The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-04-06

Alllson's talent as a statesman, his thor
ough knowledge of the government and his
diplomatic tendency make him here one of
the most valuable men in Congress- Sena-
tor Plumb knows all about the public lands,
and as chairman he is very valuable. 1t is
the same with Lewis Payson, of Illinois, in
the House. Both men are hard workers
and have studied these questions for years
Senator Blair has a wonderful knowledge
of education, and if he would learn the
virtues of condensation he might be a great
man. He is the head of the committee of
education and labor, committee, by the
way, to which every conceivable thing is
sent. Blair called it the other day the
Legislative slop bucket and the Senators
now dignity this committee by that name.
ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT COMMITTEES
of the Senate is that of printing, and Sena-
tor Henderson at the head of this has one
of the finest committee rooms of the CAPT
toll Under him the Congressional Record
is gotten out and the government printing
office with It's 1000 employees is controlled.
All the government documents are printed
through this committee, and its eXpendi-
lures amount to S3,000,000 year. All of
Manderson's committees are hard ones, and
he is one of the workers of Congress. He
is worth his salary, and if Congressman
were paid in proportion to the work they
did there would be wide difference in
compensations. A mans value to the gov
eminent and to the people rapidly increases
with his term of Office. A Congressman,
during his first two years, is worth practi-
cally nothing, and we could better afford to
pay such men as Holman and Payson
$4,000 year than the new members
5000. One of the most valuable members
of the Senate is Cockrell, and this not from
any extraordinary ability, but from hard
To, - al l..
his brother Senators rely upon him. They
know that he will watch every private bill,
and he sits in his desk with his fingers on
his keys ready to object to anything he does
not understand. He works twelve hours
out of every twenty-four, and he is an in
valuable man on the committees. Holman
has made the subject of appropriations so
much of study during score and more of
years that he knows to cent Just how
much the old negro women in the treasury
get for the towels they wash, and he can
tell you, am sure, as to whether the gov
eminent furnishes the soap or not He
knows the cost of every brick in every
public building, and he saves the govern
ment a great deal of money by the fear
which he inspires in contractors. Ed
munds' knowledge of the law is worth
SD, 600 year to the government, and Don
Cameron's business ability comes out fire.
speaks on the floor and he does not work
very hard on committees. He understands
how to use other men to help him, how
ever, and does it, Aldrich, of Rhode
Island, is a good worker on financial cues
tions, and Bate, of Tennessee, is valuable
committee worker Senator Blackburn is
another regular worker, and Beck takes
the place Of Allison On the Democratic side
on the important committees of finance and
appropriations. He is by no means well
this session and has not been doing his usual
amount of work.
THE SOUTHERN SENATORS
are, as rule, not as good business men as
those from the north. They have not had
the business training, and their work does
not amount to much. They lack the grasp
OF the northern men, and it takes them
three times as. long to get at the nub of
case. The western Senators are the hard
est worked. Their correspondence is ten
times as large as that Of the eastern men.
Their people are great letter-writers, and
they have more interests before Congress.
The average Senator from the west gets
from one hundred to two hundred letters a
day, while an eastern man can dictate
answers to his mail in an hour. They have
more questions to deal with in committees