Gunnison news-champion., 1902-12-26
CONGRESS IS BUSY
Mf. Rgley tels 9f WzsAsazssa S5L
oas and sheH laws

ssoa = lhe aa-IasF re- and
asa rs-uaa its -.taiaz su-l , 10. CD.
i,uFiug the lbree sc s. af che session
ahzt base aI1eais cal fssd -ov.r.i. u.aa--
ssrcz 81 importance have bseu r5asil-
erred prmsi "a am'n4 Wbiah sre Che
statehood snd l'aIHPPlul bfl.
Tbar.daF the h8a-e pa--el b.II
Eedgeiug che duly oa Fhfiippius pro-
5ucts r1ul.ug into the nifed State
from q. per genf 81 che D.ng'eY rate
40 - pcr eent thereof The demo
1rsis ;oak the position chat vhiie s
per cent uas bettor than . ) pes eaut
the paeple a the FhiIippiHes were au-
titled t7 free tra5e There was also
tem1ararie opposition ta fhe pr1Pos-
ltion Co redHsr the rlle on Philippine
product eamiug iugo Che Z u.'sd state
without utkiug a corresponding re-
duosiau on goods sent iram Che uited
States into fbe Pa HFp.ua-.
Iu she discussion of .he Legislative
ayprapriatiu bII "Wednesday. y heu
che items far the m4lufeutnee OF lhr
Departmsut uf Justice was reacasl
She Democrats executed comp when
Mr. BsrIerf 1f Georgia proposed au
amcudmeuf arPruprIatiug s-aH.JIu
.0 cufgr thr HHIi-rru laws nov oH
she statute books. iar moment ihc
ru8ilrify was ell at sea. uuI auer "a
hurried consultation pr Che leaders
ieidei u1t t1 make a point ar order
against the ameu3menl NG GarJ-
iett. a democrat. explained bis reason
for oa.riuE tHe amsujmeut lle said
the republicans bad all along been
playing with jbe trust question, and
had dome u1.biug and ID thev were
sincere it was time t0r action iHa--
much as the president had said 10 his
message nothing c1ald be done for
lack Of funds 60 enforce the law
Hepburn Of Iowa proposed as a sub
stituie his bin apPropristing $500
J9p for the same purpose, aud after
Mr.. Cannon had greed 10 allow the
smendment TO be placed on this bin,
the same was done unanimously, amid
great democratic applause, IL was "a
neat parliamentary play and viii
force the republicans 90 make good
tkeir pledges 20 the people # is Co
he hoped that Attorney General
Know will now proceed 10 enforce
lhe criminal clause Of the Sherman
act.
The gross earnings Of the railroads
of the United States in the last fiscal
year, according 60 the report Of the
Interstate Commerce Commission.
were S1.7ll.75I.zg0 or an average of
ao,76l per mile OF lime the operating
expenses sI,IUG.IJ7,lg5. or an aver
sce of SJ.G6l per mile. leaving ugr
earnings Of s605.GIG.,g5 or S5,l10
per mile. This is su increase oI
about ten per cent over the previous
wear despite the fact THAT This i'm
rIeased dividend has been paid on
enormous cppitalizatiaus of wa.crcd
stock. Little wonder is &C., that the
railroads are able to control western
politics sud vie with The trusts for
control iu the ca-t?
Senator Morgan brought up iu the
senate Tuesday an inquiry concern
ing the isthmian canal commission
EIe said the records disclosed that
each Of these commissioner, had been
receiving $1,000 per monlh each for
- months and vet had not been ac-
tually at work over two months OF
the time. lie declared that Secretary
Hav would not furnish him detailed
expense account, urging as an exJuss
that his clerks were too busy. This
same was urged by Secretary Root as
reason why he could not furnish a
statement Of the expense Of the Phtl-
ippine war Government by com
mission j. being extremely popular,
aud while the expenses are high aud
no particular results are achieved
Il furnishes fat berths for aged and
decrepit politicians who "need The
money"
Congress Shallenberger has re-