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WASHINGTON NEWS
Representative Maguire has Intro
duced a bill increasing the number
of wirelss operators on ships. This
Is identical with the bill introduced
by Mr. Hitchcock in the senate.
Representative Sulzor of New York
has received from Melville E. Stone,
general manager of the Associated
Press, the following letter:
"I have your letter of January 3rd
and note contents. It is quite true
that in a dispatch dated Washington,
December 16th, the Associated Press
was led to say that the Russian gov
ernment had protested against the
house resolution through Ambassa
dor Bakhmeteff. But on December
18th we -carried and transmitted to
the American newspapers a rather
lengthy dispatch from St. Petersburg,
in which the Russian foreign office
denied explicitly that any such pro
test had been made. Also, on the
same date we carried a dispatch from
Washington quoting Secretary Knox
as saying that Russia had not pro
tested either 'against the abroga
tion of the treaty or against the
language of the Sulzer resolution.'
So it seems to me we have already
clarified the situation as well as it
is possible for us to do."
An Associated Press dispatch says:
Books and papers of the United
States Steel corporation are to be
examined by the government. Chair
man Stanley, of the house "steel
trust" investigating committee, is
Bued subpoenas duces teceum for all
the documents, which thus far the
steel corporation'' had not produced,
although the committee expressed its
desire to examine them.
Andrew Carnegie appeared before
the Stanley committee and said: "It
does my heart good to think that I
got ahead of John D. Rockefeller, my
fellow millionaire, in that Lake
Superior ore deal." Mr. Carnegie
had just told the committee about his
deal with Mr. Rockefeller whereby
he obtained control of Mr. Rocke
feller's iron ore holdings in the Lake
Superior region at a rate of 15 cents
a ton, holding which when turned
into the steel corporation later
formed a large part of ' the assets
valued at $700,000,000. Mr. Car
negie laughed like a school boy as he
referred to the business triumph he
had achieved over his "fellow mil
lionaire." As he spoke of Mr.
Rockefeller he took the committee
Into his confidence and told of a
New Year's call he and Mrs. Carne
gie made on the oil king and Mrs.
Rockefeller.
"We had an enjoyable chat, but
in our conversation I never referred
to that ore purchase," Mr. Carnegie
chuckled, while his auditors enjoyed
the laugh with him.
Throughout the inquiry Mr. Car
negie declared he had come to tell
all he knew, but he was unable to
Bupply many facts which the com
mittee desired, stating that he had
sever paid any attention to the books
of the Carnegie company before its
absorption by the steel corporation.
He was particularly emphatic in
his testimony relating to the sale of
his property to the United States
Steel corporation at the behest of
J. P. Morgan, and told the committee
he wanted to end rossip that he had
held out for an unreasonable price.
He also declared that when his part
ner, H. C. Frick, asked him for an
option for unknown persons on the
Carnegie Steel company, that he de
manded $2,000,000 as an earnest of
the intentions of the prospective
owners, and that when the deal fell
through and he learned that tho
Moores of New York were behind it,
he was surprised.
"Had I known that tho Moores
were behind that option, which I
made on a valuation of $320,000,
000," said Mr. Carnegie, "I never
would have given it"
Robert Bacon, United States am
bassador to France, has resigned.
Frank A. Munsey, owner of the
Washington Times, prints over his
own slgnaturo an editorial entitled,
"Mr. Roosevelt and the Presidency."
In this editorial Mr. Munsey says:
"That he is not a candidate for the
nomination is certain. If no call
comes to him to lead the fight he
will keep right on having a good
time with his work as he is now
doing. But if the call does come he
will buckle on his armour and 'go
to it' with all his old-time impetu
osity and energy."
A dispatch to the Chicago Record
Herald says: An insurrection among
tho house democrats, which may in
volve the presidential aspirations of
Speaker Champ Clark and Represen
tative Oscar W. Underwood of
.Alabama, developedrecently over a
republican insurgent fight.
The democrats of the house
divided Into two clearly defined fac
tions: those of marked, progressive
tendencies voting In repudiation of
the leadership of Mr. Underwood.
To fill a vacancy upon the com
mittee on rules caused by the death
of Representative Madison of Kan
sas, Representative Mann of Chi
cago, as minority leader, following
the old Cannon methods, nominated
Representative Campbell of Kansas.
The rules of the house now provide
that assignments 'to committees shall
be made by the house.
It has been the practice from tho
democratic members of the com
mittee on ways and means to con
sider the names suggested by Mr.
