Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-02-01
ABOUT RURAL
MAIL DELIVERY.
Growing More Popular Every Year
With the People,
MONEY FOR IT'S EXTENSION.
Government Ownership photographs
Receiving Serious Attention Penn
sylyanla's Veteran Congressman.

hc'eiflnk serious AltentiOn fcnu'
sylyanla's veteran Congressman,
Special Correspondence,
Washington, Jan, 25. Rural free de-
livery Of mails grows more and more
popular throughout the country, No
innovation Of recent times has made
such decided hit The appropriations
for the services continue to grow each
year and the extensions are being made
In every congressional district, If any
impression gets abroad that a senator
or representative opposes rural free
delivery he hears from It in such a
manner as to compel him 60 seek an
early denial of the rumor with the eX-
ceptlon Of those from the city districts,
all representatives favor the rural do
livery hence It's extensions by liberal
appropriations each year Even Chair
man Cannon Of the appropriations COM
mittee does not hesitate TO give his
ing the rural system and has even gone
80 far as to provide for increases In
the deficiency bills, have heard repre-
sentatlyes from the cities say that they
would like to get the same strength be-
hind their propositions for more mail
deliveries and collections I'm the BUSH
ness parts Of their cities, and also for
the pneumatic tube service, which was
cut OFF In the last Congress
GOVERNMENT TELEGRAPH.
Senator Harris OF Kansas and several
members Of the House have introduced
bills for the government ownership
Of telegraph lines for the purpose Of
Incorporating the telegraph system
with the postollce department. A great
many advantages which would follow
government ownership have been point
ed out the most important being re-
duction Of telegraph rates. Similar
bills have been presented at other ses-
siOns Of Congress, but there has never
been any strong sentiment behind
them, consequently they have not at
tracted much attention. This year the
proposition meets with more favor, and
those who oppose the scheme but who
have never thought It worth while TO
give the proposition serious attention,
are looking into the matter with some
concern, There Is no possibility OF any
thing being done at this session. but IL
is interesting to note the growing sentl-
ment In successive congresses IN favor
Of the proposition.
A PENNSYLVANIA VETERAN
A very remarkable man is Gausha
A. Grow, one of the representatives at
large from Pennsylvania. He IL sew
enty-nine years old yet he enters any
debate with more yigor and knowledge
than some men with less than half his
years. Upon such topics rs he de-
slres to discuss he ia perfectly at home.
Naturally however, having been tho
father OF the homestead law he IS In
terested In everything pertaining to
the public lands, and whenever there
Is a debate involving land matters he
shows that I'm all the years he was out
Of public life he kept In touch with the
progress of AFFAIRS. Mr. Grow, having
been a speaker Of the House at one
time and prominent man before the
country Is accorded every courtesy by
the members. His service has not been
continuous, but with the close Of the
present Congress he will have been
q member of the House for twenty2
two years, beginning back in 1851, It
Is generally understood among the
Pennsylvania members Of Congress
that Mr., Grow will be sent TO Congress
as long as he desires to be member
as there is never opposition to him In
the Republican state conventions.
TO BEAuTiFY THE CITY.
The citizens OF Washington are maxi
Ing q very determined effort to secure
legislation at this session OF Congress
which viii provide Tor the improve
ment of the clptal city upon a grand
and expensive plan Every one with
any pride in the city wants the scheme
carried out, but hopes for IL are not
very high, Possibly start will be
made In that direction, and plans Of q
less pretentious nature may be adopted
The great difficulty in beautfylng
Washington Is in the fact that every
fine street in the city is marred by a
lot Of old, grotesque and shabby look
ing buildings In some of the best
residence sections this is not the case
but the official and business sections Of
the city present a most offensive pie
ture TO one who has come to regard
Washington as the most beautiful city
Of the country The broad sweep Of
Pennsylvania avenue IL marred from
one end to the other by these cheap
buildings. and some members OF Com
gress think that it would be well if the
property owners Of the city would CO.
operate In the matter Of improving this
great thoroughfare while asking the
government 10 make great expenditures
for other extensive improvements in
tended to enhance the beauty OF the
city.
PROMPTED BY A PAGE.
It was at the close OF a Thursday
session Of the Senate. Senator Hale
had early secured the customary adj
tournment over until Monday. In an
nouncing the adjournment after quite
a lengthy session President Pro TEN
Frye said, "And accordingly the Sem
ate stands adjourned until tomorrow at
l2 o'clock noon, mo, no." called out
page earnestly-"until Monday, until
Monday" with sweeping bow to
the boy, Senator Frye said: "The chair
stands corrected. The Senate is adj
journed until Monday" The page
saw O holiday about TO be absorbed;