Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 237, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 October 1915 — PRESIDENT WILSON TO PUSH HOBBIES [ARTICLE]

PRESIDENT WILSON TO PUSH HOBBIES

When congress convenes President Wilson will have a number of socalled “hobbies” to urge the passage of. Philippine independence, rural credits and a merchant marine under government direction, which failed of passage at the last congress, will be brought up again. It is also asserted that he will have a favorite hobby, namely, government ownership of telegraph and telephone lines. The freedom of the Philippines will be pushed with all vigor, according to a Washington dispatch. The president is determined that the anti-im-perialist declarations of democratic party shall find fulfillment during his term of office.