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Show I FORBIDDEN USE OF I PENSION OFFICE -I Congress Refuses to Permit its Use for I Inaugural Ball. Ms TRIALS OF TUB "NEW MEMBERS." 1 1 1 1 President's Recommendation to Re- l( str'ct Government Publications rmh - and Washington (losslp. rfft Wnshingon, D. 0., Dec. 29. , !S- Wnshingon pooplo Interested hi tbo f f nrrnngomonts for tho innugural colo- . . bratlou to tako plaoo on tho fourth of "" 10t March wJion President Iloosovolt r -, will tnko tho oath of oillco, aro por- i turbed by tho action of Congress iu fft rofusiiig to grant tho uso of tho Pon- jl1 1b01 oillco for tho Inaugural ball. Tho inoidont rovivoa tho dlssntififno- , tlon with which tho District gonorally jprv vIowb tho decisions of Congress ro- J Rordltig its welfare As n mattor of r facfc Washington and Us suburbs aro L fairly woll lookod aftor by tho liouso ip and sonato, and tho governmont of tuo oty is surporior to that of nny tho largor cities of tho United States which aro allowod tho ontiro conduct v4- of tholrown nfrairs. Tho dooisions of Congress concornnig tho wolf aro of tho (' District aro a constant griovanco to I ' tho resldonts of tho city nnd as n I"1 conversational topic of dissatisfaction Mt and condolence, corresponds to tho criticism of tho dispensation of pro- vidouco in tho mattor of wind nnd , rain and wonthor in tho rural distri- J-"- ote. If Congross can still bo provnllod upon to allow tho uso of tho Ponslon oliloo for tho ball it will moan n loss BL totho Kovornmont of two wnnlfn wnrir K5 m 0jf 80Vml thousadn high prlccdj jjrf olorkjv tjuaj'Jhiuvr'tyiti--fln ftriT'"""" quoaooa of tho delay anil uoufusioVi J that result from such a disturbance of t - tho routiuo of a groat dopartmont. I 'A Washington citizon iu groat ngita- I tion sought Spoakor Cannon nnd ox- I oitodly lnid boforo him tho groat loss I to tho District if thoro should bo no I inaugural ball. Tho spoakor hoard B - tho story through and moditntivoly ' putrod his oigur awhile. Thou ho V said: "Onco thoro was a Hebrew W v gontloman who was takig liis littlo Bv " boy to bod. 'Vy do you tuko two I stops at vonco, ' ho inquired. 'To t' save my shoos, ' said tho youth. 'Bo I caroful that you dou'd splld your B' panda,' ropliod tho far-sighted futh-B, futh-B, or." Tho oxcltod citizon is still con-. sidorlng tho application of tho story. M) Tho District of Columbia 1b not nlono in is Unhappy situation of boll bo-ll ing rofusod many of its wauts. Tho Ps.-v now mombora of tho IIouso of Rop-I; Rop-I; " rosontatiyos havo organized n club to I whioh thoy havo given thq numo of It thoTuntaliiB Club from Us, significant J' npproprintono8s. Tho bright plums of i proferment haug always within sight but fully out. of roach of tho now I mombor. TJ bo reoognizod on ho" floor is ovou an nohiovoraout for one" t of thoso recruits and It.'rotor as j bittor jost to him when his consJUu- ontasond hlmiruto lottors domnuding " to know why"' ho has not bv tho forco t of hiB woll-known oloquynco atftl -r.i brand now influpuoq'hnd'iho bill in fil which thoy aro Jntorostod rushod E j through both housos, ' Ono of thoso ml now mombora llndlng tho jest grow a & I .littlo monotonous finally ropliod to &.' his oonstltuont, Bonding for him to sT como to tho olty, ' 'just to soo mo pro- ) sont your bill," ho said. Tho const! H tuont camo on nnd for tho past threo W wooks has sat iu a gallory watching H tho now mombor as systematically -M supprossod oaoh timo ho risos to speak 1 'K as n small child giving away family I Bj socrota at a company dinnor. i Bj Probaldy no rcoommondatlou of ,-Bk tho Prosldont's mossago has boon ro- B coivod with moro nproral tlitm tho B ono touching tho governmont publl- B catious. Even tho roprot-ontntlvo who U foods govorumout roports tojila homo Bj nowspapors and his constituents, BJ keopiug ills mouoy groou by moans of j Bj thorn, or that other more outorpris- H ing congressman who pays his way by -'Bj soiling thorn ovon theco have como BJ to rocogulzo tliut thero nro too many 'BJ -'pub docs" as thoy aro somowhat K slightingly lnbolod. Eutiro bureaus Bfei. aro organized and maiutalod for tho B solo purpose of issuing books, many ''JEflr of whioh havo tho information dup-llcnlod dup-llcnlod in half n dozen diircront for-nis, for-nis, issuing from as many difToront bureaus. Tho oxpouso of propnring these, printing nnd binding nnd distributing dis-tributing them is onormous, and rov-olutiounry rov-olutiounry as tho Prosldont's suggestion sugges-tion is that tho number bo reduced, it should bo positively enforced. In former times thero was n gouornl hegira of ropiosentativos and senators at Christmas timo nnd during tho threo wooks of tho holidays Washington did not look upon thoir bright faces. Now though, things aro changed. With tho reduction of milongo per congressman, Washington has dovo-lopod dovo-lopod holiday attractions and joumoys homo linvo appeared unnecessarily tedious. . Tho difllculty pf gottlug sorvantsfora few weeks stay at homo, nnd ouo's liability to colds and sickness sick-ness from changes of climate aro gravoly discussed at ovory ontortain inont whoro cougrcssion pooplo moot. Tho result is that for tho iirst timo the olty ia woll tilled for Christmas and accordingly tho hotol proprietors and apartment landlords nro happy. Anothor clause of tho message that is attracting gonoral attontion is tho recommoudtttion to establish tho whipping post in tho District, that wifo-boators may bo punished by Hogging. Hog-ging. Ily' porsounl intorviows with a numbor of Washington clergy, tho chiof of police and two district judgos it is established that tho gonoral fooling fool-ing is ono of approval of tho rocom-mendntlon. rocom-mendntlon. Tho old cry of its "brut--aliziug illuuco" is hoard in somo quar-tors quar-tors nnd from thoso who do not stop to think of tho insult oirorod tho bruto by classifying him with tho wifo-boator, wifo-boator, but tho hotter and sanor sontl-mont sontl-mont is nil in favor of tho whippingpost, whipping-post, and Dr. Wnllaoo Radclilfo, a prominent Presbyterian clergyman, trechnntly romarks: "If the pun-ishmont pun-ishmont of wifo-bontors by flogging ia barbarism, count mo a barbarian." |