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Show THE SUN'S WEEKLY WASHINGTON NEWS i i t Congressman Pays Tribute to Buffalo Buf-falo Bill War Decreases Immigration Im-migration Enormously Thi Hun Hpcclnl Htrlri WASHINGTON, D. C, Jnn. 31. There has long been n feeling in congress, nmong democrats and republicans alike, that the president presi-dent should bo vested with power, through an amendment to tlic constitution, to veto individual items of appropriation instead of being compelled to disapprove an entire bill in order to get rid of ono objectionable paragraph in it. Congressman Walter W. Ma-gee Ma-gee of New York Is ono of those who hold to that view. In Magce's opinion it is tho most effectual means of removing for all time the cry of "pork" when an omnibus appropriation bill has been passed by congress, and cltea the law In his own state where the governor has the power to reject one or more Items In npproprlntlon bills presented to him for npprovnl. "I trust that tho time will come," exclaimed Representative Magcc, "when some president, ns the fender of a great political party will urgo such an amendment to the constitution thnt will result in the saving of millions of dollars annually to the government. War DccreascH Immigration Enormously. Prior to tho outbreak of the war In Europe our net gain in Immigration Im-migration was moro than 64,100 per month. At that rate, during twcnty-nlno months of tho war up to date when tho lust statistics were published, we would have had a gain 6t 1,859,000. As a matter mat-ter of fact, our gain in population through immigration was only 280,000. The war, therefore, caused n relative decrcaso of 1,579,-000 1,579,-000 in our population. That is to say, if the war had not occurred our population today would be 1,579,000 greater than it is and this increase would have been chiefly of people of tho laboring clnss. Moro than n million and n half of working people ndded to our population would mnke a vast, difference In the rate of wages the laboring people nre receiving. Congressman Pnys Tribute to "Buffalo Dill." Hon. Frank W. Mondell of Wyoming took the opportunity recently re-cently afforded by a discussion of present day mail routes in the West to cnll tho attention of the houso to the pony express of the early days, and the fact that one of the pioneers of thnt, service, Colonel Cody, hnd just passed away. Mondell paid a glowing tribute to "Buffalo Hill's" life and character, mentioning the debt which the West owed thnt pioneer for tho part he played in the upbuilding of thnt section of the country. "No man ever lived in the West," nssertcd Representntlve Mondell, "who combined, ns he did, the sterling qualities which make men useful in stirring nnd soul testing days. He was an ideal representative of a time and condition curiously blending tlm extremes of hardship and romance." ro-mance." Some Democrats For Fair Elections. Through correspondence it is developed thnt there are a few democrats In congress who approve of tho principle involved in tho Gallinger amendment to the corrupt practices bill. Two of them, Messrs. Bruckner nnd Fnrley, hail from New York, where the blighting effect of the swollen democratic strength from the South has been most withering. In spite of their utmost efforts, New York democrats have seen their party in congress, led by the South, proceed to penalize New York by every form of taxation which ingenuity enn devise within the limits of the constitution. They do not likd it, their constituents do not like It nnd they realize real-ize that the Gallinger amendment points tho way to relief. . |