Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-04-14
WASHINGTON LETTER.
tFrom our Regular Correspondent.)
Washington, April 8, 1904.


Editor Press
Such is the very natural anxiety
of Congressman to get home to
their constituents that as the time
draws near for adjournment
good deal of desirable legislation
must be postponed until next
December, and a number of per-
picking question will have to wait
for solution until after the Presi-
Dental election. The impeach-
ment and trial of Judge Swayne,
for instance, would consume
great deal of valuable time, and so
must go over. Besides, the COM
mittee having the matter in charge
desired fuller information, and for
time for partisan feeling to sub
side. The question is wholly a
judicial one, and should not be in
fuenced by politics. The same is
true of the case of Senator Smoot,
who appears to be a very respect
able man, whatever the Mormon
Church may be. A body of digni-
fed and elderly men, like the
Senate of the United States, can
hardly be expected to give snap
judgement in such an important
matter as religious belief. So, to,
the case of Senator Burton, of
Kansas, will probably be left as it
now is until all the courts have
passed upon his case, and if he
does not resign he is likely to re-
tain his seat through the vacation.
With the clearing Saway of these,
and other questions, and the sub
sidence of Democratic opposition
to real business measures. Con-
gress can be expected to proceed
with expedition and finish it's work
by moving say-"Hurly-burly
First of May
The House committee on Labor
has decided to let the eight hour
bill go over until next December.
This bill proposed to fix eight hours
as a days labor upon all Govern
ment contracts. In the hearings
before the committee it met with
much opposition by such men as
Mr.. Wallace Downey, large ship
builder; Mr.. James M. Beck who
was one of the Coun sci for the
trusts in the Merger case; the Anti
Boycott association and the Amer
lean Association OF Manufacturers
They all declared the bill was load
ed with dynamite and was uncon-
stitutional. The whole matter has
been referred to the Department of
Labor with request that it collect
some very obscure information.
Consideration of the Post Office
appropriation bill was resumed in
the Senate yesterday. That body
has been more liberal with the free
rural delivery carries than the
House proposed to be. 1t has
agreed to permit them to carry
merchandise for pay to take orders
and to solicit subscriptions for
periodicals. All will get salary
of $720. The attempt to reclassify
them was abandoned. A small
river and harbor bill will be report
ed to the House carrying but SO,
900, 900. A House committee is
considering the subject of reform
in the civil service. The currency
bill, to do away with the limit on
subsidiary coinage of silver, and to
permit gold certificates of the de-
nomination of $1,000 to be issued.
has been reported to the House.
The Telegraphers of the civil war
want pension. 1t is proposed to
establish a juvenile court in the
District of Columbia. The House
has passed the bill extending the
trade laws of the United States to
the Philippine Islands after 1906.
1t is feared that the whole question
of Chinese exclusion will have to
be fought over again.
Paint Your Buggy for 75c.
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