desert the a cause prejudice prejudices have been whiff most of 0 the lettera letters resola eions and telegrams which have come to washington on ebid matter bave have urged that repeal be dented denied this does not mean necessarily ot of coune course that a majority ot of the people ot the country are opposed tj tho the course which the resident r real dent asked congress to take it meane means only that the opponents of repeal repeat have been much more energetic throughout the country than hare its it friends tri ende and this probably cau can be accounted tor for by reason ot of the face for it Is to a known fact tact that cerbin elements in the community hays been more bitter about this thing because ot of the nature of it itt supposed eup posed frien friendel dIt ll mesa to great britain than tor for any other reason that o 0 au D u the rhe controversy has stirred dices and when this Is to done the re epoise Is always certain and active politicians in washington say Pre dint wilson cannot afford to lose this contest content tor for they bo hol I 1 it will hurt the prestige ot of his administration it Is a matter of record that thus tar far he has been victorious in nearly all the things which he be has set out to do CIL A rr d they assert will mean the na there has just been formed in wash ington a committee of business men and influential citizens hose duty will be to arou abou e throughout the entire united states an tin inter est in the wei we being of the capital of the country this committee owes its origin to the recent attempt in congress jo 0 o change the whole hysten ot of taxation of the district by making the residents of washington pay all the taxes the government to pay absolutely sol ol nothing for the upkeep of the streets the ewers sewers the police and the ore firs department and other necessities of a city cit t government As things are at the taxes are divided half ball and half ball fiat is the residents of N pay par halt half tha th amount necessary nt ec essary to run things and congress a appropriates for the other halt half ot of course it vu was n not ot intended by I 1 congress that the city of washington sh should pay tor for the erection ot of public buildings or for their main cenance te nance or tor for anything which wab ned d or 1 1 L 0 im L bior purely governmental fun c t long II 11 ie is main talked however that it Is now the in t to make be resident residents ot of the dietrict district pay for or the paving and tor for the maintenance of the streets and alley alleys upon which government property abuts the senate liae has positively declined to tand stand for the drastic change ot of the a hatem ct of taxation proposed pro poRed by the hoube house c ot f representatives the reel rest denta dents ol 01 washington ft u that thia this city being the capital congress do its chare share la in keeping leeping the place ben beaucl till tul ful and in making it a credit to the people ot of the united states they tay ray that it they have to pay all the taxes it will impoverish them that real estate will decrease in value that people wil I 1 sell out and leave vash ington and that vilt without hout government aid the city will go to decay beautifying ip if systematic ae an ato country pretty generally knows by this time the haphazard method of beautify ins washington baa has been stopped there la Is now a fine arta arts commission which pasee passes judgment on all proposed improvements and no to building can be erected no statute em placed and no to park laid out without retting the sanction of the member members ot of this commission 11 of e ex people coming into Nas dashington hington and riding up pennsylvania avenue from the train see the poet post office depart ment building looming up ahead of them and they probably wonder aonder if it other government buildings are 0 shockingly ugly the port office de apartment part ment building ae as erected only a lout twenty yearn ago and how the plana plans succeeded in te ne curing the man lion ot of the authorities la in something moat most difficult to understand tand it there had bad been a fine arli aru commission comm leelon in thie this city at that time the pout post office building today would not eland stand an a blot mot on an the architectural beauty ot of the city ot of washington the country can be assured that from now on so tar far as human judg meat ment can make things assured there bo be no buildings put up in thia m town by the authority ot of congress or 0 r otherwise that cannot tand stand the tret test alch v experts apply to determine ym inetri and appropriateness one inquiry worth while while the activities of the lobby investigating committee hava have been more or 1 icis criticized it seems that they have bave produced results some few la in washington continue to maintain however that the lobby investigation aca as not no worth while borne some of them slem ei em to think it will wilt prevent law abiding catl zene zens simply through fear ear that they may be called from coming to ashing tort to plead for or against legislation in which they eel feet natural interest ba so far as can be learned there seems to t te nothing to this line ot of reasoning the men who have hon cat eat reasons to enter objection against proposed or to plead for it seem em to be just ae as willing to come to the capital ae as ever they were it I 1 is true however how that the men who lob bled bied for pay and who used method methods not altogether commendable coni are no 1 longer in evidence the corridors ot of the capitol seem to be clean it seems to be true therefore that the lobby investigating committee bag lans done a good work and hae has produced a condition which a good many men would like to bate hafe een sen ee se n produced T ara ego the question la Is sharp in washington however whether the ma dority of the activities 0 al senate and house within the last three or four yeara years have been worth time lad energy expended some of the critics have called the series of inquiries government by In tion hae it paid william call calls it a craze senator john joh sharp williams of mississippi ie to baying saying harp sharp things about what be he seems to think la to an craze M mr r william williams ways tt it ban ha coet cost a tot ol 01 1 f mon money py and be he apparently feel feels that tie the results have not been cammen curate with tho the cost it lo 10 three yearn about nave have been spent la in in to along various lines and thre there are men of at all political bradec of opinion who eay may that the work has hut nut been an fruitful he it might tiac have bean been oilier however declare that ss rc atey ap nt in 1 cub sub ejects to which suspicion attach attaches can be wasted wanted now there aro are 11 actions and investigations homo some of the 1011 are forced by the very nature ol 01 tiling an for instance Ine tanco inquiries into whether or not member mem jers of at congress congre BU are rightly entitled to their seam there are ciber other kinda kinds of invest iga hone however which to tpring spring liiv from tho the deatte ot of some ena sena tor or representative who think thinks that ho be hee ban Is a tall t till M to obtain 0 a place in the limelight for himself himsel t which shall ho be held ai an long an the investigation Is in in progress spokesman fop for Prel dett deril tare thore are some democrats Demo craf republican and progressives relve la in house and cd r enate nate who are urging that tlona shall be topped stopped unless a clear case cn clu be made la in advance that strong evidence ot of an evil exists sno ant that nere Is a real intention to root it out president wilson apparently la Is not in entire sympathy pathy with all th investigating of 91 hi bl party in house and senate it Is I 1 barely possible po Belble that bentor williams unbeknown to hit his col 1 its efti bea beva the spokesman 0 of t the administration when he charged that a lar 3 percentage of the great sums opi tor for inquiry purposes have boon been it i to little avail mr nir williams ap arlly want wants hie his colleague colleagues to remember that u la in the demo 1 |