| Show MANY MAN ARt ARE STILL IN WASHINGTON Number of Congressmen Remain And Continue Work Through The Holidays NO PASSES FOR TRIP HOME bo on hlll Special Washington D I C Dec a 11 aday dRY day like Ihl lila one Ills di COor the identIty ot of the really reull en energetic energetic members ot of Congress With both bolh hOU houses 9 adjourned and the tho Christ limes spirit pervading the city from one cot of the tho city to tie the other there therel l is little Incentive and little for tor work at the capitol Yet some somo and are au plying to 10 busIness more mOlo l than when the session was In full tull swing They go to 10 the tho Capitol read and their moll and spend hours ever every Ita day In their commIttee rooms looking Into matters matte IS which will viii require their lisle attention otter after the Lice holidays In th the most ot of their colleagues from near nearby nearby by states have gone home for tor Christ ChristIns III Ins 11 S exodus Is by no means Ill as general all ami however The cut cutting ting oft orf of railway makes the paYment of Mh cash tares fares necessary and the whose ho n horse home Is sonic distance from Wa or who ha hato to depend entirely on hIs hll sal ol olor or tory finds nna It more convenient to In WI loli throughout the holidays than give gle good money to the railroads for tor service which for so 0 many years has been tree reo to FRANKS Another thing lung that will tend to Us do crease the surplus of more than one lawmaker after the tho first of at the year ear IS the announcement II by one ot of the tho two bl bIg telegraph companIes that hero after It will Issue no franks l For or members ot of both have been with books book of oC telegraph which enabled them to send III all I theIr telegrams tree free The franks frankJ were supposed to he be used solely on personal and lodal messages but bUI only an Infinitesimal number ot or th the memo hers berl heeded the provision to 10 that et ef feet teet which the companies printed In each book ot of tampa stamps They used the franks for tor business purposes too anti and antias ns as soon lIoon as II the stamps In ere vere exhausted ted the they applied for another In this way n the two companies carried an enormous amount of tree free business and white while tics the courtesy did nOI neL cause legislators to be unduly biased In favor tavor ot of the tha companies om It assuredly did have sonic effect In the WilY way ot of preventing an any move moe meat ment on the pert of Congress In the direction of lower rates for tor the trans tram transmission mission ot of telegrams and other liar reforms DATA ABOUT GOVERNMENT T OWNERShIP Since the convening of the present session ot of Congress Representative McNary of and others have offered resolutIons asking for tor Information concerning the govern government meat ment owned telegraph lines of at van arl arlou ou European nations While there Is II a very sery small amount of sentiment In favor of oC general government own ownership of public service utilities In the United States Statts on the tho part of members It is If thought that tha no h harm rm ca can bo o done nc by y comparing telegraph anu rats In countries where government ownership ot of means menns of communication exists with these thue prevailing here The action of the telegrAph company compan re cc fenced terret to In deciding to Issue no more franks apparently has no conne connection with this movement In Congress but It may have some Borne effect on the alti alii altitude tude of a few tew members nevertheless nouns HOURS OF RAILWAY MI MEN all the railroads are op opposed posed paled to Senator La bill regulating the hours of railway cm The bill as aB reported to the senate forbIds any railway In the Iho District of oC Columbia or tics the territorIes to work its men more than 16 hours nt at II a time except In case of at accident and then makes the same pame provision regarding all railways Ys engaged In In interstate commerce The Tle railway complain that the enact enactment meat ment of at such Ruch II a bill Into law would necessitAte changes In their and their handling ot of which produce conditions nothing o of chaotic The rhe of railway men who of l laro are aro advocating the tho passage ot of the Ln La Follette bill assent auert that no such lIuch con consequence sequence would follow but that the raIlways would simply ho be compelled to employ on an adequate number of men Instead ot of overworking the ones AI a aready ready In TO F EMERGENCY CY CiBIEN Y Congre or rather the leaders leaden of the two houses who under present control the work of oC Con Can opposed rl to lilY my sweeping legislation nt at this bItt 8 session rh ro Is a l very consIderable differ once of if opinion among and I hankers blinkers III as to just changes are sar anti and limo tho opinion of oC tho Con leaders Is mat title this differ Is so IO material liS to tn mako action at tM the present time limo ET OFFICERS SALARIES I am glad that the accepts the to the legislative liP op bill increasing the salaries I of at ot of time the cabinet the tho vice president and the speaker to sall Secretary ot of the tho Treasury Rha who Is soon to retire from the list lisL of advisers TIme The raIse will pet ot affect me mae so I 1 may make this assertion with propriety The present eatery or of Is altogether too small for tor a cabinet I know seine who s Spend end as high all as II a I year |
