The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-10-03


bv the Presidency; II. r. Ii, 600,
to allow the Washington Gas
Light Company to enlarge its
plant defeated in the House,;
ii. r. Is, 799, to appoint official
stenographers for the Supreme
Court of the District of Columbia
(pigeonholed); Ii. r. 1860,
granting certain privileges to the
special policemen at street cross
ings in Washington (pigeonh oled.)
Thus it appears that only one
of these bills relating to Others
and private persons became law,
and that bill related exclusively
to the District of Columbia and
was one in which his constituents
had no interest.
But Mr.. Pearre's real work at
this session was done in support
of the bills relating to the Baltl-
more and Ohio and Baltimore and
Potomac Railroads-Senate bills
1923 and 1929. These two bills.
under the pretenSe of eliminating
certain grade crossings, gave to
those monopolies over three mil
lion dollars worth of property and
money belonging to the people of
the United States without any
valuable consideration whatever.
Mr.. Pearre voted steadily with
the advocates of these bills when
they were before the House, on
the 18th of December, 1900, (see
Record page 406-1D, and on or
derlng the question on the b. &
+. bill, December 10, 1900, (see
Record page 454.)
On the final yea and nay vote
on the B. & p. bill, he was paired
for it Csee Record Vol. 81, page
2lO6.) All this he did in spite of
the fact that at the previous SEES
sion he had introduced bill, IL.
r. $3.50, "authorizing the PreSi
dent of the United States to APP
point railroad commission with
authority to construct union
tracks, depots, terminals and
bridges to be used by the steam
railroads now entering the Dis,
trict of Columbia and for those
which may hereafter enter the
said District, and for abolishing
grade crossings and removing
from the public grounds all rail
road tracks, stations, and freight
yards within the District. "A
clear.cut government ownership
proposition, worthy of Henry
George 1t was probably intro
duced to catch the single takers,
while its author was at the same
engaged in helping his friends.
the monopolists. OF course it was
pigeonholed, as his absurd "home
made imports" bill Of the previous
session had been.
In the 56th Congress Mr.. Pearre
was not a success as legislator.
57TH CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION.
At this session Mr.. Pearre SO
far signallzed himself as sup
porter of the Philippine policy of
administration that he may be
fairly called an imperialist. He
made no speech of any import
ance, though he did make re-
marks on various minor matters;
for instance, he spoke on the
Maryland Fish Hatchery, on
good roads, OH the Antietam bat.
tie field, on Oleomargarine, on the
special policemen at street cross
ings in Washington. AS usual he
introduced great number of bills
but accomplished nothing for his
people, nor can it be discovered
by reference to the record that he
secured the passage of single
bill of any sort.
1t is understood that he favored
the o-called "Union Station bill''
which passed the Senate at the
first session of this Congress, and
is now before the House District
Committee, by which the Penn
sylvania and Baltimore & Ohio
Railroads are to be given money
and property to the amount of
81, 900, 600 and an exclusive right
of way through the District of
Columbia and across the Potomac
river at Washington, estimated
to be worth $4,000, 600. This
extraordinary proposition has be.
come a party issue and is ex-
planned in the Democratic Cam.
paign Book for 1902, on page
295.