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Show II MEASURES UP TO CONGRESS Passage of Eight Legislative Acts Asked by International Reform Bureau. INTERESTING INQUIRY BEGUN Commlaalon Trying lo Devlae Law for tho Compenaatlon of Injured Employeee Many Houae Em-ployeea Em-ployeea Soon to Loee Jobe. By GEORGE CLINTON. Washington.- Congrcaa line been asked to paaa thla winter eight legla-lallve legla-lallve acta, tho advocatve of which call theui "moral uieaeuree." The International lleform bureau la at work with a militant uplift eplrlt which retuaea to be caat down. Tho houae and acnate are nut alwaya ready or willing to paaa theae "moral muaauree." but thoy are alwaya very aniloua not to appear to bo antago-I antago-I nlatlc to the bills except on the ground , of unconstitutionality or for eonie other oth-er reaaon which cauuot be conaldered aa springing from a dcalre to stand sgalnat morality. Fornior Senator Henry W. Illalr Is the president of the lleform bureau which haa for Its secretary and moving mov-ing spirit Dr. Wilbur V. Cralts. The bureau haa Indorsed and coiumendod to churches and reform societies for support theae legislative meeeures: "To remove the federal shield of Interstate In-terstate coiumorco from the 'original packngea' Imported Into 'dry' territory;" terri-tory;" "To prohibit Intercalate tratis-mlsalun tratis-mlsalun of race (ambling odds and beta;" "To prohibit Intereetate transportation trans-portation of pictures and descriptions of prise lights;" "To prohibit Sunday toll and tramc In In (he District of Columbia;" Co-lumbia;" "To prohibit saloona In Hawaii;" Ha-waii;" "To prohibit tho United States district atturneya from engaging In private practice;" "lo forbid liquor selling In shops and buildings uaed by the L'ulted Btatea government," an "To reatrnln the t radio In opium." On so-called moral ineusuree congress con-gress never divides politically and the reaaon fur this Is apparent. There alwaya al-waya la a division, however, on measures meas-ures wlili h touch Die liquor trnfflo In any way. Into this question, for It Is an Interatute commerca one largely, enter the qucatlnne of state's rights and of per.onal liberty. Now England Enjoys Mosby. Colonel John S. Mushy, who In the civil war days was called a "guerilla" and who now Is called "a noted confederate con-federate cavalry leader, has been loc turlng In New England, a section sf tho country which forty-seven yssrs ago was demanding that he be captured cap-tured and treated like a pirate. The years that have gone by have softened the animosities of war time and now New England Is listening with a keen kind of pleasure It la sold to ths old veterans raiding stories of the civil war. Colonel Mosby Is a noted figure In the capital. Ills face Is that of the novel and picture book soldier. He Is bawk nosed, sharp eyed and lithe figured. It was only a year ago that the colonel waa In the hospital under going a severe opcuntlun. Tho surgeon sur-geon said the colonel would die. The colonel said be would not, die, and bs did not. Hss Intersstlng Tssk, A commission com posed of all members mem-bers of congress and two noii-ofllrlal associates Is Just now engaged In an Investigating work which several of the members declare Is the most Interesting Inter-esting which ever took their attention The commission's endeavor Is to find some means by which dumage aulta brought by Injured employee against their employers may be adjusted without with-out recourse to the courts and without the tremendous coat which even email damago cases Inflict upon the county, (he stute, or It may be the federal guvernment. I In many countries In Europe there are laws which provldo that the employer em-ployer shall pay a fixed sum for Injuries, In-juries, nnd the laws have been found (lo work well. In tho United Slates i there Is a constitutions.! difficulty In the way of the passage, of laws like those of Europe, and one of the labors of the commlaalon will be to find a way of getting around the obstacle of (he constitution without Injuring the Integrity of the Great Document Itself To take a case In point which will show the problem which the commission commis-sion Is trying to solve It may bo eald that a workman In Pennsylvania aued for damages becaueo of- an Injury which he bad received. He waa award ed 11,000 by the court. Of this amount he was compelled to pay l.'.OO to his attorney nnd he had left only tr.OO to support his family and to pay the bills which had accumulated while ho waa Incapacitated. The eult cost the taxpayers 12,500 before It wa completed. In other words, ths workman work-man In order to get l.'.OO caused an expense to the county of five times the nmount which be received. There nro thousands of such csaes In the courts every year. Several of (he statea already have appointed commissions to consider the general lubject of effoctlve laws which will lover the matter and do away with ex-penee ex-penee nnd Injuatlce to employer and imployee. New Vork already baa juaeed a law which helps a little In Ihe solution of the difficulty, Ths tomrreeslcmal committee will report tarly In the next session. Visitors to Washington are won-lerlng won-lerlng why ths (rest Grant monu- mjt Ik pot completed The pedestal forth., sialiie ot the general has I n In p a. " for n hum time nnd It la i gmrd. d by four huge brutwe liona r"l!on!li vl-ltors have look-d on tli-destal nnd the Hons, but never ban. .,.,. re f working about the munmi'iit s slle Menntline statues . of ttli. r in. ii much less well known to j flSe have been completed, erected aid .'