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Week At Washington
Representative 'Spalding of North
Dakota has introduced a bii; provid
ing for tho appointment of a commis
sion from civil life, no member to be
ongaged in the manufacture of pro
tected articles, or a member of either
branch of congress after March 4. It
is provided that the commission should
take testimony regarding tho tariff and
to investigate the subject of agricul
ture manufacturing, mining, and other
Tho house passed tho legislative,
judicial and executivo appropriation
bill as soon as it came from the com
mittee and adjourned thereafter.
Mr. Baker of New York arraigned
the department of commeice and labor
in a strong speech delivered before the
house, an Associated Press report of
which contains the following: "The
li ronn rf nnrnnrnHnns Mr. Rfllfnr RRif
industries, so far as may bo necessary thafc Wa complaillt was not tliat to0
to bring about a readjustment of exist
ing schedules. Tho commission will
Tjg expected to inquiro particularly in
to tho existence of monopolies and con
sider tho tariff question from this
standpoint.
Another bill providing for a com
mission has been iLtroduced by Rep
resentative Fordney of Michigan This
bill provides for the appointment of a
commission of ten members of the
house to report the result of its delib
erations not later than tho first day
of the next session.
Representative Baker of New York
nas introduced two resolutions direct
ed at the steol rauroad pool. After re
citing that fhe tariff on steel rails is
imposed ostensibly for the purpose of
permitting the domestic manufacturer
to overcome the advantage the foreign
er has by reason of lower wpges paid
by him, tho resolution declares:
"This despicable fraud must be
stopped until members of the steel rail
combination furnish conclusive proof
to the secretary of the treasury that
the pool is paying its men more than
the foreign manufacturers are giving
their employes."
The Wasnington correspondent for
the Chicago Tribune says Mr. Baker
gives Char'es M. Schwab as authority
v-rfor his declaration that the foreign
'"""manufacturers are required to pay $7
moro per ton for steel raPs than it
costs the American manufacturers.
From this ho concludes tho tariff of
$7.84 per ton is a despicable fraud.
The other resolution recites that it
is a notorious fact that the manufac
turers of steel raib havo formed a
pool. It is provided that the attorney
general be requested to give his opin
io as to whether or not the laws are
l)oing violated by such a combination.
If the attorney geneial is of this opin
ion, Mr. Baker wants him to tell the
house what, I anything, has been done
toward bringing about criminal prosecutions,
much money had been appropriated for
the pay of special attorneys, special
examiners and special agents, but that
no use had been made of the money.
There had been, he said, a demand to
investigate what had come to e
known as 'the trusts.'
" 'What is the result? Absolutely
nothing.'
"He had been assured by a friend In
the department that an investigation
had been made of one corporation
whoso books were so kept that it could
not be ascertained whether that cor
poration had made $109,)00,000 or $1,
000,000. It was. he said, a notorious
fact that a steel rail association existed
and yet he had been informed that the
house judiciary committee would re
port adversely on his resolution to in
vestigate that association on the
ground that it was a rumor. In sten
torian tones he declared amid demo
cratic applause that it 'was a rumor
so strenuous, so terrible, that it can
take the American people by the
throat and exact an undue tribute of
$30,000,000.' "
In his annual report Secretary Mor
ton suggests that merit rather than
political influence, determine assign
ments. An Associated Press dispatch, under
date of Washington, Dec. 8, says: "The
hearing by the supreme court of tho
United States in the case of Swift ver
sus the United States, popularly known
as tho -beef trust' case, .was today
passed to an unfixed futuro date, at
the request of tho government. Tho
qase was on the courts call for today
and at tho opening of the day's ses
sion Assistant Attorney Day appeared
and moved that the case be passed un
der the twenty-sixth rule of the court,
which rule provides that upon agree
ment by counsel any case may bo
postponed and restored at a future
time, to be agreed upon. Mr. Day
stated that the purpose of tho motion
was -to serve the convenience of the
attorney general, who desires to par
ticipate In the argument and who was
not prepared at this time to proceed.
He added that counsel on the other
side had consented to the postpone
ment. Under the arrangement the ar
gument may be made at any time upoa
which counsel and the court agree."
Secretary Hay has recommended an
increase in salary of a large number
of consulates.
Washington dispatches say that
President Roosevelt is Conferring daily
with members of both the senate and
the house on the subject of tariff revision.
