The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-04
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United States senate, and on March 3,
1907 when his present term expires. viii
have been a member of that body for
thirty years
In opposition to the young Beverage
has been Ditted the old Quay. The lat
ter, in opposition to the wishes of the
Republican leaders, was able to hold the
senate.
Senator Plat. of New York, with his
weight Os nearly 20 hard years upon
him, shuffies about the capitol He is
bent in body. but keen in mind. and s
shrewd a sSolitical fencer as ever. To
say that he is the strongest man in the
New York state delegation is not an
adequate description of his great power
The president thinks Of Senator Platt
when there are New York state matters
in hand
Senator Hoar. of Massachusetts: Sen
ator HaWley, of Connecticut, and Sen
ator Bates, of Tennessee. are each II
years of age. Yet there are younger
men in the senate who are more fire.
cuently absent from the senate cham
Der during sessions than those old war
horses
Senator Hoar is referred to now and
then as the grand old man of the sen
ate" He is not afraid to stand up
among his fellow senators and openly
criticize the president. and when he
does so the presidents greatest admir-
ers, if they know the Massachusetts sen
ator, do not love him the less. He is q
l0Vable old man. and a statesman OF
marked ability Senator Hoar, like most
senators, is a lawyer. He served in the
Massachusetts house of representatives
and state senate and was elected a
member of congress four times and
uDon being offered a denomination for
representative the fifth time he de
cHned: was an oyerseer of Harvard col
lege. is president of the association of
the alumni Of Harvard, and presided
over the Massachusetts state ReDub-
Hcan convention four different years;
has been recent the Smithsonian
institution and is now vice president OF
the American Antiquarian association.
! is president of the American Historical
assOcia ton fellow of the American
Academy OF Arts and Sciences. He has
received the degree of Doctor of Laws
from William and Mary. Amherst, Yale
Harvard and Dartmouth colleges: was
elected to the United States senate 26
years ago, on the 9Th of March. and will
have served in that body thirty years
when his term has expired March 5.
1907.
The present session of congress has
committed Uncle Sam to spend half a
million dollars a day for carrying the
United States mails.
The postal appropriation bill this
/ year is higher than the pension bill by
with which the postal budget has
grown in eight years is something
alarming.
It has not quite doubled since 1885,
but approaches that.
For the fiscal year beginning July l.
next. the appropriation is $153. 600 900.
This is an increase of $4,000 600 over
/ that of last year, and 10000 900 over
that Of two years ago
Most of this money comes back to
the government from postal revenues
The department has named SO 900 600
as the amount of the deficit for the
closing fiscal year. In other words, it
will cost S153. 0e0 600 to carry to carry
the mails and run the postoffices for
the next year, and only $143 100000 viii
be earned from the sale of stamps and
other sources Uncle sam viii be
obliged to down in his pocket for the
SO, 600 600 deficit
The above does not take into con-
sideration the use of the postoffce
buildings which are SO generously
scattered in all parts of the country,
or for number of other items of mag
nitude, which any private business
concern would have to consider.
At the present rate of increase it is
not easy to see when the postal bust
ness will check up. All the expenses
Of government are, to be sure mount
Ling up rapidly IN this era of expansion
and prosperity. but no other importani
branch IS making such tremendous
leaps as this
A new grade Of railway mail clerks
has been established, called Sclass six,
whose salary is to be $500 a year