. .Heated The drum statue when It m finally finished will stand In Hie gtwiii'ls of the llnintilc.il garden, fnc It'lllic rapltol. There was n long de bv In selecting (be site because of tleji. tulncs opposition to Hie place Wkch Hie committee bad given Its suction The warfare of words ' d for weeks, but finally the I'k.iiilcal garden site wna nuihorlrcd On. ii( the reasons why many people do not want the statue placed where tl eoinnilltee decided II should stand ws) that In order to make room for It far niautilllrcnl trees would have to bisncrlllc d. The trees were historic eel were known as Ihe "Crittenden clfts " Ihe trees were not cut down his were removed In another place, tsl on nrroiint of their ngn it Is a qosflon whither they will survive. Hundreds Loss Jobs. sVcrcturles, clerks, messengers and (kerkeepera of (ho house of repre-satntlvea repre-satntlvea liavo marked Saturday, March 4. 1911. na a black letter day. It may witness the blotting nut from tie pay roll of the namea of hundreds i4 employees most of whom have served the house of representatives tlrough the long yearn of unbroken lupuldlran rule. . kliijor Alexander Mclxiwcll of Penn-srlvanla, Penn-srlvanla, veteran of (he Civil war and veteran of the congressional service, lithe clerk of Ihe house of representatives, representa-tives, a Job of prominence and of much Ifftalatlve Importance. Major Mr Howell Is one of the story tellers ol congress. Members say that he spins better yarn than either Joseph (1. Otnnon, Chnmp Clark or Chnuncey M. Dvpow, Ihe men who ususllv are con-Nktered con-Nktered lo be veritable luliiea of anecdote. anec-dote. The clerk of Ihe house Is good com-pstiy com-pstiy and Ihe Democrats as well as tie Itcpulillcane have so found hlin. but thn major s Kepiihllraulsin la ol tie kind In which no man of his parly an find a flaw and Iberefoia, nl lough he Is iNtpulnr and tho best of nennteurs, the Democrats on coming illo power will sever his services ilih coiigicss, a bit reluctantly per-hsps, per-hsps, but none the less suiely. Now that ono comes to think of It, K Is a mlKlnkn to say (lint March 4 sill bo a black letter day because ss matter of fail, unless Ihern shall be SB extra session of congress, most ot (be employoea of Ihe present house vlll continue to draw pay until the text houae ennvenee, for except In the event of calling an extra session, the rk-rks and Ihe door keepers and soma ether employees must continue In the service during the summer months to "hire for the cspltol; but most of the employees while still drawing their salaries will have Utile to do until next December, when In their cases the real black letter day will dawn. Plnchot Versus Tsft. It recently bas been reported that Theodore Koosevelt and 01 fiord Plnchot Pln-chot have fallen out Mr. I'lnchot's Washington friends say that the rumor la a Joke of the first rank, and that If by any chance there should bs a basis of truth In II, (he country bas a case of severed friendship for ths like of which tho hlsloiv of comradeships comrade-ships ran furnish few parallels. The couutry knew months sgo (hst Mr. I'lncbot and Mr. Tsft had fallen ouL The president bas bad the last shot at the foresiei, but It msy he Hint Mr. rinrhot will return the shot In kind. Ijist summer 76 pel sons In the employe of the forest service were killed and nently 20(1 were Injured while fighting forest fires In (he nordtwest. When the casualty lists were all In Mr. I'incnot said publicly that the loss of life and Ihe Injuries to the men of the set vice were due to the fact that congress md been nig girdly In Its appropriations. Mr. Plnchot was bold enough to lay the blame on the shoulders of Individual members of congress whom he called by name. These members resented the Implication Unit I hey w ero re "IKinslblB for a pulley of murderous economy. Mr. Tuft got bnrk at Mr. Plnchot In this wise: In his annual message, without mentioning Mr. Plnehol's namo of course, but pel Imps milking his reply more direct by the omlssluu, ho said that the loss of lllu and the damage done was not due tu the lack uf appropriation by roiiKiesa to ineei Hie emergency. He declared that (he secretary uf (ho Inierlor hud fundi from which tho law allowed him to draw In Juat such cases and that these funds were drawn on to Ihe extent uf a million dollars. Mr. Taft be llevos that congress was In no wise tot blame for the casualties in the Northwest last summer. Mr. Plnrhol's friends believe that he will have something some-thing further to aay on this subject. Frye to Be Desn of Senate. Beuutor William P. I'tyo uf Maltif will he the dean of the senate when Senator Kiikciio Hale of the san e state retires In March. Next Septeio bor Senator Krye " in he ku years ol ttgo. ,nst summer the report came I roin Mai no that he was seriously III nnd that his life was In danger. Tin denial was quick and emphatic. The senutor Is back In Washington and looks In better physical condllluD than he haa In years. In the year lkhi) Senator Krye wai elected chairman of the Itcpubllriir. state commldeo of Mulne to succeed James Q. lllalne, who had resinned the office. Just one year uftcrwurd Mr. Frye was elected to tho Cnltecl States senate to take the seat of Mr Plains who bad resigned to becumi secretary of stats In Garfield's cab IneL -Jv.,.,.....,.e..., a.., , |