The estimates of appropriation sub
mitted for the territory of Hawaii by
Governor Carter and forwarded to con
gress by Secretary Shaw are as fol
lows: Dredging Honolulu harbor,
$250,000; refunds to territory, $175,622;
federal building for Honolulu, $1,000,
000; federal building at Hilo, $1,000,-000.
i f Jat5 Pres3 di0Patch, under
date of Washington, Dec. 6, says
"Representative Hill (Conn.), todav
introduced a bill providing for tho re
demption of United States treasury
notes, known as silver certificates in
gold coin and directing the secretary
of the treasury to set apart $15U,000 000
in gold and bullion for the purpose
The act makes it the duty of the sec
retary of the treasury to maintain a
gold reserve corresponding to not less
than 35 per cent of all United States
notes in circulation. For the debt in
curred by the redemption of the notes
the secretary of the treasury is to is
sue bonds of $50 or any multiple there
of,' bearing interest at 3 per cent."
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Representative Hull of Iowa has in
troduced a bill providing for an annual
appropriation of $1,000,000 for the pro
motion of rifle practice.
The Chinese minister has been con
ferring with Secretary Hay in regard
to a treaty with China, which treaty
will be considered by the senate.
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An Associated Press dispatch, dated
Washington, lec. 9, says: "Tho house
committee on rivers and harbors de
cided today to send for some of the dis
trict engineers, as they desire to hear
from them on the reeds of rivers and
harbors in their respective districts."
Major William Warner of Kansas
City has declined the proffer of the of
fice of commissioner of pensions. He
is a candidate for United States sen
ator from Missouri.
Representative Lovering has pre
sented three bills designed tc encour-ag-
the export trade of the United
States. These bills provide for an ex
tension drawback system as suggested
by Secretary Snaw.
By a viva voce vote the amendment
introduced by Mr. Hepburn of Iowa,
cutting off appropriations for the civil
service commission, was lost.
h President Roosevelt and Postmaster
General Wynne have commenced an
investigatio into the rural free de
livery service. This investigation win
be made for the purpose of relieving
rnemoer or congress of a "hold-up1
system through which it is claimed
they have been "terrorizedlor years.-'
Some of the postal associations are
said to be organized for the purpose of
compelling congressmen to raise their
salaries or else drive the congressm n
out of public life. In some cases it
nas actually heen done. The belief is
strong in administration circles that
some of the postal associations exist
for no other purpose than that of
holding up congressmen, or at least
that that 1 Hiiro of their existence is
getting to bo the overshadowing one.
mere is some talk to the effect that
the association will have to be broken
up and that the present investigation is
the first step toward that end.
In the house of representatives, Dec.
8, Mr. Hepburn of Jowa moved to
strike out the entire appropriation for
the civil service commission. He de
clared that the civil service, had not
improved since the days of the spoil3
system, but, on the contrary, grows
less and less efficient.
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An Assoc' ated Press dispatch, under
date of Washington, Dec. 9, says: "That
there may be- changes in the diplomatic
service and possibly in the cabinet is
evident from a statement made by a
high official of the state department to
day, replying to an inquiry, in which
lie said that the president expects 4ill
the members of his cabinet and all
ambassadors and ministers to send in
their resignations between now anti
March 4 next."
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Representative Norris of Nebraska
introduced an amendment to tlm con
stitution so as to provide for a term of
eight years for the offices of president
and vice president. He also recom
mended that United Slates senators
should be elected by a direct vote of
the people.
Among the bills introduced in the
house was one to amend the home
stead laws of Nebraska by Congress
man Kinkaid. The text of his measure
is as follows: "Be it enacted that per
sons who, prior to the first day of No
vember, 1904, made entry under the act
entitled An Act to amend the hoine
stead laws as to certain unappropriated
and unreserved lands in Nebraska, ap
proved April 23, 1904,' shall not be re
quired to establish or maintain resi
dence on the lands so entered by them
prior to the first day of May, 1905."
Judge Benjamin T. Baker of New
Mexico has been summarily removed
by the president.
The house interstate commerce com
mittee is 'Considering several hills
along the lines suggested bv:rhft,mw
J I dent in the-matter of railroad rebates.
There is considerable talk of a spe
cial session for dealing with the tar
iff question. The general opinion is.
however, that no special session wili
be called prior to October, 1905.
Senator Piatt of New York has in
troduced a bill providing for the re
duction of the representation of the
southern states in congress. Senator
Piatt says that this bill originated in
the republican club of New York city.
He also says that tho bill affects some
northern states, particularly Massa
chusetts, and that it is therefore a'non
partisan measure. The bill provides
that the representation of the state
shall bo based on the male voting
population, according to the last of
ficial census. The reduqtion in the1
southern states is estimated at six
teen members. . "
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