Mann for committee places. Mr.
Underwood and other democratic
members of the committee, advised
Mr. Campbell's selection, but Repre
sentative Norris of Nebraska, a
leader among the insurgent republi
cans, offered the name of Represen
tative Murdock of Kansas for the va
cancy, insisting that the place should
be filled by a progressive, Mr. Madi
son having belonged to that faction.
On the surface it appeared to be
a fight among the republicans, but
the progressive element on both
sides of the house quickly changed
this aspect and revived the issue,
which had been fought out while Mr.
Cannon was speaker.
Mr. Underwood, with his presi
dential aspirations, did not hesitate
to accept the challenge and he made
an impassioned appeal to his party
associates to approve the organiza
tion methods of the Cannon regime,
which have so often been criticised
in the house and throughout the
country. He insisted that the re
publicans of the house should be
permitted to decide among them
selves, in caucus or otherwise, how
republican vacancies on committees
should he filled. He insisted that,
If the republicans were willing that
Mr. Mann should follow the Cannon
practice, the democrats should not
object.
Exciting days of two years ago
were recalled by the debate, but
when the roll was called it- was
found that seventy-nine democrats,
recognized as including the progres
sive members on their side of the
house, deserted Mr. Underwood, un
willing to follow his conservative
counsel.
The organization republicans and
the conservative democrats who did
follow Mr. Underwood mustered
sufficient strength to defeat the pro
gressive movement In support of Mr.
Murdock's appointment, and by a
vote of 167 to 107, they voted down
the Norris mdtlon.
It was notable that the opposition
to Mr. Underwood's counsel was led
by the closest friends of Speaker
Clark, Mr. Lloyd and Mr. Shackle
ford. Other friends of Mr. Clark
participated in the debate in opposi
tion to Mr. Underwood.
Representatives Evans, Fowler,
Buchanan, Sabath and Stone of Illi
nois voted with the Insurgents.
Representative Norris followed
his first defeat with a resolution for
the appointment of Representative
Warburton of Washington, Insur
gent, as a member of tho special
sugar investigating committee, of
which the late Representative Madi
son was also a member. This reso
lution was tabled on tho motion of
Mr. Underwood, 167 to. 21. Tho In
surgents could not muster enough
votes to force a roll call on the
question.
Senator Townsend, republican, of
Michigan, says that the presidential
candidates will be Taft and Clark.
JUDGED MEN BY THEIK CLOTHES
Herman Fellner tells this story on
himself, according to tho Now York
correspondent of tho Cincinnati
Times Star. He was in Washington
on business recently and met threo
or four friends on the street. After
a moment's chat he beckoned them
to come with him. "I'm off the
stuff," said he, "but I want to buy
you each a cigar."
They happened to be in front of
a combination cigar and news stand
at the moment. Led by Mr. Fellner,
they all trooped in. The clerk hur
ried to the cigar case to wait upon
them. Before Mr. Fellner could
indicate his wishes the clerk had
slapped a box on the glass case.
"Here y' are," said he. "Best dime
smoker in town."
Mr. Fellner is sort of fussy about
his smokes. He looked at the cigar
offered him rather dubiously and
then shoved the box away. "Have
you no other price," he asked.
The clerk shoved the box in the
case. "Sure thing," said he. "My
mistake and your treat."
Having pulled off this time-worn
witticism, ' he addressed Mr. Fellner
confidentially. "Your clothes sort of
fooled me," said he. "You fellers
are a pretty well dressed lot, you
know." Then he put another box on
the counter. "Here," said he, "is
the best nickel smoker in the
village."
WHAT THE COOK WAS DOING
While a certain Richmond family
were in Europe the. dusky housemaid
acted as caretaker, and more than
once she received in the dining room
an admirer in the porson of one
Henry Morgan, cab driver.
One evening, as the maid and the
Jehu wore making merry, there came
from the kitchen a painful scratch
ing sound.
"What's dat noise In de kitchen?"
demanded the maid's admirer. "Must
be a dawg tryln' to git In."
"Don't yo' worry," answered the
maid ; "dat ain't no dawg a-scratchin'
at de do.' Dat's de cook a-writln' a
love letter to her honeysuckle."
Lippincott's.
Mistress "Bridget, I told you not
to put these silver knives In with
the steel ones again."
Bridget "Sure, mum, I didn't, the
silver ones were already there when
I put the steel ones In." Woman's
Home Companion.
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