The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-12-05
OUR NATIONAL LEGISLATORS.

fltuy OF Minnesota he Is an aChuoNi'
edged authority For years he has made
/ a study of the moose, and is thoroughly
familiar with the habits of the gamS
animal
Yesterday Mr.. Eddy called at the White
House and invited President Roosevelt to
! accompany him in moose hunt during
! the Christmas holidays. He told the Pres
idsnt that moose could be found in large
numbers just across the Minnesota border
in Canada. and that there WAS no finer
/ sport to be found anywhere Further
more, he would rave q special tI,-in to
/ take them within a few miles of the
| feeding ground Of the moose
| The President said he would be delight
| ed to accept the invitation were it not
/ for the fact that there Was an unwritten
/ law against the President going outside
/ of the jurisdiction of the United States
/ however, if Mr. Eddy would only coax the
/ moose across the border the President
would be pleased to join in the hunt.
One of the most popular measures in
| troduced in the House since the opening
/ of Congress is the Smith Penny Postage
bill. The author of the bill, George W.
Smith. of the Twenty-sec9Rd illinois dis
trict. is one of the veteran Republican
members Of the Houses He was second
en- the important Committee on Post
Offices and Post Roads in the last Congress
and viii again serve on that committee
He is one Of the most influential men in
the popular branch OF Congress. and is
now serving his seventh consecutive term
Since the introduction Of his Penny
Postage bill Mr.. Smith has received let
| tiers from all parts Of the country en-
dOTsing the measure and other members
have also received letters asking them 10
work for the bill. AS there is a large sur
plus in the Treasury. there ought to be
no serious obstacle % the enactment of
a penny postage law
The House vas not in session yester-
day. but Representative Adolph Meyer Of
Louisiana was in his seat for several
hours. busily engaged in preparing NJ
merous bills Of local and national char
acter which he viii introduce tomorrow.
In the last Congress Mr.. Meyer served with
distinction on the Committee on Naval
Affairs. and he will be reappointed on
the same committee in this Congress.
7 agree with the President" said he,
''in his recommendation for an effective
navy and I shall use my best efforts
to make needed additions to the navy
at this session An efficient naval seTy-
ice is the best guarantee of peace and
at the same time il viii add to the COM
handing power Of the United States
No one in the United States Senate is
a better friend OF the letter carriers than
Senator Mason, who is 10 be Chairman OF
the Committee on POstoAices and Post
Roads. Senator Mason is preparing a bill
which he VIII introduce in a few days to
authorize a gradual increase in the salary
Of the letter carriers. His bill provides
Il. an increase Of $200 per year for a pc
Rod of four years, thus giving the carrier
al the expiration Of that zine d wage Of
81 200 per annum- The carrier. after
serving as a substitute for years. on re
ceIving q permanent appointment gets
only $500 per annUm under the existing
law. The highest he can get afyer many
years of faithful work IS $1,000.
The Mason bill provides that after seTv-
ing enc year at S6G0 the Second year the
salary shall be SSJ0 and so on for each
succeeding year. until after four years
service the carrier gets 81 200 This in
crease in pay has been advocated BY the
National Association o. Letter Carriers
Association, and the secretary. Ed J.
Csnt~elI, have furnished much reliable
data 10 senator Mason.
In the drawing for seats in the House
on Monday the name Of Representative
John Wesley Gaines OF the Nashville dis
trict Of Tennessee was among the first
drawn from the box
Mr.. Gaines however. was not present.
He vas on his way TO the National Cap
itaI, speeding as fast as the train could
bear him from san Francisco. where he
landed several days ago from the Orient.
He YES one OF the Congressional party
that left New York last summer for the
Philippines Private" Rice Pierce. MS
colleague selected the seat Tor The absent
gentleman. and most desirable seat It
was.
Yesterday afternoon Mr.. Gaines arrived
N Washington. ard the first place he
sought was the Capitol He was warmly
greeted by the few members present and
the employees Of the House, with whom he
is very popular
Bills for the admission Of Oklahoma.
New Mexico and Arizona to Statehood
were among the first introduced in the
House or Monday. Another of like i'm
pert viii be presented in a day OF two
by Delegate Wilcox, Of Hawaii.
In the opinion of Mr.. Wilcox the Hawai-
ian Territory possesses every requisite
of Statehood. and if the other territories
are taken into the Union of States by the
present Congress, then in all justice and
fairness, he says, Hawaii should be in
cluded-
Delegate Wilcox is spoken OF as the
Mark Hanna of Hawaii.